MArquesse of Castel Rodrigo , principall of my Secret Councell , my Viceroy and Captaine Generall in the Kingdome of Portugall . You haue vnderstood long since , that causes which mooued the K. my Lord ( whome God hath taken vnto him ) to prohibit the trade & dealings , which my rebels of Holland & Zealand vsed in these Countries & Kingdomes , with the English , & other enemies of our Lord God , & of my kingdoms : as also the reasons which haue hapned in my time concerning the same matter , & such as haue lately hapned , your selfe beeing present in Councell , when the same was resolued vpon and determined . And seeing that at this present time , many reasons concurre , moouing vs to the execution of the said prohibition , and to see that such orders as are therein prescribed , be seuerely helde and maintained : my selfe being by diuers enformed ( that notwithstanding the said orders ) the aforesaid Englishmen , Rebels , and what enemies else soeuer , haue in no other place elsewhere so common and frequent trade , as in the Hauens of these our dominions , dayly ariuing in our said Hauens , with their own Ships laden , & with false and cullored proofes and Pasports , as if they came from free Citties or Townes , or else with the Ships of the high Dutch , or other strange Ships : although that by the nature of the said lading it is presumed that the commodities are of the Ilands , or English : the keeping of the said ordenances ( so made & published vpon all these reasons ) being of so great importance , that the reducing of the state of the same countries dependeth thereon . Whereof I haue resolued , that this contraction and commorce shal be wholy broken and prohibited , to the ende that therewith also the molestations ( which vnder colour heerof ) haue been accustomed to be vsed towards the ships of my friends and confederates , may cease , which haue been esteemed for enemies , and that the one ceasing , the other shall be prohibited . To which ende I haue consented , that you onely , & such persons ( as your selfe shall nominate ) haue power and authoritie to take knowledge of all matters and occurrences appertaining to these arrestes . Likewise I giue vnto you power and authoritie by vertue of this present commission and facultie , to visit , and to giue order that all Ships of strangers which shall come into the Hauens of these our said kingdomes may bee visited , naming and appointing thereunto in euerye Hauen , some one person of such qualitie & credit , that your selfe may bee therein quiet and contented , which shall vse therein such faithfulnes and integritie , as may be needefull and necessary , or at least wise in the most frequented Hauens of moste importaunce , with commission that to this effect they may seaze on all , or at least wise on such as shal fall first into their hands : & such as shall be found to be of the Rebels , English , or other myne enemies , you shall arrest all the persons which shall come in the same Shippes : and shall also attache and lay handes on all the goods and Marchandize which they shall bring , to the ende that ( the same being conuinced , and prooued to come from the landes of enemies and Rebels , and the actions being prosecuted according to forme of law ) you condemne the same to be lost and confiscated , as by me is ordained , applycating the same according to the accustomed manner , as more perticularly at large appeareth in the aforesaid ordinances , and others which I esteeme as inserted heereunto . And whatsoeuer you shall in this manner condemne and confiscate , you shall presently cause to be solde , without let or hindrance of any appeale whatsoeuer , which may in the Interim happen , and the same shall be done by Port sale or Out-cry , to the most benefit and profit you can . Vnto all which doings , the sercher Generall Don Iuan de Londona , shall repayre to be present , as soone as any such Shippes or any of them shall be taken or seazed : and that the same Shippes , and the goods therein laden , shall be Inuentared , if the same doe happen where hee shall be resident . And for other places thereabouts , such other as shall be appointed for this seruice in his name . And all such summes of money as shall proceede heereof , you shall giue order that the same shall be put into a Christ , with three keyes , hauing different lockes , in the presence of the beforenamed sercher Generall : whereof you shal haue one , Don Iuan de Londona ( aforesaid ) the second , and the third shall be deliuered vnto the Paymaster , who shall receiue these moneyes . And my will and pleasure is , that no man shal touch the same money , for any cause whatsoeuer , that shall happen for my seruice , how speciall or importunate the same may bee , without my perticular order before had . And in the Hauens betweene Duero and Mino where the like diligence is needfull , the same shall bee accomplished in the presence of such as shall serue there for sercher of the Martiall men in those quarters : who also shall haue one key of the Chist which shall there be appointed , and the second shall be giuen to him whome you shall thereunto nominate , and the third shall serue for the Paymaster generall , vsing such diligence as is before specifyed . And to the ende that men may heerein proceed with such iustification and vpright dealing , as is thereunto necessary or needfull : you are heereby aduertised , that all the appeales ( which for Iustice sake may in these causes take place , made from the sentences pronounced by you , or by such persons as by your commission shall be thereunto appointed ) shall bee made before my Councell at warres , and not before any others sitting in place of Iustice , or other Courts whatsoeuer . To all which , and to euery part therof , & whatsoeuer else shall thereto appertaine , depend theron , or concerne the same : I giue and lend you so full power , commission & authority : & to such persons as you shal thereunto appoint or nominate , as therunto shall be needfull and requisite . And I commaund that no man , of what quality , respect , or condition soeuer , shal heerein intermeddle or intrude himselfe , but you onely , and such persons as you shall thereunto nominate , and that such persons shall remit and send vnto you , & to such persons which shal execute this commission by your appointment , all such processes and actions , which are or shall be brought into their Courts , touching questions and differences vpon goods , comming out of Holland , Zealand , and England : and also I command that they seaze , forbeare , and forbid all farther proceedings therin , eyther dyrectly or vndirectly , and al such notaries or other persons , which shall haue any manner of such inuentaries , or actions , concerning and belonging vnto any such arrestes or possessions , I commaund them to deliuer vnto you the originals , as soone as you shall demaund the same , on such penalty as you shall set thereon . Also , I commaund the Master of the Requestes , and the Gouernour of the Hauens , and the Corregidores , and all other Iudges , and Courts of my Kingdome of Portugall , that they hinder you not in the execution of these matters before written : but that they shew vnto you all needfull fauour , helpe and assistance : and to al others ( as is aforesaid ) which you shall nominate or appoint : and that they shall inuiolably follow and keepe , such orders which you shall eyther giue , or send them , because the necessity of our seruice so requireth .