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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Di&s;charging the Exporting of Meal and Oats off the Kingdom till further Order.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the</HI> 25th <HI>of</HI> May, 1685.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_FOra&s;much as His <HI>Maje&s;ties High Commi&s;&s;ioner,</HI> and the Lords of Privy Council, Finding it nece&s;&s;ary in the pre&s;ent jun|cture of Affairs, when His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> has called out all Heretors, and the Militia, and His &s;tanding Forces, to attend His Ho&s;t, against His Enemies, That Victual &s;hould be &s;ecured for their u&s;e, and not Exported abroad; Do therefore hereby &s;trictly Pro|hibite and Di&s;charge any per&s;on or per&s;ons, upon what pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">xt &s;oever, To &s;end abroad from this Kingdom, into any other King|dom or place, any Meal or Oats what&s;omever, until further Order, notwith&s;tanding of any real or pretended Contracts made to that purpo&s;e, &s;ince His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> in the pre&s;ent Service, may have u&s;e for the &s;ame (the owners being to be paid at the ordinary and rea&s;onable Rates) And di&s;charges all Ma&s;ters of Ships, Skippers, Mariners, and others, to &s;uffer any Meal or Oats to be Tran&s;ported in their Ships, Boats or Barks, off this Kingdom, during the &s;pace fore&s;aid, as they will be an&s;wer|able at their highe&s;t peril; and Ordains all Collectors, Waiters and Cu&s;tom<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">rs, to &s;ee obedi|ence given hereto, as they will an&s;wer in mannerfore&s;aid; And the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Publi&s;h|ed at the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful, that none pretend Igno|rance. Extracted forth of the Records of Privy Council, by me</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>COL. M^cKENZIE, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilij.</HI></SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINBURGH,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred <HI>Maje&s;ty, Anne Dom.</HI> 1685.</P>
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