THe Lords of Their Majesties Privy Coucil , being informed , that several of the Rebels who hold out the Isle and Rock of the Bass , are at present come , or driven ashore , and that by the late Storms , the Boats belonging to the saids Rebels are lost , which may prove an effectual mean of their Reduction , Do hereby strictly Command and Charge all Persons , Skippers , Owners , or Possessors of Boats , Barks , or other Vessels , great or small , residing and possessing the saids Boats , Barks , or Vessels , on either side of the Firth , from Stirling to St. Andrews upon the one side , and from Stirling to Berwick one the other side of the said Rock , that they carefully keep and secure the same , both Night and Day , from being either seized upon , Stollen , or otherways taken away by the saids Rebels , or any of them , or any other person for their use and service , under all highest pains ; and that neither they , nor any person whatsoever presume to Hire , Lend , or otherways furnish any Boat , Bark , or other Vessel to the saids Rebels , or any of them , or any other for their Use and Service , under the pains due to Corresponders with , and Supplyers of Rebels and Traitors . And farder , the saids Lords , Do hereby Renew and Assure the Promise of twenty pound Sterling , formerly made to any person who shall seize any of the saids Rebels wherever they may be found , and shall deliver the Person so seized to any of Their Majesties Officers , either Civil or Military . And they Ordain that these presents be Printed and Published at the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh , and also at all the Towns on the Coast of either side of the Firth within the bounds foresaid , that none pretend Ignorance .