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act_n	king_n	parliament_n	session_n	5,616	5	10.5793	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05486	A proclamation, against transporting corns to France. Edinburgh, October 12. 1693.	Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)	1693 (1693)	Wing S1620; ESTC R183356	1,805	1

RR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION Against Transporting Corns to France Edinburgh October 12. 1693. WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD King and Queen of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council or Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting FOR AS MUCH as We are now in War with the French King and his Subjects And by the Eighth Act of the Fourth Session of this Our Current Parliament It is Statute that none of the Subjects of this Kingdom presume to Correspond or have Commerce with any persons residing within the Kingdom of France or any of the Dominions subject to the French King under the pain of Treason And We considering that the Transportation of Corn and Grain of any sort to the French Kings Dominions will be of singular and great advantage to Our Enemies in their present extream want and scarcity Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council Prohibite and Discharge all and every one of Our People and Subjects of this Our ancient Kingdom and all other Persons whatsoever to Export or cause be Exported directly or indirectly any Corns or Victual from this Our ancient Kingdom to the Kingdom of France or Dominions belonging to the French King under the pains contained in the said Act. And for rendering this Our Prohibition the more effectual We further Require and Command all Magistrats of Burghs Sheriffs of Sheriffdoms Stewarts of Stewartries Lords and Baillies of Regalities and Our other Officiars whatsoever and their Deputs ●●ake exact care within their respective Jurisdictions and give all diligence for preventing the Export of any Corns or Victual wi 〈…〉 by Our own Subjects or Forraigners to the said Kingdom of France or any other of the Dominions belonging to the French King 〈…〉 Ships Loadned in whole or in part with Victual be suffered by them to Sail forth of any Harbour Port or other places within their respective bounds until first the Master of the said Ship enact himself before any of the saids respective Magistrats or Officiars under a liquid Sum and Penalty equivalent to the value of the Ship to be Sailed by him and Loadning thereof not to Un-load or cause Un-load the Victual A board of his said Ship or any part thereof directly or indirectly within any Place or Port of the Kingdom of France or Dominions of the French King but that he shall Un-load the same at some Port or place belonging to such as are in friendship with Us or Our Allies And that also he Swear and give his Oath to be by him Subscribed that he shall observe and keep the terms of the said Enacting which Enacting and Oath are to be taken before the saids Magistrats and Officiars respectivè foresaid and Recorded by their Clerks gratis without any allowance therefore And We with Advice foresaid in case of the failȝie or refusal of the said Master Require and Command the Magistrats and Officiars respectivè within their particular Jurisdictions to secure and Arrest all Vessels Loadned with Victual by taking from the saids Ships their Sails and Raes and to detain them there until Our Privy Council be acquainted therewith and have signified their pleasure thereanent And further We with Advice foresaid Require and Command all Masters of Vessels Loadned with Victual who after Enacting themselves and giving their Oath in manner foresaid shall Sail to any Forraign Ports to report and bring back sufficient Certificats and Documents under the Hand and Seal of the Magistrats of the place or Port-Town where the said Victual is Livered and also of the Conservator of the Scots Priviledges or English C●●●ul if any be upon the place bearing the said Skipper or Master of the Ship to have Un-loaded his whole Cargo of Victual at the said ●ort which Certificats are to be delivered in to the said respective Magistrats where the said Skipper or Master Enacted himself and gave his Oath before he Sailed forth of this Kingdom and that within Fifteen days after their return back to this Kingdom from their several Voyages with certification to each of the saids Skippers or Masters of the saids Ships in case of failȝie of having their Ships Confiscat to Us and being further lyable in the value of the Loadning Exported by them which We hereby require Our Solicitor to do diligence for and cause be payed to the Collector of Our Crown Rents 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 remanent Mercat Crosses of the Head Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries and also to all Sea-port Towns within this Kingdom and there in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make Publication of the Premisses that none may pretend ignorance And Ordains thir presents to be Printed Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Twelfth day of October and of Our Reign the Fifth Year 1693. Per Actum Dominorum Secr●●●●●●●●●lii In Supple●●●●●● ●●●●eti GILB ELIOT 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 GOD Save King VVilliam and Queen Mary