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A PROCLAMATION, Discharging the levying or transporting of Soldiers without Licence.  
CHARLES by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith to Macers or Messengers at arms, Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally, specially, constitute, Greeting;  
forasmuch, as, We by Our Proclamation, dated the twenty third day of July, one thousand six hundred, and seventy four years, did prohibit and discharge any person or persons to Levy any men in this Kingdom or to take or transport any of Our Subjects thereof into the service of any foreign Prince or State, without Our special Licence: and discharged all Masters of ships to receive on board, or transport them under all highest pains to be inflicted on the contraveeners. Requiring thereby the fermorers of Our Customs and Excise their collectors and waiters, to take special notice of any such persons whom they should find passing forth of this Kingdom upon the foresaid account; and to stop them in their passage, as they would be answerable: And if need were, that they require the concurrence of the Magistrates of burgh's and others in authority under Us, to be aiding and assisting to them therein. Likeas, We by another Proclamation, of the date, the first day of October, the year foresaid did renew Our said Proclamation; and further, did prohibit and discharge all masters of ships to receive on board or to transport to any foreign country any subjects of this Kingdom, who had been levied without Our special licence, or any other 〈◊〉 who are not 〈◊〉 or seamen, unless they had a pass under the hand of any one of Our 〈…〉 authorise and require any of Our privy Counsellors upon information given, that any of Our subjects of this Kingdom, soldiers or others were taken on to serve in any foreign country without warrant as said is, to cause stop them in their passage and imprison them and to cause seize upon and secure the persons who had engaged them, or should be known to have been dealing with and seducing them thereto, until they should find caution, to answer for the some, and that they should not levy nor transport any of Our subjects to any foreign service with power to any Privy Counsellor to give such orders as should be necessary for that effect to the magistrates of burgh's or any of the standing forces, who are thereby required to put these order's inexecution as they will be answerable at their highest peril; and it is thereby declared, that such persons as had already contraveened the foresaid Proclamation should be proceeded against and consored conform to the tenor thereof, as at length is contained in the saids Proclamations. And whereas upon divers important and weighty considerations, We have thought fit again to renew Our said's former Proclamation. We therefore, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, do 〈…〉 Proclamations aforesaids and ordains the same to continue and stand in full force and to be punctually observed and put in execution in time coming after the form and tenor thereof, and under the pains and certifications therein contained in all points. And ordains these persents to be printed, and publication to be made thereof at the mercat Cross of Edinburgh, and other places that none pretend ignorance. The which to do, We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full power be their Our Letters, delivering 〈…〉 duly execute and 〈◊〉 again to the bearer.  
Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the tenth day of June, one thousand six hundred and seventy 〈◊〉 and of Our Reign, the 〈◊〉 ●eventh year. Al. Gibson Cl. S ti. Concilii. 
 God save the King.   

〈…〉 to the King's most Excellent MAJESTY