His Majesties royal letter to his Privy Council of Scotland, concerning his indulgence England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A46596 of text R216456 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing J383). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A46596 Wing J383 ESTC R216456 99828187 99828187 32614 2240873495

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46596) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 32614) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1926:27) His Majesties royal letter to his Privy Council of Scotland, concerning his indulgence England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed at Holy-Rood House, by James Watson, printer to His Most Sacred Majesties royal family and houshould, reprinted by G. Croom, at the Blue Ball in Thames-street, near Baynards Castle, [London] : 1687. Advising the Privy Council that no Presbyterian be allowed to preach except with the Council's permission, but that with such permission the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance is no longer required. At end of text: Given at our court at White-hall the thirty one day of March 1687. And of Our Reign the Third Year. Signed: Melfort. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Loyalty oaths -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Oaths -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Presbyterian Church -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. eebo His Majesties royal letter to his Privy Council of Scotland, concerning his indulgence. England and Wales. Sovereign 1687 1 473 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT

HIS MAJESTIES ROYAL LETTER TO HIS PRIVY COUNCIL of SCOTLAND , Concerning HIS INDULGENCE . JAMES R.

RIGHT Trusty and Right Well beloved Cousin and Counsellor , Right Trusty and Right Well beloved Counsellors , Right Trusty and entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors , Right Trusty and Right well beloved Cousins and Counsellors , Right Trusty and well beloved Cousins and Counsellors , Right Trusty and well beloved Cousins and Counsellors , Right Trusty and Well beloved Counsellors , And Trusty and Well beloved Counsellors , We greet you well . Whereas by our Letters of the First Day of this Instant , amonst other things , we did Rcommend unto you , To take Care , That any of the Presbyterians should not be allowed to Preach , but such only as should have your Allowance for the same ; And that they , at the receiving the Indulgence therein mention'd , should take the Oath contained in our Proclamation , Bearing date the Twelfth day of February last past : These are therefore to let you know , that thereby We meant such of them as did not formerly take the Test , or any other Oath ; But if nevertheless , the Presbyterian Preachers does scruple to take the said Oath , or any other Oath whatsoeverand that you shall find it Reasonable or Fit to grant them Our Indulgence , so as they desire it upon these Terms : It is now Our Will and Pleasure , and we do hereby Authorize and Require you , to grant them . or any of them , Our said Indulgence , without being obliged to take or swear the Oath in Our said Proclamation mention'd , or any other Oath whatsoever , with power unto them , or any of them , respectively to enjoy the Benefit of the said Indulgence ( during Our Pleasure only , ) or so long as you shall find that they behave themselves regularly and peaceably , without giving any cause of Offence to Us , or any in Authority and Trust under Us in our Government : For doing whereof , these Presents shall be to you and them , and all others respectively , who may be therein respectively any way concern'd , a sufficient Warrant . And so We bid you heartily Farewel .

Given at Our Court at White-hall the Thirty One day of March 1687 . And of Our Reign the Third Tear.

By His Majesties Command .

MELFORT .

Printed at Holy-Rood House , by James Watson , Printer to His Most Sacred Majesties Royal Family and Houshould , Reprinted by G. Croom , at the Blue Ball in Thames-street , near Baynards Castle , 1687.