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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Di&s;charging the Exportation of Broken-bra&s;s and Copper.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To, <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our She|riffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as, albeit by the fourty Sixth Act of the fir&s;t Parliament of Our Royal Predece&s;&s;or, King <HI>Charles</HI> the Second; all Merchants, Trade&s;-men and others what&s;oever, as well Strangers as Natives, upon any Col|lour or Pretext what&s;oever, are di&s;charged to export furth of this Kingdom, any Broken-copper, or Bra&s;s, under the pain of Confi&s;cation of what &s;hall be appre|hended in the Exporting; the one half to be applyed for Our u&s;e, and the o|ther half for the u&s;e of the Di&s;coverer and Apprehender of the &s;ame: Neverthe|le&s;s, &s;undry of Our Leidges, and others within this Our Antient Kingdom, in manife&s;t Contempt and Defraud of the &s;aid Act of Parliament, as if the &s;amine were in de&s;uetude, have pre&s;umed to export Broken-bra&s;s and Copper furth of this Realm, to the great prejudice of this Kingdom, and Di&s;couragment of the Trade&s;-men and Arti&s;ts within the &s;ame. Therefore, We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, for puting the &s;aid Act of Parliament in Execution; Do expre&s;ly prohibit and di&s;charge all Merchants, Trade&s;-men and others what&s;oe|ver, as well Strangers as Natives, upon any collour or pretext what&s;oever, to export furth of this Kingdom, any Broken-copper or Bra&s;s, under the pain above-&s;et|down, contained in the fore&s;aid Act of Parliament; And We with advice fore|&s;aid, Require and Command the re&s;pective Collectors and Surveyers at their &s;e|veral Ports, to u&s;e exact diligence, that there be no Contravention of the Pre|mi&s;es by any of Our Leidges, as they and each of them will be an&s;werable. OUR WILL IS HEIREFORE, and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that incontenent 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 &s;everal Sea-towns, Ports, or Burghs within this Kingdom, or other places needful, and there in Our Name and Authority, make Publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend Ignorance; 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 &s;ixth day of <HI>January,</HI> and of Our Reign the fourth Year, <HI>1693.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In Supplementum Signeti. <HI>GILB ELIOT.</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1693.</P>
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