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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Di&s;charging the Exportation of Victual.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of <HI>Great Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders 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 the Twelfth Act of the Third Se&s;sion of the Fir&s;t Parliament of King <HI>Charles</HI> the Second, Intituled, <HI>Act for encouragement of Tillage and Pa&s;turage;</HI> It is expre&s;ly pro|vided, that when the Lords of Our Privy Council &s;hall judge it nece&s;&s;ar, for the good of this Our Ancient Kingdom, and preventing of Dearth, they may di&s;charge the Exportation of Victual of all &s;orts, for &s;o long time as they &s;hall think expedient. And We, and the Lords of Our Privy Council con&s;idering, That by the laying up of Meal in the Stores of Our Ca&s;tles of <HI>Edinburgh, Striviling,</HI> and <HI>Dumbartoun,</HI> and the providing of Ma|gazines for the u&s;e of Our Forces, which are now in the Fields, there may be Fears and Apprehen&s;ions of a Dearth and Scarcety of Victual: And We being informed, that there is plenty of Victual, and all other Provi|&s;ions nece&s;&s;ary for the u&s;e of Our Forces within Our Kingdom of <HI>Ireland.</HI> Therefore We, with Advice and Con&s;ent of Our Privy Council, Do here|by Prohibite and Di&s;charge the Exportation of any Meal, Oats and Pea&s;e for Sale from this Kingdom to any Kingdom, Port, or Place what&s;omever, during Our Royal Plea&s;ure, under the pain of Confi&s;cation of the Ships, and whole Goods and Gear belonging to the Ma&s;ters thereof, and Merchants, Tran&s;porters of the &s;aid Victual, and the Impri&s;onment of their Per&s;ons during Our Plea&s;ure, conform to the 55 <HI>Act, Parl.</HI> II. King <HI>Ja.</HI> 6. And We Command all Our Collectors, Surveyers, Waiters and others, to make all dili|gent Search, that no Victual be Shipped Aboard any Ship or Bark, to be tran&s;|ported forth of this Kingdom, more than is nece&s;&s;ary for the Victualing there|of, under all highe&s;t pains; and to &s;eize, and cau&s;e &s;eize upon the &s;amine, to be Confi&s;cat in manner fore&s;aid: And We require all Magi&s;trats of Our Burghs-Royal, Sheriffs of our Shires, and Ju&s;tices of Peace, to give all due Concurence for preventing the Export of Meal, Oats, and Pea&s;e, in manner above-mentio|ned. And Ordains the&s;e pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed at the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful, that none may pretend ig|norance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet, at <HI>Holy-rude-hou&s;e,</HI> <DATE>the Twenty one day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and ninety years, and of Our Reign the Second Year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Sti. Concilii.</HI> GILB. ELIOT <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save K.<HI>WILLIAM</HI> and Q.<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 the King and Queens mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1690.</P>
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