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<BYLINE>BY THE KING.</BYLINE>
<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, For taking away any re&s;traint for the future on the Price of Coals.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas by a late Act of Parliament, and al&s;o by Our Proclamation and &s;everal Orders by Vs made in Council to prevent and remedy the want and &s;carcity of Coals, and the inhauncing the prices thereof, We have manife&s;ted Our Princely care an zeal for the publique, and Our tenderne&s;s and vigilancy on the behalf of Our Subjects again&s;t any Difficulty or Di&s;tre&s;s likely to befall them, upon that occa&s;ion; In pur&s;uance whereof Our Mini&s;ters, e&s;pecial|ly the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Our City of <HI>London,</HI> (being mo&s;t nearly concerned in the exigency of that affair) have in obedience to the Authority of the &s;aid Act of Parliament and Our Proclamation and Orders in Council, and according to the antient V&s;ages of Our &s;aid City, acted with great Indu&s;try, Vigor and Prudence, in the putting the &s;ame in execution, by &s;etting and moderating the Prices of Coals, and providing by good and di&s;creet means for the ne|ce&s;si<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s of Our people of the &s;aid City; of which tran&s;actions We do highly approve, and &s;hall not be unmind|full <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> afore&s;aid ready comply <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ce in a matter of &s;o good intent and great concernment to Our &s;aid Subjects. An<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> having taken into Our Princely con&s;ideration all imaginable ways and means for compa&s;sing the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">nds afore&s;aid, did by Our late Proclamation of the &s;ix and twentieth of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t, Declare and Command, That no Sailors, Seamen, or other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons employed or to be employed in or about any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el bringing or carrying Coals from the Town or Port of <HI>Newca&s;tle upon Tyne,</HI> from <HI>Sunderland</HI> or other Ports within Our Dominions, or any the Members or Creeks thereof, or places adjacent, to or towards the &s;aid Ci|ty of <HI>London,</HI> or el&s;ewhere in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;hall be Pre&s;t or otherwi&s;e hindred or mole&s;ted, either coming or returning by any Our Pre&s;s-Ma&s;ters or other Officers or Mini&s;ters what&s;oever. And for the better &s;ecu|rity of the Per&s;ons and Ships bringing and conveying the &s;aid Coals, We did further Declare, that &s;ufficient Convoys &s;hould be from time to time provided for their &s;afe pa&s;&s;age and conduct to and from the parts and places afore&s;aid, which We do confirm and give full a&s;&s;urance of. And Our further Will and Plea&s;ure is, and We do by this Our Royal Proclamation declare, That it &s;hall be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons of what condition &s;oever, to &s;et forth any Ship or Ships, or other Ve&s;&s;els for bringing or importing of Coals from <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> or any other the Northern Ports, unto the City of <HI>London</HI> or el&s;ewhere: And all tho&s;e which &s;hall import any Coals into the River, from and after the Date of this Our Proclamation, &s;hall have full liberty freely to &s;ell and di&s;po&s;e the &s;ame to their be&s;t benefit and advantage, Any thing to the contrary not|with&s;tanding. But Our intent and meaning is, that &s;uch Ships which are at pre&s;ent in the River, and tho&s;e who have hitherto refu&s;ed &s;ubmi&s;sion to the Order made by the Lord Mayor in re&s;pect of the price, &s;hall not receive benefit by &s;uch ob&s;tinacy, but &s;hall be compelled to &s;ell their Coals at the price appointed, to which the re&s;t have &s;ubmitted. And all Our Officers, Mini&s;ters, and Subjects what&s;oever both by Sea and Land, are required to take notice of this Our Royal Plea&s;ure and Command, and give due obedience there|unto at their perils.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall</HI> <DATE>the tenth day of <HI>May,</HI> 1665. in the Seventeenth year of Our Reign.</DATE></HI></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD SAVE THE KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINBURGH,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1665.</P>
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