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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_IAMES by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defen|der of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Ma|cers of Our Privy Council, Pur&s;evants, 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 We Under&s;tanding that there are Copper-Coyn, Imported from Abroad, and pa&s;&s;ing in this Our Kingdom, which is a great abu&s;e to the Nation, and prejudice to Our Mint: We therefore, with Advice of Our Privy Council, for preventing there|of, Do hereby &s;trictly Prohibit and Di&s;charge, all Merchants, Skippers, Mariners and others, To Import into this Kingdom, after Publication hereof, any Doyts, or other Copper-Coyn, from <HI>France, Holland,</HI> or any place from Abroad, under the pain of Confi&s;cation thereof, the one half to Our U&s;e, and the other half to the Di&s;coverer, or Informer, be&s;ides what other puni&s;hment We, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Our Council &s;hall think fit to Inflict upon the Contraveeners. And further, We Do hereby Prohibit and Di&s;charge the fore&s;aid Doyts, or other Copper-Coyn, from <HI>France,</HI> or <HI>Holland,</HI> or any Copper-Coyn, but what is under Our Royal Stamp, to pa&s;s within this Kingdom hereafter, or any of Our Subjects to receive the &s;ame <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s Coyn, as they will be an&s;werable : And Authorize, and hereby Require all Cu&s;tomers, Waiters, Collectors and others, To &s;eize upon, and appropriat to their own u&s;e, any of the &s;aid Forraign Copper-Coyn, wherever they can find, or di&s;cover the &s;ame; Requiring all Magi&s;trats, Officers and Souldiers of Our Forces to be concurring and a&s;&s;i&s;ting hereto, when required, as they will an&s;wer at their perril; And to the end Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be made Notour and Known; Our Will is, and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Com|mand, That incontinent, the&s;e Our Letter &s;een, ye pa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s to the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful, and thereat, in Our Royal Name and Authority, make open Proclamation, and publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the twentieth day of</HI> May <HI>One Thou&s;and &s;ix hundred eighty &s;ix Years. And of Our Reign the &s;econd Year.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> WILL. PATERSON, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save 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, Anno Dom.</HI> 1686.</P>
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