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[Proclamation for furnishing horses and other necessaries for the transport of the cannon and baggage of the army]

Proclamatioun for furnishing horsis and uther necessars for transport of the cannoun and baggage of the armie²

Apud Edinburgh, 19 Augusti 1641

The whilk day our soverane lord and estates of parliament, considdering how necessar it is that horsis, cairtes, traisses, creillis, seckis and uther neidfull furnitour convenient for transporting and carieing of bread, drink and uther provisioun for the armie, as also for transporting of the canone, artilliary, ammunitioun and baggage of the said armie, be in readines upon all advertisement at all occasiounes for the effect forsaid, thairfor our soverane lord and estates of parliament forsaids does heirby, in his hienes name and authoritie, command and charge that all horsis, cairtes, traisis, creillis, seckis and uthair furnitour necessar for transport and cariage of bread, drink and uthair provisioun for the army and for transporting of the canone, artilliarie, amunitioun and baggage thairof forsaid be in readines to come in such numberis to such places and with such furnitour as the commissioneris, or anie of thame, shall appoint; and that upon tuelff hours advertisement to be given be the saids commissioneris to the saids awneris for that effect under all hiest paine that efter may follow. And ordaines publict proclamatioun to be maid heirof that nane pretend ignorance heiranent.

Alexander Gibsone

Upone the tuentie day of August, the yeir of God j^M vj^C and fourtie ane yeirs, I, James Currie, Ilay herald, past to the mercat croce of Edinburgh and be open proclamatione and sound of trumpets proclaimed the within written [...]³ befor the witnesses Williame Marr and David Fergusone, trumpetteris, and Luis Goodhall, indwellar in Edinburgh. And for farther verificatione of this my execution, subscribit my hand, my stampe is affixt.

J Currie, Ilay herald