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The king's majestie, considering how much it concernes the honour of God that the Sabboth day be duelie observed, and all abuses thairof restrained, and that notwithstanding of severall acts of parliament made in that behalffe, particularlie the thrid act of the sext parliament of King James 6, of blessed memorie, the said day hath been much prophaned by salmond fishing, goeing of salt pans, milnes and kills, hireing of shearers and useing of merchandice on that day and otherwise, thairfor our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves all former acts of parliament made for observation of the Sabboth day, and against the breakers thairof and, by these presents, inhibites and discharges all salmond fishing, going of salt pans, milnes or kills, all hireing of shearers, carieing of loads, keeping of mercats or useing any sorts of merchandice on the said day, and all other prophanation thairof whatsoever, under the paines and penalties following, viz the summe of tuentie pund Scots for the goeing of ilk salt pan, milne or kill on the said day to be payed by the heritors and possessours thairof, and the summe of ten punds for ilk sheirer and fisher of salmond on the said day, the one halff thairof to be payed by the hyrers and conducers, and the other halffe by the persones hyred, and the said sume of ten punds for everie other prophanation of the said day, and which fynes and penalties are to be uplifted and disposed of in maner contained in the act and instructions anent the justices of peace, and if the partie offender be not able to pay the penalties forsaid then to be exemplarly punisht in his bodie according to the merite of his fault.