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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION concerning the Re&s;idence of the Merchant-adventurers of <HI>England,</HI> at the City of <HI>Dordrecht,</HI> and for &s;ettling the Staple there.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parlament a&s;&s;embled pa&s;t the twelfth day of <HI>October</HI> in the year of our Lord 1643. It is (among&s;t other things) ordained, that the fellow&s;hip of Merchants-adventurers of <HI>England</HI> &s;hall continue and be a Corporation, and &s;hall have power to levy monies on the members of their Corporation, and their goods, for their ne|ce&s;&s;ary charge and maintenance of their government; And that no per&s;on &s;hall trade into tho&s;e parts limited by their Incorporations, but &s;uch as are free of that Corporation, upon forfei|ture of their goods; Provided that the &s;aid fellow&s;hip &s;hall not exclude any per&s;on from his freedome and admi&s;&s;ion into the &s;aid fellow&s;hip which &s;hall de&s;ire it by way of redemption (if &s;uch per&s;on by their cu&s;tome be capable thereof, and hath been bred a Merchant) and &s;hall pay one hundred pounds for the &s;ame, if he be free and an inhabitant of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and trade from that Port: Or fifty pounds if he be not free, and no inhabitant of the &s;aid City, and trade not from thence; the &s;ame Ordinance to remain in full force, untill a Bill or Act &s;halbe prepared and pa&s;&s;ed in Parlament for the further &s;etling, and full confirming of the priviledges to the &s;aid fellow&s;hip according to the intent and true meaning of the &s;aid Ordinance. And where|as the &s;aid fellow&s;hip is and hath been antiently authorized from time to time to make free election and choice of &s;uch &s;everal Cities, Towns or Places in the parts of <HI>Germany,</HI> and the 17 provinces of the Netherlands, with the a&s;&s;ent and agreement of the chief Governours thereof for their Re&s;idence, Mart and Staple, as they &s;hall think mo&s;t meet, commodious and convenient for their trade, trafique &amp; merchandize in tho&s;e Lands; and again to leave, for&s;ake, alter and change the &s;ame at their plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>And whereas lately &s;ince the peace concluded with the Lords the States General, the &s;aid fellow&s;hip hath by &s;pe|cial Concordates, with the Magi&s;trates of the City of <HI>Dordrecht</HI> in <HI>Holland,</HI> agreed and made choice of the &s;aid City of <HI>Dordrecht</HI> for the Re&s;idence, Mart and Staple of their &s;aid trade within the Provinces, Countries, Cities and Places under the Government of the &s;aid Lords the States General. Fora&s;much therefore as the &s;aid treaty of Concordates, with the City of <HI>Dordrecht</HI> afore&s;aid, was entred into, by and with our free knowledge and con&s;ent; We, with the advice of Our Council, having taken the premi&s;es into our &s;erious con&s;ideration, have hereby thought at (with the advice afore&s;aid) to ratifie and confirm the &s;aid Treaty of Concordates, made and concluded between the &s;aid City of <HI>Dordrecht,</HI> and the fellow&s;hip of Merchants-adventurers of <HI>England</HI> afore&s;aid. And therefore in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Ordinance of Parlament and the &s;aid Treaty, We, with the advice afore&s;aid, do hereby &s;trict|ly will and require, that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, being free of the &s;aid fellow&s;hip, and all Factors, Agents, and Servants belonging unto any of the &s;aid fellow&s;hip, now being, or re&s;iding within any the Provinces, Cities, or Places under the Government of the &s;aid Lords the States General, and that therein, or in any of them do exerci&s;e, u&s;e or profe&s;s the trade, traffique and merchandize limited to the &s;aid Incorporation, do and &s;hall at or before the tenth day of <HI>June</HI> now next en&s;uing remove them&s;elves, their goods, merchandizes, traf|fique and families re&s;pectively unto the &s;aid City of <HI>Dordrecht,</HI> and do and &s;hall from thenceforth, therein alone re&s;ide and exerci&s;e their trade and traffique, both for them&s;elves and their principals, and in no other Province, City, or Place under the government of the &s;aid Lords the States General, during the time that they, or any of them &s;hall continue, and remain within the &s;ame, and &s;hall therein u&s;e, exerci&s;e or profe&s;s the trade of the &s;aid fellow|&s;hip. And furthermore that the trade of the &s;aid fellow&s;hip may al&s;o for the time to come, be the better reduced and continued into and in this orderly and well governed cour&s;e; We do hereby, with the advice afore&s;aid, declare our plea&s;ure to be, and do &s;trictly will and enjoyn, that no per&s;on or per&s;ons of this Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> or the Dominions thereunto belonging, &s;hall at any time or times from and after the &s;aid tenth day of <HI>June</HI> now next coming, &s;hip, tran&s;port, carry, or convey, or cau&s;e to be &s;hipped, tran&s;ported, carryed, or con|veyed, either from the City and Port of <HI>London,</HI> or from any other City, Town, Port, Haven, and Creek of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> or the Dominions thereunto belonging, by way of Merchandize, any woollen cloathes, or other <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> woollen manufactures, of what &s;ort or kind &s;oever, now made, or hereafter to be made, unto any the Cities, Towns, or Places in <HI>Germany,</HI> or the &s;eventeen Provinces of the Netherlands, &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, or to one of them, upon pain of forfeiture of the &s;aid woollen cloaths, and other <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> woollen Manufactures, and &s;uch further and other paines, penalties, puni&s;hments and forfeitures, as by the &s;aid Ordinance of Parlament, or by any other law may be lawfully inflicted on &s;uch Offendors. Provided neverthele&s;s that the &s;aid fellow&s;hip &s;hall not exclude any per&s;on from his freedome and admi&s;&s;ion into the &s;aid fel|low&s;hip who &s;hall de&s;ire it by way of Redemption upon &s;uch Rules, Payments, and Fines re&s;pectively, as in and by the &s;aid Ordinance of Parlament is re&s;erved, and as is herein before recited. And la&s;tly, We require and command all our Officers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice, and the Commi&s;&s;ioners of our Cu&s;tomes, and the &s;everal Officers at|tending that &s;ervice, that they be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting unto the fellow&s;hip of Merchant-adventurers of <HI>England,</HI> in the &s;upportation of their Government and regulation of their trade, and for pre&s;ervation of the priviledges, ju+risdictions and franchi&s;es lawfully granted unto them by any Act or Ordinance of Parlament.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at our Palace of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> <DATE>the thirtieth day of <HI>May</HI> 1656.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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