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DIEV ET MON DROIT  A PROCLAMATION, Anent the Militia.  
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, and his Brethren Heralds, Pursuivants, Macers of Our Privy Council, Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and severally, specially constitute Greeting: Forasmuch as by the thirty second Act, Parliament One thousand six hundred and eighty five, The ordinary Rendezvous of Our Established Militia, was Discharged for the Ease of Our People, during Our Pleasure; And now We having thought fit for the good of Our Service, and for the better preserving the Peace and Security of this Our Ancient Kingdom, and preventing the further progress of the Unnatural Rebellion, which has of late been maintained within the same; and Defending Our good Subjects and Government, from all unjust Attempts that may be made thereon by the Barbarous- Irish-Papists, or any other Our Enemies, That three parts of four of the Established Militia respective , should be in readiness for Our Service, conform to the Laws made thereanent, And for the better Ordering, and more timely sending out, and furnishing the said Militia, We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, Do hereby Nominat, and Appoint such Commissioners of the Assessment, Imposed by Our Act of Parliament of the Date the seventh day of June last bypast, who have, or shall qualify themselves for, and accept of the said Trust, by taking the Oath of Allegiance and Assurance, conform to the Acts of Parliament made thereanent, betwixt and the respective Days hereby appointed for their Meeting, inclusiuè, with the Colonels, lieutenant-colonels, Majors, Captains, and Lieutenants of the said Militia, to be Commissioners of Our said Militia; And hereby require and Command them to meet at the Head-Burghs of the respective Shires within this Kingdom, in manner, and upon the Days following, viz. The Shires of Elgine, Bamff, Nairn, Ross, Inverness, and all be north the same, upon the eleventh Day of June next, at ten a Clock in the forenoon; and the rest of the Shires within this Kingdom, upon the fourth Day of the said Month of June, and hour foresaid, There to Deliberate upon, and follow forth, such Methods as they shall judge most conducible for timely Out-reik of the said Militia, sufficiently provided for Our Service, specified in the Acts of Parliament, made thereanent. And We, with Advice foresaid, Nominat and Appoint, the Persons following, to be Conveeners of the said's Commissioners, in the Shires respective , Declaring the plurality of these, who shall Conveen in each Shire, to be a Quorum, to wit, For the Shire of Haddingtoun, Sir Robert Sinclar of Stevinson, Sheriff thereof; For the Shire of Edinburgh, Sir John Maitland of Ravelrig, one of the Senators of the College of Justice; For the Shire of Berwick, Sir John Hume of Blackader; For the Shire of Roxburgh, the Earl of Terrace; For the Shire of Selkirk, John Scot of Well; For the Shire of Peebles the Larid of Blackbarony elder, and in his absence Richard Murray of Spittlehaugh his Brother. For the Shire of Lanerk William bailie of Lammingtoun; For the Shires of Nithisdale and Drumfreis, Sir Thomas Kilpatrick of Closeburn: For the Shire of Wigtoun, Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw: For the Shire of Air, the Earl of Cassils', and in his absence the Master of Cathcart; For the Shire of Dumbartoun, John Campbel Captain of Carrick: For the Shire of Argile, the Earl of Argile, and in his absence Sir Colin Campbel of Ardkinles; For the Shire of Bute _____ Boyd of Kelburn: For the Shire of Renfrew the Lord Blantire; For the Shire of Stirling, Sir Alexander Hope of Kerse, and in his absence William Cunninghame younger of Buquhan: For the Shire of Linlithgow _____ Dundass of that Ilk; For the Shire of Perth, Adam Drummond of Maginsch; For the Shire of Kincardin, the Viscount of Arbuthnet: For the Shire of Aberdene the Earl of Kintore, and in his absence Sir John Forbes of Cragivar▪ For the Shire of Inverness, Lodowick Grant of that Ilk, and in his absence _____ Cuthbert of Castlehill, For the Shire of Nairn, Sir Hugh Campbel of Calder: For the Shire of Cromarty William Urquhart of Braelangwell: For the Shire of Fife, Mr. James Melvil of Cassingray; For