At Edinburgh, the third day of September, one thousand six hundred seventy and four years. The lords of His Majesties Privy council taking to their consideration, that the work which the magistrates of Edinburgh have undertaken, and are presently about, in conveying and bringing in vvater to the said burgh, by leaden-pypes and conduits, ... Scotland. Privy Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B05397 of text R183090 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S1521D). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B05397 Wing S1521D ESTC R183090 52612271 ocm 52612271 179578 2248535377

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B05397) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179578) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2793:50) At Edinburgh, the third day of September, one thousand six hundred seventy and four years. The lords of His Majesties Privy council taking to their consideration, that the work which the magistrates of Edinburgh have undertaken, and are presently about, in conveying and bringing in vvater to the said burgh, by leaden-pypes and conduits, ... Scotland. Privy Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by his Majestie's printers, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. 1674. Title from caption and first lines of text. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Signed: Al. Gibson Cls. Sti. Concilii. Forbids anyone to molest the conduits being installed to bring water to Edinburgh. Imprefect: stained with slight loss of text. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Water-pipes -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Water -- Distribution -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo At Edinburgh, the third day of September, one thousand six hundred seventy and four years. The lords of His Majesties Privy council taking to their co Scotland. Privy Council 1674 1 459 8 0 0 0 0 0 174.29 F The rate of 174.29 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-03 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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AT EDINBURGH , The third day of September , One thousand six hundred seventy and four Years .

THE Lords of His Majesties Privy Council taking to their consideration , that the work which the Magistrates of Edinburgh have undertaken , and are presently about , in conveying and bringing in Water to the said Burgh , by Leaden-pypes and Conduits , from a Fountain some Miles distant therefra , is a most commendable enterprize , tending not only to the good and advantage of the Inhabitants of the said Burgh , but also , of most of His Majesties Subjects of this Kingdom , who have occasion to reside in , or frequent the said Burgh , being the chief City of the Kingdom , and the ordinary Seat of the Sun●●●●●… 〈…〉 very expedient that the saids Magistrates should be encouraged to proceed in , and perfect so good a work , and that a strict course be taken for deterring any persons to break or spoil the saids Pypes and Conduits ( if any should be so malicious as to attempt the same ) that the endeavours used , and expences imployed in this Affair , may not be frustrat and rendered ineffectual . Therefore the saids Lords of Privy Council do strictly prohibit and discharge any person , or persons whatsoever , so take up , break , embazle , or any wayes spoil the saids Leaden-pypes , Conduits , Fountains , or Cisterns , which shall be made use of for conveying the Water to the said Burgh , or any part of the same , or to do any thing which may impede the said work , and current of the Water , certifying such as shall be found to transgress , that they shall incur the Councils displeasure , and shall be further lyable to such pains and punishments as the Law doth provide in such cases , which shall be inflicted upon them with all rigor . And the saids Lords do recommend to , and authorize the Magistrats of the said Burgh , Sheriffs , and others in Authority , within their respective Jurisdictions , to make search for any persons who shall be informed to be guilty of the said Crime , and upon evidence of their guilt , to commit them to Prison until they be proceeded against according to Law . And Ordains these presents to be Printed , and Published at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh , and other places needful , that none pretend ignorance .

Al. Gibson Cl ˢ S ti Concilii .

EDINBVRGH , Printed by His Majestie's Printers : Anno DOM. 1674.