WHereas Sir James Montgomery being in Cuſtody for High Treaſon, did upon Tueſday night laſt make his Eſcape, by the Help and Aſſiſtance of Charles Mackallough and Thomas Smith, and all the ſaid Perſons, do Abſent and Abſcond themſelves, flying from Iuſtice; We have therefore thought fit, by the Advice of Our Privy Council, to Iſſue this Our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby Require and Command all Our Loving Subjects whatſoever, to Diſcover, Take and Apprehend the ſaid Sir James Montgomery (being a Little Thin Man about Fourty years of Age, uſually wearing a Brown Periwig, and looks very pale and waſted with Sickneſs) and the ſaid Charles Mackallough (being about Two and thirty years of Age, a Slender Little Man, wearing his own Hair, being of a Dark Brown Colour and Lank, his Eyes Gray, and Eye-brows Brown, he ſpeaks thick, and with a broad Scotch Accent, thin Viſaged and of an indifferent ruddy Complexion, and hath a ſmall riſing Ridge on his Noſe) and alſo the ſaid Thomas Smith (who is about Fourty years of Age, a middle ſized Man, his Hair Short and Black and a little Curling, his Eye-brows Black, and hath a thin pale Face, with a ſmall Scar on his Right Cheek) and ſuch of them as ſhall be Apprehended to carry before the next Iuſtice of Peace, or Chief Magiſtrate of City or Town Corporate; whom We do hereby Require to Commit them to the next Goal, there to Remain, until they ſhall be thence Delivered by due Courſe of Law. And We do hereby Require the ſaid Iuſtice or Chief Magiſtrate, immediately to give Notice thereof to Vs or Our Council. And We do hereby Promiſe, that whoſoever ſhall Diſcover and Apprehend the ſaid Sir James Montgomery, Charles Mackallough and Thomas Smith, or any of them, ſhall Have and Receive the Rewards following, That is to ſay, For the ſaid Sir James Montgomery the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, and for each of the ſaid other Two Perſons the Sum of One hundred Pounds. And We do hereby Authorize and Require Our preſent Commiſſioners of Our Treaſury, and Our High Treaſurer and Commiſſioners of Our Treaſury for the time being, to make Payment of the ſaid Sums accordingly. And We do hereby Publiſh and Declare, That if any Perſon or Perſons, after this Our Royal Proclamation, ſhall directly or indirectly, Conceal Harbour, Retain, Keep or Maintain any of the ſaid Offenders, or ſhall Contrive or Connive at any Means, whereby they or any of them may Eſcape from being Taken or Arreſted, ſuch Perſon or Perſons ſhall be Proſecuted with the utmoſt Severity of Law. And We do hereby Declare, that in Caſe the ſaid Charles Mackallough and Thomas Smith, or either of them, ſhall Diſcover and Apprehend the ſaid Sir James Montgomery, ſo that he ſhall be brought before Our Chief Iuſtice of the Kings Bench, or ſome other of the Iudges of the ſaid Court, or Iuſtice of Peace, or Chief Magiſtrate of City or Corporation, ſuch of them ſo Diſcovering and Apprehending the ſaid Sir James Montgomery, ſhall not only Have and Receive Our Gracious Pardon for his or their Offence aforeſaid, but ſhall alſo Have and Receive the ſaid Reward of Five hundred Pounds before Promiſed for the Apprehenſion of the ſaid Sir James Montgomery.