the Shire of Kinross. Robert Douglas of Kirkness; For the Shire of Forfar _____ Erskin of Dunn; For the Shire of Bamff, Sir James Baird of Achmedden: For the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, the Viscount of Kenmure; For the Shire of Southerland _____ Gordon younger of Embor; For the Shire of Caithness, Sir James Sinclar of May; For the Shire of Elgine _____ Dumbar Sheriff of Murray; For the Shire of Clackmannan, John Keiry of Gogar; and for the Shire of Ross, the Laird of Balnagoun: Requiring and Commanding the said's respective Conveeners, to cause the Clerks to the Commissioners of Supply, who are hereby also Appointed Clerks to the Commissioners of Militia, to cause due and punctual Intimation to be made of their Presents at the Doors of the several Kirks and Meeting-Houses within the respective Shires, before the Days of Rendezvous afternamed, upon a Sunday in the Forenoon, after Divine Service, and that the said's Commissioners Do and Perform every other thing requisite and necessary, for the speedy and effectual sending out of the said's three fourth parts of the said Militia, conform to the Laws and Acts of Parliament made thereanent; and that all persons liable in the Out-reik of the Horse Militia within the Shires afternamed, Do peremptorly send out their respective proportions of the said three fourth Parts of their Militia Horse, with their best Arms and Furniture to be Rendezvouzed, upon the Days, at the places, and under the Command of the Persons after expressed, To wit, The Shire of Edinburgh, their proportion of Horse, to be Rendezvouzed at the Links of Leith, the sixteenth day of June next to come, at ten hours in the forenoon, under the Command of _____ Earl of Lothian as Captain, Sir John Clerk of Pennicook as Lieutenant, with power to the said Earl to make choice of one to serve as Coronet, and report his Name to the Council: The Shire of Roxburgh, their proportion of Horse to be Rendezvouzed at Ancrum-Bridge, the sixteenth day of June next to come, at ten hours in in the forenoon, under the Command of Walter Earl of Terrace, as Captain _____ Ker of Cherritrees as Lieutenant, with power to the said Earl to make choice of one to serve as Coronet, and report his Name to the Council, to be approven of by them; The Shires of Peebles and Selkirk their proportion of Horse, to be Rendezvouzed at Selkir the said sixteenth day, and hour foresaid, under the Command of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarrony as Captain, and James Pringl● of Torwoodlee as Lieutenant; The Shire of Berwick, their Horse at Fogo-muir the said day and hour, under t●e Command of Patrick Lord Polwart Captain, Sir John Hume of Blackader Lieutenant; The Shire of Haddingtoun, their Horse at Beenstoun-muir, the said day and hour, under the Command of the Lord Belhaven Captain, John Sinclar ●ounger of Stevinson Lieutenant, and William Hepburn of Beinstoun Coronet; The Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan, their Horse at Stirling, the said day and hour, under the Command of Sir Alexander Hope of Kerse Captain, and William Cunninghame younger of Boquhan Lieutenant; The Shire of Perth, their proportion of Horse at Perth, the said day and hour, the one Troop thereof to be Commanded by the Lord Rollo as Captain, and Alexander Spittal of Leuchat as Lieutenant, and the other of the said's Troops to be Commanded by Mr. Francis Montgomery of Giffin as Captain: The Shire of Forfar their Horse, at Dundee the said day and hour, under the Command of _____ Erskin of Dunn as Captain, and Alexander Duncan of Lundie as Lieutenant; The Shires of Kincardin, Aberdene and Bamff, their Horse at Aberdene the said day and hour, one Troop thereof under the Command of the Earl of Kintore, another under Sir Thomas Burnet of Leyes, and a third under the Command of Sir James Gordon of Lesmore as Captains, and John Hume of Ninewells as Lieutenant to the Troop from the Shire of Kincardine; The Shires of Elgin, Nairn, Ross, Crommarty, and both divisions of the Shire of Inverness their Horse, at Inverness the twenty fourth day of the said Month of June next, and hour foresaid, one Troop thereof under the Command of David Ross of Balnagoun as Captain, and Sir Alexander Mckenzie of Coul as Lieutenant, and the other of