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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION, Di&s;charging the Importation of BRANDY-VVINE.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the thirteenth day of</HI> February, <HI>one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty eight.</HI></DATE></HI></DATELINE><LB>
<HI>_CHARLES,</HI> By the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; <SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pe|cially con&s;titute, Greeting.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as by the frequent importation of Brandy-wine into this Kingdom, there ari&s;es great prejudice to the Heretors, who&s;e Barley and Malt is con|&s;umed and imployed upon brewing of Ale and Beer, and making of Aquavitie and other Strong-waters: As likewi&s;e, many Families are like to be deprived of their Livelyhoods, who live by the &s;aids Manufacturies: And that by the &s;ixth Act of the third Se&s;sion of the la&s;t Parliament, the importation of all Strong-waters of all kinds and Aquavitie, is altogether di&s;charged, without mentioning Brandy-wine, which for the rea&s;ons fore&s;aids, ought like|wi&s;e to be prohibited: And that by the twenty &s;ixth Act of that Se&s;sion of Parliament, Our Royal Prerogative in the order and di&s;po&s;al of Trade with Forreign Nations, and the laying of re&s;traints and impo&s;itions upon Forreign imported Commodities, is a&s;&s;erted to belong to Us and Our Succe&s;&s;ors. Therefore, and for the good of that Our ancient Kingdom, We, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, prohibit and di&s;charge the importation of all Brandy-wine into any Port, Haven or Creek of this Our &s;aid King|dom, or the I&s;les belonging thereto, after the re&s;pective times following; That is to &s;ay, That no Merchant or other per&s;on what&s;oever, by any Order, In&s;tructions, Cockets, Bills of Loadning or otherwayes, give warrand to loaden any Ship that is to go beyond Seas from any Port or Place of this Kingdom, with Brandy-wine, after the publication hereof; and that immediately they &s;end their Orders and In&s;tructions to their Corre&s;pon|dents and Factors in all places, where they have Ships to be loadned upon their account, that no Brandy-wine be put aboard any of the &s;aids Ships, after the eighth day of <HI>March</HI> next; With certification, if they fail&yogh;ie, the whole quantity of Brandy-wine that &s;hall be imported, contrair to this Our prohibition, &s;hall be confi&s;cate to Our u&s;e, without any abatement or compo&s;ition what&s;oever. And Ordains the&s;e pre&s;ents to be printed, and pub|li&s;hed at the Mercat-cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Peer and Shoar of <HI>Lieth,</HI> and other places needful, that none pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Pet. Wedderburne,</HI> Cl.S^t^i Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1668.</P>
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