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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION Di&s;charging <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Clipt-Money.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of Great <HI>Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith to <GAP DESC="blank"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;en|gers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;e|verally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting; Forasmuch as, the Leidges of this Our Antient Kingdom, do &s;u&s;tain a great and growing Preju|dice, by the Inbringing and Pa&s;&s;ing of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Clipt Money, which is far under the true Value. Therefore, and for Remedy of the fore&s;aid Abu&s;e, We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to Di&s;charge, likeas We hereby Di&s;charge the &s;aid <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> clipt Money to pa&s;s in payments, from, and after the Twentieth day of this in&s;tant Month of <HI>May,</HI> except by Weight, conform to the Standard of this Kingdom, at the Rate after-menti|oned, <HI>viz.</HI> The Crown Peice at the Rate and Weight of fourteen Drop and an half, the Half Crown Peice, at &s;even Drop and nine Grains, the Shilling <HI>Sterling</HI> Piece, at two Drop, thirty two Grains, and the Six-pence <HI>Sterling</HI> Piece, at one Drop and &s;ixteen Grains; declaring, that none of Our Leidges &s;hall from and after the &s;aid day, be oblidged to take the &s;ame in payments, &s;ave by Weight, as &s;aid is, providing, neverthele&s;s, that all <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Money &V;n|clipt, &s;hall pa&s;s after the &s;ame manner, and at the &s;ame Rate as it was in u&s;e to pa&s;s, before the emitting of this Proclamation. OUR WILL <HI>IS</HI> HERE|FORE, and We charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that incontinent thir Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s, to the Mercat-cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and remanent Mercat-cro&s;&s;es of the hail Head-burghs of all the Shires within this King|dom; and there by open Proclamation, make Intimation hereof, that none may pretend Ignorance; and ordains the&s;e pre&s;ents to be printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under our Signet, at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the &s;ixteenth day of May, and of Our Reign the &s;eventh Year.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorun Secreti Concilii.</HI> GILB. ELIOT. <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave the KING.</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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