A proclamation anent conventicles. Edinburgh, the third day of February, one thousand six hundred and seventy. Scotland. Privy Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B05492 of text R183361 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S1628B). 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 B05492 Wing S1628B ESTC R183361 52529251 ocm 52529251 178988 2248539743

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B05492) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 178988) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2775:59) A proclamation anent conventicles. Edinburgh, the third day of February, one thousand six hundred and seventy. Scotland. Privy Council. Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Evan Tyler, Printer to the Kings most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : 1670. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Intentional blank spaces in text. Signed at end: Al. Gibson, Cl. Sti. Concilii. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Conventicle Act, 1670. Church and state -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Assembly, Right of -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo A proclamation anent conventicles. Edinburgh, the third day of February, one thousand six hundred and seventy. Scotland. Privy Council 1670 1 523 1 0 0 0 1 0 210.33 F The rate of 210.33 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-06 Sampled and proofread 2009-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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A PROCLAMATION , Anent CONVENTICLES . Edinburgh , the third day of February , one thousand six hundred and seventy . CHARLES , by the Grace of GOD , King of Great Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To Macers or Messengers at Armes , conjunctly and severally specially constitute , Greeting .

Forasmuch as We have taken to consideration , the disorderly carriage of several Heretors , outed Ministers , Tennents and others of the Commons within this Kingdom , by their keeping of Conventicles , and baptizing of their Children by persons not authorized or allowed ; which not only foment and nourish Separation and Schism , but tend to Sedition , and the disturbance of the publick Peace . Do therefore , with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , require all Sheriffs , Stewarts , Bailiffs of Regalities and their Deputes , Magistrates of Burghs in their respective bounds , and the Commissioners of the Militia , To inform themselves where such Conventicles have been keeped since the nineteenth day of October last , or shall happen to be keeped hereafter , and to call before them the Ministers who have preached or shall preach at them , the Heretors or substantial Tennents who have been or shall be present thereat , or have had their Children baptized since the said nineteenth day of October , or shall procure them to be baptized by any not allowed or authorized to do the same ; and according as they shall find any of them guilty , that they take caution of them for their appearance before Our Privy Council , when ever they shall be called : And in case any of them , being called before the saids Sheriffs , Stewarts , Bailiffs or Magistrates foresaids , or before the saids Commissioners of the Militia , compear not , or compearing shall refuse to give caution , That they , with advice and concurrence of the Captain , Lieutenant or Cornet of any of the Militia Troops of the Shire , seize upon their persons , and send them to the Lords of Our Council by a Party of the Militâ—Źa ; Which Party shall be payed at eighteen shillings Scots a day for each Horseman , and three shillings Sterling for the Officer who shall command , from the time of their setting forth to their return : And that they send alongst with them any proofs or evidences they have received of their guiltiness : And Ordains the saids Sheriffs , Stewarts , Bailiffs , Magistrates and Commissioners of the Militia , from time to time , to give an account of their diligence to Our Council : And that these presents be printed , and published at the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh and other places needful , that none pretend ignorance .

Al. Gibson , Cl. S ti Concilii .

EDINBVRGH , Printed by Evan Tyler , Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty , 1670.