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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
</FIGURE> A PROCLAMATION, Di&s;charging Doits.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_CHARLES,</HI> by the Grace of God, King of Great <HI>Britian, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith, To <GAP DESC="blank">Macers or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially constitute, Greeting: Fora&s;much, as the Lords of Our Privy Council by their Proclamation of the date, the twenty fourth day of <HI>April, 1662.</HI> did prohibit the importation of the&s;e pieces of Copper-coyn, called the <HI>French Doubles</HI> or <HI>Doits,</HI> or other forraign Copper-Coin into this Kingdom. Likeas, by another Proclamation, dated the twenty day of <HI>July, 1671&punc;</HI> not only the importation of all forraign Copper-Coyn was prohibited, but al&s;o the &s;ame was di&s;charged to pa&s;s, or be current within this Kingdom: Nothwithstanding whereof, we are informed that great quantities of the &s;aids <HI>Doits</HI> have been of late, and dayly are imported into this Kingdom, and do pa&s;s at a rate far above the true intrin&s;ick worth and value thereof; and al&s;o far exceeding the rate at which they are current in that Kingdom where the &s;ame are coyned, whereby Our Subjects are ex|ceedingly abu&s;ed. <HI>Therefore,</HI> We, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, (but prejudice of the &s;aids former Proclamations, and of the penalties therein contained,) do here|by prohibit and di&s;charge all per&s;ons what&s;oever in time coming, to import into this Kingdom any <HI>Doits,</HI> or other forraign Copper-Coyn: Certifying &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall contraveen, that the Copper-money &s;o imported &s;hall be confi&s;cate to Our u&s;e, and the Importers thereof &s;hall be lyable to &s;uch puni&s;hment as Our Council &s;hall think fit to inflict. And We di&s;charge the &s;aids <HI>Doits,</HI> and any other forraign Copper-Coyn either already imported, or that &s;hall be im|ported hereafter to pa&s;s or be current within this Kingdom at any rate what&s;oever. And di&s;|charges the &s;ame to be either offered or received by any per&s;ons in payments of money to be made to them. And We command, and require the Magi&s;trats of Burghs, and others in Authority, where Sea ports are, the Collectors, or Fermourers of Our Cu&s;toms, and their De|puts to &s;eize upon any forraign Copper-money which &s;hall be imported, and to confi&s;cate the &s;ame for Our u&s;e. 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 ignorance. The which to do, We commit to you conjunctly and &s;everally Our fully Power by the&s;e Our Letters, de|livering them by you duely execute and indor&s;at again to the Bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our <HI>Signet</HI> at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the &s;econd day of <HI>October,</HI> one thou&s;and, &s;ix hundred and &s;eventy four, and of Our Reign, the twenty &s;ixth Year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Tho. Hay. Cl. S^t^i^.</HI> Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God Save the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>EDINBURGH, <HI>Printed by</HI> Andrew Ander&s;on, <HI>Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1674.</HI></P>
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