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<FIGDESC>royal blazon or coat of arms</FIGDESC>
<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>&leaf; By the King.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<HEAD>&leaf; A Proclamation inhibiting the Importation of Whale Finnes, or Whale Oile, into His Maie&s;ties Dominions by any, but the <HI>Mu&s;couia</HI> Company.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas Our late deare and Royall Father, of euer ble&s;&s;ed memory, King <HI>IAMES,</HI> by His Proclamation, bearing date the eighteenth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the &s;euenteenth yeere of His Reigne, for the rea&s;ons therein ex|pre&s;&s;ed, and for the encouragement of His welbeloued Subiects, the Company of Merchants trading for <HI>Mu&s;couia, Greenland,</HI> and the parts adioyning, commonly called the <HI>Mu&s;couia</HI> Company, did inhibite the Im|portation of Whale Finnes, into any His Kingdomes or Dominions, by any per&s;ons other then by that Company, and that in their Ioynt-&s;tock only, vnder the penalties therin mentioned; We now being minded to giue the like encourage|ment and a&s;&s;i&s;tance to the &s;aid Company, and for the better &s;upport of the Fi&s;hing-Trade to <HI>Greene|land,</HI> and the parts adiacent, which by the increa&s;e of Nauigation conduceth much to the com|mon good of Our Kingdome and People, haue thought fit to publi&s;h Our Royall plea&s;ure therein; And therefore We do by the&s;e Pre&s;ents &s;traightly Charge, prohibite, and forbid, as well all Aliens and Strangers what&s;oeuer, as Our naturall borne Subiects and Denizens, That they, nor any of them, (other then the &s;aid <HI>Mu&s;couia</HI> Merchants only, and that in their Ioynt-&s;tock for the Whale-Fi&s;hing;) &s;hall from henceforth directly or indirectly. Import or bring any Whale Oyle, or Whale Finnes, (whether the &s;aid Finnes be whole, or cut, in what manner &s;oeuer) into any Our King|domes or Dominions, vpon Paine of the forfeiture and con&s;i&s;cation of the &s;ame; whether they bee found on Board of any Ship, Hoye, Boat, or Bottom, or laid on land in any Ware-hou&s;e, Store|hou&s;e, Shop, Cellar, or any other place what&s;oeuer; and vpon Paine of Our high Indignation and di&s;plea&s;ure, and &s;uch other puni&s;hments, as by Our Court of Starre-Chamber &s;hall bee thought meet to be inflicted vpon them, or any of them, as Contemners of Our Royall Will and Command|ment in this behalfe.</P>
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<P>And Wee do likewi&s;e &s;traightly Charge, prohibite, and forbid, as well all Aliens and Strangers, as Our naturall borne Subiects and Denizens, (other then the &s;aid <HI>Mu&s;couia</HI> Merchants in their Ioint-&s;tock as afore&s;aid) that they, nor any of them do pre&s;ume to Buy, Vtter, Sell, Barter, or Contract, for any Whale Oyle, or Whale Finnes, knowing the &s;ame to bee Imported into any Our Realmes or Dominions, contrary to Our Will and Plea&s;ure herein declared; whether the &s;aid Finnes bee whole, or cut as afore&s;aid, vpon Paine of Our high Indignation and di&s;|plea&s;ure, and &s;uch further puni&s;hments, as by Our &s;aid Court of Starre-Chamber &s;hall bee thought meet to bee inflicted vpon &s;uch Offendours, as Contemners al&s;o of Our Royall Com|mandments.</P>
<P>And to the end, that Our Plea&s;ure hereby declared may take the better effect; Wee do hereby Charge and Command, all Cu&s;tomers, Collectours, Farmours, Comptrollers, Searchers, Waiters, and all other Our Officers and Mini&s;ters what&s;oeuer, in all or any Our Ports, Hauens, or Creekes; that they and euery of them in their &s;euerall places, do carefully attend and &s;ee to the due execution hereof; and in no wi&s;e to permit or &s;uffer any Whale Oile, or Whale Finnes whole, or cut, directly, or indirectly, openly, or couertly, to be brought or imported into any Our Kingdomes or Dominions contrary to Our Royall plea&s;ure herein expre&s;&s;ed; or being &s;o imported, that they do not permit, or &s;uffer the &s;ame to be colourably Cu&s;tomed for other Goods and Mer|chandi&s;e; but that they forthwith do &s;ei&s;e, and take to Our v&s;e all &s;uch Whale Finnes, and Whale Oyle as &s;hall bee &s;o Imported, contrary to Our plea&s;ure herein declared, vpon Paine to vn|dergo &s;uch puni&s;hments as &s;hall be thought meet by the Lords of Our Priuie Councell.</P>
<P>Neuerthele&s;&s;e, Our intent and meaning is, That the &s;aid <HI>Mu&s;couia</HI> Company in their Ioynt-&s;tock only, and none other, &s;hall or may Buy and Sell, Barter, or Contract, for any &s;uch Whale Finnes, or Whale Oyle, as being imported contrary to this Our Proclamation, &s;hall be confi&s;cate and &s;ei&s;ed, and the &s;ame being &s;old by the &s;aid Company, may be afterwards bought, contracted for, and v&s;ed by any other Our Subiects, at their will and plea&s;ure; Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at Our Palace of We&s;tmin&s;ter, <DATE>the &s;ixteenth day of May, in the twelfth yeere of Our Reigne.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie: And by the A&s;signes of Iohn Bill. 1636.</P>
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