By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the importation of cordage and cable-yarn from foreign parts England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32603 of text R37628 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3533). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A32603 Wing C3533 ESTC R37628 16991838 ocm 16991838 105642 2240858054

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A32603) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105642) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1611:50) By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the importation of cordage and cable-yarn from foreign parts England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 broadside. Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., London : 1674/5 [i.e. 1675] "Given at our court at Whitehall the 20th day of February, 1674, in the seven and twentieth year of our reign." Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng England and Wales. -- Royal Navy -- Procurement. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Stuarts, 1603-1714. eebo By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting the importation of cordage and cable-yarn from foreign parts. England and Wales. Sovereign 1675 1 515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-09 Sampled and proofread 2009-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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By the King . A PROCLAMATION , Prohibiting the Importation of Cordage and Cable-Yarn from Foreign Parts . CHARLES R.

THe Kings most Excellent Majesty being Informed , That the Importing of Cordage and Cable-Yarn ready Wrought , and Manufactured in Foreign parts , doth not onely Indanger the Lives and Ships of many of His Majesties Subjects , by reason the same Cordage and Yarn is for the most part deceitfully Made , but doth also tend to the great Prejudice and Impoverishment of the Rope-makers of this His Realm , who for want of Imployment are Reduced to great Necessity : His Majesty therefore for their better Incouragement , and the preservation of so useful an Art and Manufacture among His own Subjects , is Graciously Pleased by this His Royal Proclamation ( with the Advice of His Privy Council ) strictly to Charge , Prohibit , and Command , That from the First day of May next , no Person or Persons , Natives , Aliens , or others , do , or shall Import , Bring , or Convey , or cause to be Imported , Brought , or Conveyed , into the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , or Port or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , from or out of any part or place beyond the Seas , by way of Merchandize , or to be Sold or Exchanged , any Cordage or Cable-Yarn whatsoever , ready Wrought , and Made in parts beyond the Seas ( other then such as shall be Made in Russia of the Hemp of the Growth of that Countrey , ) upon pain of Forfeiting all that by Law is Forfeitable , and such other Punishment as by the Law , or His Majesties Prerogative Royal , may be inflicted upon the Contemners of His Royal Authority . And His Majesty doth further Charge and Require the Commissioners of His Customs , Controllers , Searchers , and Officers of His Ports , and all other Persons whatsoever , to Seize any Cordage or Yarn that shall be Imported , Sold , or Exchanged , contrary to His Majesties Pleasure herein Declared , and to be Diligent and Careful in the Preventing the Importation of the Cordage and Yarn hereby Prohibited , and the Discovery of the same , to the end the Offenders may be duly Punished ; His Majesty also Commanding all Iustices of the Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Constables , and other Officers whatsoever , to be Aiding and Assisting in all things Requisite for the Observation and due Execution of this His Majesties Royal Proclamation .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall , the 20th day of February , 1674. in the Seven and twentieth year of Our Reign . GOD SAVE THE KING .

LONDON , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1674/5.