HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT A PROCLAMATION BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT AND COUNCIL, FOR AN IMPOSITION upon divers Commodities, for the raising of moneys for His Majesty's Army, expressed in the BOOK following. DUBLIN, Printed by WILLIAM BLADEN, Anno Dom. 1644. By the Lord Lieutenant and Council. ORMONDE. WE having taken into Our serious consideration the present state and condition of this Kingdom, do by this Our Proclamation in pursuance of an Act of Council made at this Board, bearing date the 4th day of December, 1644. Publish and declare, that for the reasons in the said Act of Council contained, and for the raising of a sum of money weekly towards the maintenance of the Army for six month's next ensuing, that there be during the time aforesaid (if the necessities of the Army be not in the interim otherwise relieved) a rate and Imposition set upon the particulars hereafter mentioned, in manner and form hereafter expressed, to be duly paid unto Thomas Leigh, Daniel Foster, & Thomas Cuffe, gentlemen, upon whom WE have for the present conferred the Office of Impostmasters, or to such as shall be lawfully Authorized to be the Impostmasters, and at the Office appointed to be kept at the House of Henry King in Castle street, or elsewhere, for the Impost Office, by such persons, and in such manner, as hereafter is declared: and that the moneys arising thereupon, be weekly paid by the said Impostmasters, unto His Majesty's Vice Treasurer and Treasurer at Wars, or to whom he shall appoint, to be by him issued from time to time, as this Board shall direct. The Rate or Imposition upon Ale or Beer, Beer. to be retailed in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or in any part of the County of Dublin, by them that brew it, viz. All manner of Ale or beer, to be sold at three pence the quart to pay ten shillings Imposition per barrel, and so rateably for other gauges. Ale or Beer to be sold at two pence the quart, to pay six shillings eight pence per barrel and so rateably for other gauges. Ale or Beer to be sold at one penny the quart to pay three shillings four pence per barrel, and so rateably for other gauges. The rate or Imposition upon Ale or Beer, bought of the brewer, to be retailed or Imported, or brought from foreign parts, and bought here to be retailed, viz. Ale or Beer to be sold at three pence the quart, to pay eight shillings Imposition per burrell, and so rateably for other gauges. Ale or Beer to be sold at two pence the quart, to pay five shillings per barrel and so rateably for other gauges. Ale or Beer to be sold at one penny the quart, to pay three shillings per barrel, and so rateably for other gauges. The rate or Imposition upon Ale or Beer spent in any private house, ●…use. in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or in any the liberties adjoining to the said City, whether the same be brewed by the persons themselves that spend it, or bought from the brewers, or foreign parts, viz. Ale or beer of sixteen shillings and upwards per barrel, to pay four shillings Imposition per barrel, and so rateably for other gauges. Ale or Beer of eight shillings per barrel, and upward to sixteen shillings per barrel, to pay two shillings per barrel, and so rateably for other gauges. Ale or Beer of five shillings per barrel, and upward to eight shillings per barrel, to pay twelve pence per barrel, and so rateably for other gauges. And WE hereby declare that it is meant and intended by this Proclamation that housekeepers in the Country, not selling or retailing Ale or Beer, shall not pay any Imposition by virtue of this Proclamation for or by reason of the Ale or Beer they shall brew and spend in their own houses for themselves and their families. The rate or Imposition upon Aquavitae and all manner of hot waters, Aquav●… Hotwa●… in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or any part of the County of Dublin, viz. Aquavitae and all hotwaters bought or sold to be retailed again, to pay one shilling and four pence Imposition per gallon. Aquavitae and all Hotwaters bought or sold by or to any that shall not retail the same again, to pay eight pence Imposition per gallon. Wines. The rate or Imposition upon Wines bought to be sold again by retail in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All manner of French Wines racked or unrackt, to pay six pounds' Imposition per Ton, accounting four Hogsheads to the Ton, and all other gauges rateably, and allowed to be retailed at eight pence per quart. All Wines of the Spanish growth, racked or unrackt, to pay six