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<HEAD>&para; An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled. Prohibiting the Importation of Whale-Oyle, Fins, or Gils, but by Ships &s;et forth from hence, and by Engli&s;h Subjects.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis 6. Maii. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THe Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in the High Court of Par|liament of <HI>England,</HI> taking into con&s;ideration&punc; That nothing more inricheth this Kingdome then Commerce, whereby the Navigation thereof is much increa&s;ed, e&s;pecially in Fi&s;hing Voyages, and therefore ought to be incouraged. Vpon the humble Petition pre&s;ented from the Fellow&s;hip of Mer|chants of <HI>England,</HI> for di&s;covery of new Trades Adventurers to <HI>Greenland:</HI> &s;hewing, That they were the fir&s;t Di&s;coverers of that Countrey, and for many yeers &s;ucce&s;&s;ively have maintained the Fi&s;hing there, which hath beene a great increa&s;e of many Sea-men, and many Ships <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">eerely imployed, to the great benefit of this Kingdome. But of late yeers have beene much pre|iudiced, for that great quantities of Whale Oyle of Strangers Fi&s;hing are per|mitted to be imported into this Kingdome more then it can &s;pend. By meanes whereof, the &s;aid Petitioners, and others His Maie&s;ties Subiects trading thither, have not vent for theirs: Which without &s;ome &s;peedy prevention will di&s;able them from continuing their Fi&s;hings into tho&s;e parts, to the hazard of the lo&s;&s;e of that Countrey unto Strangers (&s;o long de&s;ired by them) be|ing &s;ubiect to the Crowne of <HI>England.</HI> And likewi&s;e taking into con&s;idera|tion, That in other Kingdoms and States the importation of Whale Oyle and Fins are not permitted to any but the Subiects of tho&s;e Kingdoms and States of their owne Fi&s;hing, Doe therefore Order and Ordaine, That no Whale Oile, nor Fins, nor Gils, commonly called Whale-bone, either wrought or unwrought, &s;hall hereafter be imported into any Port, Haven, or Greek of this Kingdome from any forraigne parts what&s;oever, other then what are immediately fi&s;hed in <HI>Greenland</HI> by the Subiects of this Kingdome, and in Ships &s;et out from hence, under penalty of Confi&s;cation. And all Cu|&s;tomers, Comptrollers, Searchers, Waiters, and all other Officers in their &s;everall and re&s;pective places are hereby required to attend the due execution thereof, and not to permit or &s;uffer any Whale Oyle, nor Fins, nor Gils, as afore&s;aid, to be imported into this Kingdome, or colourably cu&s;tomed for any other Goods or Merchandize, but that they doe forthwith &s;eize and take the &s;ame into their cu&s;todie, one Moyety for the u&s;e and benefit of the State, and the other Moyety for the &s;aid Fellow&s;hip towards their charges. And all Iu|&s;tices of the Peace, Maiors, Bailiffs, Sheriffs, Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, and all other His Maie&s;ties Officers in their &s;everall and re&s;pective places are hereby commanded and required to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting therein, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their perils.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Lords in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, that this Ordinance be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings Head in the Old Bayley. 8. May. 1645.</P>
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