ANNALS OF SCOTLAND. 73 



placeis, that dailie takis, rubbis, and fpulzies his 

 fchippis, and liegis of his realme, pafiand to and 

 fra, defyrand thairfbre hir grace to putt remeid 

 thairto, for keiping of the faid parte; thairfore 

 ordanes letteris to be dire<fnt to officeris of the 

 quenis fheriffis, in that pairt, to pafs to the mer- 

 kat croces of Edinburc and Kyngorne, Dyfart 

 and Pittenweme, Kirkaldy and Inverkeithing, 

 Quenisferrie, pere and fhore of Leith, Dunde, 

 Aberdene, Montrois, Are, Irwyne, Dumbertane, 

 Glafgow, and uther placeis neidful, and thair, by op- 

 pin proclamatioun, command and charge all and fun- 

 drie our foverane laydyis Hegis, that nane of them tak 

 upoun hand to pafs furt in weirfair, unto the tyme 

 thai cum unto my lord governour, and lordis of 

 counfall, and have his grace's licence, under our 

 foverane lady is previe fell, or great fignet, and fub- 

 fcriptioun of my lord governour, with fik reftric- 

 tionis as fall be gevin to tharrre, under the pane of 

 tynfell of lyff, landis, and gudis ; and gif ony 

 fchippis happy nis to depairt, that nane of thame tak 

 upoun hand to invaid, tak, truble, or moleft, ony 

 Inglis fchippis, under the pane forefaid." 



The principal exports of Scotland, previous to 

 the union of the two crowns, were grain, cattle, 

 ftieep, faked pork, white rifh, pickled falmon, 

 pickled and red herrings, wool, coarfe woolen and 

 and linen goods, leather, various kinds of peltry, 

 pearls, lead, and coals f > alfo, during the late reigns, 

 fome gold and filver fent to Germany. 



The foregoing fketches evidently prove, that the 

 Scots, while under the immediate prefence of their 

 ibvereigns and parliaments, had carried navigation, 

 commerce, literature, fcience, and all the arts of 

 civil life, to a height then unknown in many 

 countries of Europe, particularly thofe lying under 

 the fame latitudes ; and had not their laudable ef- 

 forts been often interrupted, their country laid 

 wafte, their towns plundered, and their fhipping 

 carried 



