A PROCLAMATION For Calling out the Heretors, and others in the Shires of Perth and Forfar, and others beyond the Water of Tay.  
At Edinburgh, the sixteenth day of July, one thousand six hundred and eighty nineyears.  
WHereas his Grace the Lord high Commissioner, and the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, are sufficiently Informed, That there are some numbers of Irish Papists and others, Shipped at Craig-Fergus, in three Men of War, and that they have passed the Mule of Kintire, and Sailed betwixt Isla and Jura, and are probably before this time Landed in some place of the Isles, or Highlands, about Innerlochie; Therefore the Lord high Commissioner, and the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, Have thought sit, in His Majes: ties Name and Authority, to Certify the Liedges anent the Invasion, and Descent of these Barbarous and Bloody People, who will certainly join with the Viscount of Dundee, and other Rebels that are in Arms with him; And Do Require the lieges, That none of them take in hand to Correspond with, Reset, Supply, or any ways Assist these Rebels and Papists, but on the contrary, all Sheriffs, Bailies of Regalities, or Bailliaries, Stewarts, and all other Magistrates whatsomever within the Sheriffdom of Perth and Forfar, and all others upon the North side of the Water of Tay, are hereby expressly Required and Commanded, to attend General-major Mccay, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in this present Expedition, for Reducing of these Rebels and Invaders, and that they Receive and Obey his Orders from time to time, either in Conveening the Heretors and other Inhabitants of the Respective Shires in Arms to His Majesty's Host, at what times or places he shall think sit to Appoint; or in furnishing Provisions, Baggage-Horses, and what else may be necessary for His Majesty's Service in this Expedition, as they shall be advertised by the said General-major Mccay, or his Order: Requiring likeways the Heretors and Inhabitants of the several Shires to obey punctually the Orders, that shall be given to them by the respective Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailies and Magistrates, to the Effect foresaid: And his Grace the Lord high Commissioner, and Lords of Privy Council Do Certify, That if any of the Magistrates or Inhabitants of these Shires of Perth, Forfar, and others beyond Tay, shall be negligent or refractory in Conveening in Arms, when required in manner foresaid, or giving their assistance for the maintenance of His Majesty's Troops, furnishing of Horses, or the carrying and transporting of their Ammunition, Provision, and Baggage at this time, when the Country is Invaded by Barbarous Papists, joined with Intestine Rebels, that they shall be proceeded against to the outmost extremity of Law. And Ordain these Presents to be Published at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and at the Mercat-Crosses of Perth, Forfar, and other Mercat-Crosses needful beyond the Water of Tay. Extracted by me  
GILB. ELIOT, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD Save King William and Queen Mary.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, by Order of His Majesty's Privy Council, Anno Dom. 1689.