His Majesty's most gracious declaration. James R. James VIII. By the grace of God, of Scotland, England, France and Ireland King. Defender of the Faith, &c.
James,Prince of Wales,1688-1766.
[Perth : re-printed by Mr. Robert Freebairn,
1715]
The Pretender's declaration to Scotland issued at the start of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion.
'Given ... at our Court at Commercy, the 25 day of October, and in the fifteenth year of our reign'
Lines 6-7 read: '... France and / Ireland King, Defender ...'; 2nd paragraph ends: 'Scotsman'
ESTC
W.J. Couper, The rebel press at Perth in 1715, (1923), 2
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715.
Scotland Perth.