A
PROCLAMATION
,
Offering
a
Reward
and
Imdemnity
to
such
as
shall
discover
the
burning
of
the
House
of
Priest-field
,
CHARLES
,
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
King
of
Great
Britain
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
Defender
of
the
Faith
;
To
_____
Our
Lyon
King
at
Arms
,
and
his
brethren
Heraulds
,
Macers
of
our
Privy
Council
,
Pursevants
,
Messengers
at
Arms
,
Our
Sheriffs
in
that
part
,
conjunctly
and
severally
,
specially
constitute
,
Greeting
;
Forasmuch
as
the
Government
of
this
Our
ancient
Kingdom
,
being
entrusted
to
Us
by
the
Almighty
God
,
we
have
ever
endeavoured
,
with
a
Royal
and
Fatherly
care
,
to
preserve
it
free
from
Intestine
Disorders
;
and
Civil
War
,
the
greatest
of
all
dangers
(
because
Our
Subjects
must
fall
therein
on
both
sides
)
by
repressing
all
Tumults
and
Combinations
,
in
their
first
appearances
:
In
order
whereunto
,
being
informed
that
some
disorderly
Boys
,
as
well
Students
in
the
Colledge
of
Edinburgh
,
as
Apprentices
of
that
Our
City
,
did
of
late
enter
into
Bonds
and
Combinations
,
and
gather
themselves
in
tumults
upon
the
Streets
of
that
Our
City
,
differencing
themselves
by
cognizances
,
and
threatning
to
burn
the
House
of
Priest-field
,
belonging
to
the
Provost
of
that
Our
City
;
Our
Privy
Council
did
only
endeavour
to
secure
the
Publick
Peace
,
and
prevent
Insolences
against
Our
Faithful
and
Loyal
subjects
,
and
albeit
We
delayed
any
punishment
of
so
great
Disorders
,
till
suitable
means
should
be
offered
for
preventing
the
ill
consequences
which
naturally
follow
such
Licenciousness
:
Yet
so
far
was
Our
Clemency
abused
,
that
the
said
House
of
Priest-field
,
was
,
to
the
great
astonishment
of
all
sober
men
,
burnt
down
according
to
these
threatnings
,
which
is
clearly
proved
to
Our
Privy
Council
,
by
most
unanswerable
proofs
;
By
which
,
all
Our
Loyal
and
Peaceable
Subjects
are
put
in
danger
,
as
to
their
Lives
and
Fortunes
,
and
the
Protestant
Religion
defamed
by
such
as
use
it
for
a
Cloak
to
their
Impieties
:
We
have
therefore
thought
fit
,
for
discovery
of
that
dreadful
Crime
,
and
to
prevent
all
future
mischiefs
,
by
a
most
exact
inquiry
into
what
is
past
,
to
offer
;
Likeas
,
We
by
advice
of
Our
Privy
Council
,
offer
a
full
Indemnity
and
Remission
to
any
one
who
shall
first
discover
the
said
dreadful
Crime
,
together
with
the
Sum
of
two
thousand
merks
for
his
discovery
;
Which
Remission
We
declare
to
be
as
sufficient
,
as
if
the
same
were
past
Our
Seals
:
And
which
sum
,
We
hereby
Command
and
Empower
the
Commissioners
of
Our
Thesaury
to
pay
to
the
said
discoverer
,
whom
We
hereby
take
into
Our
special
Protection
.
And
We
ordain
these
Presents
to
be
Published
by
you
,
at
the
Merkat
Cross
of
Edinburgh
,
and
other
places
needful
,
and
the
same
to
be
Printed
.
Given
under
Our
Signet
,
at
Edinburgh
,
the
thretteenth
day
of
January
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
eighty
and
one
,
and
of
Our
Reign
,
the
thretty
two
year
.
Per
actum
Dominorum
,
Secreti
Concilij
.
WIL.
PATERSON
.
Cl.
Sti.
Concilij
.
GOD
save
the
KING
.