Forasmuch, as Mr. Richard Cameron, [...] Cameron his Brother, Mr. Thomas Douglas, Mr. Donald Cargill, and others their Accomplices, Have now at last shaken off all respect to Our Laws, and their Allegiance it self to Us their undoubted Soveraign, and have entered into express and open Combi­nates and Covenants, wherein they most Sacrilegiously do by a solemn Oath, Ingage themselves to disown Us and Our Au­thority, and declare it not onely lawfull, but a Christian duty upon all Our Subjects to rise in Arms against Us, and to Murther such as are in any Trust or Imployment under Us, declaring Us an Usurper, and that none should obey them who are in Authority under Us, but such as would obey the Devil and his Vice-gerents; and that they will chuse and set up Magistrates, who shall govern them according to the Judicial Law of Moses, and not according to the Laws made by Us or any of Our Predecessors. Which Covenant, with several most Impious, Scandalous, and Seditious Pamphlets, were taken from the said Mr. Donald Cargil, (one of their Preachers) at the Queens Ferry, upon the Third day of June instant. Likeas, the said Mr. Richard Cameron, and his Brother, and Mr. Thomas Douglas, accompanied with several Russians, and particularly John Vallang, Brother-in-Law to Robert Park, one of the Bailiffs of Sanquhar, Daniel Mackmitchel in Lorgfoot, Thomas Campbel, Son to [...] Campbel late of Dalblair in Auchinleck Paroch, John Moodie, Bro­ther to the Miller at Cubs-Milne in the same Paroch, John Fowller, sometimes servant to the deceast [...] Lindsay of Covingtown, Patrick Gemill, Son-in law to Charles Logan, Messenger at Cumnock maines, James Stewart, Son to Archibald Stewart at Calsey-end, near to the Earl of Galloway's House, Alexander Gordown, called of Kilsture, Francis Johnstoun Merchant in Clidsdale, [...] Creichtown, Son to Robert Creichtown of Achtitinch, now in Water-head, and others to the number of twenty one persons, did upon the twenty two of June, enter within the Burgh of Sanquhar, with drawn Swords and Pistols in their hands, and after a solemn procession through the Town, did draw up at the Cross, and published and affixed upon the Cross, and other publick places thereof: a most Treasonable and unparralelled Paper, disowning Us to be their King, and defaming Us with the very same Names and Designations used by the Usurpers in their greatest rage after they had Murthered the King, our Royal and blessed Fa­ther of eternal memory, and overturned all the Fundamental Laws and Rights belonging to Us and Our Subjects, whose Principles and Footsteps they exactly renew and follow: The reading and affixing of which Proclamation by these Traytors and Rebels, being clearly proved to Our Pri­vy-Council by Witnesses upon Oath; and it being notour and undeniable, that these Traitors, to the number of seventy, or thereby, continue in Armes, committing all manner of Outrages and Insolencies. We have therefore, with Advice of our Privy-Council, thought fit, as use is in such cases, to declare the said Mr. Richard Cameron, [...] Cameron his Brother, Mr. Thomas Douglas, Mr. Donald Cargill, John Vallang, Daniel Mackmit­chel, Thomas Campbel, John Mudy, Patrick Gemill, James Stewart, Alexander Gordown, Francis Johnstown, and [...] Creichtown, open and noto­rious Tratiors and Rebels against Us and Our Authority, impowering and requiring all Our good Subjects to treat them as such. And particu­larly, We hereby require and command all Our good Subjects, as they will be answerable upon their Allegiance, to do their utmost diligence to discover the said Traitors, and to give timous Intimation with all possible speed, in case they be not able to seize and apprehend them themselves, to the nearest Officer of Our standing Forces, (if any be within twelve Miles) and if none be within the said distance, to the next Magistrate, com­manding all persons to concur with Our Forces for apprehending the said Traitors. And to the effect, the Harbourers and Resetters, or those who neglect to discover them, may be known and punished, We do require the hail Heretors, or their Bailiffs or Chamberlands, in case of the Heretors ab­sence, to cause call and cite before them in a Court, all persons living upon their respective Lands, Men or Women, above the age of sixteen years, in all the Paroches under-written, viz. Carsfern, Balmaclellan, Dalry, Kells, Barr in Carrick, the Moor Kirk of Kyle, Galstown, Lowdon, Tindergarth, Stre­ven, Lesmehago, Sanquher, Irongray, Glencairn, Cumnock, Monigaff, and Penningham, upon the second and last Tuesdays of July and August next. And to take the Oaths of all the said persons living upon the respective Lands, whether any of these Traitors foresaid were in that Paroch, and where and when: and lest they may pretend not to know the saids Traitors, that they discover upon Oath any skulking or lurking persons which they have known to have been in that Paroch, after the Publication hereof in the respective shires; and the Heretors or their Bailiffs and Chamber­lands in their absence, to give an account of their diligence in Writing, within eight days after each Dyet foresaid, to the Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bai­liffs of Regalities, Magistrates of Burghs, and shall adjoyn thereto the following Declaration upon Oath.

