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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	parliament_n	sovereign_a	3,527	5	9.3552	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11644	The rates of marchandizes as they are set down in the Booke of Rates for payment of the Kings Majesties customes, and import of wynes within his kingdome of Scotland: the famine booke being signed by his Majestie, and subscryued be the Lords auditors of His Heighnes Exchecker, and sealed with the great seale of his said kingdome. And by special commandement from his Majestie published in print, for the information and direction of all sic as the famine doth concerne.	Scotland. Commissioners of Customs.	1611 (1611)	STC 21894; ESTC S110644	44,899	101

v l. Vinager of wyne the tunne Custome xxv l. Vinager of beere Custome xx l. W WAdmoll the elne Custome viii s. Wainscot of Danskene the hundreth conteining vj xx Custome ijc. l. of Swaden the hundreth Custome jc. xxx l. Walx the hundreth waight Custome xxx l. Wheat the boll Custome iii l. vi s. viii d. Whaleshot the barrell conteining 40 pound waight Custome xl l. Worset yarne called sewing worset the pound Custome iii l. Wooll caried out of the Countrie vpon licence the stane waight thereof Custome vi l. xiii s. iiii d. ☞ Wynes of all sorts in regarde that the samine payes a deare impost at the incomming every tun sal pay of custome at the transporting thereof out of the Countrie Custome xl s. Y YArne called Cable yarne the stane waight thereof Custome xx s. Cotton yarne the pound Custome xii s. Raw linnin yarne Dutch or French the pound Custome xii s. Spruce or Muscovia yarne the hundreth waight Custome xx l. Wollen or Bay yarne the hundreth waight Custome xl l. Irish yarne the hundreth waight Custome xv l. Scottes yarne transported vpon licence the hundreth waight Custome jc. xx l. THE CVSTOME TO BE VPLIFTED by his Majesties Customers for gold and silver transported out of SCOTLAND ALL gold and silver transported out of Scotland vpon licence shall pay to his Mjaestie in Custome of every pounds worth thereof iij s. iiij d. FINIS CERTAINE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND ORDInances of Secreet Councell made anent the payment of the Kings Majesties Customes and Impost of Wynes 129 Act of his Maiesties twelfth Parliament the 5. of Iune 1592. Anent the Custome of English gudes and searching of gudes customable ITEM OVR SOVERAINE LORD And Estates of this present Parliament ratifies approues and confirmes the act of secreit Councel made vpon the penult day of Februar ane thousand fiue hundreth fourescore nine yeares Anent the bringing of all packs of English claith haill vn-broken-vp to the Custome-house and selling thereof in maner conteined there-intill in all poynts articles and clauses respectiuè specified in the same with this addition That na maner of persons tak vpon hand to house hyde or conceale any maner of English gudes either comming by sea or land in any burgh or suburbe of this Realme vnder the paine of confiscation of all the gudes swa hid and concealed in defraud of the due Custome where ever the same can be apprehended And incase the samine be not apprehended the awners to make the availl thereof forth-comming to his Majestie as escheat after tryell tane there-intill as effeirs And also for the better execution to ordaine ilk Customer to search within the boundes of his office all maner of houses and buithes alswell to burgh as to land and to escheat confiske and intromet-with all maner of vncustomed English gudes and all English claiths vnsealed and if need beis to make open durres and other lock-fast lumes and to vse his Majesties keyes to that effect And incase any persons resist be force to make open and patent durres to the said Customer for the effect foresaid The persons resisters to be vnder the lyke danger as the committers of the deforcements and to be punished in their persons and gudes conforme to the act made there-anent Ordaining also the Provest Baillies and Magistrats of ilk burgh if need beis to concur and assist with the saids Customers in execution hereof swa oft as they fall be requyred there-to 89 Act of his Maiesties elleuinth Parliament the xxix of Iulie 1587. False Customers and searchers sould be punished ITEM It is statute and ordained that all Customers and Searchers committing fraud in their office be over-sight of the transporting of forbidden gudes forth of the Cuntrie for gratitude given to them shall be called therefore at Justice Aires and particular dyets and punished in their persons at OVR SOVERAIGNE LORDS will and all their moveable gudes to be escheated to his Heighnes vse in-case of their conviction 251 Act of his Maiesties 15 Parliament xix of December 1597. All Marchandize brought within this Realme sould pay Custome OVR SOVERAIGNE LORD And Estates of this present Parliament ratifies approues and confirmes the act made at Dondie the thirtenth day of Maij the yeare of God ane thousand fiue hundreth ninetie seaven yeares anent OVR SOVERAIGNE LORDS Customes of the whilk the tenour followes FOR-SA-MEIKLE As it is vnderstand to the Kings Majestie his Nobilitie Councell and Estates presentlie conveined that the subjects of all Foraine Nations whilks brings and transports any kynde of claith or others waires or marchandize from any Foraine Countrie to their awne natiue Countrie hes bene in vse and yet still continues in the payment of certaine custome or other exaction therefore cheeflie at the tyme of their arrivall and in-comming within the famine And almaist few or nane of the subjects of any Realme exeemed there-fra the subjects of this Countrie onely excepted wha be reason of ane alleaged by-past immunitie claimes the priviledge of exemption Albeit it can not be denyed bot his Majestie is a free Prince of a Soveraigne power hauing al 's great liberties and prerogatiues be the lawes of this Realme and priviledge of his Crown and Diadame ay any other King Prince or Potentat whatsomever And therefore aught to haue the like custome and exaction for intertaining of his Princelie Estate of al claith and others wares and marchandize to be brought within this Realme by his Heighnes subjects at all times hereafter For the whilk purpose his Majestie with advice of his said Nobilitie Councell and Estates hes thought meet concluded and ordeined that all claith and others Marchandizes what-some-ever to be broght within this Realme from all foraine Nations sall pay the custome following at the tyme of their arrivall and entrie therein in all tyme comming That is to say Twelue pennies of every pounds worth of all sorts of the saids wares or marchandize And to this effect his Heighnes and his saids Nobilitie Councell and Estates giues full power and commission to the Lords Auditours of his Exchecker and others of his Nobilitie and Councell to the number alwayes of elleven persons at the least to set down the A. B. C. of the custome of all claith and others wares and marchandize whilks sal be broght and enter within this Realme yearlie hereafter With power lykwaies to them to set pryce vpon the saids wares conforme to the whilk the Customers to be appointed by his Majestie to that effect sall vp-lift custome thereof And to make all other ordinances necessar for the ease of the Marchants and suretie his Heighnes custome in the execution of the premisses And also of sic others gudes to be transported forth of this Realme as are not as yet expressed in the A.B.C. alreadie made Provyding this act be not extended to Earles Lords Barrons and Free-halders but it sall be lesome to them to send their gudes beyond sea for their awne particular vse