A PROCLAMATION, For Calling out Heretors and Fencible Men, to attend the KING'S Host.  
WILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith; To Our Lion King at Arms, his Brethren Heralds, Macers of Our Privy Council, Pursuivants, Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and severally, specially constitute, Greeting:  
Forasmuch as, We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit, for putting the Country in a posture of Defence, against an Invasion of French and Irish Papists, threatened to this Our Ancient Kingdom, whereby it may become the Seat of a Bloody War, to appoint all the Fencible Persons betwixt sixty and sixteen, in the Shires under-written, being nearest to the places where the said Invasion is apprehended to be designed, to be in readiness when advertised, with their best Horses, Arms and Provisions, to attend Our Host, for Resisting the said horrid Invasion, and have named several Officers to Command the Heretors and Fencible Men, who are not Heretors; And by Letters direct from Our Privy Council for that effect, have impowered the the said Officers named, with consent of the Commissioners, to name the other Inferior Officers not already Nominat by Our Privy Council, in the said's several Letters, and to Intimat a place of Rendezvouz for the said's Heretors to Rendezvouz at, when advertised, and particular places within each Paroch for Fencible Men, who are not Heretors, to Assemble and Rendezvouz at, when required; And it being convenient, the said's Heretors, and other Fencible Men, should be Rendezvouzed and Mustered by their Officers at the said's places, at some fit day before it be necessary to Call them out to Action, to the end their Number, Arms, and other Provisions requisite, may be the better known; Therefore We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, peremptorly Require and Command, all Heretors, Wodsetters and Liferenters, betwixt sixty and sixteen, who are Fencible Men, within the Shires and Stewartrie following, with their best Horses and Arms, to Rendezvouz, under the Command of the Officers who are, or shall be appointed, and that upon the Days and at the Places respective aftermentioned, viz. The Heretors of the Shire of Edinburgh, at the Links of Leith, the thirty first Day of May; The Heretors of the Shire of Haddingtoun, at Beenstoun Muir, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Berwick, at Fogo-Muir, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Roxburgh, on the Muir upon the Southside of Ancrum-Bridge, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Selkirk, at Selkirk, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Peebles, at Peebles, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shires of Striuling and Clackmannan, at Striuling, the said Day; The Shires of Fife and Kinross, at Edensmuir, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Linlithgow at Linlithgow-Bridge, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Lanerk, at Hamiltoun, the said thirty first Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Air, at Air, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Argile, at Inveraray the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Dumbartoun, at Dumbartoun the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Renfrew, at Renfrew-Muir, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Dumfreis, at Dumfries, the said Day; The Heretors of the Shire of Wigtoun and Stewartry of Kirkoudbright, at Glenluce, the said Day; all at ten Hours in the forenoon. And sicklike We, with Advice foresaid, peremptorly Require and Command, all the Fencible Persons within the said's Shires and Stewartrie, not being Heretors, to Rendezvouz under their several Captains, at the Chief Town or Paroch Kirk within each Captain's bounds, upon the nineteenth Day of May instant, with their best Arms; And We hereby ordain the Commanders of the said's Heretors, and Captains of the said's Fencible Men, who are not Heretors, to make Lists of the persons who shall appear at the said's several Rendezvouzes, an● th● said's Commanders of the Heretors to make Report to Our Council, of the condition of the Horse and Arms of such H●retors as do appear, with all possible Diligence, and at furthest within eight Days thereafter, together with a List of such Heretors as appear not at the said's Rendezvouzes, from the Clerks to the Commissioners of Supply, out of the Books and Rolls of Assessment, for the said's respective Shires and Stewartrie, which the Clerks are hereby Ordained to give them gratis, and that they take Trial what Arms the said's absents have, or Horses above the value of an hundred Marks Scots: And We Ordain the said's Captains of the Fencible Men, who are not Heretors, betwixt and the Day foresaid, to make Report to Our Privy Council, of the number of Persons, and their Names who shall appear at their several Rendezvouzes, and the nearest estimat they can make what greater number might have been expected, if all the Fencible men, not Heretors, had attended the said's Rendezvo●zes, and of the condition of their Arms, and whether they have any other or better Arms. And We Considering, that by the 28 Act of the 2d Session of Our current Parliament, Our Privy Council is Authorized to put the Oath of Allegiance, and the Assurance subjoined to the said Act, to every Subject of this Realm, as they shall see cause; Declaring such as shall refuse to Subscribe the same, shall be repute Disaffected to Our Government, and be deprived of any Offices, Benefices and Jurisdictions which they enjoy, and shall be obliged to give such Security for their good behaviour, and that they shall Act nothing against Our Government, as Our Council shall think fit, providing it extend no further than Bond, Caution, or personal Imprisonment, securing of Horses, and Arms, or Garrisoning of Houses; And seeing there can be no greater occasion to call for such Security and Assurance to Us. and Our Government, from Our several Subjects, and particularly the persons entrusted by Us, with the Command of the Heretors or Fencible Men; And the said's Heretors and Fencible Men themselves, within the several Shires and Stewartrie , than the present threatened Invasion, and the securing the Peace and Quiet of the Country, at such a time, from all Treasonable Mischiefs, which may be Intented or Designed by persons Disaffected to Us and Our Government: Therefore We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, Appoint and Require, all the Officers already Named by Our Privy Council, to Command the said's Heretors and