David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

James R, A Proclamation. I James the Seventh…King of Scotland, England…Since Our Accession to the Throne of Our Royal Ancestors, Our chiefest Care has been to procure the Security, Peace and Happiness of Our Subjects…especially by removing the Pressures of Penal Laws in matters of meer Religion, and forbidding all differencing Oaths and Tests, whose unreasonable Weight hung heavy on Us and Our People, Precluding both from Our Native-freedom and Birth-right…Read in His Privy Council of Scotland…May 15, 1688. Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, 1688. Two pages; mounted on cream hessian, in glazed frame [64 x 47cm] with cord for suspension. Some light spotting, fine £500-700

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