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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="royal proclamation">
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<FIGDESC>monogram of 'W' (William) superimposed on 'M' (Mary)</FIGDESC>
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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Di&s;charging the Importation of Forraign Victual.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of Great <HI>Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defen|ders of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>to Our Lovits, <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 the Importing and bringing from Forraign Countreys, any Wheat, Bear, Barley, Oats, Meal, or Malt, into this Kingdom, is highly prejudicial to the Native Product thereof, and to the Trade upon the growth of the &s;ame, and gives occa&s;ion to the unwarrantable Exporting of much Money forth of this Realm: For preventing whereof, and obviating the inconveniencies that follow thereupon, We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, do hereby &s;trictly Prohibite and Di&s;charge all Per|&s;ons what&s;oever, to Import or bring by Sea or Land into this Kingdom, or any of the Ports, Harbours, Towns, or Places thereof, any &s;ort or quan|tity of the Victual above-mentioned, without licence had from Our &s;aids Lords for that effect, under the pain of Confi&s;cation of the &s;aid Victual; the one half thereof to the per&s;on or per&s;ons, who &s;hall make di&s;covery of, and &s;eiz upon the &s;ame, and the other half thereof, with the Ships, Barques, or Boats, wherein the &s;ame &s;hall be Imported: To Our The&s;aurie, for Our u&s;e; and other puni&s;hments to be inflicted upon them, conform to the Acts of Parliament made thereanent; and Ordains all Our Collectors, Surveyers, and Waiters within this Kingdom, at the re&s;pective Ports, Harbours, and Places where they &s;erve, to &s;ee this Act punctually ob&s;erved, as they will be an&s;we|rable at their highe&s;t perril; with certification to &s;uch as &s;hall be found ne|gligent therein, they &s;hall incur the lo&s;s of their re&s;pective Offices. Our Will is herefore, and We Charge you &s;traitly, and Command that incon|tinent, the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and whole other Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Royal Burrows, and Sea-Ports within this Kingdom, and thereat make Publick Intimation of Our plea&s;ure in the premi&s;&s;es, to the effect none may pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Sixth day of <HI>January,</HI>and of Our Reign the Second Year,<HI>1691.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD Save King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1691.</P>
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