pounds' Imposition per Pipe or Butt, and all other gauges rateably, and allowed to be retailed at one shilling four pence per quart. The rate or Imposition upon Wines, bought or brought into private Houses for their own uses, viz. All manner of French Wines, racked or unrackt, to pay three pounds' Imposition per Ton accounting four Hogsheads to the Ton, and all other gauges rateably. All Wines of the Spanish growth, racked or unrackt to pay three pounds' Imposition per Pipe or Butt, and all other gauges rateably. The rate or Imposition upon Herrings, in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of Herrings, whether full, shotters, or swimmers, Herring●… be they pickeled or smoked, to be spent within this Kingdom, and to be sold, to pay twelve pence Imposition per barrel, and so rateably for other quantities. The rate or Imposition upon all sorts of Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Vinegar etc. Alegar, and Verjuice, in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, and Verjuice, that shall be brought or made within the said limits, to pay five shillings Imposition per Hogshead, and so rateably for other quantities. The rate or Imposition upon Salt, in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, Sale. or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of Salt, to pay twelve pence Imposition per barrel, water measure, and so rateably for other quantities. The rate or Imposition upon Tobaccoe, ●…oe. in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of Tobaccoe in roll, leaf or Sneesing, to pay three pence Imposition le pound. All Tobaccoe stalks, to pay one penny half penny Imposition le pound. The rate or Imposition upon Corn in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or liberties adjoining, viz. All Wheat and Misceline, to pay two shillings Imposition per pocke heap; or barrel strike measure, and so rateably for other measures. All Rye, Bear, Barley, Pease, Beanes and Buckwheat, to pay eighteen pence Imposition per peck heap, or barrel strike measure, and so rateably for other measures. All sorts of Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread and Biscuit, brought either by Sea, to the Port of Dublin, or any the Creeks or members of the said Port, or brought by Land from other parts, into the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or liberties adjoining to pay twelve pence Imposition the hundred weight, and so rateably for other quantities. And all Malt to be ground, shall be entered in the Impost Office, without paying any Impost for the grinding. The rate or Imposition upon Candles, ●…s. in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of Candles, to pay six pence Imposition per dozen pounds, and so rateably for other quantities. The rate or Imposition upon Hides and Skins, ●… & Skins in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of tanned Hides, weighing (before currying) ten pounds or upward, to pay twelve pence le piece Imposition. All sorts of tanned Hides or Skins, weighing six pounds or upward ●o ten pounds, to pay six pence le piece Imposition. All other sorts of tanned Hides or Skins whatsoever, weighing under six pounds le piece, to pay six pence Imposition per dozen. All Goats Skins or other Skins, tanned and dressed as Spanish Leather, and all Buckskinnes and Stagskinnes, to pay six pence le piece Imposition. All Goatskinnes dressed otherwise, to pay two shillings Imposition per dozen. All Kidskinnes, Lambskinnes, Sheepskinnes, and Slinkskines, tanned or dressed, to pay three pence Imposition per dozen. All Buffeskinnes, and all other Hides and skins dressed after the manner of Buff, to pay two shillings le piece Imposition. The rate or Imposition upon Cattles slaughtered, Cattles. to be sold in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All manner of Oxen, Bulls, Cowes, Steers, and Bullocks, to pay four shillings le piece Imposition. All Calves, to pay two shillings le piece Imposition. All Swine above six weeks old, and all Sheep and Goats to pay 12 pence le piece Imposition. And all Lambs and Kids, to pay six pence le piece Imposition. The rate or Imposition upon Cattles, slaughtered by any to salt up for their own uses, or to eat or spend fresh in their own Houses, viz. Private ●… All manner of Oxen, Bulls, Cowes, Steers and Bullocks, to pay two shillings le piece Imposition. All Calves to pay twelve pence le piece Imposition. All Swine above six weeks old, and all Sheep and Goats, to pay six pence le piece Imposition. All Lambs and Kids, to pay three pence le piece Imposition. And WE hereby declare, that it is meant and