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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION Again&s;t the importation of Victuall.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_CHARLES, by the Grace of GOD, King of Great <HI>Brittain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith;</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>to Our Lovits,  <GAP DESC="blank">  Macers, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly, and &s;everally, &s;pecially constitute, greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Forasmuch, as upon repre&s;entation to Our Privy Council, of the great &s;carcity and dearth of Victual in &s;ome Western Shires of this Kingdom; They did, by their Act, of the &s;econd of <HI>December</HI> last, Grant licence for Importing Oats, Oat-meal, and Pea&s;e, to the Shires of <HI>VVigtoun, Air, Renfrew,</HI> and Stewartrie of <HI>Kircud|burgh,</HI> for &s;upplying the nece&s;&s;ity of the&s;e places until furder order: And &s;eeing now, by rea&s;on of great quantities of Victual imported &s;ince the &s;aid licence was granted, the Rates and Pryces of Victual in this Kingdom are much fallen, and that the conti|nuation of the &s;aid licence any longer, would prove very prejudicial to Our Subjects of this Kingdom; We have thought fit, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, to di&s;charge and take off the fore&s;aid Licence, and to renew Our former Pro|clamation against importing of Victual, of the date the fourth of <HI>May, 1671.</HI> Likeas, We, with advice fore&s;aid, do hereby restrain and di&s;charge the importation of Victual of any kind into this Kingdom after the eleventh day of <HI>March</HI> next, under the pains following, <HI>viz.</HI> For &s;uch Victual as &s;hall be imported from <HI>Ireland,</HI> under the pains con|tained in the third Act of the third Se&s;&s;ion of Our &s;econd Parliament, and for any Victual imported from other forraign places, under the pains contained in Our &s;aid former Procla|mation, which &s;hall be inflicted upon the contraveeners with all rigour.</P>
<P>And ordains thir pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of <HI>Edin|burgh, Gla&s;gow, Air,</HI> and other places needful, that none may pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our &s;ignet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty fourth day of <HI>February, 1676.</HI> and of Our Reign the twenty eight year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Al. Gib&s;on Cl. <HI>S^t^i.</HI> Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His most Sacred Majesty. <HI>Anno. 1676.</HI></P>
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