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B05472 Proclamation against the importation of Irish cattle, &c. Edinburgh, the first day of Feb. 1667. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1667 (1667) Wing S1610; ESTC R233277 1,151 1

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C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE PROCLAMATION Against the Importation of Irish CATTLE c. Edinburgh the first day of Feb. 1667. CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland defender of the Faith To all and sundry Our Liedges and Subjects whom it effeirs Greeting Forsomuch as by an Act of Our late Parliament Entituled Act asserting Our Prerogative in the ordering and disposal of Trade with Forraigners It is declared that the laying on of Restraints and Impositions upon forraign imported Commodities doth belong to Us and Our Surcessors as an undoubted Priviledge and Prerogative of Our Crown And that by vertue thereof We may so order and dispose upon foraign Trade as We shall judge most fit for the good of that Our Kingdom And whereas many humble addresses have been made to Us by the Convention of Our Estates in August 1665. And by the Lords of Our Privy Council for restraining of Irish Cattle Corn and some other Commodities from coming in to this Kingdom as being most prejudicial thereto by reason that Our Subjects are more then sufficiently provided within themselves And incase of Trade with forraign Kingdoms and States which is now for the most part stopped are able to spare and export considerable quantities of all these Commodities and We being most willing to gratifie the Subjects of that Our ancient Kingdom Therefore and in testimony of Our just resentment of their loyalty and affection to Our service We with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council have discharged and by these presents discharges the importation of all Irish Cattle except Horses as also Irish Salt Beef and Corns of whatsoever Grain or Meal made thereof to any Town Port or Harbour or any other place of that Our ancient Kingdom in any Ship or Vessel whatsoever after the first day of March next to come As also discharges all persons whatsoever to receive or Pasture any of the saids Cattle upon their Lands or Pasturage or to sell and dispone thereupon or to reset or receive any quantities of the Victual so prohibited or to conceal the same within their Houses or Cellers And do hereby authorize and command all Magistrates of Our Burghs Royal Sheriffs or Iustices of Peace in all Shires where the Goods or Vessels shall arrive to prohibit the unloading thereof And incase of contravention to seize or cause seize upon the samine to be confiscat the one half thereof for Our use and the other half for the use of these who shall attach and seize upon the same And further requires the saids Magistrates or either of them to apprehend the persons of the contraveeners and to secure them by imprisonment till they advertise the Lords of Our Privy Council that order may be given to proceed against them as contemners of Our Royal Authority that all condign punishment may be inflicted upon them without mercy And ordains these presents to be printed and published at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh Pear and Shore of Leith and at the Mercat Crosses of all Burghs Royal and Burghs of Regality and Barony lying in the Western parts of this Kingdom where the saids Goods and Victual are ordinarily imported and other places needful that none pretend ignorance Pet. Wedderburne Cl. S ti Concilii EDINBVRGH Printed by Evin Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent MAjESTY 1667.