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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>Anent the Sumptuary Law.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_IAMES</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy Council, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, As al|beit We have by Our &s;everal Proclamations, and Our Act of Parliament, dated the  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  day of  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word">  Ratifying and Approving the &s;ame, Given all Encouragement to Manufacturs within this Kingdom, by Prohibiting the Importing of the&s;e things which might Di&s;courage the &s;ame, and for Promoving the Intere&s;t thereof, in manner at length mentioned in the&s;e Proclamations and Act of Parliament; Yet under&s;tanding that the &s;ame hath not received that due Obedience which was required, and by Us de&s;igned to the end fore&s;aid: As We hereby with Advice of Our Privy Council, Revive and Renue, all the fore&s;aids Laws, made in favours of Manufacturs, and for Prohibiting and Di&s;charging the Im|porting or Wearing what is thereby prohibited; So We al&s;o &s;trictly Require and Command the &s;ame to be put to due and vigorous Execution, every manner of way, as is thereby pre&s;cribed. And for further clearing of Our Subjects, as to what may be worn or not (be&s;ides what is already Allowed,) We with Advice fore&s;aid. Do hereby Prohibite and Di&s;charge, all Embroderies of Hair, Threed, Buggle, except what is embroidered within this Kingdom, to be made u&s;e of any manner of way; as al&s;o the wearing of any new Invention which may render Our &s;aids Proclamations and Act of Parliament elu&s;ory, and likewi&s;e the Importing or Wearing of all <HI>Engli&s;h</HI>-Cloath, &s;ave where the &s;ame is brought in, being made and worn Abroad for &s;ome time, or where Cloaths are already made thereof within this Kingdom; as al&s;o the wearing of all Stuffs, or prohibited Cloaths abroad, or in the Streets, under the pretence of Night-Gowns, or Un Dre&s;&s;es, under the Pains and Certifi|cations contained in Our &s;aids Proclamations and Act of Parliament. And for the more effectual pro&s;ecution of this Our Plea&s;ure, We hereby Require and Command all Our Judges and Magi&s;trats within this Kingdom, to &s;ee this Our Proclama|tion, now, as formerly, duely put in Execution. And as a further Addition to what is already allowed to be worn, We hereby allow the wearing of all Dropped, Spotted, Figured and Chequered Stuffs within this Kingdom, where the &s;ame doth not exceed Seven Shillings <HI>Sterling</HI> the Yard, at mo&s;t, without incurring any Penalty or Hazard upon that account. And that Our Plea&s;ure herein may be known, Our Will is, and We Charge you &s;trictly and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and all other places needful, and there in Our Royal Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make Publication of Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es, that punctual Obedience may be given thereto, and none pretend Ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the Sixteenth day of</HI> September, 1686. <HI>And of Our Reign the &s;econd Year.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>WILL. PATERSON, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED><LB>
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 <HI>Maje&s;ty, Anno DOM.</HI> 1686.</P>
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