BY THE COMMISSIONERS For the GOVERNMENT of SCOTLAND, And the ISLES thereunto belonging.  
THe PARLIAMENT of England taking into serious consideration the Well-being of the Nation of Scotland, did empower the Council of State to appoint Commissioners for the Government and Management of all Affairs in Scotland, and the Isles thereunto belonging; and in prosecution of that Power and Trust reposed in them, They have constituted and appointed us Commissioners for that purpose, which we think fit hereby to make known unto the good People of Scotland, to ●●e end, that the Administration of Justice, so long discontinued, may be effectually Admini●…ed unto them; We therefore, in pursuance of our Trust, do Authorise and Continue in ●ll Power, all Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, and Commissaries, and their inferior Officers, ●o were last entrusted with these Public Employments on the fourth day of April, 1659. to ●…t as heretofore within their several Jurisdictions, until such time as they shall receive fur●●er Orders and Instructions from the Parliament of England, the Council of State, or Our ●…ves: And we do hereby require and enjoin all persons of whatsoever condition and qua●●●y, to take notice of the tenor of these Presents, and yield obedience thereunto; strictly commanding them not to act any thing to the contrary thereof, upon the pains and penalties ●hat may thereupon ensue. And that none may pretend ignorance hereof, We have commanded these Presents to be Printed, and Proclaimed at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh, and ●he other burgh's within Scotland, where Proclamations have usually been made.  
Given under our Hands at Holy-rood-house this Eleventh day of May, in the year of our ●ord, One thousand six hundred and sixty. 

Tho. Morgan,  
Ph. Twisleton,  
William Daniel,  
M. Disney.     

Friday the Eleventh of MAY, 1660.  
By the Commissioners for the Government of SCOTLAND, and the Isles thereunto belonging.  
ORdered, That this PROCLAMATION be forthwith Printed, Proclaimed, and Published.  
Silas Taylor, Clerk to the Commissioners.   

●●INBURGH, Printed by Christopher Higgins, in Hearts Close, over against the Trone-Church, 1660.