CHARLES, by the Grace of GOD, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, To Our Lovits, Macers or Meſſengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and ſeverally, ſpecially conſtitute, Greeting; Foraſmuch, as upon the twenty fifth, twenty ſeventh, twenty eight, twenty ninth, and thirty days of July▪ one thouſand ſix hundred and ſeventy four years, the Perſons under-written, were at the Mercat Croſſes of Edinburgh, Haddingtoun, Lanerk, Cowper, Perth, Dumfermling, Stirling, Glaſgow, and Linlithgow, ſucceſſive and reſpective orderly denunced Our Rebels, and put to Our Horn, by vertue of letters of denunciation raiſed, uſed and execute at the inſtance of Our truſty and well beloved Councellor Sir John Nisbet of Dirletoun Knight, Our Advocat, for Our intereſt, for their not compearing perſonally before the Lords of Our Privy Council upon the ſixteenth day of July, 1674. to have anſwered and underlyen the Law, for their keeping, and being preſent at Houſe and Field-Conventicles, at the places following, and convocating people thereto, Viz. At Enderask, Edmonſtoun-Chapel, Volmet, Corſtorphine, Megdalen-Chapel, Borthwick, Kirkliſtoun, Gladſmure, Torwood, Pitſcottie-mure, Ravenſheuch, Kinkell, Balmerino, Falkland, Colleſſie, Peth-head, of Kirkcaldey, Kinneſwood, Glenveal, Sanfoord, Moonſey, Dumfermlin, Dundee, Pattenwyme, Lathons, Eaſtbarns, Dumfries, and other places, or ane or other of them, or near to them: And for contemptuous invading, and intruding themſelves in the Pulpits, and Churches of Crawmond, Forgund, Kirkmahoe, and others, in the moneths of Apryl, May and June, on thouſand ſix hundred and ſeventy four; Contrare to the Laws and Acts of Parliament made there-againſt, in manner at length, ſpecified in the principal complaint raiſed againſt them thereanent, Viz. Mr. James Kirktoun, Mr. Alexander Lennox, Mr. John Rae, Mr. David Hume, Mr. Edward Jameſon, Mr. Robert Lockhart, Mr. John Walwood, Mr. John Weir, Mr. Andrew Donaldſon, ſometime in Dalgettie, Mr. Thomas Mcgill, Mr. James Wedderburn, in Cowper, Mr. Thomas Dowglas, Mr. Francis Irving, Mr. Alexander Bartrim, and Mr. Alexander Wilſon; As the Letters of Denunciation duely execute and regiſtrate, conform to the Act of Parliament produced in preſence of Our Privy Council bears: At the proceſs of the which Horn, the forenamed perſons, have ever ſince lyen, and continued, taking no regard thereof; nor of Our Authority, and Laws; And are encouraged to continue, in their Rebellion, by the reſett, ſupplie, and intercommuning which they have with ſeveral of their friends and acquaintances, to the high contempt of Us, Our Authority, and Laws. OUR WILL IS herefore, and We charge you ſtraitly, and command, that incontinent theſe Our Letters ſeen, ye paſſe to the Mercat Croſſes of Edinburgh, Haddingtoun, Linlithgow, Lanerk, Cowper, Perth, Dumfermling, Stirling, Glaſgow, and other places needful; and thereat in Our Name and Authority, command and charge all and ſundry Our Leiges and Subjects, that they, nor none of them preſume nor take upon hand to reſett, ſupply, or intercommune with any of the foreſaids perſons Our Rebels, for the cauſes foreſaids; nor furniſh them with meat, drink, houſe, harbour, victual, nor no other thing uſeful, nor comfortable to them; or have intelligence with them by word, writ, or meſſage, or any other manner of way, under the pain to be repute and eſteemed airt and part with them, in the crimes foreſaids, and purſued therefore with all rigor, to the terror of others: Requiring hereby all Sheriffs, Stewards, Bailies of Regalities and Bailiries, and their Deputs, and Magiſtrates of Burghs, to apprehend and commit to priſon any of the perſons above-written, Our Rebels, whom they ſhall find in their reſpective juriſdictions, according to juſtice, as you will anſwer to Us thereupon. The which to do We commit to you, conjunctly and ſeverally, Our full power; by theſe Our letters, delivering them by you duely execute, and indorſat again to the Bearer.