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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  
DIEV ET MON DROIT  
GOD SAVE THE KING   royal blazon or coat of arms  
A PROCLAMATION,  
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 in pursueance of the Commission and instructions given to them, issued forth a Proclamatione upon the nynth of this instant; Requyreing and Commanding all and sundry the Heretors, Lyfrentars', and Landlords within the Shire of Air, and Jurisdictions within the same; To appear personally before the saids Lords within the Tolbuiths of the burgh of Air, upon the respective days therein mentioned; To give Band for themselves, there men, Tenants, Servants, and Cottars for the security of the peace, and quiet of the Country, and preserving the same from disorders heireafter, at the particular Diets therein specified, As they would be answerable; Notwithstanding thereof many of the said's Heretors, and others forsaids, Have not appeared, And divers of such as did appear have refused to Subscryve the said Band, And we having Just reason to Suspect that these persons may seek after, or wait for some occasion of further dissturbance; And finding it unfit that they should have or keep any other Horses but Such as may be necessare for Ploughing, and Labouring of the ground. We therefore with advice of the said's Lords of the Committee of our privy Council do hereby require and command all Heretors, Fewars, Lyfrentars', and Landlords within the said Shire of Air, and Jurisdictions within the same (who have not given the said Band) To put out of there possession, and forth of the said's bounds, all Horses and meers belonging to them, above the value of Fifty pounds Scots betwixt and the first day of March nixt to come. And do discharge them, and every one of them, to have or keep any such Horses or meers thereafter, above the said value without Special Licence from the Lords of our Council, or there Committee under the pain of forfaulting of there Horses or Meers, And payment to the Lords Commissioners of our Thesaurie for our use, or any that shall be apppointed by them of the soume of An Hundreth pounds Scots for each Horse or meet above the value forsaid that the said persons or any of them shall have or keep after the said day. As also we ordain all Tenants, Cottars, or Servants within the said's bounds betwixt and the first day of May nixt. To put out of there possession and forth of the said Shire and Jurisdictions forsaids, any horses or meers belonging to them above the said value without special Licence, as said is, under the pain of forfaulting the said's horses and meers and payment of the penalty above written. OUR WILL is Herefore And we charge you straitly and Command, That incontinent these our Letters sein, ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Air, Headburgh of the Shereffdome thereof. And to the mercat Croses of the Bailliaries of Cuninghame and Carrik within the same And other places needful, and thereat in 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 their Our Letters delivering them be you duly execute and endorsed again to the Bearer.  
Given under our Signet at Air the tuenty two day of February 1678 and of our Reign, the threttie Year. Per Actum Dominorum Commissionis Hugh Stevenson, Cl. Com: 
 God save the King,   

GLASGOW, Printed By Robert Sanders, Printer to the City and University.  
By warrant of the Committee of Council 1678.