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</FIGURE> A PROCLAMATION, Again&s;t the Importation of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual and Cattel.</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 Our Lovites,  <GAP DESC="blank">  Me&s;&s;engers, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greet|ing:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as We and Our E&s;tates of Parliament, by &s;everal Acts, have (upon diver&s;e weighty con&s;iderations,) di&s;charged the Importation of all <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual and Cattel into this Kingdom, under the pains, and certifications therein contained: And whereas the Lords of Our Privy Council have emitted &s;everal Acts and Proclamations in pur&s;uance of the &s;aids Acts of Parliament, notwith&s;tanding where|of, and of all the care and endeavours taken, to hinder and prevent the importing of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victuall and Cattel, finding the &s;ame is imported into this Kingdom: And con&s;idering the be&s;t and firte&s;t way for preventing thereof, might be to commi&s;&s;ionat &s;ome per&s;ons of Power and Authority in the &s;everal places of the Countrey where the &s;aid Victual and Cattel is ordinarly brought in and landed. We therefore, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council have thought fit, to grant full Power, Authority, and Commi&s;&s;ion to Our Right tru&s;tie and well beloved Cou&s;ins and Councellors, <HI>Archibald,</HI> Earl of <HI>Argyle,</HI> and <HI>George,</HI> Lord <HI>Ro&s;&s;e,</HI> and to Our well beloved, <HI>Richard Murray</HI> of <HI>Brughtoun,</HI> by them&s;elves, their Deputs, Servants, and &s;uch as they &s;hall think fit to appoint (for whom they will be an&s;werable) to &s;earch for, &s;eize, and appre|hend all <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual and Cattel, and Salt-beef made thereof, that &s;hall happen to be imported from <HI>Ireland</HI> unto this Kingdom in the particular places after-&s;pecified, <HI>viz.</HI> The &s;aid Earl of <HI>Argyle</HI> in all places, from <HI>Lechlung</HI> to the <HI>Mule</HI> of <HI>Kintyre,</HI> and round about the &s;ame. The &s;aid Lord <HI>Ro&s;s</HI> in all pla|ces, from the Burgh of <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> to the March of <HI>Galloway</HI> on the South, and from <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> to <HI>Lochlung</HI> on the North: and the I&s;les of <HI>Arran, Bute</HI> and <HI>Comray:</HI> and the &s;aid <HI>Richard Murray,</HI> from the March of <HI>Galloway,</HI> to the March of <HI>Nith&s;dale.</HI> And for the more ready and effectual pro&s;ecu|tion of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, have granted full Power and Authority to the &s;aids Earl of <HI>Argyle,</HI> Lord <HI>Ro&s;s</HI> and <HI>Richard Murray</HI> by them&s;elves, their Deputs, &s;ervants, and &s;uch as they &s;hall think fit to entru&s;t in the re&s;pective bounds fore&s;aids, to &s;ecure all Barks, or travelling Boats whether <HI>Scots</HI> or <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> until the Skippers or Owners &s;hall find Caution that they &s;hall import no <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual or Cattel hereafter. The &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners or their fore&s;aids are thereby authorized to &s;earch all Barks, Boats, or other Ve&s;&s;els, wherein any <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual or Cattel are &s;u&s;pected to be; and to &s;eize and &s;ecure the &s;ame, inca&s;e they find the &s;aids prohibited Goods therein; And for better di&s;covery thereof, all Merchants, Skippers, or Owners of Boats, Barks, or other Ve&s;&s;els travelling to and from the places fore&s;aids, are thereby ordered before they break bulk, or liver any goods, to adverti&s;e the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the&s;e entru&s;ted by them at one or other of the Ports following, <HI>viz.