intended by this Proclamation, that Housekeepers in the Country shall not pay any Imposition, by virtue of this Proclamation, for or by reason of any Cattles they shall slaughter and spend in their own Houses for themselves and their families. All Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Broages, Shoes, S●…pers, etc. and all other commodities made of Hydes and Skins tanned or dressed, that shall be brought into the City and Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, to pay Impost according to the discretion of the Commissioners. The rate or Imposition upon commodities hereafter to be Imported into the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, Commod●… Imported. viz. All commodities to be Imported or brought into the limits aforesaid, either by Sea or Land, to pay twelve pence per pound to be rated according the Book of Rates in His Majesty's Custom House at Dublin, except Victuals, and such other commodities as are mentioned in a Proclamation bearing date, the fourth of December, 1644. ●…modities ●…ed. The rate or Imposition upon Broad-Cloath, and all other commodities, that shall be exported or carried by Land out of the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All Broad-Cloath; and other commodities not having paid formerly Custom and Impost in the said Custom House, by Importation to pay such Impost as is laid on them in the Customhouse, being exported And all commodities not charged in the Customhouse with any such Impost, to pay Impost according the Book of Rates in the said Custom. House. The rate or Imposition upon fire wood, ●…wood. viz. All sorts of fire wood, piled or laid up in yards or other places within the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or liberties adjoining to the said City to be sold, to pay two shillings Imposition per cord, and so rateably for other quantities. ●…coale and ●…e. The rate or Imposition upon Sea-coal and Coome, in the said City and Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All sorts of Sea-coal and Coome, that shall be sold after Landing, to pay two shillings Imposition per ton, and so rateably for other quantities. The rate or Imposition upon brewers, ●…ers. in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All brewers of Ale or Beer that do not retail the same, to pay two pence Imposition per barrel for every barrel of Ale and Beer strong or small they shall sell. The rate or Imposition upon Maulsters, ●…sters. in the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, viz. All Maulsters and others to pay four pence Jmposition for every barrel of Wheat, Pease, Beanes, Barley, or Bear Malt. And two pence Jmposition for every barrel of Oat Malt they shall sell. And for the better performance and due execution of all and singular the premises, WE do hereby in His Majesty's Name strictly charge and command, that from and after the publishing of this Proclamation, no manner of person or persons whatsoever, within the limits aforesaid, shall brew Ale or Beer, Entering o●… names. either for sale, retail or private use, or distil, sell or retail, Aquavitę or any sort of Hotwaters, or sell either by wholesale or retail any sort of Wine, foreign Beer, Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, Verjuice, Salt, Tobaccoe, Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks, or any sort of Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread or Biscuit, or any sort of Sea coal, or Fire wood; or make any Candles, or Malt, either for sale or private use, or sell or retail the same, or any way deal or trade in any kind of Hides or Skins tanned, curried or dressed, or any commodities made thereof, or any other commodity mentioned in this Proclamation, or use or exercise any kind of Mill or Mills, for grinding of any sort of Corn, or slaughter any Cattles for sa●e, until such time as he or they first enter his and their names and dwelling places, in the Impost Office, and these receive admittance, to deal in the said several kinds respectively, upon pain of five pounds for every one that shall so neglect to enter his name. That all Merchants and others that shall any way Import into the City and Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, either by Land or water. Aquavitae or any sort of Hotwaters, Wine, Beer, Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, Verjuice, Salt, Tobaccoe, Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks, or any sort of Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread, or Biscuit, or any Candles, Hides, or Skins tanned, curried or dressed, or any Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Broages, or other commodities made of Hydes, or Skins tanned, curried or dressed, or any Broadcloath, or other commodities particularly, Merchant●… enter thei●… names and commodit●… mentioned or not mentioned in this Proclamation, shall before the Landing, Housing or Cellaring thereof, enter their names in the Impost Office, and deliver into the hands of the Impostmasters a true note of the quality and quantity of all the several commodities they intent to Land, or bring within the limits aforesaid, and to Land or bring in no more than they shall so certify, And not sell or any dispose of any part thereof, without Ticquet from the Impostmasters first delivered him or them, or his or their servants, upon pain of forfeiture of the commodities so Landed or brought in, and not certified or sold or disposed of without Ticquet as aforesaid. That all manner of person or persons whatsoever, within the limits aforesaid, that shall brew any Ale or Beer, or distil Aquavitae or any Hotwaters, either for sale or retail, or shall sell or retail any sort of Wine, foreign Beer, Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, ●…ng of ●…. Verjuice, Salt, Tobaccoe, Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks, or any sort of Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread or Biscuit, or shall make any Candles, or Malt for sale or private use, or shall tanne or dress any sort of Hides or Skins, or receive for sale ready tanned or dressed, any Hides or Skins, or any commodities made thereof, or receive for sale any other commodity mentioned in this Proclamation, or shall use or exercise any kind of Mill or Mills for grinding of any sort of Corn, or slaughter any Cattles for sale, from and immediately after the publishing of this Proclamation, shall keep or cause to be kept a true account in a Book plainly written, of the quality and quantity of all the Ale, Beer, Aquavitae and Hotwaters he or they shall brew or distil from time to time, of all the Wine, foreign Beer, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, Verjuice, Salt, Tobaccoe, Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks, Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread or Biscuit, he or they shall sell or retail, of all the Malt and Candles he or they shall make for sale or private use, of all the Hides, or Skins he or they shall tanne or dress, or shall receive for sale ready tanned or dressed, or other commodity made of the same, or any other commodity mentioned in this Proclamation, of the quantity and kind of all such Corn (either Maulted or not Maulted) as he or they shall daily grind, either for themselves ●or others, with the names and dwelling places of all those for whom they shall so grind, and of all the Beasts and kinds of Cattles, he or they shall weekly slaughter for sale, of which account they and every of them are to deliver unto the Commissioners of the Impost a true copy as often as they shall be thereunto required, upon pain of forty shillings for every neglect thereof. That no Merchant or other that trades by wholesale, within the said limits, in any Aquavitae, Hotwaters, Wine, foreign Beer, Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, Verjuice, Salt, Tobaccoe, Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks, Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread or Biscuit, Candles, Hides, and Hides tanned, curried or dressed, None to d●…ver witho●… Ticquet. or any commodity made thereof, or any other commodity mentioned in this Proclamation, shall dispose sell or suffer to go forth of his House Cellar Storehouse or possession, any of the above named, or other commodities mentioned in this Proclamation before a Ticquet thereof from the Impost masters first delivered him or them, or his or their servant, upon pain of five pounds for every default. That no manner of person or persons whatsoever, receive or cause to be received, into his or their or any other house or custody, any of the above named, None to r●…●eive with Ticquet. or other commodities mentioned in this Proclamation, by way of wholesale without Ticquet for the same, first obtained from the Impost masters, and Impost paid upon pain as above is expressed, and as well the seller as buyer of any of the above named or other commodities mentioned in this Proclamation, Quantity wholesale. are to take notice that by wholesale is meant no less weight, measure or number of the said several kinds then hereafter is expressed. That is to say Aquavitae and all Hotwaters a gallon, Wine one Hogshead, foreign Beer a quarter of a barrel, Herrings