WHereas it is found by Experience , That Traffique with Infidels and Barbarous Nations not in Amity with Vs , and who are not holden by any League or Treaty , cannot be carried on without the Establishment of Forts and Factories in places convenient , the maintenance whereof requires so great and constant Expence , that it cannot be otherwise defrayed , then by Managing the whole Trade by a Ioynt Stock ; We in Our Royal Wisdom taking the same into Our serious Consideration , and more especially having found by experience , That the whole Trade of the Coast of Guiny , Buiny and Angola , and other parts and places of Africa , so much importing our Service , and the Enriching of this Our Kingdom , was very much abated , and attempted to be Ingrossed by Foreigners , and in eminent danger to be utterly lost , and taken from Vs , and Our loving Subjects , not onely by Foreign Force , but by the Violence and Inconstancy of the Heathen Natives : For the Recovery and Preservation whereof , We were Graciously pleased to encourage and invite Our loving Subjects to Raise a Ioynt Stock to be used and imployed therein : And in consideration thereof , and for the better Securing of such as should come in and be concerned in the said Ioynt Stock and Trade , We did by Our Letters Patents under Our Great Seal of England , bearing date the Seven and twentieth day of September , in the Four and twentieth year of Our Reign , Grant unto several of Our loving Subjects , the whole entire and onely Trade into and from Africa , from the Port of Sally in South Barbary inclusive , to the Cape de Bona Esperanza inclusive , with all the Islands near adjoyning to those Coasts , and comprehended within the Limits aforesaid , and did Incorporate them by the name of The Royal African Company of England ; And the said Company having raised a very great Stock sufficient to Manage the Trade thereof , have since , at their great Expence and Charge , Fortified and Setled divers Garisons , Forts and Factories , by which means they have so Secured the said Trade , that the same doth now begin to flourish , and if not disturbed , is likely to be further improved to the great benefit of this Our Kingdom ; Nevertheless , We are Informed by the humble Petition of the said Company , That divers of Our Subjects in several of Our Plantations in America , who are not Members of the said Company , nor any ways concerned in their Stock , do endeavour to reap the Benefit and Fruit thereof ; and to that end have already sent several Ships into those parts to Trade , and are providing more , the which if it should be permitted , and not strictly and presently prevented , will disable the said Company from supporting the great Charge of maintaining the said Forts , Garisons and Factories , and consequently , unavoidably occasion the loss of the whole Trade of those Countreys : Wherefore for remedy thereof We have thought fit , with Advice of Our Privy Council , to Publish and Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure to be , And We do hereby strictly Prohibit and Forbid all and every of Our Subjects whatsoever , Except the said Royal Company and their Successours , at any time or times hereafter , to send or Navigate any Ship or Ships , Vessel or Vessels , or Exercise any Trade from any of Our Plantations , Dominions , or Countreys in America , to any of the Parts or Coasts of Africa , from Sally to Cape de Bona Esperanza , or any of the Islands near thereunto , as aforesaid , or from thence to carry any Negro Servants , Gold , Elephants Teeth , or any other Goods or Merchandizes of the Product or Manufacture of the said Places , to any of Our American Dominions or Plantations , upon pain of Our high Displeasure , and the forfeiture and loss of the said Negro's , Gold , Elephants Teeth , and all other Goods and Merchandizes , and the Ships or Vessels which shall bring or carry the same . And We do hereby also strictly Require and Command all Our Governours , Deputy-Governours , Admirals , Vice-Admirals , Generals , Iudges of Our Courts of Admiralty , Commanders of Our Forts and Castles , Captains of Our Royal Ships , Iustices of the Peace , Provost-Marshals , Marshals , Comptrollers , Collectors of Our Customs , Wayters , Searchers , and all other Our Officers and Ministers Civil and Military , by Sea or Land , in every of Our said American Dominions or Plantations , to take effectual care , That no person or persons whatsoever within their respective Limits or Iurisdictions ( except the said Company and their Successours ) do send or Navigate any Ships or Vessels , or Exercise any Trade from any of Our said Dominions or Plantations , to any part of the said Coast of Africa , within the Limits aforesaid , or from thence to Import any Negro Servants , Gold , Elephants Teeth , or other Goods of the Product of any of those Parts , into any of Our said Dominions or Plantations in America ; And if any person or persons shall presume to act or do in any wise contrary to this Our Royal Proclamation , to the end Our Will and Pleasure herein may be the better observed , We do further Will , Require , and strictly Command all Our said Governours , Deputy-Governours , Admirals , Vice-Admirals , Generals , Iudges of Our Court of Admiralty , Commanders of Our Forts and Castles , Captains of Our Royal Ships , Iustices of the Peace , Provost-Marshals , Marshals , Comptrollers , Collectors of Our Customs , Wayters , Searchers , and all other Our Officers and Ministers Civil and Military , by Sea or Land , in every of Our said American Dominions and Plantations , That as often as need shall require , they be Aiding and Assisting to the said Royal African Company , their Successors , Factors , Deputies or Assigns , to Attach , Arrest , Take and Seize all such Ship or Ships , Vessel or Vessels , Negro Servants , Gold , Elephants Teeth , or Goods , Wares and Merchandizes , wheresoever they shall be found , for Our Vse , according to Our Royal Charter Granted to the said Company , upon pain of Our high Displeasure , and as they will answer the contrary at their Perils .