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B05458 Proclamation against importing victual from Ireland. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1697 (1697) Wing S1591; ESTC R183331 863 1

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PROCLAMATION Against Importing Victual from Ireland WILLIAM By the Grace of GOD King of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To _____ Macers of Our Privy Council Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part Conjunctly and severally specially Constitute Greeting Forasmuch as the Importing of Victual of any sort whether Wheat Bear Barley Oats Meal Malt Pease Beans or Rye from the Kingdom of Ireland into this Kingdom is Prohibite by diverse Laws and Acts of Parliament And highly prejudicial to the Native Product of Scotland And gives occasion to the Unwarrantable Exporting of much Money furth of this Our Realm wherethrough the poorer sort of People are altogether Destitut of the Necessary Means of Buying and Providing themselves in the Dayly Mercats of this Kingdom For the better obviating the Inconveniencies that may follow thereupon We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council Do hereby Prohibite and Discharge all Persons whatsoever to Import or Bring into this Kingdom or any of the Ports Harbours Towns or Places thereof from the Kingdom of Ireland any sort or Quantity of the Victual above-mentioned From and after the First Day of September nixt to come under the Pain of Confiscation of the said Victual The one half thereof to the Person or Persons who shall make Discovery of and Sease upon thesame and the other half thereof with the Ships Barks or Boats wherein the samen shall be Imported to Our Thesaury for Our use And other Punishments to be Inflicted upon them conform to the Acts of Parliamens made thereanent And Ordains all Our Collectors Surveyors and Waiters within this Kingdom at the respective Ports Harbours and Places where they Serve to see this Act punctually Observed as they will be Answerable at their highest Peril with Certification to such as shall be sound Negligent therein they shall Incurr the Loss of their respective Offices OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and to the Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the several Shires within this Kingdom And thereat make Publication of Our Pleasure in the Premisses that none may pretend Ignorance And Ordains these Presents to be Printed Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Fifth Day of August and of Our Reign the Ninth Year 1697. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii GILB ELIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD Save the King Edinburgh Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty Anno DOM 1697.