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A PROCLAMATION 
 Anent Pedagogues, Chaplains and others.  
CHARLES, by the Grace of GOD, King of Great-Britain. France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, To Macers or Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and severally specially constitute, Greeting:  
Forasmuch as in the whole course of our Government, We have manifested Our Pious and Princely Care, and Zeal to maintain and promote the Sacred Interests of the Established Religion, together with the Order and Unity of the Church; And considering the danger arising to the Church, to Religion, and to Our Government, by the undutiful Practices of some of Our Subjects, in entertaining disaffected, and irregular Persons in the Offices of Chaplains, Pedagogues, and Schoolmasters, who are apt to corrupt and poison the Families wherein they Serve, and the Children whom they Teach and Instruct, with the Principles of Schism, Sedition and Rebellion, Instilling into the Minds of Our People (under the specious colour of Piety) sinful prejudices against the settled Religion, and begetting in them a Disloyal aversilion from Our Authority and Government: Notwithstanding that by the 4th. Act of the second Session of Our first Parliament, It is Statuted, that none be allowed to Teach any Schools, or to be Pedagogues to Children, or Chaplains in any Family, without a Licence from the respestive Ordinaries: And that by the 6th. Act. Of Our third and current Parliament, All such Pedagogues, Schoolmasters and Chaplains, are appointed to swear and Sign the Test, under the certification therein contained: As also, by Our Royal Proclamation, of the date at Edinburgh, the first of March 1676. We did Require and Command, That none thereafter should  any School: master, Pedagogue or Chaplain, or Person for performing Family-worship, who have not a Licence for that effect, under the hand of the Bishop of the Respective Diocese under the penalties therein expressed. And now being informed, that some to elude the Laws, and Proclamotions foresaids, do  disaffected and irregular Persons, for Teaching their Children, and overseeing of their Learning, Manners and Education, or Exercising Family-worship in their Houses, under other Names and Designations, as of Physicians, Factors, Chamberlains, Attendants, or Ordinary Servants, whose influence in corrupting the youth, and debauchiug of Families from their Duty to GOD, and to Us, is most apparent, and of very pernicious consequence: We do therefore, with advice of Our Privy Council, strictly Prohibit and Discharge all Our Subjects, of what Quality soever, to  any Person or Persons, to be Chaplains in their Families, or to be Governors, Teachers or Instructers of their Children, or Pupils, or Minors, under their Tutory or Curatory, or to be Schoolmasters within their Lands or Jurisdictions: or who shall perform the Duties and Offices of Teaching, and instructing their Children, or Pupils, or Minors, under their Tutory or Curatory, by Overseeing them in their Learning. Manners and Education: or who shall Exercise Religious-worship in their Families, or shall perform the Duties belonging to the Places or Offices of Pedagogues or Chaplains, under the Name and Designations foresaid, or under whatsoever other Colour, Name, Title, or Designation, except such only as shall Swear and Subscribe the Test foresaid, before this respective Ordinaries: and who shall be allowed by Licences, under the hands of their respective Bishops, for performing and Exercising of these Offices, certifying all those who shall contemn, or contraveen this Our Royal Will and Proclamotion: That every Nobleman so offending, shall be fined in three thousand Marks, Every Gentleman in Twelve hundreth Marks: And each Burgess or other Subjects in six hundreth Marks, toties quaties, as they shall ●e found Guilty conform to the Certification contained in Our said Proclamation dated the said first of March 1676. And shall ●●so be esteemed Persons disaffected to the Established Religion, and to Our Royal Government; and the Magistrates of all burgh's, ●f Royalty and Regality, are discharged to permit any Schoolmasters to Teach Scholars in their burgh's, except they be qualified as aforesaid, under the penalty of being pursued and punished before the Council, as their contempt and neglect shall deserve. ●nd to the effect, Our Royal Will and Pleasure in the Premises may be publicly known; Our Will is, and We Charge you traitly 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, and that none pretend Ignorance. 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 Hallyrudhouse, the fourth day of June, One thousand six hundred eighty and three: And of Our Reign, the thirtieth fifth year. Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij. WIL PATERSON, Cls. Sti. Concilij. 
 GOD save the KING.   

EDINBURGH, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, Anno. DOM. 1683. Reptinted by George Croom, in Thames-street, over against Baynard's Castle, 1683.