half a barrel, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar and Verjuice, half a barrel, Salt half a barrel, Tobaccoe Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks fifty pounds, Meal, Flower, Grotts Bread or Biscuit a hundred weight, Candles ten dozen pounds, Hides and Skins of all sorts tanned curried or dressed, as is before in the rates expressed. That no brewer of Ale or Beer, that doth not retail the same, do dispose sell or any way suffer any Ale or Beer to go forth of his house or storehouse, without a Ticquet from the Impost masters, Brewer's n●… deliver wi●…out Ticqu●… of the true quality and quantity of the said Ale or Beer first delivered him or them, or his or their clerk and not to deliver any other or more Ale or Beer than he or they shall receive Ticquet for, upon pain of three pounds for every barrel so delivered for the first offence, and six pounds for every barrel for the second offence, and ten pounds for every barrel for the third offence. That no person or persons whatsoever, receive or cause to be received into his or their or any other house, any Ale or Beer (whether the same be brewed or brought within the limits aforesaid) until such time as the Impost thereof be paid and a Ticquet obtained from the Impost masters, ●…to re●… Ale or without ●…ct. of the true quality and quantity of the said Ale or Beer, upon pain of three pounds for every barrel so received for the first offence, and six pounds a barrel so received for the sec●nd offence, and ten pounds a barrel so received for the third offence. That all manner of person or persons whatsoever, within the City or Suburbs of Dublin or liberties adjoining, that shall brew any Ale or Beer, in his or their or any other house either for retail or private use, ●…g of Ale ●…eere ●… twenty ●…oures ●…uning. do within twenty four hour, after the tunning of his or their Ale or Beer, enter or cause to be entered the quality and full quantity thereof in the Impost Office, and th●re pay the Impost, and take out Ticquet for the same, and shall not from henceforth presume to ton or cause to be tunned any Ale or Beer, in any cask whatsoever, ●…ity of ●…es. save in Butts, Pip●s, Hogsheads, barrels, half barrels and quarter barrels, of thirty two gallons the barrel. And every Butt or Pipe to be accounted and entered for four whole barrels, and every Hogshead for two whole barrels, and no less upon pain of three pounds for every offence. That no brewer of Ale or Beer, within the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, that retails the same, do sell retable or any ways dispose of any part of such Ale or Beer as they shall brew, ●…s that ●…. either in guile or otherwise, before entry thereof made as aforesaid, upon pain of ten shillings for every gallon so sold, retailed or disposed of, and so rateably for other quantities. That no retailer of Ale or Beer within the said limits, that brews the same, ●… of old ●…ew. shall mix or cause to be mixed any old with new, without licence first obtained from the Commissioners of the Impost, upon the like penalty. That all brewers of Ale or Beer within the said limits, that do not retail the same, Brewer's ●… two pen●… barrel. shall pay two pence per barrel for all the Ale and Beer strong and small which they shall weekly fell the same, to be paid as the Commissioners of the Impost shall appoint, upon pain of five shillings for every barrel not paid for. That no retailer of Aquavitae or any Hotwaters, within the said limits, or any other do buy the quantity of a gallon or more of Aquavitae or any Hotwaters at any di●●illers or others Importing or bringing the same by Sea or Land, Aquavi●… the gall●… by way of merchandise, until the Impost thereof be p●id, and a Ticquet obtained from the Impost masters for the payment thereof, upon pain of payment of ten shillings for every gallon of Aquavitae or Hotwaters so bought. That all Merchants and others, within the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or liberties adjoining, that have now in their possession any Aquavitae, Hotwaters, Wines, for eigne Beer, Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Al●gar, Verjuice, Salt, Tobaccoe, Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalks▪ Meal, ●lower, Grots, Bread, or Biscuit, Candles, Malt, Entering ●… commodi●… Hides or Skins, tanned curried or dressed, or any Commodities made thereof, Fire wood, ●●ac●l●, Smith●oale, or Coome, for sal●, or any other commodity mentioned in this Proclamation, within the limits afore said, shall forthwith after publishing of this Proclamation, make true entryes of the full