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CHARLES, By the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. To our Lovits, Our Lion King at Arms, his brethren Heralds Pursuivants Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute, Greeting:  
Forsameikle as James Grahame sometime Earl of Montrose, and Alaster Mac-Donald, having associate to themselves some Irish Rebels, and unnatural Countrymen, have broken out in open Rebellion against God, and his Covenant, Us, and Our Authority, This their native Kingdom, and its Liberty and Peace, have killed and massacred divers of our good Subjects, spoiled their Lands, burnt their Houses, and do yet desperately continue, acting sundry Villainies and Outrages in all parts of the Country where they come; endeavouring thereby (so far as in them lies) the subversion of the true Religion, and the just Laws and Liberties of this Our ancient Kingdom. And We being confident that all who have any love to Religion, loyalty to Us their Sovereign, or regard to their Oath in the mutual League and Covenant, will be so far from complying with these base Rebels, that they will hearty concur with their utmost power to oppose and pursue them. Yet, left any, out of fear, or disloyalty of their own hearts, should be so far wanting in their duty, as to comply, or beany ways assisting to them, We have thought fitting, according to an Act of Our Parliament, of the date of their presents, to give Warning to them of the danger they may incur hereby. And for that end, 
 OUR WILL IS, and we charge you straight and commands, that incontinent their our Letters seen, you pass to the Market-Crosses of Our Burrows of Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth, Aberdene, Stirling, Glasgow, and S. Andrews, which is declared by the Act of Our Parliament to be a sufficient intimation to Our Liege's, and there by open Proclamation hereof, that you Command, Charge, and Inhibit all Our Subjects, that none of them presume, nor take upon hand to Refer, Supply, Intercommune, nor keep Intelligence nor Correspondence with the said's James Grahame, Alaster Mac-Donald, or any of their Associates or Complices, nor furnish them with Meat, Drink, House, Harberie, nor other comfortable thing, under the pain of Treason; and certifying all such as shall failzie herein, the said pain shall be execute upon them without favour. The which to do, we commit to you conjunctly and severally our full power, be their Our Letters, delivering the same be you duly execute and endorsed again to the Bearer.  
Given under Our Signet at S. Andrews, the day of _____ and of Our Reign the 26 year 1646. Per actum Parliamenti.