WHereas by an Act made by the Lords and Commons Assembled at Westminster , in the Twelfth year of Our Reign , with Our Consent , Entituled , An Act for the encouraging and increasing of Shipping and Navigation , and after Confirmed by an Act made in this present Parliament , It was Enacted and Declared , That no Goods or Commodities that were of Foreign Growth , Production , or Manufacture , and which were to be brought into England , Ireland , Wales , the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , in English built Shipping , or other Shipping belonging to some of the aforesaid places , and Navigated by English Mariners , as in the same Act is particularly mentioned , should be Shipped or brought from any Place or Places , Countrey or Countreys , but only from those of their said Growth , Production or Manufacture , or from those parts where the said Goods and Commodities could only , or were , or usually have been first Shipped for Transportation , and from none other Places or Countreys ; under the Penalty of the Forfeiture of all such of the aforesaid Goods as should be Imported from any other Place or Countrey , contrary to the true intent and meaning of the same Act , as also of the Ship in which they were Imported , with all her Guns , Furniture , Ammunition , Tackle and Apparel , as in and by the same Act ( amongst other things ) may more fully appear : And whereas it is manifest to vs by the Certificate of the late Commissioners of Our Customs , made to Our High-Treasurer and Chancellor of Our Exchequer , after Consultation and Advice with several Merchants , and the chief of the Grocers Company in London , That Nutmegs , Cinnamon , Cloves and Mace , Imported in England since the Making and Publishing the said Act for the encouraging and increasing of Shipping and Navigation , have been by stealth only , and without paying any Custom , brought in by the Dutch and Foreign Merchants , and foul Traders at home , and that it must necessarily be so , because the Dutch are Prohibited ( who have for many years had the sole Trade thereof ) and the English cannot Transport them from Holland , because they Import them not from the place of their Growth , and the English East-India-Company themselves having no capacity to do it until they be restored to Poteroon , or gain some of the Spice-Islands ; so as neither to them ( until such a conjuncture ) nor to any other would a general Freedom of Importing the same Spices be any prejudice , but would certainly render the Commodity cheaper to Our good Subjects of this Our Kingdom , then now it is , and not only give great content and satisfaction to all Merchants and Traders in Spices , but redound to the universal good of Trade : We taking the same into Our Princely Consideration , and intending the Publick good and benefit of Our loving Subjects herein , Do by this Our Proclamation ( with the Advice of Our Privy Council ) Publish and Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure to be , That it shall and may be lawful , and We do hereby Give and Grant unto all Merchants and other persons whatsoever , full and free Licence and Liberty from the Publication hereof , to Import Nutmegs , Cinnamon , Cloves and Mace , in any English Ships from any parts beyond the Seas , into this Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , Isles of Guernsey and Jersey , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , or any of them , paying the Customs and Duties thereof , according to the Book of Rates in that behalf made and established , until the said East-India-Company can serve this Our Kingdom and the parts aforesaid with the same Commodities from India , and Our Pleasure be thereupon Published to the contrary , and that without any Pain , Penalty , or Forfeiture whatsoever for the same : And We do hereby Will and Command all Our Officers and Subjects whatsoever , That they do not presume to seize or meddle with any Goods or Ship , or any the Tackle thereof , or any ways Molest , Sue , or Question any Merchant , or other person or persons whatsoever , for , or by means or colour of Importation of any the Spices aforesaid , according to the Licence and Liberty therein hereby given and granted as aforesaid ; the said Act of Navigation , or any Clause , Matter or thing therein contained , or any other Act , Ordinance , Provision , or Proclamation whatsoever to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding .