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The estates of parliament, considering what great sumes of money are caried out of the kingdom by persons importers of corn hither from Ireland who, haveing sold their cornes, export the money without bartering any of the commodities of this kingdome, wherby the whole nation, particularly those adjacent parts of the kingdome, are much impoverished of money, and that it is just and reasonable that the said cornes should beare custome towards the increase of his majesties' revenew proportionably with other imported commodities, especially when the cornes of this kingdome are sold at easie rates; therfor the king's majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, doth heirby impose three pund[s] Scots of custome upon ilk boll [of] Linlithgow measure of corne imported into this kingdome from Ireland, after the first day of September next, and appoints threttie shilling[s] Scots to be raised upon ilk boll alreadie imported and not yet retailed, conforme to the act of the committie of estats made theranent in anno 1660. But least the more indigent sort of people might be prejudged by hightning the prices of the saids cornes in time of dearth under pretence of the said custome, therfor the king's majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, doth heirby give power to the lords of his privy councill to remit and discharge the exacting of the said custome when they shall find the prices of the victuall of this kingdome, meall and barlie respective to exceid eight punds the boll; and appoints the lords of his exchequer to cause put this act to full execution, and cause the forsaid custome to be exactly leveyed, with power to them to allow such fies to the collectors therof as they shall think fit.