WE being sensible how much it imports the Profit and Honour of this our Realm , that the Trade of Exporting of Woollen Manufactures into Germany , and the Seventeén Provinces of the Netherlands be encouraged and preserved under a due Regulation , which hath of long time beén maintained and carried on by the Company of Merchant-Adventurers , by vertue of several Grants , Charters , and Confirmations to them by Vs and Our Royal Predecessors heretofore made and Granted , to the great Advancement and Increase of the said Trade ; And being given to understand by the said Company , That their said Trade , and the Liberties and Priviledges by Vs and Our Royal Predecessors to them Granted , have beén very much of late Invaded and Infringed , and principally by Aliens , and other Foreigners , to whom We have extended Our Grace and Favour of Naturalization or Endenization ; Who in requital of Our Grace and Favour towards them , make it their endeavour to destroy the said Company , and being under no Rule or Regulation for Exporting the Woollen Manufacture , do take upon them to Ship , Transport , Carry , and Convey the Cloth and Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom unto the Town of Hambourg , and other parts of Germany , whereby , and by several deceitful practices of the said Foreigners , in counterfeiting the Marks , Seals , and Tillets of Persons Freé of the said Company , the said Trade will be in great danger of being impaired , if not totally lost to the Natives of this Our Realm : And for that the said Company have submitted it to Vs and Our Privy Council , to admit into the Freédom of the said Company , any of Our Subjects , whether Natives , Naturalized , or Endenized , upon such Terms as We by the Advice of Our Privy Council shall judge reasonable . We therefore of Our Princely Care for the Preservation and Regulation of the Trade of Cloth , and all other Woollen Manufactures now made , or hereafter to be made within this Our Kingdom , have thought fit , with Advice of Our Privy Council , to Declare and Publish Our Royal Will and Pleasure to be , and We do hereby strictly Will and Command , That no Person or Persons , Subject , or Subjects of Our Realm of England , Alien or Foreigner , Naturalized , or Endenized , shall from henceforth Ship , Transport , Carry , or Convey , or cause to be Shipped , Transported , Carried or Conveyed either from Our City or Port of London , or from any other City , Town , Port , Haven , or Creék of Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , any Woollen Cloth , either White Cloths , Coloured Cloths , Drest and Dyed out of the Whites , Cloths called Spanish Cloths , mixt or of one Colour , or any Bayes , Kersies , Perpetuanos , or any Stockins , or other Woollen Commodities whatsoever , now made , or hereafter to be made within Our Realm aforesaid , unto any thé Cities , Towns , Ports , or other Places within the Countreys of Germany , or the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands , saving onely such person or persons as are or shall be Free of , admitted and continued as Member of the said Fellowship of Merchant-Adventurers of England , and none others . And that no Freémen of the said Fellowship shall Ship , Transport , Carry , or Convey , or cause to be Shipped , Transported , Carried or Conveyed , any Cloths , or Woollen Manufactures made within Our Realm , Dominion , and Town of Berwick aforesaid , without special Licence of the said Fellowship , into any the parts of Germany , or the Seventeén Provinces of the Netherlands , save onely to the Publick Marts , Staples and Residences declared by the said Fellowship , within the parts aforesaid beyond the Seas for the time being , or to one of them . And to the end that this Trade may be the better improved in an orderly and well Governed way , Our Will and Pleasure is , That the said Fellowship of Merchant-Adventurers of England shall from henceforth from time to time , admit and receive into the Freedom of their said Fellowship , all and every such Our Subjects , and such as be Naturalized , or made Denizen , as shall at any time hereafter desire and demand the same : Paying Thirteén pounds six shillings eight pence as a Fine to the said Fellowship for their Entry , Income and Admittance thereunto : That is to say , such as are of London , to be meér Merchants , and exercised in that Profession , and no Shop-keepers , except giving over their Shops , and such as are of the Out-Ports , if bred in Merchandise , though Shop-keépers . Provided that every such Person , both of London , and of the Out-Ports aforesaid , do demand their said Freedom , and be actually admitted into the same within one Year next ensuing the Date hereof , and that their Sons and Servants shall at their several Admissions and making Freé , be admitted for the Sum of Six pounds thirteén shillings and four pence , according to the Statute of the Twelfth of Henry the Seventh . And Our further Will and Pleasure is , That no person or persons not qualified as aforesaid , shall presume to Trade in any the above mentioned Commodities , into any the Foreign Parts above named , upon pain of Our high Displeasure : For that We , in case We shall perceive that any person or persons shall neglect to take hold of this Our Grace hereby offered them to be admitted into the said Fellowship , and shall yet continue to Trade disorderly into the parts of Germany , or the Seventeén Provinces of the Netherlands , and out of the Mart and Staple Towns of the said Fellowship of Merchant-Adventurers therein for the time being , We shall not onely have cause for the future utterly to deny and exclude them of this Grace , but will require a strict account of such persons for their contempt and neglect of this Our Royal Command herein , and will take such course as shall be fitting for their punishment , and for the future restraint of such Disorders . And to the end that the Charters and Government of the said Fellowship may be the better put in execution , and to the intent that all Offenders against the same may be discovered and brought to Iustice , and such Punishment inflicted upon them for such their Offences , as by their said Charters , Orders and Constitutions ought to be inflicted on such as wilfully and contemptuously transgress against Our Charters , and this Our Proclamation in pursuance of the same ; We do by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council , hereby Will and Command , as well the Iudges of Our High Court of Admiralty , as the Marshal and under-Officers of the same , as also Our Commissioners or Farmers of Our Customs for the time being , and the Searchers of Our Customs in all Our Ports of England , and the several Officers of what kind soever , belonging to , and attending the Service of Our Customs outwards , as also Our Admirals , Vice-Admirals , Commanders , Captains , and Officers whatsoever of any of Our Royal Ships , or any of Our Castles , Block-houses and Forts respectively , and all other Our Officers and Ministers in their several Places to be Aiding and Assisting unto the said Fellowship and Company of Merchant-Adventurers of England , and all such as they shall Employ in all matters and things tending to the Supportation of the Government of the said Fellowship and Company , and Regulating of their Trade , and for the Preservation of the Priviledges , Iurisdictions , and Franchises by Our Royal Predecessors to them Granted , and by Our Self to them Confirmed by Our Letters Patents .