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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Regulating the Price of the Weigh of Beer proportionally to the Prices of the Drink.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_CHARLES</HI> by the Grace of God, King of Great <HI>Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> defender of the Faith: </SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers, or 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 Our Privy Council, in con&s;ideration of the exorbitant Price taken by Brewers and Vintners, for Ale and drinking Beer, without ob&s;erving any ju&s;t proportion betwixt the &s;ame and the price of Bear whereof they are made; did, conform to the power and warrand granted to them by the fifteenth Act of the fir&s;t se&s;&s;ion of Our &s;econd Parliament, emit &s;everal Proclamations, appointing ju&s;t and equal proportions betwixt the Bear and Drink: Notwith&s;tanding whereof, thorow the default of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, the &s;ame is neglected in many Shires, to the great lae&s;ion and detriment of Our Subjects. Therefore We, with advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby declare, that the&s;e following proportions are, and &s;hall be con&s;tantly ob&s;erved thorow the whole Kingdom; <HI>viz.</HI> That when the Weigh of Barley con&s;i&s;ting of fifteen Stone Trois weight, (which is now in place of the Boll,)is at &s;even Merks, and the Weigh of rough Bear is at &s;ix Merks, &s;ufficient Ale and drinking Beer &s;hall be &s;old at fourteen penies the Pynt: When Barley is &s;old at eight Merks, and rough Bear at &s;even Merks, the Pynt of &s;ufficient drink is to be &s;old at &s;ixteen penies: When the Barley is &s;old at nine Merks, and the rough Bear at eight Merks, the Pynt of &s;ufficient drink is to be &s;old at eighteen pe|nies: When the Barley is &s;old at ten Merks, and the rough Bear at nine Merks, the Pynt of &s;ufficient Ale is to be &s;old at two &s;hilling <HI>Scots:</HI> When Barley is &s;old at eleven Merks, and rough Bear at ten Merks, the Pynt of drink is to be &s;old at two &s;hilling two penies: When the Barley is &s;old at twelve Merks, and rough Bear at eleven Merks, the Pynt of drink is to be &s;old at two &s;hilling four penies: When the Barley is &s;old at thirteen Merks, and the rough Bear at twelve Merks, the drink is to be &s;old at two &s;hilling &s;ix penies <HI>Scots:</HI> And for every Merk of price more, two penies to be added to the Pynt of Drink; and the prices fore&s;aids and to be both for the Drink and Exci&s;e: And the&s;e prices are appointed to be ob&s;erved, under the pains pe<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">es ex|pre&s;t in Our Acts of Parliament, and former Proclamations relating thereto. And We do hereby grant full Power, Authority and Commi&s;&s;ion, to all <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Pri|vy Coun&s;ellours in each Shire, together with the Sheriffs, Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, (&s;ecluding the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e of Royal Burrows) Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Re|galities, Stewarts of Stewartries, or &s;o many of them as &s;hall happen to meet, to put this Our Proclamation to due execution; with full power to them to call before the whole Brewers or Malt-men within Burgh or Landwart, in their re&s;pective Shires and Juri&s;dictions, and to proceed again&s;t, and puni&s;h the D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> by Fining, or Impri&s;onment, as they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, conform to the Laws and Acts of Parliament: And ordains the per&s;ons underwritten to be Convee<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e and others fore&s;aids, intru&s;ted in the &s;everal Shires: And appoints their fir&s;t meeting for this Year, to be at the head Burgh of the Shire, upon the fir&s;t Tue&s;day of <HI>October</HI> next; and that yearly thereafter they meet peremptorly in <HI>April</HI> and <HI>September,</HI> as they will be an&s;werable at their peril; and thereafter to conveen them at &s;uch other Dyets as they &s;hall think fit, <HI>viz.</HI> For the Town and Shire of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> the Lord The&s;aurer Depute, and the Lord <HI>Collingtoun.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Linlithgow,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Linlithgow.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Wintoun,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> Sir <HI>John Nisbet of Dirletoun,</HI> Sir <HI>William Sharp, John Wedderburn</HI> of <HI>Go&s;sford.</HI> For the Shires of <HI>Fife</HI> and <HI>Kinro&s;s,</HI> the Duke of <HI>Rothes,</HI> Lord High Chancellor of this Kingdom, the Lord <HI>Burnt-I&s;land,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Lundin.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Perth,</HI> the Marque&s;s of <HI>Athol</HI> Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of <HI>Perth,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Caithness,</HI> Sir <HI>George Kinnaird</HI> of <HI>Ro&s;&s;ie.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Forfar,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Southesk,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Strathmore, Richard Maitland</HI> of <HI>Dudop</HI> Lord Ju&s;tice-Clerk, the &s;aid Sir <HI>George Kinnaird.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Kincardine,</HI> the Earl <HI>Mari&s;chal,</HI> the Vi&s;count of <HI>Arbuthnet.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Aberd<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ne,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Errol,</HI> the Earl <HI>Mari&s;chal,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Dumfermling,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Kintore,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Meldrum.