‘ I [...] do solemnly swear by the Eternal God, that I have truly and faithfully examined upon Oath, the whole Persons Men and Women living upon my Lands who compeared, who are above the age of sixteen Years, whereof I am Heretor, Bailiff, or Chamberlain, within the Paroch of and that I caused my Officers give Execution upon Oath, that he did cite all the said Persons to the foresaids Diets, and have given an account of the Persons who compeared not, or compearing, refused to give Oath.’ And in case the saids Traitors should leave and dishaunt the abovenamed Paro [...]hes, and repair to other Parochs or places, that immediatly upon notice from the Lieutenant-General, or any authorised by him to the Sheriffs and other Magistrats of the respective Burghs, where from time to time they resort, the said Magistrats are ordained to make intimation of the Hereots of their Bailiffs, or their Chamberlains in their absence, to the end they may make the same enquiry after the same way and method, and to return an account of their diligence within two Moneths after such Intimation from the Lieutenant-General as aforesaid; with certification to such as com­pear not and Depone, shall be holden and repute as connivers at, and concealers, of the said Traitors; and that the Heretors, or in their absence their Bailiffs and Chamberlains who shall not return their accounts to the said respective Magistrats as aforesaid, or their Deputs, and the said Magistrats who shall not return their accounts to our Council the first Council day in August, for their diligence in July, and the first Council day of September for their diligence in August, shall be proceeded against with all rigor, as connivers at, and concealers of the said Traitors. And further, We do hereby require and command all Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailiffs of Regalities, and Magistrats of Burghs where the saids Traitors use to haunt or resort, to raise such persons in their respective Jurisdictions, as they shall find necessar for that Service, for whom they will be answerable; and that the Sheriffs and other Magistrats foresaids, require the assistance of the Commissioners of the Militia, in their respective Jurisdictions: And to search for, take and apprehend the said Traitors in their respective bounds; and in case they flye forth thereof, to advertise the Neighbouring, Sheriffs, and other Magistrats who are appointed to do the like diligence, conform to the 144. Act 12. Par. K. Ja. 6. And if in pursute of the said Traitors they resisting to be taken, any of Our saids Magistrats, or other Our good Subjects shall happen to kill or mutilat them, or any of them, We do hereby declare that they nor none assisting them shall ever be called in question, or pursued Civilly or Criminally therefore in time coming; but that these Presents shall be as sufficient for their exoneration, as if they had Our special Remission, and that their doing thereof shall be repute good and acceptable service done to Us. And for the better encouragement of such as shall apprehend and bring in the said Traitors dead or alive, the Ap­prehender of Mr. Richard Cameron shall, as a Reward, have five thousand Merks; and for Mr. Thomas Dowglas, M. Donald Cargil, and for the said [...] Cameron, brother to M. Richard, who read and affixt the saids Traiterous Declaration at Sanqhuar, three thousand Merks for each of them, and one thousand Merks for each one of the rest of the Traitors abovementioned, to be instantly payed to them by the Commissioners of our The­saurary. And ordains these Presents to be Printed, and published at the Mercat Crosses of Edinburg, and Mercat Crosses of the remnant head Burghs of the several Shires of this Kingdom on the South-side of the Water of Tay, and other places needful, by the Sheriffs of the respective Shires foresaid, that none pretend ignorance.