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<P>PAX QVAERITVR BELLO</P>
<P>OLIVARIVS DEI  GRA: REIPVB: ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE, ET HIBERNIAE, &amp;^c PROTECTOR</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION Of A&s;&s;i&s;tance to the Merchant Adventurers of <HI>England,</HI> for the better carrying on of their Trade, and for puni&s;hing of Offenders again&s;t the &s;ame.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHEREAS,</HI> By Our Proclamation&punc; dated the Thirtieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;ix, Entituled, <HI>A Proclamation concerning the re&s;i|dence of the Merchants Adventurers of <HI>England</HI> at the City of <HI>Dordrecht,</HI> and for &s;etling their Staple there:</HI> We did (by, and with the advice of Our Council) and in pur&s;uance of an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, Pa&s;&s;ed the Twelfth day of <HI>October,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty three, (among&s;t other things) Declare Our plea&s;ure to be, and did &s;trictly Will and Enjoyn, That no per&s;on of this Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging, &s;hould at any time after the Tenth day of <HI>June</HI> then next coming, Ship, Tran&s;port, Carry, or Convey, or cau&s;e to be Shipped, Tran&s;ported, Carried, or Conveyed, either from the City and Port of <HI>London,</HI> or from any other City, Town, Port, Haven, or Creek, of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> or the Dominions thereunto belonging, by way of Merchandize, any <HI>Woollen</HI> Clothes, or other <HI>Engli&s;h Woollen</HI> Manufa|ctures, of what &s;ort or kinde &s;oever then made, or then after to be made, unto any the Cities, Towns or Places in <HI>Germany,</HI> or the Seventeen Provinces of the <HI>Netherlands,</HI> &s;ave onely, and except the Mart and Staple Towns of the &s;aid Fellow&s;hip of Merchants Adventurers of <HI>England</HI> in tho&s;e parts for the time being&punc; or to one of them, upon pain of forfeiture of the &s;aid <HI>Woollen</HI> Clothes, and other <HI>Engli&s;h Woollen</HI> Manufactures, and &s;uch further and other Pains, Penalties, Puni&s;hments, and Forfeitures, as by the &s;aid Ordinance of Parliament, or by any other Law, may be lawfully inflicted on &s;uch Offend|ers. And we having been informed, that divers per&s;ons out of a covetous de&s;ire to inrich them&s;elves (though to the endangering of the &s;aid Company of Merchant Adventurers, and the Trade thereof; which by long experience, hath been found to be very beneficial to this nation) by Trading therein, &s;e|parate from the &s;aid Company, and have by &s;uch means brought &s;ome di&s;turbance to the Company, and di&s;traction to the Trade. For preventing the further inconveniences that may ari&s;e thereby, &amp; to &s;ecure the &s;aid Company and Trade in time to come: We have (by, and with the advice and con&s;ent of Our Coun|cil) thought fit again to Publi&s;h and Declare Our Will and Plea&s;ure to be, That no per&s;on do Ship, Tran&s;port, Carry, or Convey, or cau&s;e to be Shipped, Tran&s;ported, Carried, or Conveyed, contrary to the &s;aid Ordinance, or Our former Proclamation, any <HI>Woollen</HI> Cloth, or <HI>Woollen</HI> Manufacture, unto a|ny Cities, Towns, or Places, other then the Mart and Staple Towns of the &s;aid Fellow&s;hip. And be|cau&s;e We intend and expect to have a &s;trict Accompt, of what obedience is given to the&s;e Our Proclama|tions, which are in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Ordinance of Parliament; And to the intent the Offenders may be di&s;covered, and brought to Iu&s;tice, and &s;uch puni&s;hment inflicted on them for &s;uch their offences, as by Law and Iu&s;tice ought to be inflicted on &s;uch, as wilfully and contemptuou&s;ly tran&s;gre&s;s Our Laws and Proclamations in pur&s;uance of the &s;ame; We do, by, and with the advice and con&s;ent of our Council, Will and Command, a&s;well Our Iudges of the High Court of Admiralty of <HI>England,</HI> and the Commi&s;|&s;ioners of Our Cu&s;tomes, and the &s;everal Officers attending that Service; as al&s;o all and every Our Generals at Sea, Admirals of Our Fleet, Vice-Admirals, Commanders of Squadrons, and other Commanders, Captains and Officers what&s;oever, of any of Our Ships, or of any of Our Ca&s;tles, Blockhou&s;es, and Forts re&s;pectively, and all other Our Officers and Mini&s;ters in their &s;everal places&punc; to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting unto the &s;aid Fellow&s;hip &amp; Company of Merchants Adventurers of <HI>England,</HI> and all &s;uch as they &s;hall imploy, a&s;well and e&s;pecially in the &s;earching for, and &s;eizing all &s;uch <HI>Woollen</HI> Clothes, or other <HI>Engli&s;h Woollen</HI> Manufactures, Prohibited by the &s;aid Ordinance and Proclamation re|&s;pectively, to be tran&s;ported as afore&s;aid; as al&s;o in all other Matters and Things, tending to the &s;up|portation of the Government of the &s;aid Fellow&s;hip and Company, and regulation of their Trade, and for pre&s;ervation of the Priviledges, Iuri&s;dictions, and Franchi&s;es lawfully granted unto them by any Act or Ordinance of Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at <HI>White-Hall</HI> <DATE>the 14th. of <HI>June,</HI> 1658.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> and <HI>John Field,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s. 1658.</P>
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