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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, Regulating the prices of Ale and Drinking-beer.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_CHARLES,</HI> 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 or Me&s;&s;engers at armes, our She|riffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting: Fora&s;much as the Lords of Our Privy Council, in con&s;ideration of the exorbitant prices taken by Brewers, and Ventiners, for Ale and drinking Beer, at their plea&s;ure, without ob&s;erving any ju&s;t proportion betwixt the &s;ame and the price of the boll of Beer; Did, by their Act and Proclamation, dated the Eighteenth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty &s;ix, Ordain, when the price of the boll of be&s;t rough Beer of <HI>Lin|lithgow</HI> mea&s;ure is &s;ix pounds &s;cots, that the pynt of be&s;t Ale, and be&s;t drinking Beer &s;hall be &s;old at twelve pennies &s;cots: That when the price of the be&s;t rough Beer &s;hall be eight pounds &s;cots the boll, the pynt of be&s;t Ale, and be&s;t drinking Beer be &s;old at twenty pennies &s;cots; And when the price of the be&s;t rough Beer is at ten pounds &s;cots the boll, the pynt of be&s;t Ale, and be&s;t drinking Beer is to be &s;old at two &s;hillings &s;cots: With the addition of two pennies &s;cots on the pynt, to each of the&s;e pryces for the ordinar exci&s;e of all Towns, and Landwart Paroches, and of other two pennies on the pynt of Ale, and drinking-Beer, brewed, &s;old, brought into, and made u&s;e of within the Burgh of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> during the time contained in the Impo&s;ition granted by Us, in behalf of the &s;aid Burgh: By which Proclamation, it is declared, that the pryce of Barley Beer is not thereby <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> pryce of Rough-Beer, but to be rated above the pryce of the Rough-Beer, according to the true intrin&s;ick value thereof, which neverthele&s;s is not to alter the pryce of the pynt of Ale, and drinking Beer above-expre&s;t: And in ca&s;e the pryce of the Rough-Beer &s;hall fall below &s;ix pounds, or ry&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> ten pounds &s;cots, that then the pryce of the Ale, and drinking-Beer &s;hall ry&s;e, and fall accordingly: And for the better execution thereof, did appoint the Sheriffs, Ju&s;tices of Peace, or other Magi&s;trates, or any Heritor within the &s;everal Shires, to enquire after, and delate the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors within Burghs to the Magi&s;trats, and the&s;e within Burghs to enquire after, and delate the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors within the Shire; and ordaining Sheriffs, and Magi&s;trats to appoint Ta&s;ters, and Cun&s;ters without and within Burghs, to &s;ee that the Ale and drin|king Beer be &s;ufficient, according to the &s;aids prices: And di&s;charging the &s;elling of any Ale, or drinking Beer at any dearer rates than the&s;e afore&s;aid, upon what&s;oever colour or pretext, under the particular penalties, and certifications contained in the &s;aid Proclamation. And We, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> E&s;tates of Parliament, con&s;idering the great nece&s;&s;ity there was, of re&s;training the Brewers and Ventiners, from exacting of exorbitant prices for Ale, and drinking-Beer, and to regulate the &s;ame thereafter: Did by the fifteenth Act of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion, of Our &s;econd Parliament, Authorize the Lords of Our Privy Council, to regulate and &s;et down the prices thereof, as they &s;hould finde ju&s;t and rea&s;onable, and to emit &s;uch Acts, Orders, and Directions, in relation to the prices of Ale, and drinking-Beer, and to inflict &s;uch Cen&s;ures, Pains and Penalties upon the contraveeners thereof, as they &s;hould think fit: And inca&s;e (after &s;ettling the &s;aids prices by Our Council) any Brewers &s;hould cea&s;e, and give over their Brewing, or Venting of Ale and Beer; it is decla|red, they &s;hall not be allowed to brew, or vent any Ale or drinking-Beer for the &s;pace of one year thereafter: And be further ly|able to &s;uch Pains and Penalties, as Our Council &s;hall think fit to inflict. Notwith&s;tanding of which Acts, the Brewers and Ven|tiners, without any re&s;pect or regard thereto, do take upon them to exact and impo&s;e upon Our Leidges, pryces for Ale and drinking-Beer, far above the ju&s;t proportion betwixt the &s;ame, and the pryce of the boll of Beer; Whereby Our Subjects, and e&s;pe|cially Trade&s;-men, Labourers, and other mean per&s;ons, who cannot brew their own drink, and cannot &s;ub&s;i&s;t without the &s;ame, are heavily prejudged, and oppre&s;&s;ed: Wherefore, We, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, do hereby revive and renew Our &s;aid former Proclamation, regulating the pryces of Ale, and drinking-Beer, and ordains the &s;ame to take effect, and to be put to further execution in all points; And do hereby re&s;cind, and repeal any po&s;terior Act, e&s;pecially an Act dated the twenty two of <HI>February,</HI> 1666. allowing the Brewers to brew double Ale at double prices above the&s;e mentioned in the &s;aid Proclamation, and declares the &s;ame to be expired, and void in time coming. And further, We do hereby ordain, that if any of the Brewers, their Servants, or others to to their behoove, &s;hall happen to buy rough-Beer at &s;ix pounds the boll, or at any other price under eight pounds the boll: And in the &s;ame year, if they &s;hall happen to buy Beer at eight pounds, or at any other price below ten pounds the boll, the Brewers &s;hall be obliged to make their Ale, and drinking-Beer of al&s;e great &s;trength at twelve pennies &s;cots, for the Beer bought by them at any pryce below eight pounds the boll: As they or any other &s;hall be obliged to brew the &s;ame at twenty pennies for &s;uch Beer as they &s;hall happen to buy at eight pounds, or any price below ten