the said Troops by _____ Dumbar Sheriff of Murray as Captain. And We with Advice foresaid, Do hereby Authorise and Empower the Officers of Horse , to elect and make choice of such Persons as they think meetest to supply and serve as Officers of Horse under them, where they are not named, they always sending in Lists thereof to Our Privy Council, to be approven of by them. And sicklike, We with Advice foresaid, hereby strictly Require and Command, That all persons liable in the Outreik of Militia, in the Shires after-named, do peremptorly send out their respective proportions of the three fourth parts of their Foot Militia, with their best Arms, to be Rendezvouzed upon the days, at the places, and under the Command of the persons , viz. The Town of Edinburgh, Suburbs and Liberties thereof, and Shire of Linlithgow, their Foot, to be Rendezvouzed upon the Links of Leith, the sixteenth day of June next, at ten in the forenoon, under the Command of Henry Lord Cardross, as Colonel of that Regiment, and such a lieutenant-colonel as shall be named by the Magistrates of Edinburgh; The Shire of Wigtoun and Stewartry of Kirkcudbright their proportion of the said Foot at Wigtoun the sixteenth day of June next, and hour foresaid, under the Command of the Viscount of Kenmuir as Colonel, William Gordon of Craig as Lieutenant Colonel, James Dumbar of Mochrum as Major; The Shire of Nithisdale and Drumfreis, their proportion of Foot, the said day and Hour at Drumfreis, under the Command of Sir Thomas Kilpatrick of Closeburn, as Lieutenant Colonel, and _____ of Eccle as Major; The Shires of Air and Renfrew, their proportion of Foot, at Air the said day and hour, under the Command of the Earl of Cassils' as Colonel, the Master of Cathcart Lieutenant colonel, and Major Hugh Buntine as Major; The Shires of Argile, Bute and Dumbartoun their proportion of Foot at Dumbartoun, the said day and hour: For the Shires of Dumbartoun, and Bute, and for Argile-Shire at Inverary the said day and hour, under the Command of Sir Colin Campbel of Ardkindles as Colonel, John Campbel Captain of Carrick Lieutenant Colonel; The Shires of Fife and Kinross, their proportion of the said Foot at Edinsmuir, the said day and hour, the West Regiment thereof to be Commanded by James Earl of Mortoun as Colonel, _____ Douglas of Strathendrie Lieutenant Colonel, and _____ Young of Kirktoun as Major, and the other Regiment to be Commanded by Robert Master of Burligh as Colonel, Sir David Arnot of _____ as Lieutenant Colonel, and Robert Douglas of Kirkness Major; The Shire of Lanerk, their proportion of the said Foot at Hamiltoun, the said day and hour under the Command of the Duke of Hamiltoun as Colonel, John Lord Carmichael as Lieutenant Colonel, and _____ as Major; The Shires of Southerland and Caithness, their proportions of the said Foot at Dornoch, the twenty fourth day of June next, and hour foresaid, under the Command of the Lord Strathnaver as Colonel, John Gordon younger of Embo Lieutenant Colonel, and Adam Gordon of Dalfollie Major; The Foot within the Shires of Orknay and Zetland upon such days, and at such places as Robert Elphingstoun of Lapness, Our Stewart of Orknay (whom We with Advice foresaid Appoint to Command the same as Colonel) shall make Public Intimation of, at the several Church-Doors for that effect, that they may be in readiness when required, or called forth to Our Service. And We, with Advice foresaid, Do hereby Authorise and Empower, the Officers of Foot , to elect and make choice of such persons as they think meetest to supply and serve as Officers of Foot under them, where they are not named, they always sending in Lists thereof to Our Privy Council, to be Approven of by them. Hereby strictly Charging and Commanding, all Heretors, Liferenters, and others, any manner of way liable in Outreik of the said's Horses and Foot, to give punctual obedience to this Our Royal Will and Pleasure, under the pains contained in the Acts of Parliament anent Our Militia: Hereby likewise Requiring and Commanding, all Persons, whether Officers or Soldiers of the saids Horse and Foot, to give cheerful and ready Obedience to those entrusted by Us in this Command, as they will be Answerable at their highest Peril. And to the effect the saids Militia Troops of Horse