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A PROCLAMATION, Anent Tenants and others who Shall be removed, For not taking, The BAND to live orderly,  
CHARLES, by the Grace of GOD, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith; To Our Lovites, Macers or Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, Conjunctly and severally, specially Constitute, Greeting;  
Forasmuch, as The Lords of The Committee of our privy Council met in the west, By Commission from our privy Council, having taken to their Consideration that divers Heretors, Lyfrentars' and Landlords within the Shires of Air, Lanerk, Renfrew, Stirling, Roxburgh, Dumfreiss, Wigtoun, Stewartrie of Kirkcudburgh, And Jurisdictions, within the same; Have given band for themselves their wyves Bairnes and Servants, that they shall not be present at any Conventicles, and disorderly meetings; But shall live orderly in obedience to the Law, under the pains and penalties contained in the acts of Parliament made ther-anent; And that there hail Tenants and Cottars respective, shall Likeways abstain, and refrain from the said's Conventicles, and other illegal meetings: not authorized by the Law: And further that they shall not reset nor Common with Forfaulted persons, Intercommoned Ministers, or ragrant Preachers; But shall do there utemost Endeavour to apprehend there people; And Incase any of there Tenants, Cottars, and there forsaids, shall contravene; they have obliged themselves to take and apprehend any Person or people guilty thereof and present them to the Judge ordinar, that they may be fyned, and Imprisoned as is provided in the acts of Parliament made there anent: Vtherwayes that they shall remove them and there Families off there ground, And if they faillie thereintill, they have obliged themselves to be liable to such pains and penalties as the saids delinquents have incurred by the Law; And the said's Lords Having prefixed particular Dyetts for such Heretors, Lyfrentors, And others as have not already given Band: To give the Same at the said's Dyetts with Certification contained in the acts made there-anent. And whereas some Heretors, Lyfrentars' and Landlords who have given, or shall give the said Band; May be necessitate to remove some of there Tenants, or Cottars that may happen to be so wilful as to refuse to grant them bands of releiff, or that Some of their Tenants or Cottars may leave there Lands, And go to the Lands of other Heretors upon expectation to be received as Tenants, or Cottars to them, or harboured, sheltered, or resett in some part of their ground, to the prejudice of there former Masters of purpose to eshew the giving of the said Band, and to disappoint the execution of our Laws made in that behalf. We therefore with advyce of the said's Lords of the Committee of our privy Council Do hereby prohibit and discharge all Heretors, Fewars, Lyfrentars' and others to resett, Supply; or harbour any of these Tenants, or Cottars that shall happen to remove, or be removed for not giving the said Band of relief from the ground and Lands of any Heretors who have given, or shall give the said Band; or to set them any Lands in Tak, or other ways to permit them to possess any part thereof, upon any colour, or pretext whatsomever, under the penalty of Six Hundreth pounds Scots for each Tennent, And three Hundreth pound money forsaid for each Cottar, to be paid by the Heretors, or others forsaids who shall happen to Contraven the tenor hereof, The one half thereof to us, or to the Lords Commissioners of our Thesaury for our use, And the other half to the informer. OUR WILL IS And we charge you straitly and Command, That incontinent these our Letters sein, yepass to the Mercat Cross of the Head-burghs of the Shires of Air, Lanerk, Renfrew. Stirling, Roxburgh, Dumfreis, Wigtoune, Stewartrie of Kirkcurdburgh, And other places needful, and thereatin our Name and Authority by open Proclamation, make Publication of the Premises, that none pretend ignorance. 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 endorsed again to the Bearer.  
Given under our Signet at our Burgh of Air the Eleventh day of February 1678. and of our Reign, the threttie Year. Per Actum Dominorum Comissionis Hugh Stevensone, Cl. Com: 
 God save the King,   

GLASGOW, Printed By Robert Sanders, Printer to the City and University. 1678.