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<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Haly-rude-hou&s;e,</HI> <DATE>the &s;eventee~nth day of <HI>January,</HI> 1678.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_FOra&s;much, as a con&s;iderable number of Brewers for them&s;elves, and in behalf of the remanent Brewers within the Town of <HI>Edin|burgh,</HI> and the Shires of <HI>Edinburgh</HI> and <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> have propo&s;ed and de&s;ired, that they may be allowed to &s;ell the Ale and Drink|ing-beer for this pre&s;ent year, at twenty pennies the pynt, with the addition of the Exci&s;e and Impo&s;ition granted in behalf of the Town of <HI>Edinburgh:</HI> And &s;eeing, according to the proportion &s;etled by the late Act of Parliament, and Proclamations, for regu|lating the prices of Ale and Drinking-beer, when the Ale and Drinking-beer is &s;old at twentie pennies the pynt, with the addition fore&s;aid, the Bear ought to be eight pounds &s;cots the boll. And the &s;aids Brewers have propo&s;ed, that in regard they have &s;ome old Victual upon their hand not yet con&s;umed, &s;o that for this year they cannot come the whole length of eitht pounds, which is the Rule and Standard ap|pointed by the Proclamation; and therefore de&s;iring the Council might di&s;pen&s;e therewith &s;o far, as that they may be able to brew with &s;ome &s;mall advantage: and &s;eeing the &s;aids Brewers have con&s;ented that the price of the boll of good and &s;ufficient rough Bear, &s;hall be &s;even pounds &s;cots money, for all rough Beer that is to be browen and made in Malt of the Cropt 1677. la&s;t by pa&s;t; And it being mo&s;t ju&s;t and rea&s;onable, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">hat all Brewers, great and &s;mall, &s;hould be in an equal and like condition, as to the price of the drink to be &s;old by them, and the price of the Bear of which the &s;ame is made; which cannot be practicable, if they &s;hould be permitted to buy Bear at different prices; in re&s;pect, the&s;e who buy Bear below the fore&s;aid price, may under-&s;ell the&s;e that do buy the bear at the &s;ame, and &s;o may inhance and engro&s;s to them&s;elves the trade and benefit of brewing, to the prejudice and ruine of others; and for preventing the inconvenience and prejudice fore&s;aid, It is thought nece&s;&s;ary, and is propo&s;ed and de&s;ired by the &s;aids brewers, that the &s;aid price &s;hould be &s;etled as a ju&s;t and uniform price to be payed for this year by all Brewers and Malt men, who &s;hall buy Bear for brewing or making of Malt within the &s;aid Town and Shires, and that of their own con&s;ent they &s;hould be obliged, and grant Bonds to the effect fore&s;aid. And becau&s;e divers per&s;ons, who &s;ell and tap Wine, or are Cooks or Stablers, do brew; and upon occa&s;ion of their Trades and Employments fore&s;aids, do tap and &s;ell Ale and Drinking beer, browen by them&s;elves, whereby they may &s;ell their drink with greater advantage <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">han other Brewers, that mu&s;t &s;hare and divide betwixt them and the Tap&s;ters, the benefit that the &s;aids per&s;ons will have intirely to them&s;elves, and &s;o may under&s;ell the other brewers to their prejudice and ruine: and whereas, notwith&s;tanding of the &s;aid Proclamation, the &s;mal<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er brewers, who&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">urvey rolls were under two bolls, have not given bond to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e of the &s;aid Shire to that effect, and obtained licence betwixt and the day therein appointed, and &s;o have forfeited the bene&s;it of brewing. The Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, in pro&s;ecution of the &s;aid Act of Parliament and Proclamations fore&s;aids, do hereby di&s;charge any per&s;on or per&s;ons, brewers great or &s;mall within the burgh of <HI>Edin|burgh, Leith</HI> and <HI>Cannongate,</HI> or &s;uburbs thereof, or within the &s;aids Shires of <HI>Edinburgh</HI> or <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> to take upon them upon pretext of any former licence granted to them, or upon any other pretext or ground what&s;oever, to brew any Ale or Drinking-beer, untill they fir&s;t &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid bond; and upon &s;ub&s;cribing thereof, obtain a licence for that effect from the Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, or Committee appointed by them, which per&s;ons, &s;ub&s;cribing the &s;aid bond, and receiving licence as afore&s;aid, are hereby allowed, not only to brew &s;ingle Ale at the price of twentie pennies the pynt, with the addition as afore&s;aid, but al&s;o to brew double or three &s;hilling Ale: provided that they who brew the double Ale, &s;hal be obliged al&s;o to brew the &s;ingle Ale, in which ca&s;e, the &s;aids Lords have in &s;o far di&s;pen&s;ed with the &s;aid Proclamation in the behalf of the &s;aids Brewers upon the con&s;iderations fore&s;aids, untill the 1. day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next to come, in this in&s;tant year, 1678 And whereas Malt-men and others, who take upon them to make Malt within the &s;aids bounds do exact far greater rates, betwixt the price of the boll of Bear, and the boll of Malt, than what is allowed by the ancient Laws made in that behalf; The &s;aids Lords do hereby di&s;charge any per&s;on what&s;omever within the &s;aids bounds to make Malt, untill they find caution acted in the Books of Council, that they &s;hall buy the Bear at the price fore&s;aid for this pre&s;ent year: and that they &s;hal take no more but half a Merk be|twixt the boll of Bear and the boll of Malt, conform to the Acts of Parliament, and obtain licence for that effect as afore&s;aid, as they will be an&s;werable on their perill. And in regard, that divers per&s;ons within the City of <HI>Edinburgh, Leith, Cannongate, Abby, Caldtoun, Craigend, Yeard-heads, New-haven, Plea&s;ants,</HI> and <HI>St. Ninians-raw,</HI> who are Vintners of Wine, Cooks or Stablers, do both brew, and tap and &s;ell Ale and Drinking-beer browen by them&s;elves, whereby they may &s;ell their drink with greater advantage then other Brewers, and &s;o may under&s;ell the other brewers to their great hurt and prejudice; The &s;aids Lords do hereby di&s;charge any Vintners of Wine, Cooks or Stablers in the &s;aids bounds, to vent or retail any Ale or Drink|ing-beer, or if they continue in retailing, to quite their brewing as they will be an&s;werable at their perill. And whereas both Brewers, Vintners and the Leidges &s;u&s;tain great dammage by the unequal mea&s;ure of barrels, &s;ome being above mea&s;ure, and &s;ome under, occa&s;ioned chiefly by the neglect and fault of Coupers: The &s;aids Lords do hereby ordain all Coupers that makes any brewers casks, to make their casks no bigger, than with the ad|dition of a chopin to each Gallon: Ordaining every Couper to put his own mark upon his own work, that the contraveeners may be known; and that all casks already made, be ju&s;ted and made equal, betwixt and the fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> next, as the &s;aids Coupers and Brewers will be an&s;werable at their perill. And ordains the&s;e pre&s;ents to be printed, and publi&s;hed at the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful, that none pretend <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">gnorance.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Al. Gib&s;on.Cl.</HI> Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the <HI>Heir</HI> of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty. <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1678.</P>
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