Charles

Proclamation declaring those persons at Bothwell Brig to be rebels and traitors, and prohibiting having any contact with them.  [ Mackenzie, History of Galloway, ii, pt 1. p 231. Note the title Mr usually indicates a minister of the kirk.]

Proclamation against rebels, June 16th 1679

Charles, by the grace of God, King of  Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith: to all and sundry our lieges and  subjects, whom these presents do or may concern, greeting. Forasmuch as, upon the first notice given to our privy council, of the rising and the gathering of these disloyal and seditious persons in the west, who have of late appeared in arms in a desperate and avowed rebellion against us, our government, and laws, we did declare them to be traitors, and discharged all our subjects to assist , reset, supply or correspond with any of them, under the pain of treason; and the said rebels and traitors being now, (by the blessing of God upon our forces) , subdued, dissipated and scattered, and such of them as were not either killed or taken in the field, being retired secretly to their own homes and houses , expecting shelter and protection from the respective heritors, in whose lands they dwell, or lurking in the country; and we being unwilling  any of our good subjects should be ensnared or brought in trouble by them, have therefore, with advice of our privy council, thought fit , again to  to discharge and prohibit all our subjects, men or women, that none of them offer or presume to harbour, reset, supply, or correspond with , hide or conceal, the persons of M`Clellan of Barscob,; Gordons of Earlston elder and younger; M`Douall of Freugh; the laird  of Ravenstone brother to the Earl of Galloway; the laird of Castle Stewart brother to the said earl; Cannon of Mardrogat; Mr Samuel Arnot; Mr Gabriel Semple; Mr John Welsh;  Gordon of Craichley etc, or any others who concurred or joined  in the late rebellion, or who, on upon the account thereof, have appeared in arms in any part of this our kingdom. And to the end all our good subjects may have timeous notice hereof, We do ordain these presents  to be forthwith printed and published at the market crosses of Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Stirling, Lanark, Ayr, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Irvine, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, Cowpar in Fife, Jedburgh, Perth etc.

                                               Alex  Gibson, C;. Secr/ Concilii.

                                               GOD SAVE THE KING.