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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION, Di&s;charging the Importing of &s;alt <HI>Beeff</HI> from <HI>Ireland</HI> into <HI>Scotland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_WILLIAM by the grace of GOD King of great <HI>Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland:</HI> De|fender of the Faith; </SIGNED><SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as by di|vers Laws and Acts of Parliament, made by Our Royal Predece&s;&s;ours, The Importing and bringing into this Kingdom, of any Cattel from the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland</HI> is Di&s;char|ged, and that by former Proclamations Emitted thereupon, the Importing of &s;alt <HI>Beeff</HI> from the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> to this Our ancient Kingdom, by any of Our &s;ubjects, is likewi&s;e Prohibited and Di&s;charged under the Certifications therein mentioned: and We being re&s;olved, that the &s;aids Laws and Acts of Parliament and Proclamations &s;hall be duely execute, and obeyed in time coming. Therefore We with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, do strictly prohibit and Di&s;charge the Importing, and bringing into this Kingdom any <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> &s;alt <HI>Beeff,</HI> by what&s;omever per&s;on or per&s;ons, after the fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> next to come: unle&s;s by Merchants, who buyes the &s;ame in <HI>Ireland</HI> to be Exported, and does accordingly Export the &s;ame to any forraign Countrey, out of this Kingdom: but no ways to be &s;old di&s;po&s;ed, or made u&s;e of within the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> after the day fore&s;aid: and that the &s;aids Mer|chants, who &s;hall buy any <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> &s;alt <HI>Beeff</HI> to be Exported in manner above-mentioned, &s;hall on no ways Liver, or put the &s;amine on Shoar at any part within this Kingdom, but &s;hall keep the &s;ame on Board of their Ship, or Ve&s;&s;el water-born, until the &s;amine &s;hall be Exported by them in manner fore|&s;aid; Certifying all &s;uch who &s;hall contraveen the Premi&s;es, or Re&s;et, Conceal, or make u&s;e of any of the &s;alt <HI>Beeff</HI> &s;o Imported from the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> the &s;amine &s;hall not onely be Confi&s;cat, but the Importers, Re&s;etters, &V;&s;ers and Concealers thereof &s;hall be otherwi&s;e puni&s;hed, as the Lords of Our Privy Council &s;hall judge their tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion to de&s;erve. And We with advice fore&s;aid, require and Command all Magistrats of Burghs, Collectors, and Waiters at the &s;everal Sea ports within this Kingdom, to &s;ee the Premi&s;es duely ob&s;erved, and exactly put to Execution, as they will be an|&s;werable. Our will is herefore, and We charge you &s;trictly aud Command, that Incontinent, the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the remnant Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the head Burghs of the &s;everal Shires within this Kingdom, and there in Our name and authority, by open Proclamation make Intimation of the Premi&s;es.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty two day of <HI>January,</HI> and of Our Reign the &s;ixth year. <HI>1695.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT.</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave King <HI>William.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno DOM,</HI> 1695.</P>
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