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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi 23 Ianuarii 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas the &s;everall Plantations in <HI>Virginia, Bermudas, Barbados,</HI> and other places of <HI>America</HI> have been much beneficiall to this Kingdome by the increa&s;e of Navigation, and the Cu&s;toms ari&s;ing from the commodities of the growth of tho&s;e Plantations imported into this Kingdome have been, and are benefici|all, that all &s;uch as have traded there (for their better encouragement) have u&s;ed to tran&s;port from hence thither Merchandizes, Goods, and nece&s;&s;aries for the better carrying on of the &s;aid Plantations, without paying any Cu&s;tom for any Goods &s;o exported from hence thither: The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, for the better advancement of the &s;aid Plantations, and encouragement of the Adventurers to the &s;ame, have Ordained, and be it Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That all Merchandize, Goods, and nece&s;&s;aries, which &s;hall be for the &s;upportation, u&s;e, and expence of the &s;aid &s;everall Plantations, &s;hall, or may be exported thi|ther from this Kingdome by any of the Subjects thereof, without paying or yeelding any Cu&s;tom, Sub|&s;idie, Taxation, Impo&s;ition, or other duty for the &s;ame; the duty of Excize excepted during the &s;pace of three yeares next en&s;uing, except unto the Plantation in new-found Lands; provided, That from time to time, as any &s;uch Merchandize and Goods be endeavoured to be exported for the u&s;e afore&s;aid, &s;ecu|rity be fir&s;t given to the Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of the Cu&s;toms where &s;uch Goods &s;hall be laden, that the &s;aid Merchandizes and Goods &s;o to be exported by vertue of this Ordinance &s;hall be really tran&s;ported to the &s;aid forraigne Plantations, and to no other places, and there to be imployed for the only u&s;e of the Plantations; and that Certificate &s;hall be returned from thence within one yeare after the lading thereof of the Ships arrivall, and di&s;charge in the &s;aid forraigne Plantations. And for that there is great want of &s;ervants in the &s;aid Plantations, as well for the rai&s;ing of commodities apt to be produced there, as for defence of them&s;elves from being made a prey to the Natives, or forraigne enemies. Be it further Or|dained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That it &s;hall be lawfull for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Subjects of this Kingdome, to entertaine, and tran&s;port from hence into the &s;aid &s;everall Plantations, &s;uch per&s;ons being fit to &s;erve, or advance the Trade there, as &s;hall be willing to &s;erve, or to be employed in the &s;aid &s;everall forraigne Plantations; provided, that the names of all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o to be tran&s;ported to &s;erve in the &s;aid Plantations, be fir&s;t Regi&s;tred in the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, and that neither force be u&s;ed to take up any &s;uch &s;ervants, nor any Apprenti&s;es enti&s;ed to de&s;ert their Ma&s;ters, nor any Children under age admitted without expre&s;&s;e con&s;ent of their Parents. And provided al&s;o, that certificate within one yeare be returned from the Governour, or other chiefe Officer of &s;uch Plantation, where &s;uch per&s;ons &s;hall be put on &s;hore, of the arrivall of the &s;aid per&s;ons there, that no fraud be u&s;ed to carry any &s;uch per&s;ons to any other place; Provided alwaies, that none of the &s;aid Plantations doe &s;uffer or permit any Ship, Bark, or Ve&s;&s;ell to take in any Goods of the growth of the &s;aid Plantations from any of their Ports, and carry them to any for|raigne parts and places, except in <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Bottomes; and in ca&s;e any of the &s;aid Plantations &s;hall offend herein, then the Plantation &s;o offending &s;hall be excluded from the benefit of this Ordinance, and &s;hall pay cu&s;tome as other Merchants doe to <HI>France, Spaine, Holland,</HI> and other forraigne parts.</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 Baley. 1646.</P>
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