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<HEAD>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</HEAD>
</FIGURE>&para; By the King. &leaf; A Proclamation inhibiting the Importation of Whale Finnes into his Maie&s;ties Dominions by any, but the Mu&s;couy Company.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas Wee by Our Proclamation giuen at Wan&s;ted,</HI> the eleuenth day of September in the twelfth yeere of Our reigne of Great Brittaine, France, and Ireland, for the rea|&s;ons therein expre&s;&s;ed, and for the incouragement of Our wel|beloued Subiects, the company of Merchants trading for Mu&s;couia, Greeneland and the parts adioyning, commonly called the Mu&s;couia Company, did &s;traitly and expre&s;ly for|bid and prohibit all Aliens and Strangers what&s;oeuer, and al&s;o all Our owne Subiects (others then the &s;ayd Mu&s;couia Merchants, and that in their ioynt &s;tock) to bring into any Our Kingdomes, and Dominions any Whale Finnes vpon paine of confi&s;cation of the &s;ame, and of Our high indignation and di&s;plea&s;ure, and of &s;uch further puni&s;hment as &s;hould be meet to be inflicted vpon the Offenders for their contempt in that behalfe.</P>
<P>Now fora&s;much as We are giuen to vnder&s;tand, That Our &s;ayd Proclamation took not that good effect, nor found that due obedience and conformity which We expected: We haue therefore in further manife&s;tation of our former intentions and gracious fauor towards the &s;ayd Company, thought good eft&s;oones to publi&s;h Our Royall plea&s;ure heerein, and to reuiue and quicken Our &s;ayd former Proclamation, which We cannot but take in ill part, hath beene &s;o much neglected: And therefore We doe by the&s;e pre&s;ents &s;traitly charge, prohibit, and forbid, a&s;well all Alliens and Strangers what&s;oeuer, as al&s;o Our naturall born Subiects and Denizens, That they nor any of them (other then the &s;ayd Mu&s;couia Merchants, and that in their ioynt &s;tocke onely) &s;hall from hence|foorth directly or indirectly import, or bring into Our Kingdomes and Dominions, or a|ny of them, any Whale Finnes, vpon paine of forfeiture, and confi&s;cation of the &s;ame, whether they be found on board of any Ship, Hoy, Boate, or Bottome, or layd on land
<PB REF="2"> in any warehou&s;e, &s;torehou&s;e, &s;hop, 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;hment, as by Our Court of Starre chamber &s;halbe thought meet to be inflicted vpon them, or any of them, as contemners of Our Royall will and commandement in this behalfe.</P>
<P>And Wee doe likewi&s;e &s;traitly charge, prohibite and forbid, a&s;well all Aliens and Strangers, as Our naturall borne Subiects &amp; Denizens (other then the &s;ayd Mu&s;couia Merchants) that they nor any of them doe pre&s;ume to buie, vtter, &s;ell, barter or contract for, any Whale finnes, knowing the &s;ame to be imported into any of our Realmes or Do|minions contrary to Our wil &amp; plea&s;ure heerein declared, vpon paine of Our high indig|nation and di&s;plea&s;ure, &amp; &s;uch further puni&s;hment as by Our &s;aid Court of Starre cham|ber &s;hall bee thought meet to be inflicted vpon &s;uch offenders, as contemners al&s;o of Our Royall commandement. And to the end this Our plea&s;ure may take the better effect, We doe heereby charge, and command all Cu&s;tomers, Comptrollers, Searchers, Wai|ters, Farmors, and Collectors of Our Cu&s;tomes, and other our Officers and Mini&s;ters, carefully to attend euery one in his &s;euerall place, the execution heereof, and in no wi&s;e to permit or &s;uffer any Whale finnes directly or indirectly, openly or priuately to be brought, or imported into any Our Kingdomes or Dominions, contrary to Our Royal plea&s;ure heerein expre&s;&s;ed, or being &s;o imported, that they doe not permit, or &s;uffer the &s;ame to bee colourably cu&s;tomed for other goods and Merchandize, but that foorthwith they or &s;ome of them doe &s;eize and take to Our v&s;e all &s;uch Whalefinnes as &s;hall be &s;o imported, and im|mediately vpon &s;uch &s;eizure made, to giue notice thereof in writing to Our Regi&s;ter for forfeitures in Our Cu&s;tome hou&s;e in the Port of London, vpon paine to vndergoe &s;uch puni&s;hment, as &s;halbe thought meet by the Lords of Our Priuie Councell.</P>
<P>Neuerthele&s;&s;e Our intent and meaning is, That the &s;ayd Mu&s;couie Company, and none other, &s;hall or may buy, and &s;ell, barter, or contract for, any &s;uch Whalefinnes, as being imported contrary to this Our Proclamation &s;halbe confi&s;cate and &s;eized, and the &s;ame, being &s;old by the &s;ayd Company, may be afterward bought, contracted for, and v&s;ed by any other Our Subiects at their wil and plea&s;ure. Any thing heerein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Giuen at Our Mannour of Greenwich,</HI>
<DATE><HI>the eighteenth day of May, in the &s;euenteenth yeere of our Raigne of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the two and fiftieth.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>&leaf; Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maie&s;tie. <HI>Anno. M.DC.XIX.</HI></P>
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