A PROCLAMATION, For Raising Pioniers, and providing Baggage-Horses to the Army.  
WILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, To Our Lovits, Macers of Our Privy Council, Messengers at Arms, and our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and severally, specially Constitute, Greeting:  
Forasmuch, as We and the Estates of Parliament, Have by Our Act, of the Date the thirty one Day of May last bypast, Impowered the Lords, and others of Our Privy Council, to provide such a number of Pioniers, as shall be found necessary to be furnished out of the Country's neighbouring with, and nearest to Innerlochie, in the most convenient Methods, for the ease of the Country, and effectuating the Design or making a Fortification at the said place; and Have also Impowered Our Privy Council, to proportion and Impose Baggage Horses, for transporting of Provision and Furniture, necessary to the Army, as is more fully expressed in the said Act of Parliament. And We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, finding that it is requisite and necessary for the more effectual prosecution of Our Service, in this present Expedition, that there be the number of five hundred Pioniers raised out of the particular Shires and burgh's aftermentioned, and sent to the particular places under-written, the day's after-specified, in order to their March, under the Conduct of Our Forces, to Work and make up a Fortification at Innerlochie, and that a competent number of Baggage Horses be sent alongst with the Forces, under the Command of Major General McKay, in his March against the Rebels, now in Arms against Us and Our Authority, to remain and abide with Our Army, during such space as the said Major General McKay, or in his absence, the Chief Commander of Our Army for the time shall appoint. Therefore We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, Do Ordain the Sheriffs of the Shires of Sutherland, Caithness, Inverness, Rosse, Nairn, Cromarty, Elgin, Bamff, Aberdene, and Kincardin to meet, with two or three of the Commissioners of Supply, within the respective Shires, if more cannot be had, and to proportion and send out the number of Pioniers aftermentioned, out of the Shires underwritten, viz. The number of twenty two out of Sutherland, thirty five out of Caithnesse, the number of an hundred fifty four Pioniers out of the Shires of Invernesse and Rosse, whereof eighty three out of the Shire of Rosse, and seventy one out of the Shire of Invernesse, (the burgh's not included) the number of seventeen out of the Shire of Nairn the number of five out of the Shire of Crommarty, sixty three out of Elgine, sixty eight out of the Shire of Bamss, and out of the Shires of Aberdene and Kincardin, the Town of Aberdene included, because of the great distance, and of their being otherwise employed in Their Majesty's Service, the number of an hundred Pioniers, whereof the number of sixty nine out of the Shire of Aberdene, fourteen out of the Burgh thereof, and the number of seventeen out of the Shire of Kincardin: And We, with Advice and Consent foresaid, Appoints the Magistrates of the burgh's after rehearsed, to raise and send out the number of Pioniers afterspecified, viz. The Magistrates of Week one, the Magistrates of Forress two, the Magistrates of Dingwall one, the Majistrats of Dornock, one the Magistrates of Forterosse two, the Magistrates of Tajn two, the Magistrates of Crommarty two the Magistrates of Invernesse thirteen, the Magistrates of Cullen one, the Majistrats of Bamss three, the Magistrates of Nairn one, and the Magistrates of Elgin six: And We Ordain the Pioniers within the Shires of Kincardin, Aberdene and Bamss, to be at Strathhogie, upon the eighteenth day of June instant; and these Pioniers which are to be sent out of the remanent Shires and burgh's , to be at Invernesse upon the said eighteenth day of June current, with Certification to such who shall be appointed to furnish, and send out the saids number of Pioniers, that if they shall failyie to give ready obedience to Our Commands, that they shall not only be liable in the sum of eight shilling Scots a day, during the whole space and time the said's Pioniers shall be employed at the said Fortification, and until they return, but shall also be otherways punished as Contemners of Our Authority, in such way and manner as Our Privy Council shall find just; And for the more effectual prosecution thereof, We hereby allow the Sheriffs of the respective Shires, with two or three of the Commissioners of Supply, to give order to quarter upon the Deficients, for payment of the said eight shilling Scots a-day, in the same way and manner as for the Cess; and that the Sheriffs of the Shire shall be liable to hold count therefore: And We do in the ●anner, Ordain the Leaders of Militia Horse within the Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan, Fife and Kinrosse, Perth and Forsar, to send out each of them a sufficient Baggage Horse, for each Militia Horse they lead, sufficiently furnished and graithed with Sodds and Sack, an pair of Backels or Creills, and the said Leaders to send out a man with each two Horse, extending