The Scottish staple at Veere; a study in the economic history of Scotland . olly forgotten. An Act dated8th July, 1643, after reciting the damage that had been doneby Dunkirk frigates and Irish rebels, ordered proclamation tobe made that no one should presume to conduct any ship outof the kingdom without express licence, till the first ofAugust next. This measure forbidding freedom of exportwas to be enforced under penalty of confiscation of the shipand the goods.^ At first little appears to have been done to reduce thenatural risks arising from navigation, and it marks a greatstep in advance
The Scottish staple at Veere; a study in the economic history of Scotland . olly forgotten. An Act dated8th July, 1643, after reciting the damage that had been doneby Dunkirk frigates and Irish rebels, ordered proclamation tobe made that no one should presume to conduct any ship outof the kingdom without express licence, till the first ofAugust next. This measure forbidding freedom of exportwas to be enforced under penalty of confiscation of the shipand the goods.^ At first little appears to have been done to reduce thenatural risks arising from navigation, and it marks a greatstep in advance when the burghs began to erect 1566 the Council of Aberdeen decided to erect a grytbowat or lamp on St. Ninians Chapel on the Castlehill, toguide the ships on entering the harbour.^ It appears, how-ever, that such a lamp had been in existence at an earlier ^ Acts, ii., 87, c. 6. The towns mentioned are Sluis Damme andBruges. The river Zwin is also referred to. 2 Acts, ii., 348, c, 33. ^ Acts, ii., 349, c. 34. ^Maitland, p. 55. •Acts, vi., 12. A. R., i., KISKS OF SHIPPING AND PIRACY 49 time. For the maintenance of this signal an elaboratesystem of dues was levied on ships entering and leaving theharbour. The dangers to which mariners were exposed mayperhaps be inferred from the gratitude with which theAberdeen Council in 1598 rewarded a pilot for presenting asea chart to the town. In the opinion of the Council thismap contained many good and profitable instructions for thosewho should trade to any foreign country, as it was, in factthe haill universall see kart of Europ, Affrica and Asaiaand new found landis of America } The question of erectinga beacon at Fifeness was raised in the Convention in 1625by the knight of Balcomie, but difficulty arose in deciding thebest situation for this purpose.^ In 1631 a letter from HisMajesty drew the attention of the Convention to the dangersarising from the want of a beacon on the Isle of May.^ Anarrangement was afterwards
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