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‘DIEV ET MON DROIT’ ‘HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE’


ACT OF COUNCIL, Anent Papists.

Edinburgh, the fourteenth day of December, 1688.

THE Lords of His Majesties Privy Council, for preventing Jealousies and Fears in this Kingdom, and for the Security of the Kingdom, Do here­by Ordain Sheriffs, Baillies, Lords of Regality, and Magistrats of Bur­rows, to search the Houses of Papists, within their Jurisdictions, and to seize, and secure all Arms and Ammunition that shall be found therein, except such as they, or any of them, according to their quality, use to wear for themselves, and their necessary Servants; And all just Jealousies being thus removed against them, The Lords of His Majeties Privy Council, Do hereby Recommend to all the saids Officers of the Law, to Protect the Persons, and Houses of the saids Papists, against all publick Tumults, and privat Insults, by preventing, and punishing the same, as they shall see occasion. And Ordain these Presents to be Published at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and whole other Mercat-Crosses of this Kingdom, that none pretend ignorance.

Extracted forth of the Records of Privy Council, by me WILL PATERSON, Cls. Sti. Concilii.

GOD Save the KING.

EDINBURGH, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, Anno DOM. 1688.

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