pounds the boll, with the addition as afore&s;aid, for the exci&s;e: And in ca&s;e, that one and the &s;ame Brewer &s;hal happen to buy Beer of one and the &s;ame Crop, &s;ome at &s;ix pounds, or any other price below eight pounds, and &s;ome at eight pounds, or any other price below ten pounds: It is hereby declared, that every Brewer &s;hall be obliged to give his Oath upon what quantities of Beer he &s;hall brew, of di&s;tinct prices, or what he mixes together in one and the &s;ame brow&s;t, and &s;hall be obliged to &s;ell the whole brew&s;t of the Ale and drinking-Beer at the price of the Beer, at the lowe&s;t Rate that is mixed. And inca&s;e the price of the boll of the be&s;t rough-Beer &s;hall happen hereafter to fall under &s;ix pounds, or ri&s;e above ten pounds &s;cots, in the&s;e ca&s;es, the price of the Ale and drinking-Beer is to be regulate as afore&s;aid, and the Brewers are to give their Oaths accordingly: And it is hereby declared, inca&s;e any Brewer &s;hall, after Regulation of the prices, as is above &s;et down, de&s;ert brewing; They &s;hal be lyable for the Exci&s;e according to their former brewing, for the &s;pace of &s;ix moneths thereafter: And &s;hal be proceeded again&s;t, and puni&s;hed conform to the &s;aid Act of Parliament: And for the more ready and exact execution hereof, all Brewers within the Town, and Shire of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and the Shires of <HI>Hadingto<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">n,</HI> and <HI>Linlithgow,</HI> who&s;e &s;urvey Rolls are above two bolls brewing ilk week: Are hereby ordered and commanded, betwixt and the fir&s;t of <HI>January</HI> next, to &s;et &s;ufficient Caution acted in the Books of Our Privy Council, for payment of Our Annuity and Exci&s;e, and for ob&s;erving and obeying Our fore&s;aid Proclamation, regulating the prices of Ale, and drinking-Beer, under the pains contained in the &s;aid Act of Parliament; and di&s;charges them of any further brewing after the &s;aid day, except they find the &s;aid Caution, and have a licence granted to them, from Our Council for brewing thereafter: And declares them further lyable to the certification contained in the &s;aid Act of Parliament, in|ca&s;e of fail<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ie: And ordains the hail Brewers within the &s;everal Burghs-Royal to &s;et Caution to the effect fore&s;aid, in pre|&s;ence of one of Our Privy Council, to be appointed for that effect, betwixt and the &s;aid day, and to de&s;i&s;t from brewing ex|cept they &s;et the &s;aid Caution, and obtain licence for brewing thereafter: As al&s;o, that &s;uch of the Brewers of all &s;orts in the &s;everal Shires of the Kingdom; find the like Caution, in pre&s;ence of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e of the re&s;pective Shires, or any three of them; as the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hal think fit to order and appoint, betwixt and the fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next, who are hereby di&s;charged to brew any thereafter, untill they finde the &s;aid Caution, and obtain a licence for brewing, from the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, which licences &s;o to be purcha&s;ed, are to be given to the per&s;ons concerned <HI>gratis:</HI> And inca&s;e any Brewers &s;hal buy Malt, from any Malt. man, they &s;hal be obliged to &s;ell their Ale, and drinking-Beer made of the &s;aid malt, at the prices fore&s;aids, <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> with con&s;ideration, and difference betwixt the price of the boll of Malt and Beer, conform to the Acts of Parliament: And, whereas the making Malt of Oats, and Pea&s;e, does hinder the con&s;umption of the Beer, and le&s;&s;ens the quantities of Oats and Pea&s;e, to the prejudice of Trade&s;-men, Labour|ers, and the poorer &s;ort of the people: All Malt-men and Brewers, are hereby di&s;charged to make u&s;e of the &s;ame for Malt in time coming; as they will be an&s;werable: And being informed of &s;everal late exactions, and abu&s;es committed by Tap&s;ters, We are re&s;olved to take particular notice thereof, and to make an equality and proportion betwixt the Brewer and Tap&s;ter. And to the effect Our re&s;olutions in the premi&s;&s;es may receive timous, and due execution, The Lords of Our Privy Council have determined to appoint a Committee of their own number, to meet, and &s;it, both in time of Se&s;&s;ion, and Vacancy: Ordaining hereby this Our Proclamation, to begin and take effect, as to all places, on this &s;ide of the River of Tay, from, and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> next, and all places be|yond the &s;ame to the North-water, betwixt and the fifteenth of <HI>January,</HI> and all places beyond the &s;aid water, and other places of the Kingdom, from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, And VVe charge you &s;traitly, and commands, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;&s;e to the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;e of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and remanent head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom; and thereat, in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation make publication of the premi&s;&s;es, that all Our Leidges and others concerned, may have notice thereof, according to Ju&s;tice, as ye will an&s;wer to us hereupon. The which to do, We commit to you conjunctly and &s;everally, Our full power by the&s;e Our Letters, delivering them be you duely execute, and indor&s;at again to the bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet, at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the &s;eventh day of <HI>December,</HI> and of Our Reign, the twenty eight year, 1676.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Al. Gib&s;on, Cl. S^t^i Concilii.</SIGNED> God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty. <HI>Anno Dom. 1676.</HI></P>
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