A declaration by His Highness the Prince of Orange, for the keeping of the peace &c. in the Kingdom of Scotland William Henry ...

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A DECLARATION By His Highneſs the Prince of Orange; for the keeping of the Peace, &c. in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND.

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A DECLARATION By His Highneſs the Prince of Orange; for the keeping of the Peace, &c. in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND.

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WILLIAM HENRY, By the Grace of GOD, Prince of Orange, &c.

WHEREAS the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of Scotland met at Whitehall at Our Deſire, to adviſe Us what was to be done for Securing the Proteſtant Religion and Reſtoring the Laws and Liberties of that Kingdom, Have deſired Us to call a Meeting of the Eſtates in March next, and in the mean while to take upon Us the Adminiſtration of publick Affairs, both Civil and Military, the diſpoſal of the publick Revenue and Fortreſſes, and the doing every thing that is neceſſary for the preſerving of the Peace,

WE being deſirous to Omit nothing that may tend to the publick Good and Happineſs of that Kingdom, Have (in purſuance of the ſaid Advice) Iſſued forth Our Orders for the Calling of the ſaid Meeting of the Eſtates, And to the end that in the mean time the publick Peace, and the Fortreſſes may be Secured, and the Revenue Collected, We Do hereby Will and Require all Perſons being Proteſtants that are at preſent in the Poſſeſſion of the Offices of Sheriffs, Juſtices of the Peace, Magiſtrats of Burghs, Baillies of Regalities, Baillies of Bailliaries, Stewards of Stewartries, Governours or Lieutenants of Fortreſſes, Keepers of Priſons or Priſoners, or in the Poſſeſſion of any inferior Offices and places of the like nature, and likewiſe all Perſons being Proteſtants that are in the Poſſeſſion of any Office or Imployment, in Collecting, Receiving, Managing, or Ordering of the publick Revenue, to take upon them, and to continue in the Exerciſe of the ſaids Offices and Places reſpectively, Doing and Ordering every thing, which the Truſt repoſed in them, according to the nature of the ſaids Offices, requires to be done, and ordered in the uſual Manner, Form and Method; And We Do in a particular manner Authorize, Impower and Require; ſuch of them to whom the Care of preſerving the Peace and Quiet of the Nation belongs; To uſe all Diligence for Suppreſſing all Routs, Tumults, Diſorders, Violences, and ſuch other Unwarrantable Practices as are contrary to it: And We do hereby Expreſly Prohibit and Diſcharge all Diſturbances and Violences upon the account of Religion, or the Exerciſe thereof, or any ſuch like Pretence, and that no Interruption be made, or if any hath been made, that it Ceaſe in the Free and Peaceable Exerciſe of Religion, whether it be in the Churches, or in the Publick and Private Meetings, of thoſe of a different Perſwaſion. Requiring, Likeas We do hereby Require all Proteſtants, as they love the Good of their Countrey, and Religion, and are willing in their ſeveral Stations, and Capacities to Concur with Us, in Our Endeavours to bring Matters to a Happy and Deſirable Settlement, that they will live Peaceably together, and without Diſquieting or Moleſting one another; Enjoy their ſeveral Opinions and Forms of Worſhip, whether according to Law, or otherways, with the ſame Freedom, and in the ſame manner, in which they did Enjoy them in the Moneth of October laſt, till ſuch time, as by Regular and Legal Methods a due Temper may be fallen on, for Compoſing and Settling thoſe Differences: And to the End, that the Peace may be the more effectually Secured; We Require all Men, or Numbers of Men in Arms, by vertue of any Order or Authority, and under any Title and Deſignation whatſoever, whether they be ſtanding Forces, or Militia Forces, Modelled into Regular Troups, and kept on Foot, as ſtanding Forces, to Separat, Diſmiſs, and Disband themſelves. Likeas, We do hereby Disband them, and appoint them to Retire to their reſpective Dwellings, with full aſſurance to them, that care ſhall be taken in due time for their having their Pay, if any ſhall be found due to them. And We do further Prohibite and Diſcharge, all Perſons in time coming to take Arms, or to continue in Arms upon any Pretence whatſoever, without a Commiſſion, or an expreſs Order from Us, Excepting from what is above Written, Likeas, We do hereby Except the Gariſons of the Fortreſſes, and the Company of Foot entertained by the Town of Edinburgh, for the Guard of the ſaid Town, whom We do appoint to continue in the Exerciſe of their Duty (they being Proteſtants) in the ſaids Gariſons and Town. And whereas, ſeveral Roman Catholicks have been, and are ſtill in the poſſeſſion of diverſe of the Places and Offices above-mentioned; We do hereby Require them to leave the ſaids Offices and Places, and to retire to their ſeveral Dwelling-houſes, where We Forbid and Diſcharge all Perſons to Diſquiet, Diſturb, or Moleſt them any manner of way: And We appoint the next immediat Proteſtant Officers in the Fortreſſes, where Governours, Deputy-Governours, or other Officers are Roman-Catholicks, to take upon them the Cuſtody of the ſaids Fortreſſes, and in the ſame manner that the Proteſtants concerned in the Collecting and Managing of the Revenue, and the Keeping of the Peace, do Supply by their Diligence, the Vacancies that are, or may happen to be in places of the like nature; This Our Declaration to be of force, and to take effect till the ſaid Meeting of the Eſtates in March next; and to be without prejudice to any other Orders We may think fit to give to any Perſon, or Perſons, for the ends above-mentioned. And We do further Order this Our Declaration to be Printed and Publiſhed at Edinburgh, and Printed Copies of the ſame to be given, or ſent to the Sheriffs and Stewart-Clerks of the ſeveral Shires and Stewartries, whom We do hereby Require to Publiſh the ſame upon the firſt Mercat-day after the receipt thereof, at the Croſſes of the Head-Burghs of their reſpective Shires and Stewartries, in the due and uſual manner.

Given at St. James's the Sixth day of February, in the Year of our Lord, One thouſand ſix hundred eighty eight and nine.

W. H. Prince of Orange:

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EDINBƲRGH, Printed in the Year, 1689.

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A declaration by His Highness the Prince of Orange, for the keeping of the peace &c. in the Kingdom of Scotland William Henry ...

William III, King of England, 1650-1702.

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1689

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— A declaration by His Highness the Prince of Orange, for the keeping of the peace &c. in the Kingdom of Scotland William Henry ..., William III, King of England, 1650-1702., England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary).

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[s.n.],. Edinburgh :: 1689.. (Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.) (Broadside.) (At end of text: Given at St. James's the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred eighty eight and nine.) (Signed at end: W.H. Prince of Orange.)

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