OUR SOVERAIGN LORD, For the Encouragement of Linen-Manufa­ctures in this Kingdom, and prevention of the Exportation of the Moneys there­of, by Importing of Linen, Doth, with Advice and Consent of His Estates of Parliament, Statute and Ordain, That hereafter no Corps of any person what­soever, shall be Buried in any Shirt, Sheet, or any thing else, except in plain Linen, or Cloth of Hards, made and Spun within the Kingdom, without Lace or Point; Discharg­ing from henceforth the making use of Holland, or other Linen. Cloth made in other King­doms, all Silk, Hair, or Woolen, Gold or Silver, or any other Stuff whatsoever, than what is made of Flax or Hards, Spun and wrought within the Kingdom, as said is, and that under the pain and penalty of 300 pounds Scots, toties quoties, for a Noble-man, and 200 pounds for each other person, whereof the one half to the Discoverer, and the other half to the Poor of the Parish, where the saids Corps shall be so Interred: And for the better Discovering of the Contraveeners, It is hereby further Statute and Ordained, That every Minister within the Kingdom, shall keep a Book, containing an exact Account and Register of all Persons, buried within their said Parish; As also, that some one or more of the Relations of the person Deceased, or other credible person (Tennents in the Coun­trey and Cottars being always excepted) shall within eight days after such Interment, bring a Certificat upon Oath in Writing, Witnessed by two famous persons to the Mini­ster, Declaring, that the said peason was Woond or Wrapt in manner herein-prescribed; Which Certificats are to be Recorded by the Minister or Reader of the Parish gratis, with­out exacting any Money therefore. And if no Relation of the party buried, or other person shall bring such such a Certificat, within the said time of eight days, that then and in that case, the Goods and Gear of the party Deceast, shall be, and are hereby Declar­ed, to be lyable to the foresaid Forefaulture, to be pursued at the Instance of the Mini­ster of the said Parish, before any Judge competent; and in case the parties prove litigi­ous by Advocating, or Suspending the said Sentence; The saids Judges are hereby Au­thorized and Impowered to modifie Expenses, as they shall find cause: And if such persons died in familia, the Father and Mother, or other Relations, in whose Family they die, are hereby Declared lyable for the said Fine: And it is hereby Statute and Ordained, that if the Minister in whose Parish any such Corps shall be so Interred, prove negligent in pursuing the Contraveeners within six Moneths after the said Burial, he is hereby De­clared lyable for the said Fine, the one half to the Poor, and the other half to the Dis­coverer, to be divided in manner foresaid. As also, His Majesty, with Advice foresaid, Statutes and Ordains, That no Wooden Coffin shall exceed an hundred merks Scots, as the highest rate for persons of the greatest quality, and so proportionally for others of meaner quality, under the pain of two hundred merks Scots for the Contravention.

GOD save the KING.