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<HEAD>AN ACT Prohibiting The Importing of any Wines, Wooll or Silk From the Kingdom of <HI>FRANCE,</HI> into the Commonwealth of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any the Dominions thereunto belonging.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Parliament of <HI>England</HI> taking notice of a late Declaration of the French King, verified in the Parliament at <HI>Paris,</HI> whereby are pro|hibited all Negotiations to bring, or cau&s;e to be brought into that Kingdom, the Drapery of Wooll or of Silk made in <HI>England,</HI> on pain of Confi&s;cation and other great Penalties; and that by force of that Declaration, divers Goods of great value of Engli&s;h Mer|chants there found, have been &s;eized, and are detained from the true Proprietors thereof, notwith&s;tanding &s;everal Clau&s;es in the Treaty between the two Nations, for encouraging the Engli&s;h Trade there: And being induced by the grounds of Common Equity and Rea&s;on, and by their own Duty, to provide for the Intere&s;t and good of this Com|monwealth, Have thought fit to Enact, and be it Enacted by Authority of Parliament, That all Wines of the growth of the Kingdom of <HI>France,</HI> or any Dominions belonging to the &s;ame, and all Manufactures of Wooll, and Silk, made or to be made in the Kingdom of <HI>France,</HI> or any of the Dominions belonging to the French King, &s;hall be and are hereby prohibited to be brought into any Port or Ports, place or places within <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any the Dominions thereof, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, from and after the Se|venth day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty nine, on pain of Confi&s;cation of the Ship, and Goods therein Imported contrary to this Act, and the Penalty of Two hun|dred pounds more to be levied on every per&s;on offending contrary to this Act; the one moyety of the Forfeiture to be to the party that &s;hall inform of any breach of this Act, and the other moyety of the Forfeiture to the u&s;e of the Commonwealth, to be recovered in any of the Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI> And to the end that due intimation and publica|tion of this Act may be made, that none may pretend ignorance thereof, Be it further Ordered and Enacted, That this pre&s;ent Act &s;hall be publi&s;hed by a Sergeant at Arms three &s;everal days upon the Exchange <HI>London,</HI> at the time of the Concour&s;e of Merchants thither.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 28 Augu&s;ti, 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1649.</P>
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