HIs Majesty having received many Informations and Complaints , That notwithstanding the Statute made in the Third year of King Edward the Fourth , Cap. 4. Forbidding the Importation of Woollen Clothes , Ribbands , Laces , Imbroidery , Gloves , and several other Manufactures therein named and specified ; One other Act made in the Fourteenth year of His Majesties Reign , Prohibiting the Importation of Foreign Bonelace , Cutwork , Imbroidery , Fringe , Bandstrings , Buttons , and Neédlework ; One other Act made in the Twenty ninth and Thirtieth years of His Majesties Reign , Prohibiting several French Commodities therein named and specified , great quantities of the Commodities Prohibited by the said Laws respectively , have beén , and are daily Imported into this Kingdom by private and indirect practices , and also by many notorious Oppositions , Assaults , Beatings , Rescues , and Riots , which the Officers of the Customs , and others willing to put the said Acts in execution , have and do daily meét with , in and about Seizing the said Goods according to Law ; and by reason thereof very many of the said Prohibited Commodities escape Seizure and Prosecution , and the Offenders the Penalties enjoyned by those Acts , and the said Commodities are daily , both publickly and privately vended in Shops , Taverns , and other places . His Majesty therefore considering the evil effects and consequences to the Kingdom in general , and to Himself in His Customs in particular , in not having the said Acts put in strict execution , doth by this His Royal Proclamation ( by and with the Advice of His Privy Council ) Publish and Declare His Royal Will and Pleasure to be , That none of the Commodities whatsoever Prohibited by the said Acts , be Imported , Sold , Vended , or kept in this His Kingdom , or other places in the said Acts mentioned respectively , contrary to the true intent and meaning of the said Acts ; and doth hereby Require and Command all Iudges , Vice-Admirals , Commanders of His Majesties Ships , Iustices of the Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Customers , Comptrollers , Searchers , and other Officers of the Customs , Constables , Tythingmen , Borsholders , and all other His Majesties Officers , Ministers , and loving Subjects whatsoever , That they and every of them in their respective Places and Iurisdictions , do from time to time use their best and utmost endeavours in causing the said Acts of Parliament , and all and every the Powers and Authorities thereby given for the Restraining , Prohibiting , Seizing , Securing , Proceéding against any the said Prohibited Commodities , to be put in due and effectual execution in all things , according to the purport , true intent and meaning of the said Laws respectively ; and in all things to be aiding and assisting to all and every the Officers of His Majesties Customs , or other person or persons whatsoever , who shall Seize or Stay , or having Information of , shall desire or endeavour to Search for , Seize , Stay , or Secure any of the said Prohibited Commodities in any Ships or Vessels , Houses , Shops , Cellars , Ports , Creéks , or other places whatsoever within the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , in order to bring the same to Prosecution and Trial , according to the said Acts respectively , and to Restrain and Suppress all Breaches of the Peace , Riots , Routs , Tumults , and other Assemblies had or to be had in opposition or hindrance of any Search for , Seizure of , or other Prosecution upon , or Execution of the said Acts , or any of them ; and to Bind over , Imprison , and Punish according to Law , as well the Offenders therein , as also all and every other Person or Persons , who either upon Land or Water , shall Resist , Oppose , or hinder the Seizing or Carrying away to His Majesties Warehouse , or being Seized , who shall receive or take away any the said Prohibited Commodities , or that shall Assault , Beat , Wound , or hinder any the Officers , or other Persons whatsoever , Seizing or taking away any such Prohibited Commodities . And His Majesty doth hereby Declare , That he doth and will expect an exact and ready Conformity and Obedience to this His Royal Proclamation , under the pain of His high Displeasure , and of such other Punishments as His Majesty may or can Inffict upon such who shall Contemn or Disobey His Royal Will and Pleasure therein contained .