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A PROCLAMATION, Allowing a further Diet to the Commons for taking the Test, and Indemnifying the Heretors' Guilty of Harbouring, or Resetting of Rebels who have taken the Test at the late Justice-Aires, as to their Lives.  
CHARLES R. 
 By the grace of GOD, King of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith; To Our Lion King at Arms, and his Brethren Heralds, Macers, Pursuivants or Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and severally, specially constitute Greeting:  
forasmuch as it being represented to Us, that some of Our Commons have, through ignorance, or want of frequent Meetings of these appointed by Our late Proclamation for Administrating the Test, lost the benefit of Our Indemnity, and considering that the time formerly allowed unto them was very short, We have thought fit, as a further evidence of Our Clemency, with advice of Our Privy Council, to continue the Diet for their taking the Test, to the first of March next ensuing, for Indemnifying them for ever, as to their Resetting, and Intercomuning with such as were engaged in the Rebellion, in the year 1679. Excepting such as have Reffetted, or Intercomuned with the Assassins of the late Lord Archbishop of St. Andrews, or Seditious Field-preachers: As also, such as have Ressetted, or Intercomuned with any who is Guilty of, or any manner of way accessary to the late horrid Conspiracy against Our Royal Person and Government; Requiring hereby all Sheriffs, Stewarts, Magistrates and others in Office strictly to search for, (after the said day,) and to punish with all rigour that Our Law will allow, all such as will refuse this last Offer of Our Mercy: But if any are, or shall be apprehended before their making application for obtaining this Our Favour, We Declare that they shall have no benefit thereof. And further, We declare, that the Heretors who have already taken the Test in the last justice-aires, thereby are secured as to their Lives, if they have been only Guilty of Resetting, and Intercomuning; but that nevertheless, they shall after the first day of November next be liable to be convened before Our Privy Council, and to such Arbitrary Punishments as they shall think fit to appoint, according to the Specialties of their respective Cases and Gild; Declaring hereby, that their Sentences being fulfilled by them, shall Indemnify them as effectually, as if they had a special Pardon and Remission from Us, under Our great Seal; and We do allow those entrusted by Our Privy Council, to take the Declarations of Witnesses against those who have been suspected of being in the late Rebellion, or Guilty of Ressetting and Intercomuning, providing always that there be no Processes intented upon these; or any other Declarations, or Depositions, until Our Advocate shall find sufficient matter of Dittay therein. And to the effect Our Pleasure may be known in the Premises, Our Will is, and We Charge you straight and Command, that incontinent, these Our Letters seen, ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh, and other places needful, and thereat, in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premises: The which to do, We commit to you, conjunctly and severally, Our full Power, by these Our Letters, delivering them by you duly execute, and endorsed again to the Bearer.  
Given under Our Signet at Haly rud-house, the twenty day of September, One thousand six hundred eighty and three. And of Our Reign, the thirtieth and fifth Year. Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij. WILL. PATERSON. Cls. Sti. Concilij 
 GOD save the KING.   

EDINBURGH, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to his most Sacred Majesty, 1683. reprinted at London, by George Croom, in Thames-street, over against Baynard's Castle,