and Foot may be furnished with a due Subsistance so long as We think fit to keep them together; We with Advice foresaid, Do hereby Declare, that We will take care the Officers of the said's Troops and Regiments be duly paid by Us, sicklike and in the same manner as they were in use to be paid by Our Royal Predecessors when Employed and made use of by Them. And We hereby Require and Command, under the Pains , all Persons liable in Outreik of the ordinary Troopers and Foot-Soldiers of the said Militia now to be sent forth by them, to Advance and put in the Hands of the several Collectors of the respective Shires Forty Days Payment, at the rate specified in the Act of Parliament for the number of Horse or Foot, according as they are now to be sent out by the saids Shires, which the said Collector is to pay forth to the said's Troops of Horse or Foot from time to time, during their continuance together in Our Service, and how far the said Forty Days Pay shall not be expended by the Collectors, they shall be bound and obliged to give allowance thereof in the fore-end of the Cess due and payable by the Heretors and others liable in Outreik of the said Militia; and that the said's Troops of Horse and Regiments of Militia Foot may be accommodat, and suitably furnished with Trumpets, Standards, Drums & Colours formerly provided by the Shires, We hereby Require and Command, all and sundry Heretors, Officers and others, in whose Possession, Custody or Keeping, any of the said's Trumpets, Standards, Drums or Colours are, to deliver up the same to any of the respective Officers , upon their Receipt therefore, to be made use of by them in their several Troops or Regiments for Our Service, and made furthcoming upon the like Occasions in time coming; with Certification to such as shall refuse or delay the delivering up thereof, they shall be looked upon as disaffected Persons to Us and Our Government, and Obstructers of Our Service, and pursued and punished therefore accordingly. And We with Advice foresaid, Ordain the whole Officers of Foot and Horse , and others to be chosen by them, to attend their Charges at the said's Diets of Rendezvous, and the Heretors and other Outreikers of the Soldiers, to have their Men present, Furnished and Habile according to Law, and advance the said Forty Days Pay in the hands of the Collector of the Shire; with Certification to the said's Officers, Heretors and others, if they neglect their Duty herein, they shall be proceeded against by Fining, poinding & Quartering, and other Pains, conform to the Laws and Instructions made thereanent, and Ordains the Commissioners of Militia to order Parties for poinding and Quartering immediately after the saids days of Rendezvous, upon such as shall be deficient therein. And We with Advice foresaid, Appoint the Muster-master-General by himself or his Deputs, to be present at the several Rendezvous, and to return an account to Our Council of the Absents and Deficients, that they may be proceeded against accordingly. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you strictly and Command, that incontinent these Our Letters seen, ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and several Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of this Kingdom, and burgh's of Regality and Stewartrie, and several Paroch-Churches within the same, upon a Sunday in the Forenoon after Divine Service, and other places needful, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premises, that none pretend Ignorance. And We Ordain Our Solicitor to transmit Copies hereof to the Clerks of the Commissioners of Assessment of the several Shires , to be by the saids Clerks communicate to the Conveeners respectiuè, and Intimat at the several Church and Meeting-houses Doors in manner above mentioned, as ye will Answer to Us thereupon. 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 Indorsed again to the Bearer.  
Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh, the Twenty Ninth Day of May, And of Our Reign the Third Year, 1691. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. GILB. ELIOT, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD save King William and Queen Mary.   

EDINBURGH, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties, Anno DOMINI. 1691.