THe Lords Commissioners of his Majesties privy Council, considering that several seditious and dis­affected persons, who travell through the Country; as pedlars, and packman, or common Posts, have made it their business these divers years bygone, to carry false and seditious news, and to sell and disperse transonable lybels and pamphlets, and to convocat some of his Majesties giddy and unstable Subjects to house and field Conventicles: those nourseries of Schisme and rendavouses of rebellion, whereby the peace and unity of the Church, has been almost distroyed, and the gover­ment it self indangered. Wherefore the saids Lords doe hereby in his Majesties Royal name and authority strictly prohibit and discharge all persons whatsomever, under the notion of pedlars, packman, or common Posts, to travel throw any parts of the Shyres of Lanerk, Stirling, Ranfrew and Dumbartoun, or Jurisdictiones whither of Royalty or Regality within the samen, the pedlars, or packman, with­out a Pass from one of our privy Councellors, Shireffs, beallies of Regalities, or their deputts, magistrats of Royal brughs and all common posts, to carry any Letters or missives, without license from the general post-master: with certification to them or any of them, that if they shall presume or take upon hand to travel without the saids Passes, they shal be per­sewed as vagabounds and soruers, and as dispersers of seditious lybels and pamphlets; and doe hereby require and com­mand all Shireffs, beallies of Regalities and there deputts, Justice of peace, and magistrats of brughs Royal, to appre­hend the persons of the saids pedlars, or common Posts, who have not the said Passes or license as said is, and Imprison there persons till they find Caution not to Contraveen herein hereafter, under the penalty of five Hundreth merks, and to answer before the Lords of his Majesties privy Council when ever they shall he called for, for there contempt and disobedience.

And ordains these presents to be printed and published at the mercat-cross of Glasgow, and heal other mercat-erosses within the four Shyres, that none pretend ignorance.