the saids Baggage Horses, for the Shires of Fife and Kinrosse, (the Towns not included) to the number of an hundred seventy six Horses, for the Shire of Stirling and Clackmannan, to the number of eighty eight Horses: for the Shire of Perth, to the number of an hundred seventy six Horses, and for the Shire of Forsar, to the number of an hundred and three Horses: And We appoint the Magistrates of the several burgh's under-written, to send out the proportion of Horse and Men , viz. The Magistrates of Perth, the number ot ten Horses and five men, the Magistrates of Dundee, the number of fifteen Horses and eight men, the Magistrates of Stirling five Horses and three men, the Magistrates of St. Andrews, six Horses and three men, the Magistrates of Dysart two Horses and one man, the Magistrates of Monrosse five Horses and three men, the Magistrates of Anstruther Easter and Wester, one Horse and one Man, the Magistrates of Innerkeithing, one Horse and one Man, the Magistrates of Brichen, one Horse and one Man, the Magistrates of Pittenweem, two Horse and one Man, the Magistrates of Dumfermling, two Horse and one Man, the Magistrates of Aberbrothick, one Horse and one Man, the Magistrates of Culrosse, one Horse and one Man, and the Magistrates of Crail, two Horse and one man; All sufficiently furnished with Graith and Furniture; in manner . And We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Do hereby give and grant full Power and Warrant to each of the said's Leaders of the Militia, to press the Horse, or Horses he is liable to furnish within any part of his Locality, not exceeding the value of forty eight pounds Scots, and We appoint that the said's Leaders cause value and comprise the said Horse or Horses, they shall send out by three honest Neighbours upon Oath, before the Sheriff of the Shire, or his Depute, or any two of the said's Commissioners, with their Graith, not exceeding forty shiliing Scots, to the end, that if they shall not return, or if they do return, in case they shall be pryzed worse, each Heretor within the Leaders Locality may be answerable, for the Leaders Relief, according to the proportion of his valued Rent; and if they make not ready payment thereof, We do hereby Authorise the Commissioners of the Militia, or any two of them, upon application to grant Warrants to quarter and poinded for the said proportion, and to cause apprise the poynds according to the manner of poinding for deficiency of the Militia. And We hereby allow the Heretors to take their relief for the proportion by Poll off the Tenants, and their Inhabitants within their bounds, the Cottars and Tradesmen being reckoned to a third. And further, We with Advice and Consent foresaid, Do hereby grant Warrant to every Leader to press a Man to go along with every two Horse, out of any part of his Locality, in case of refusal, And We hereby Require the Leaders of the Militia Horse, and the Magistrates of the burgh's  to send their proportion or Horses and Men so furnished, and raised in manner foresaid, to the Burgh of Perth betwixt and the twelfth Day of this current Month of June, with Certification to such as shall failyie herein, they shall be liable in payment of the sum of sixty pounds Scots for each deficient Horse, to be applied for the relief of any other Horse that shall be pressed through his default; And further, shall be liable to be punished in his person and Goods at the Councils pleasure, as disaffected to Us and Our Government. And We Allow and Empower the Majistrats of the burgh's respective abovementioned, to press the Horses and Men to be sent out by them within their own Jurisdiction, and to stint the curgesses and Inhabitants for relief thereof, and of the Graith to be sent along with them, the value of the Horse, not exceeding the said sum of forty eight pounds; Scots, and the Graith forty shilling money foresaid. And We Do hereby Declare, That these Pioniers, as also the men that shall go along with the Baggage Horses, shall have two pecks of Meal, and twelve shilling Scots aweek, or five shilling Scots a-day, paid and furnished to them by the Commissars and Paymasters of the Army, they always entertaining themselves, and that from the day of their arrival at the places respective , to which they are appointed to march in manner foresaid. Our Will is herefore, and We Charge you straight and Command, that incontinent, these Our Letters seen, ye pass, and in Our Name and Authority, make publication hereof, at the Mercat Crofs of Edinburgh, and at the Head burgh's of the respective Shires abovementioned, and at the several Church-Doors within the said's Shires upon Sunday after Divine Service, immediately after receipt hereof, by the Sheriffs of the Shires and their Deputs, that none may pretend Ignorance. And Ordains these Presents to be Printed.  
Given under our Signet at Edinburgh, the third day of June, 1690. And of Our Reign, the second Year. Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. DA. MONCREIFF, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD save King WILLIAM and Queen MARY.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties, Anno DOM, 1690