ACT Discharging any to travel thorough the Highlands, with more Persons than the Law allows.  
Edinburgh, the tenth day of October, 1678.  
THE Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, Considering, that albeit by divers Acts of Parliament, the convocation of His Majesty's Liege's by any person above their ordinar and allowed Retinue, is prohibit under divers pains and penalties; notwithstanding whereof several Inhabitants of the Highlands are in use, when they travel through the country, to be accompanied and attended by a number of looss and idle persons, not being their domestic servants, and thereby occasion is given to stealing, sorning, and several other disorders: For preventing whereof, the said's Lords do prohibit and discharge all persons Inhabitants of the Highlands of whatsomever degree or quality, to travel in the Highlands or keep any meetings there, having any in their retinue and company, who are not their own domestic servants, as they will be answerable at their highest peril. And ordains these presents to be Printed and published at the Mercat crosses of the several head burgh's of this Kingdom.  
Al. Gibson, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD save the King.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred MAJESTY. 1678.