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<HEAD>BY THE Lords-Ju&s;tices and COUNCIL. A PROCLAMATION</HEAD>
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<Q LANG="fre">JE MAINTIENDRAY</Q>
<Q LANG="fre">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion and Tudor rose on one side and the Scottish unicorn and thistle on the other</FIGDESC>
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<OPENER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>CHARLES PORTER</ITEM>
<ITEM>THO: CONINGESBY.</ITEM>
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<P>_WHereas all due care has been taken for the keeping up and pre&s;erving the Markets in all parts of this Kingdom under Their Maje&s;ties Obedience, whereto all Per&s;ons may re&s;ort with Freedom and Liberty of Trade and Commerce; And whereas for the better Encouragement of Markets in the Garri&s;ons of <HI>Galway, Athlone, Belturbet, Bannagher, Portumna, Sligoe</HI> and <HI>Birr,</HI> We have directed the Commi&s;&s;ary General of the Bread to appoint Per&s;ons in each of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons, who &s;hall con&s;tantly attend and buy Wheat and other Provi&s;ions for the u&s;e of the &s;aid re&s;pective Gar|ri&s;ons: We have therefore thought fit by this Our Proclamation further to encourage the Inhabitants in the &s;everal Counties adjacent to any of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons, to bring into &s;uch of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons as &s;hall be mo&s;t convenient for them, all the good and Marketable Wheat they can po&s;sibly &s;pare from Sowing their Fallow, and feeding their Family; And for every Barrel of &s;uch good and Marketable Wheat, <HI>Dublin</HI> Mea&s;ure, which they &s;hall &s;o bring in and deliver into any of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons as afore&s;aid, they &s;hall receive without delay in ready Money, upon delivery thereof as afore&s;aid, Twelve Shillings and Six pence. And We do hereby require all Sheriffs, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and all other Officers Military and Civil, to take effectual care, that none of Their Ma|je&s;ties Subjects be any ways hindred or mole&s;ted, either in Per&s;ons, Hor&s;es or Carrs, in re&s;ort|ing to any of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons or other publick Markets what&s;oever. And for the furtherance of Tillage for the Year en&s;uing, We have given Directions to the Commi&s;sioners of Their Ma|je&s;ties Revenue to take care that all per&s;ons to whom they have Sett any of the &s;aid Lands forfeited to Their Maje&s;ties, and who have either paid or &s;ecured to Their Maje&s;ties the Rent contracted for by them for &s;uch Lands, and to all Per&s;ons to whom they &s;hall Set any of the &s;aid Lands, all due encouragement, whereby they and their under Tenants and Occupiers of the &s;aid Lands may Plough and Sowe the &s;ame. And where any of the Tenants, who have agreed with the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners for any of the &s;aid Lands, but have not paid their Rent, nor taken out their Lea&s;es; that the under Tenants or Occupiers of tho&s;e Lands, for &s;uch part thereof as they &s;hall hold and employ in Tillage, they &s;hall either pay the Rent they were formerly to pay for the &s;ame, or the Cu&s;tom of the Country or Barony where the &s;aid Lands do lie, at the Election of the Per&s;on who does occupy and enjoy it. And We do hereby a&s;&s;ure them, that they &s;hall be continued Tenants to the &s;aid Lands, or &s;hall have the Crop the Year following, paying as afore&s;aid: And if there &s;hall remain any Forfeited Arrable Lands un&s;et or undi&s;po&s;ed of by the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, for a further Incouragement of Tillage. We do
<PB REF="2"> hereby Publi&s;h and Declare, that it &s;hall be Lawful for any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons to enter upon any &s;uch Arrable Lands, and to Plough and Sow it; And that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall enjoy the Cropp thereof for the en&s;uing Year, at a rea&s;onable Rent, or allow or pay the Sheaf for the &s;ame, according to the Cu&s;tom of the Country or Barony, where the &s;aid Lands do lie, at the Election of the per&s;on Ploughing and Sowing the &s;ame; Provided always, that eve|ry &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons do within Ten Days after they &s;hall enter upon the &s;aid Lands, give or &s;end unto the Collector of the Di&s;trict in which the Lands do lye the denomination of the &s;aid Lands; the County, Barony and Parri&s;h wherein the &s;aid Lands are, with the reputed number of Acres they containe, and the number of Acres they will Plow and Sow thereof, to the end the &s;aid Collectors may give an account thereof, to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Revenue, and the Rent or Cu&s;tome of the Country be an&s;wered to their Maje&s;ties for the &s;ame. And for the better incourageing and a&s;|&s;urance of the &s;everal Tenants and Occupiers of any of the afore&s;aid Lands or of any other Lands in tho&s;e parts of the Kingdom, already reduced under their Maje&s;ties Government that they &s;hall not be hindred or mole&s;ted in Plowing or Sowing and quietly enjoying their &s;everal holdings. We do hereby &s;trictly require and Command all and every Officer &amp; Soldier, Conductor, and others ei|ther of the Standing Army or Militia, and al&s;o all Sheriffs, High and Petty Con&s;tables, and all other Per&s;ons what&s;oever, that they do not di&s;turb any of the Tennants or Occupiers of any of the Land afore&s;aid, in Ploughing or Sowing thereof, or Pre&s;s or take away any of their Hor&s;es, Cattle or Corn, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their utmo&s;t peril.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at the Council-Chamber in <HI>Dublin</HI>
<DATE>the 25th. day of <HI>September,</HI> 1691.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Fran. Dublin,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ri: Reynell,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ri: Pyne,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jn^o Hely</ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED> GOD Save the King and Queen,</CLOSER>
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