weight, number and measure thereof, in the Impost Office, and shall likewise from henceforth before the Landing, Houseing or Cellaring of any of the above mentioned, or any oth●● commodities in this Proclamation contained hereafter, to be received from time to time, make true entryes of the full weight, number and measure thereof in the said Impost Office, and shall not sell o● any ways dispose of any part thereof, before such entry made, and licence obtained for all such commodities no● rated in this Proclamation, from the Commissioners of the Impost, Impost by ●… position. who are hereby authorized to compound with them for the Impost thereof according to their discretions, upon pain of five pounds for every one that shall neglect to make such entry, or sell or any way dispose of any of the aforesaid commodities before such composition made. That no Merchant or other within the said City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, that tradeth in Salt, both by whole sale and retail, shall from henceforth presume to bring or cause to be brought from his Cellar storehouse or any other place into his shop or elsewhere, ●…an●…●etaile any Salt to retail before he have paid Impost, and obtained Ticquet from the Impost masters for such quantity as he intendeth to bring there for retail, and a waiter from the Impost Office appointed to see the said quantity so brought into his shop or elsewhere as aforesaid, upon pain of forty shillings for every barrel of Salt brought without Ticquet and a waiter present. That all Merchants and others within the said limits, that sell by wholesale any Aquavitae or Hotwaters, Wine, foreign Beer, Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, Verjuice, Salt, Meal, Flower, ●…hants ●…te ex●…. Grotts, Bread, Biscuit or Candles, shall be rated and considered of by the Commissioners of the Impost Office, for the Herrings, Vinegar, Perry, Cydar, Alegar, Verjuice, Salt, Meal, Flower, Grotts, Bread, Biscuit or Candles, they shall spend in their private Housekeeping, according to the discretion of the said Commissioners. That all Vintners and others within the said limits, that shall retail any Wines, shall be in like manner considered of for their spending and lecage Wine, ●…ners pri●… expense. according to the discretion of the Commissioners of the Impost. That no manner of person or persons whatsoever, within the limits aforesaid, ●… of Mills ●… used. do use or exercise any kind of Mill or Mills, for grinding of any sort of Corn, other than Horsemills, Windmills and Water mills, upon pain of twenty pounds. That any Miller or other person whatsoever, ●… within ●…mmits. using or exercising the Mill of Templeogue, or any the Mills upon the River of Dodder, from thence downwards to the Sea, or the Mills of Rathfarnam, Miltown, Clonskeagh, or Dunabrooke, or the Mills of Drumnagh, or any the Mills upon any stream issuing out of the River of Dodder, from Templeogue, to Dublin, or the Mill of Palmerstown, or any the Mills from thence to the Sea upon the River of Liffie, or any stream issuing from thence, or the Mills of Kilmaniam, or the Mills of Finglasse, or any the Mills upon the River of Tolky, or the Windmill of Cloxtarffe; or any other Mills in or about the City or Suburbs of Dublin, do not receive or cause to be received into his or their Mill or Mils, either for themselves or any other, any manner of Corn, either maulted or not maulted to be ground, No Mille●… receive a●… grain wi●… ticquet. or upon any other pretence whatsoever, without a Ticquet from the Impost Office first delivered him or them, or his or their servant, expressing the quantity and kind of such Corn, and to receive no more or other Corn or Malt then for which a Ticquet shall be delivered unto him or them or his or their servant, upon pain of twenty shillings for every peck or barrel he or they shall so receive and so rateably for greater or lesser quantities. That no person or persons of what quality or condition soever, within the limits aforesaid, shall send or cause to be sent, any Corn either maulted or not maulted to be ground, Non to s●… any grain●… grind wit●… ticquet. in any Mill or Mills other than Horsemills, Windmills, and Watermills, nor shall send or cause to be sent to any such Mill or Mills, any kind of Corn to be ground, or upon any other pretence whatsoever until the Impost thereof be paid or a Ticquet obtained from the Impost Masters, expressing the quantity and kind of such Corn, and not to send any other or more Corn, than they shall so take Ticquet for, upon pain of twenty shillings for every peck or barrel so sent. No