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Bamff,</HI> the Earl <HI>Mari&s;chal,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Airlie.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Elgine,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Murray,</HI> the Lord D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ffus the Lord <HI>D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">us.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Innerne&s;&s;</HI> and <HI>Nairn,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Murray,</HI> the Lord <HI>Doun,</HI> Sir <HI>George M^ckenzie</HI> of <HI>Tarbet.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Ro&s;s</HI> and <HI>Cromarty,</HI> Sir <HI>George M^ckenzie</HI> of <HI>Ro&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ch</HI> Our Advocat, Sir <HI>George M^ckenzie</HI> of <HI>Tarbet,</HI> Sir <HI>George Monro.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Sutherland,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Sutherland,</HI> the Lord Duffus. For <UNCLEAR>the</UNCLEAR> Shire of <HI>Caithne&s;s,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Caithne&s;s,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Dunbeth.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Orkney,</HI> Captain <HI>Dick,</HI> Stewart of <HI>Oraney,</HI> Commi&s;&s;ary <HI>M^ckenzie.</HI> For the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> of <HI>Argyle,</HI> the Earl of the <HI>Argyle.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Striviling,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Murray,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Marr,</HI> the Lord <HI>Elphing&s;toun.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Berwick,</HI> the Laird <UNCLEAR>of</UNCLEAR> <HI><UNCLEAR>Langtoun</UNCLEAR>,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Cockburn,</HI> Sir <HI>William Sharp.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Renfrew,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Dundonald,</HI> the Lord <HI>Ro&s;s.</HI> For the Upper-ward of <HI><HI>Clidd<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="6 letters">,</HI></HI> the Marque&s;s of <HI>Douglas,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Carnwath.</HI> For the Nether-ward of <HI>Cliddisdale,</HI> the Duke of <HI>Hamiltoun,</HI> the Lord <HI>Ro&s;s.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Air,</HI> the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Dumfr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">s For the Shire of <HI>Dumbarton,</HI> the Marque&s;s of <HI>Montro&s;e,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Glencairn,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Wigtoun.</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Wigtoun,</HI> the Lord P<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">ion Sir <HI>John <UNCLEAR>Dalrymple.</UNCLEAR></HI> For the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">try of <HI>Kirkcudbright</HI>&punc; the Earl of <HI>Nithi&s;dale,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Baldoon,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Bruchton.</HI> For the Shi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 words"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">berry. For the Shire of <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Walter S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">t</HI> of H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">l For the Shire of Peebles, the Earl of <HI>Tweeddale.</HI> For the Shire of  <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">, the Earl of <HI>Marr,</HI> the Laird of <HI><UNCLEAR>Clackmanan</UNCLEAR>.</HI> For the Shire of Ro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="6 letters"> the E<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> of <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">h,</HI> and Earl of <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> and for the w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> within the &s;ame: Who are hereby appointed to r<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> an account of their <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">e and the procedor of the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners in the premi&s;&s;es <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the Year, <HI>viz.</HI> once in <HI>November,</HI> and  <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> in <HI><UNCLEAR>June</UNCLEAR></HI> <UNCLEAR>yearly,</UNCLEAR> under the penalty of being called before Our Council, and puni&s;hed for their neglect. And W<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> hereby Require and Command the Magi&s;trates of the &s;everal Burghs- Royal, to have their <UNCLEAR>Weights</UNCLEAR> for Weighs in readine&s;s, as is pre&s;cribed in Our former <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">+clamation, betwixt and the fir&s;t Council day of <HI>October</HI> next; with certification to them, if they fail&yogh;ie, they &s;hall be called before Our Council, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> ilk Burgh in the &s;um of one thou&s;and Merks <HI>Scots</HI> Money. It is hereby declared, that Our former Proclamations &s;tands in full force, as to the Weighing of  Bear and Meal, as to the quantity of the Casks; a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">ting Ta&s;ters and Cun&s;ters allowance for Vintners and Malt-men, and Rules to be ob&s;erved by <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> all points. 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 <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">nd ig<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> the tenth day of <DATE><HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and eighty, and of Our Reign the thirty two year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>WILL. PATERSON,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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