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<HEAD><HI>PROCLAMATION</HI> Again&s;t Importing Victual from <HI>Ire|land.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_WILLIAM By the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; To  <GAP DESC="blank">  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; Fora&s;much, as the Importing of Victual, of any &s;ort, whe|ther, <HI>Wheat, Bear, Barley, Oats, Meal, Malt, Pea&s;e, Beans,</HI> or <HI>Rye,</HI> from the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> into this Kingdom, is Prohibite by diver&s;e Laws, and <HI>Acts</HI> of <HI>Parliament;</HI> And highly prejudicial to the Native Product of <HI>Scotland;</HI> And gives occa&s;ion to the Unwarrantable Exporting of much <HI>Money</HI> furth of this Our Realm; wherethrough, the poorer &s;ort of People are altogether De&s;titut of the Nece&s;&s;ary Means of Buying, and Providing them&s;elves in the Dayly Mercats of this Kingdom. For the better obviating the Inconveniencies that may follow thereupon; We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Do, hereby Prohibite, and Di&s;charge all Per|&s;ons what&s;oever, to Import, or Bring into this Kingdom, or any of the Ports, Harbours, Towns, or Places thereof, from the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> any &s;ort or Quantity of the Victual above-mentioned, From, and after the <HI>Fir&s;t</HI> Day of <HI>September</HI> nixt to come, under the Pain of Confi&s;cation of the &s;aid Victual; The one half thereof to the Per&s;on, or Per&s;ons who &s;hall make Di&s;covery of, and Sea&s;e upon the&s;ame; and the other half thereof, with the Ships, Barks, or Boats, wherein the &s;amen &s;hall be Imported, to Our The&s;aury for Our u&s;e; And other Puni&s;hments to be Inflicted upon them, conform to the <HI>Acts</HI> of <HI>Par|liamens</HI> made thereanent: And Ordains all Our Collectors, Surveyors, and Waiters within this Kingdom, at the re&s;pective Ports, Harbours, and Places where they Serve, to &s;ee this <HI>Act</HI> punctually Ob&s;erved, as they will be An|&s;werable at their highe&s;t Peril, with Certification to &s;uch as &s;hall be &s;ound Ne|gligent therein, they &s;hall Incurr the Lo&s;s of their re&s;pective Offices. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that incontinent, the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires within this Kingdom; And thereat, make Publication of Our Plea&s;ure in the <HI>Premi&s;&s;es,</HI> that none may pretend Ignorance: And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Prin|ted.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the</HI> Fifth <HI>Day of</HI> Augu&s;t, <HI>and of Our Reign the</HI> Ninth <HI>Year,</HI> 1697.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> GILB. ELIOT, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save 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 the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno DOM,</HI> 1697.</P>
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