Mill●… dispose o●… toll, with●… ticquet. ●… bake bre●… for his fa●… and that ●… consider●… the Com●…oners. That no Miller of any the said Mills in this Proclamation formerly named, or other person whatsoever, using or exercising any kinds of Mils, shall sell or any ways dispose of their toll corn without ticquet first obtained from the Impost masters, nor shall bake any Bread other then to spend in his own family, for which he shall be considered of, by the Commissioners of the Impost, upon pain of twenty shillings for every of the said offences. That all Merchants, Tanners, Skinners, and all others that do or shall trade, Entering ●… Leather ●… sealing ●… or deal in any of the kinds of Hides or Skins before mentioned, shall from henceforth enter in the Impost Office, the full number and kind of all such Hides and Skins as they shall tanne or dress, or shall receive ready tanned or dressed from time to time, and shall not sell use or any way dispose of any of the said Hides or Skins, before the same be throughly dried and sealed by a seal of the Impost Office (without any fee to be paid for the same) and Impost paid for the said Hides or Skins according to the rates before expressed, and a Ticquet obtained from the Impost masters, upon pain of forfeiture of six times the Impost set upon the said Hides or Skins by this Proclamation. That no person or persons whatsoever, receive or cause to be received, any of the kinds of Hides or Skins before mentioned, ●… receive ●…ealing ●…me. from any Merchant, Tanner, Currier, Skinner or other, before the same be throughly dried and sealed as aforesaid, and Impost paid, and a Ticquet obtained from the Impost masters, upon the like pain as above. That all Chandler's and others, that shall from henceforth make or receive any Candles for sale, shall make true entryes in the Impost Office of all such Candles as they shall make, ●… of ●… or that shall hereafter come into their hands from time to time, upon pain of five shillings for every dozen pound so neglected to be entered. That all Chandler's and others that shall sell or receive any Candles shall every Thursday before noon enter in the Impost office the full weight of all such Candles as they shall have sold within that week, ●… ac●… and pay the Impost set upon the same and obtain a Ticquet from the Impost masters, upon pain of forty shillings, for every dozen pound of Candles sold and not entered and paid for. That all Butchers and others dwelling within the City of Dublin, or two miles thereof, that shall slaughter any kind or sort of Cattles before mentioned to sell, ●…o ●…es. do before he or they slaughter any Beast, enter in the said Impost Office, the number and kinds of Cattles or Beasts that he or they intent to slaughter, and pay the Impost set upon the same, and obtain Ticquet thereof from the Impost masters, upon pain of five pounds for every Ox, Bull, Cow, Steere and Bullock, and upon pain of three pounds for every Calf, and twenty shillings for every Sheep, Swine, Goat, Lamb and Kid, so slaughtered. That no manner of person or persons whatsoever, dwelling within the City and Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, Entry o●… tell for p●…vate use. (by whom any Impost is by this Proclamation to be paid) shall slaughter any of the said kinds of Cattles or Beasts before mentioned, either to salt up for his or their own use, or to spend or eat fresh in his or their own Houses, until such time as the number and kinds of such Cattles or Beasts as he or they intent to slaughter, be first entered in the Impost Office, and the Impost set upon the same paid, and a Ticquet thereof obtained from the said Office, upon pain as aforesaid. That all Butchers and others, dwelling within the City or Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, Butcher's ●… City, Sub●… or Count●… enter and ●… Impost. that shall slaughter any of the kinds of Cattles or Beasts before mentioned to sell, or that shall bring or send any of the said kinds of or beasts into this City or Suburbs, ready slaughtered to be sold or salted up, do before they offer to sale, or dispose of any of the said Cattles or Beasts, enter in the Impost Office the number and kinds of the same, and pay Impost after the same rate as is hereby appointed to be paid for Cattles slaughtered to be sold, and obtain a Ticquet from the Impost Office for the same, upon pain as above is expressed. That no Cattles be hereafter slaughtered for his Majesty's store, Cattles sl●…tered for ●… Majesty's ●… or Navy ●… pay Impo●… Navy or otherwise, without Ticquet first obtained from the Impost masters for the