A proclamation, discharging levies, vvithout his Majesties special licence Scotland. Privy Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B05567 of text R183440 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S1749). 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 B05567 Wing S1749 ESTC R183440 52612313 ocm 52612313 179618 2248530483

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05567) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179618) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2794:12) A proclamation, discharging levies, vvithout his Majesties special licence Scotland. Privy Council. Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693. Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : 1674. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Intentional blank spaces in text. Dated at end: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh, the twenty third day of July, one thousand six hundred and seventy four, and of Our Reign, the twenty sixth year. Signed: Al. Gibson, Cl. Sti. Concilii. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Scotland. -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo A proclamation, discharging levies, vvithout his Majesties special licence Scotland. Privy Council 1674 1 398 0 0 0 0 1 0 251.26 F The rate of 251.26 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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A PROCLAMATION , Discharging Levies , without His Majesties special Licence . CHARLES , by the Grace of God , King of Great Brittain , France , and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To Our Lovits , Macers or Messengers at Armes , Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally , specially constitute , Greeting :

Whereas , We are informed , that some persons have of late presumed to levy Men within this Our ancient Kingdom , although they have not any Authority from Vs for that effect . Therefore , We , with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , do hereby prohibit and discharge any person or persons , whatfoever to levy any men in this Kingdom , or to take or transport any of Our Subjects thereof into the service of any Forraign Prince or State whatsoeever , without Our special licence : and discharges all Masters of Ships to receive on board , or transport them , under all highest pains to be inflicted upon the Contraveeners ; Requiring hereby the Fermorers of Our Customs and Excise , their Collectors , and Waiters , to take special notice of any such Persons , whom they shall find passing forth of this Kingdom , upon the foresaid account ; and to stop them in their passage , as they will be answerable . And if need be , that they require the concurrence of the Magistrates of Burghs , and others in authority under Vs , who are hereby ordained to be aiding and assisting to them herein . And ordains these presents to be Printed , and Published at the mercat Cross of Edinburgh , and other places needful , that none pretend ignorance . The which to do , We commit to you , conjunctly and severally , Our full Power , by thir Our Letters : Delivering them by you , duely execute and indorsed again to the Bearer .

Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh , the twenty third Day of July , One thousand six hundred and seventy four , and of Our Reign , the twenty sixth Year . At. Gihson , Cl. S ti Concilii . God save the King .

EDINBVRGH , Printed by Andrew Anderson , Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty , 1674.