</HI> at the Point of Garvel near <HI>Greenock,</HI> the Towns of <HI>Largs, Irving, Turnberry, Dumbarton, Rothe&s;ay, Brodick, Dinnon, Tarbet, Campbletoun, Innerarey, Portpatrick, Glenluce</HI> and <HI>Kirkudbright</HI> (at which Ports, Offices are &s;tabli&s;hed to receive the&s;e Adverti&s;ements;) under the pain of Confi&s;cation of the &s;aids ve&s;&s;els and goods, and being holden as confe&s;t Importers of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual: Provided that the Skippers or Owners, &s;hall not upon &s;uch occa&s;ion be obliged to wait longer then one Tydes water. If upon pregnant pre&s;umptions the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the&s;e entru&s;ted by them &s;hall &s;u&s;pect any per&s;on or per&s;ons guilty of importing <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual or Cattel, they are thereby authorized to conveen any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons before the neare&s;t Magi&s;trat in Burgh or Landwart, and to lead all manner of probation again&s;t them for proving thereof: whereupon the &s;aids Magi&s;trats are to give pre&s;ent and ready ju&s;tice. All Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailyes of Royalties, Regalities, and Baronies, and all Heretors are thereby ordered to give their &s;peedy and ready a&s;&s;i&s;tance to the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the&s;e en|tru&s;ted by them, when ever they &s;hall be required, either as to the &s;earching of ve&s;&s;els by night or day, making open and patent doors, &s;earching of &s;ellars, or other &s;u&s;pect places for <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual or Cattel, which they are thereby authorized to do. As al&s;o the Officers of any Garri&s;on are ob|liged to concurr, and a&s;&s;i&s;t them with a Party of &s;ouldiers as they &s;hal be de&s;ired upon any extraordinary occa&s;ion. In ca&s;e any &s;eizure be made by the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the&s;e entru&s;ted by them; The Heretors next adjacent to the &s;aid place are thereby required to cau&s;e carry the Victual to &s;ome convenient place neare&s;t, untill Our Council &s;hall give order thereanent: And the&s;e &s;o employed &s;hall be payed by the per&s;on who makes the &s;eizure for each hor&s;e carriage; not exceeding two &s;hilling <HI>&s;cots</HI> the mile. The &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the&s;e entru&s;ted by them are thereby empowered with con&s;ent of the Magi&s;trat of the place to &s;end any per&s;on or per&s;ons to pri&s;on who &s;hall be found guilty of contraveening the &s;aids Laws, or &s;hall be contumaci|ous in refu&s;ing to depone; The Magi&s;trats of the place being alwayes free of the pri&s;oners charges: In which ca&s;e, the Magi&s;trats are to &s;ecure the pri&s;oners and their ve&s;&s;els, and to be comptable for them: And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall make open re&s;i&s;tance again&s;t the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the&s;e entru&s;ted by them in the execution of Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, and that there &s;hall happen blood-&s;hed, mutilation or &s;laughter to follow, through the &s;aid re&s;i&s;tance; It is declared that the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, and the&s;e entru&s;ted by, or giving a&s;&s;i&s;tance to them, &s;hal never be called in que&s;tion, or pur&s;ued therefore civily or criminally in time coming. And further, by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, it is declared, that the &s;ame &s;hall no wayes free or liberat the Importers or re&s;etters of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> victual or cattel, or Heretors upon who&s;e ground the &s;ame &s;hall be imported, but that they &s;hall continue &s;till lyable to the pains and penalties appointed by the &s;aids Acts of Parliament and Council; As if the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion had never been granted: Which Commi&s;&s;ion is to begin and take effect, from, and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> next, and to continue until the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> 1678 years. And to the effect, all Our Leidges and others concerned, may have due and timeous notice thereof, We have thought fit, that the&s;e Our Letters of publication of the &s;ame &s;hould be direct in manner under-written. Our Will is herefore; and We charge you &s;traitly, and command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Let|ters &s;een ye pa&s;&s;e, to the Mercat-cro&s;&s;es of <HI>Edinburgh, Gla&s;gors Dumbariours,</HI> and other places needful: And thereat, in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premi&s;&s;es; to the effect, that all Our Leiges, and others concerned, may have due and timous notice of Our plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es, and may give ready obedience to Our Commands therein, as they will be an&s;werable at their highe&s;t peril.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI><DATE>the fourteen day of <HI>December,</HI> and of Our Reign, the twenty eighth year, 1676.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per actum Dominorum Secriti Concilii. Tho. Hay. Cl.</HI> Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty. 1676.</P>
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