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<HEAD><HI>At the Court at</HI> Whitehall, <DATE><HI>the Fifteenth of</HI> May, 1672.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>Pre&s;ent,
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<ITEM>The Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>Lord Archbi&s;hop of Canterbury</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Keeper</ITEM>
<ITEM>Duke of Lauderdale</ITEM>
<ITEM>Marque&s;s of Worce&s;ter</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Bridgwater</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of E&s;&s;ex</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Angle&s;ey</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Bathe</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Carli&s;le</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Craven</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Arlington</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of Shaftsbury</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Newport</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Holles</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Clifford</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Vice-Chamberlain</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Secretary Trevor</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir John Duncombe</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Chancellour of the Dutchy</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir Thomas Osborne</ITEM>
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<P>_WHereas His Maje&s;ty did the &s;eventeenth of <HI>March</HI> pa&s;t, upon the reading in Council His Declaration of War again&s;t the <HI>States General of the &V;nited Provinces of the Low Countreys,</HI> Command His Grace the Duke of <HI>Lauderdale,</HI> and the Right Honourable the Earl of <HI>Ar|lington,</HI> Principal Secretary of State, to Confer that Evening with the Amba&s;&s;ador and Mini&s;ter of the &s;aid States, to Propo&s;e the Ob&s;ervance of the Two and thirtieth Article of the Treaty of <HI>Breda,</HI> on His Maje&s;ties part; for the withdrawing the Per&s;ons and Goods of all <HI>Dutch</HI> Su<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">jects which were either found here, or at that time were voluntarily coming into His Maje&s;ties Ports; Pr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">ed might have the &s;ame Benefit of the &s;aid Article; VVhich overture hath been often Renewed by me <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> of <HI>Arlington</HI> to the &s;aid Amba&s;&s;ador. And it appearing now at length, by Paper from him of the in&s;tant (this day read at the Board) That the States have con&s;ented to the &s;aid Propo&s;ition, and will &s;et at Liberty all His Maje&s;ties Subjects, with their Ships and Goods, and that they nay return without any Prohibition, when they &s;hall &s;ee fit.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty hath thought fit to Command and Order the Right Honourable His Principal Commi&s;|ioners of Prizes, forthwith to cau&s;e all the Ships, Goods, and Merchandizes that were Sei&s;ed in any of His Maje&s;ties Ports, before the Declaration of the VVar, or which were voluntarily coming in to the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters">me, to be forthwith &s;et at Liberty and Di&s;charged (they having remained &s;till untouched, in expecta|ion of what the &s;aid States would do in this point.) In like manner all per&s;ons belonging to the &s;aid Ships, who are under Detention by rea&s;on of the VVar, are to be forthwith &s;et at Liberty, with Power to return with their Ships and Merchandize, when they &s;hall &s;ee fit, according to the Tenor of the &s;aid Article; And notice hereof to be given to the <HI>Dutch</HI> Amba&s;&s;ador, that it may be as ingeniou&s;ly performed on His Ma|&s;ters part as it is now promi&s;ed. And His Maje&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ioners for the care of Pri&s;oners, are requi|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">ed to take notice hereof, and to give Obedience accordingly.</P>
<P>And whereas by another Paper of the 13/23. in&s;tant (this day al&s;o read at the Board) from the <HI>Sieur Boreel,</HI> by Order of the &s;aid <HI>States General of the &V;nited Provinces,</HI> Propo&s;ing to enter into &s;ome terms of Agree|ment touching the Exchange of Pri&s;oners of VVar on either &s;ide, His Maje&s;ty hath thought fit to refer the Con&s;ideration of this matter to the Principal Commi&s;&s;ioners of Prizes, that they may Con&s;ider thereof, and Propo&s;e to His Maje&s;ty &s;uch Expedients as they &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e all <HI>Dutch</HI> Merchants or others, who neither in their Per&s;ons or Goods are under this De|tention, may freely depart the Kingdom, if they think fit, without any incumbrance or mole&s;tation.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Edw. Walker.</SIGNED>
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<P><HI>It was <UNCLEAR>Ordened by</UNCLEAR> His Maje&s;ty in Council, That this be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Edw. Walker.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>EDINBURGh, Re-printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1672.</P>
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