WHereas We have received Information, That James Campbell, commonly called Captain Campbell, Archibald Montgomery, and Sir John Johnston, together with divers other ill disposed Per­sons, designing to Ravish, and against her Will to Marry Mary Wharton, only Child of Philip Wharton Esq being a Virgin of great Estate, and of about the Age of Thirteen Years, for that Purpose did Arm and Assemble themselves, and having found an Opportunity on Friday the Fourteenth Day of this instant November in the Evening at Great Queen-street, did in a forcible manner Seize upon the said Mary Wharton, and carried her away: We have therefore thought fit (by the Advice of Our Privy Council) to Issue this Our Royal Proclamation; And We do hereby Command and Require all Our Loving Subjects to Discover, Take and Apprehend the said James Campbell, Archibald Montgomery, Sir John John­ston, and all other their Confederates wherever they may be found, and to carry them before the next Iustice of the Peace or Chief Magistrate; whom We do hereby Require to Commit them to the next Goal. And We do also hereby give Notice to all Persons that shall be Aid­ing or Assisting in the Concealing of the said James Campbell, Archibald Montgomery, Sir John Johnston, or any of their Confederates, or Furthering their, or any of their Escape, that they shall be Proceéded against for such their Offence with the utmost Rigour and Severity according to Law.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Fifteenth Day of November, 1690. In the Second Year of Our Reign.

God save King William and Queen Mary.