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to be taken into, or laden aboard any such Ship or Vessel, any Eng- 

 lish Goods, Wares or Merchandize, to be exported into the Parts be- 

 yond the Seas, or into the Kingdom of Scotland, until such Captain, 

 Master, Purser or other Person as aforesaid, shall have entered such 

 Ship or Ships in the Book of the Commissioners, Customer or Col- 

 lector and Comptroller Outwards of such Port where he shall load or 

 take in Goods, together with the Name of such Captain or Master, 

 the Burden of such Ship or Vessel, the Number of Guns and Ammu- 

 nition she carries, and to what Port or Place she intends to pass or 

 sail; (2) and before he or they shall depart with his or their Ship or 

 Vessel out of such Port or Place, shall bring and deliver unto the said 

 Person or Persons which are or shall be appointed by his Majesty for 

 managing the Customs, the Customer or Collector and Comptroller 

 of such Port or Place, a Content in Writing under his or their Hands, 

 of the Names of every Merchant, and other Person or Persons that 

 shall have laden and put on board any such Ship or Vessel, any such 

 Goods or Merchandize, together with the Marks and Numbers of 

 such Goods and Merchandize; (3) and shall likewise publickly in the 

 open Custom-house, upon his corporal Oath, to the best of his Knowl- 

 edge, have answered to such Question or Questions as shall be de- 

 manded of him by the said Person or Persons which are or shall be 

 appointed by his Majesty for managing the Customs, the Customer 

 or Collector and Comptroller, or their Deputies, concerning such 

 Goods and Merchandize as shall be aboard such Ship or Vessel ; (4) 

 upon Pain of Forfeiture of one hundred Pounds: (5) And that no 

 such Captain, Master, Purser, or other Person or Persons taking 

 Charge of any Ship or Vessel of War, as aforesaid, wherein any 

 Goods, Wares or Merchandizes shall have been laden or brought from 

 the Ports beyond the Seas, or out of the Realm of Scotland, shall un- 

 load or put on board any Lighter, Boat or Bottom, or lay on Land, or 

 suffer to be discharged or put into any Lighter, Boat or Bottom, or 

 to be laid on Land, out of any Ship or Vessel, as aforesaid, any Goods, 

 Wares- or Merchandize whatsoever, before such Captain. Master, 

 Purser, or other Person taking Charge of the Ships or Merchants 

 Goods for that Voyage, as aforesaid, shall have signified and declared 

 in Writing under his or their Hands, unto the Person or Persons 

 which are or shall be appointed by his Majesty for managing 

 210 the Customs, the Customer or Collector and Comptroller in- 

 wards of the Port where he arriveth. the names of every Mer- 

 chant or Lacier of any Goods or Merchandizes aboard the said Ship 

 or Vessel, together with the Number and Marks, and the Quantity 

 and Quality of every Parcel of Goods and Merchandizes, to the best 

 of his Knowledge, and shall have answered upon his or their corporal 

 Oath, to such Questions concerning such Goods and Merchandizes, 

 as shall be publickly administered unto him in the open Custom- 

 house, by such Person or Persons which are or shall be appointed for 

 managing the Customs, Customer or Collector and Comptroller, or 

 their Deputies, and shall be liable to all Searches and other Rules 

 which Merchants Ships are subject unto, by the Usage of his Maj- 

 esty's Custom-house (Victualling-Bills and Entering excepted) upon 

 Pain to forfeit one hundred Pounds: (6) and upon Refusal to make 

 such Entries as aforesaid, as well outwards as inwards, the said Per- 

 son or Persons which are or shall be appointed for managing the 

 Customs, and Officers of his Majesty's Customs, and their Deputies, 