same, and Impost paid, upon pain as before is expressed. That no Maulster or other person whatsoever, that shall make any Malt, either for sale or private use, No Mals●… sell or dis●… without t●… & Impos●… for which any Imposition is by this Proclamation to be paid, shall deliver or any ways dispose of any Malt which he or they shall make, until they pay the Impost set upon the same, and obtain a Ticquet from the Impost masters, upon pain of five shillings for every barrel of Malt delivered or disposed of without Ticquet as aforesaid. That no manner of person or persons whatsoever, shall from and after the publishing of this Proclamation, ●…road●… to be ex●… without ●… paid. presume to send or export by Land, out of the limits aforesaid, any Broadcloath or other commodity (not having formerly paid Custom and Impost in the Customehouse by importation) without a ticquet from the Impost masters first obtained, and impost paid for the same, according the rates before expressed, upon pain as aforesaid. That all person or persons, that have now in their custody or possession, ●…g to be ●…. any sort of fire wood, Sea-coal or Coome, for sale, for which impost is by this Proclamation to be paid, shall forthwith after publishing of this Proclamation, enter their names and dwelling places in the Impost Office, with the full quantity of all the fire wood, Sea-coal and Coome, they have in their respective possessions, and not sell or any ways dispose of any part thereof, without Ticquet from the said impost Office, upon pain of forty shillings for every such default. That no person or persons whatsoever, receive or cause to be received, ●…o receive ●…g before ●…e. any sort of fire wood, Sea-coal or Coome, being already Landed, or hereafter to be Landed for sale, before the impost thereof be paid, and a Ticquet obtained from the impost masters for the same, upon the like pain. That Officers and Soldiers, within the City and Suburbs of Dublin, or County of Dublin, ●…ers and ●…iers to ●…position ●…ers. brewing either for their own use, or retail any Ale or Beer, or slaughtering Cattles, or committing any act contrary to this Proclamation, be compelled to conform themselves as well as others, to the said Proclamation. And to that end the Commissioners herein entrusted, are hereby Authorized to proceed with them, as they do with others that are no Soldiers; Wherein also We pray and require the Governor of His Majesty's Forces, in the City and Suburbs of Dublin, or the time being, as also all Commanders, Officers, and Soldiers within the County of Dublin, to be aiding and assisting to the said Commissioners, or any by them authorized, from time to time as there may be occasion. That no person or persons, of what degree or quality soever, None t●… resistan●… any imp●…ment to ●… Officer●… Impost ●… shall give any impediment or resistance to any of the waiters, or other Officers belonging to the impost Office, or any other authorized by the Commissioners thereof, for searching any part of his or their houses, shops, Cellars or storehouses, for and about His Majesty's Service, in the execution of this Proclamation, upon pain of five pounds for every time he or they shall so offend. That all the pains penalties and forfeitures, hereby imposed or set upon such as shall offend in any of the before mentioned premises, Penalt●… levied ●… the goo●… the offe●… be levied upon the goods and chattles of the offenders, and to be paid to the Impost masters, and the one moiety thereof, by them given to the informer, and the other to be paid to his Majesty's Vice-Treasurer and Treasurer at wars, or to whom he shall appoint, to be by him issued out and accounted for, in manner and form aforesaid. And WE require all Majors, Sheriffs, justices of Peace, and all other His MAJESTY'S Officers, Ministers, and loving Subjects, whom it may concern, and particularly all Colonels, All to ●… the ex●… of this ●…clama●… Commanders, Officers, and Soldiers, of His MAJESTY'S Army, to be helping aiding and assisting in the due execution of this Proclamation, from time to time as there shall be occasion. And WE Require the Major, and Sherriffes, of the City of Dublin, to cause this Proclamation, to be forthwith published and Proclaimed, throughout this City and Suburbs of Dublin▪ As WE also Require the Sheriff of the County of Dublin, to cause the same to be forthwith published and Proclaimed, throughout the said County of Dublin. Given at His Majesty's Castle of Dublin, 9 December, 1644. R. Bolton Canc. Roscomon. Ant. Midensis. Cham Lambart. Fr. Willoughby. Tho. Lucas. G. Wentworth. God save the King.