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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="royal proclamation">
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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Di&s;charging the Importation of forreign Victual.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_WILIAM by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED> <SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, Conjunctly and Severally, &s;pecially Con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as the Importing and bringing from forreign Countries, any Wheat, Bear, Barley, Oats, Meal, Malt, Pea&s;e, Beans, or Rye, into this Kingdom; is highly prejudicial to the native Product thereof, and to the Trade upon the growth of the &s;ame, and gives occa&s;ion to the unwarrantbale Exporting of much Money forth of this Realm: for preventing whereof, and Obviating the inconveniencies that follow thereupon, We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Do hereby &s;trictly Prohibite, and Di&s;charge all per&s;ons what&s;omever, to Import, or bring by Sea or Land, into this Kingdom, or any of the Ports Harbours, Towns, or Places thereof, any &s;ort or Quantity of the Victual above-mentioned, except|ing White Pea&s;e allenarly, without Licence had from Our &s;aids Lords for that effect, 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 &s;eize upon the &s;ame, and the other half thereof, with the Ships, Barques, or Boars wherein the &s;ame &s;hall be Imported, to Our The&s;aurie for Our u&s;e; and other puni&s;h|ments to be inflicted upon them, conform to the Acts of Parliament made there|anent: And Ordains all Our Collectors, Surveyors and Waiters, within this Kingdom, at the re&s;pective Ports, Harbours and places where they &s;erve, to &s;ee this Act punctually ob&s;erved, as they will be an&s;werable at their highe&s;t per|il; with Certification to &s;uch as &s;hall be found Negligent therein; they &s;hall incur 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 whole other Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Royal-Burghs and Sea-Ports within this Kingdom, and thereat, make publick Inti|mation of Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es, to the Effect, none may pretend Igno|rance: And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> <DATE>the twenty day of <HI>November,</HI> and of Our Reign the &s;eventh Year. 1695.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Sti. Concilii.</HI> GILB ELIOT <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED><LB>
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 Andr&s;oen</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1695</P>
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