Forasmuch as the Importing of Victual; Horse and Cowes from Ireland into this Kingdom, hath been by divers Laws and Acts of Parliament, made in the time of Our Royal Predecessors Discharged under great Pains, notwithstand­ing whereof, and by Reason of the unsettled State of both Kingdoms, the Observation of the saids Laws hath been of late much neglected; And We being resolved, that due and exact Obedience shall be given to the saids Laws for the time to come, and that they shall be Execute with all Rigour, against such as Transgress the same: Therefore, We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Strictly Prohibite and Discharge the Importing of any Meal, or other Victual whatsomever, or of any Horse, Mares, or Cowes from the said Kingdom of Ireland into this Kingdom, either by the Natives thereof, or Inhabitants in Ireland, or any other Foraigners whatsomever, from, and after the Day and Date hereof, under the Pains and Penalties following, viz. as to the Importing of any Meal and other Victual, that all the Meal and Victual which shall be Imported, shall be Sunk and Destroyed; And the Seizer or Discoverer, for his Reward shall have the Boat, Bark, or Vessel, wherein the said Meal or Victual shall be Imported, to Dispose of at his pleasure, Conform to the fourteenth Act of the Parliament 1686: As also, the half of the Fines Imposed upon the Importers, Resetters, and Heretors by the third Act, third Session, Parliament second, Charles Second; And as to the Importing Horses, Cowes, and other Cattel, that no Horse, Mart, Cowes, or other Cattel whatsomever, shall be Imported from Ireland to this Kingdom, under the Pain and Penaltie of Forefaulting thereof; and surder, under the pain of paying the Sum of an Hundred Merks Scots for each Beast that shall be so Imported, the one half of both the Beasts and Fines, to belong to the Seizer and Discoverer, and the other half to Us and Our Thesaury: And We with Advice foresaid, Prohibite and Discharge any Person, or Persons whatsomever, to Buy, Use, or Retail any Irish Meal, or Victual, or Reset, or Buy any Horses, Mares, or Nolt, that they know to be Imported out of Ireland, after the Day foresaid, under the Pains Contained in the saids Acts of Parliament. And We with Advice foresaid, have Nominate and Appointed David Craufoord of Drumsuie, to see the foresaids Acts of Parliament made against Importing of Irish Victual, Vigorously put to Execu­tion, during such time and space as Our Privy Council shall think Fit, with Power to him to appoint Servants, and others under him, to attend in all Places, betwixt the Head of Kintire and Lochryan, and from Lochryan to Dumfreis for the more Effectual performing, and Discharging their Duty in the Premisses. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, And We Charge you Straitlie, and Com­mand, that Incontinent these Our Letters seen, ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and to the Mercat-Cross of the Burghs of Glas­gow and Dumfreis, and of the Head-Burghs of the several Shires within that Bounds, and thereat make Publick Intimation of Our Plea­sure in the Premisses, that none may pretend Ignorance; And Ordains these Presents to be Printed.