BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF Of all the FORCES in SCOTLAND.  
WHereas (amongst other things) by Proclamation of the 27. of Sept. 1653. all magistrates and Officers of Burghs and P●rishes, and all other persons whatsoever, are required to secure, or give Intelligence of all suspected persons, travelling through, or abiding within their bounds or jurisdictions, as in and by the said Proclamation more particularly is expressed: No●with-standing nothing to this time hath been effectually done, but on the contrary, diverse Rebels, as well considerable numbers as spies, have been, and still are frequently permitted and suffered to pass, march through, and abide in any Burgh or Parish within the Quarters of our Army unquestioned, as if no Rebellion were, who thereby take oppor●un●ty, not only to get Intelligence, but also to entice many loose persons to join with them in Rebellion, and commit frequent Robberies and barbarous Murders, and other outrages upon the Persons, Goods and gear, as well of Scots as En●lish. These are therefore strictly to charge and command, That no person or persons, of wha● degree or quality soever (not being a Member of the English Army) do presume after ten days' next after Publication hereof, to pass above five miles from his and their respective abodes or habitations, unless he or they have first obtained a pass from myself, or the Commander in Chief of the Forces in Scotland for the time being, or from the next Chief Officer of the English Army, or the Judge-Advocate of the Army; (of whose circumspection and care in parting with the said Passes to persons well-affected, or upon good caution, I nothing doubt) with said pass is to be signed and sealed with my Hand and Seal, conform to the Hand and Seal hereunto subscribed and affixed, or the Hand and Seal of the Commander in Chief for the time being, and subscribed by the said Officer from whom it shall be obtained, with his name, ●ogether with the time and place of his subscription, (except he or they make it appear, he or they are upon their ready way to the next Chief Officer for obtaining the said pass) under the pain of being adjudged, deemed and taken as Enemies in Rebellion against the Peace of the Commonwealth, and dealt withal accordingly. And all magistrates and Officers, and all other persons whatsoever within Burghs or Parishes, are hereby strictly required, that if any person or persons (except as before is excepted) and not being Members of the English Army shall contrary hereunto, presume to march, travel, pass through, or abide in any Burgh or Parish, without a pass as aforesaid, the said Magistrates, Officers and Parishioners of such Burgh and Parish, are hereby required to secure them, if they shall be of strength sufficient, and them safely keep, until notice be given to myself, the Commanders in Chief for the time being, or the next adjacent Officer in Chief of the English Forces (any of whose Orders thereanent is duly to be observed) under the penalty of twenty pounds sterling, and such further punishment, according to the quality of the Offence, as to a Court Marti●ll to be held for the Head Quarters, or any other inferior Court martial, before whom the matter shall be tried, shall be thought just; And whensoever any Par●y of the rebels, which now are, or hereafter shall break forth into Rebellion, or any other person, not having a pass, as aforesaid, shall march or travel, into or through any Burgh or Parish; and if the Burgh, Parish and Inhabitants shall not be of strength sufficient to secure them, That in such case the Magistrates, Officers, and Inhabitants of the said Burgh, and Parishioners of the said Parish, and every individual person thereof, are hereby strictly charged and required, to take care that such expedient be found out amongst themselves, that upon the first entrance of such rebels, or persons not having a pass, as aforesaid, whether they make stay or not, immediately to take care that with all possible speed, one or more persons, mounted on as good a Horse as at present may be had, or otherwise a nimble footman, to post away with all possible speed to the next and nearest Forces of the English Army, wheresoever they shall happen to be, and give true Intelligence to the Officer or Officers thereof, of their number, and who commands them, so near as may be, under the like penalty of twenty pounds sterling, and such farther punishment, according to the quality of the Offence, as to a Court martial, to be held for the headquarters, or any other inferior Court martial of the Army, before whom the matter shall be tried, shall be in like manner thought just.  
Given under my Hand and Seal at Dalkeith, the 7. day of April, 1654.. R. Lilburne.  
To be proclaimed at the Mercat cross of the chief Burgh in every County or Sheriffdom, and upon the Lord's day, the Parishioners being convened together at the Kirk, to be openly read unto them by the Clerk thereof.   

Printed at Leith, in the Year 1654.