Fencible Men, betwixt and the seventeenth Day of May current, to Swear and Subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and Sign the Assurance, in presence of the Commissioners of Supply of the said's res●e●ive Shires, or any two of them, or to Instruct before them, that they have already Sworn, and Signed the same, which is to be Reported by the Commissioners to Our Privy Council, with a List of the Inferior Officers to be Named, with Consent of Our said's Commissioners, within eight Days after at furthest: And albeit We, Have Resol●e● to put no distinguishing Character upon any of Our Subjects, without evident Grounds of Suspicion, that they will comply with this abominable Design of Invasion, whereby Religion, Liberty and Property may be betrayed into the hands of the most Bigot, Barbarous and Cruel Papists: Therefore, and for the Discovery of the said's Disaffected Persons, We with Advice foresaid, hereby Require and Command the whole Heretors, Wodsetters and Liserenters, who are Fencible Men, within the said's several Shires and Stewartry, to attend upon and meet with the Justices of Peace within the same, or any two of them, upon one or other of the Days, and at the Diets under-written, or to such particular Day and Diet as the said's Justices of Peace shall Require any of them who does not attend the Diets of the first Week : And sickhke, That the said's Justices of Peace do meet and attend at the Head-Burgh of the Respective Shires and Stewartry, from ten to twelve in the Forenoon, and from two to four in the afternoon, with the Clerk of Supply to serve them for the time, each Wednesday and Thursday of every Week, until the Rendezvouz of the said's Heretors, at the Days above set down, to propose to all the Heretors, Wodsetters and Liferenters, who are Fencible Men within their several Jurisdictions, the Engagement unde-written (whereof the Tenor is hereto subjoined) and to make return of the Subscriptions, of such as do willingly Subscribe the same, to Our Privy Council, with all possible Diligence, after the said Day, that it may be known of whom the said Oath of Allegiance and Bond of Assurance should be required, conform to, and under the Certifications in the foresaid Act of Parliament: And We, with Advice foresaid, Require and Command the said's Justices of Peace to Tender and Administrat the Oath of Allegiance and Assurance, to all such of the said's Heretors, Wodsetters and Liferenters within their Respective Bounds, as shall not voluntarly Subscribe the said Engagement: And in like manner, We with Advice foresaid, peremptorly Command and Charge, under the pain of Rebellion, and being put to Our Horn, and to be further pursued and punished, as per●●● disaffected to Our Government, all the Fencible Heretors, Liferenters and Wodsetters, betwixt sixty and sixteen, who shall not appear before the Justices of Peace at the Diets foresaid, or appearing, shall not Subscribe the said Engagement, and each one of them to deliver upon Oath their Horses above the price of an Hundred Marks, with their Furniture and Arms into the hands of the Justices of Peace of the said's several Shires and Stewartry to be Secured by them, for the public Service. And the said's Justices of Peace are hereby Authorized and Required, to give and put the said's Horses with their Furniture, in the custody and keeping of Stablers, Ostlers, or In keepers, or in the custody of other persons who shall undertake to keep and be answerable for themat the ordinary Rates to be paid by their Owners, and shall restore the same again with the Furniture and Arms to the proper Owners thereof, when the present Danger is Declared by Proclamation to be over; and that in the mean time the said's Horses shall be employed for no other use but for public Service, in case of an Invasion, or Insurrection. And We, with Advice fores●id, Declare, That what Damnage or Detriment shall befall the said's Horses, Furniture and Arms, through the fault of the said's Keepers, or their Riders, to whom they shall be committed, shall be satisfied and paid to the respective Owners; With Power nevertheless to the said's Stablers, Ostlers, or others Keepers of the said's Horses, to pursue and call for the price of what Entertainment they shall have advanced for the said's Horses, from their respective Owners, at the ordinar Rates, when, and in what manner soever they think fit and convenient; And because it may contribute much to Our Service in the Premises, that there be Justices of Peace appointed in the saids Shires where they are wanting; Therefore We, with Advice foresaid, conform to the Act of Parliament made thereanent, Declare, Appoint and Authorise the Commissioners of Supply, of the respective Shires foresaids, who have or shall qualify themselves according to Law, to be Justices of Peace in the saids Shires, with power to them to do and perform every thing, which to the said Office and Trust is competent, and known to belong and pertain, by the several Laws and Acts of Parliament made thereanent, and Instructions ●herein set down. OUR WILL IS Herefore, and We Charge you straight and Command, that incontinent these Our Letters seen, ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh, and to the remanent Mercat-Crosses of the whole Head-Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartry , and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premises, that none pretend Ignorance. And Ordains these Presents to be Printed.  
Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh, the ninth day of May. And of Our Reign, the fourth year, 1692. Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In Supplimentum Signeti. GILB, ELIOT, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD Save King William and Queen Mary.   

Follows the Tenor of the Engagement.  
WE _____ Bind and Oblige us upon our Honour, and the Faith of a Christian, that we shall live peaceably under the Government of their Majesties, King William and Queen Mary, King and Queen of this Realm, and shall Act, Consult, or Contrive nothing in prejudice thereof, nor concur with, nor Assist any Invasion or Insurrection in Britain, by Counsel, Contribution of Money, Horses, Arms, Ammunition, or any other Warlike Force, and shall not Converse with, Entertain, Harbour, Reset, or Conceal any of the said's Invaders, or their Partakers, Associates, or Accomplices, whatever they shall profess or pretend to be their Cause or Design, by the presence or Command of the late King James, or any other ways.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties, Anno DOM. 1692.