WHereas several Complaints have be●● made unto His Highness , That great quantities of Woolls , Wool-fels , and Fullers-Ea●●h , are daily transported out of the Dominions of this Commonwealth into the Parts beyo●● the Seas , notwithstanding the many good and wholesome Laws and Statutes heretofor● made and provided ( and yet in force ) against the same , to the great inhauncing of the Rates ●nd Prices of those Commodities , and the apparent hurt , detriment and prejudice of the State And His Highness having taken the same into due consideration , and ( with the advice of ●●s Council ) weighing the evil consequences thereof , both to the Manufactures of this Nation And also considering the prejudice that may happen to the Commonwealth in general , if some timely course be not t●en for preventing the same : And whereas by several Acts , Statutes and Ordinances heretofore made , the transp●●●ing the same is prohibited under sundry great and severe penalties ; and to the intent none may pretend ignorance 〈◊〉 the same , as also to quicken His Highness Officers and Ministers , and others , to whom the execution of those ●aws , so advantagious and necessary to the Publique , is intrusted , to do their duties therein , His Highness ( by ●●d with the advice of His Council ) hath thought fit to publish this His Proclamation , letting all the People 〈◊〉 this Commonwealth know , That His Highness shall expect and require a due and exact obedience to the Law●●n that behalf made : And His Highness likewise signifies His pleasure , That he intends a full and effectual ●●osecution against all offenders and transgressors against the said Laws , and that the utmost rigour and extrem●● thereof shall be required , without any hope of mitigation or moderation : And if any extremity shall happen to any one therein , his Highness shall account it Iustice , having discharged His duty in giving notice . And yet ● a further manifestation of His care , hath thought fit to publish the effect of the last Law made for suppressing t●●●ame ; ( viz. ) That by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , published the Nine●●●nth day of January , in the year our Lord , One thousand six hundred forty seven , It is Ordained , That it shall n●●●e lawfull for any person or persons , to lade , ship , or carry in any Ship , Barge , Boat , or other Vessel , or otherwise ●ny Wooll of the growth of England or Ireland , or the Dominion of Wales , or any Woollen Yarn , Woollen Flox , ●ool-fell , Fullers Earth , Clay , Tobacco-pipe-Clay , or any other Earth or Clay which may be used in the Art o● Fulling , of intent to transport or carry the same into any place or places of the parts beyond the Seas , or into Sco●●●nd , by Land or by Sea , or to carry the same to any Ship or other Vessel whatsoever to be transported , upon the ●in of the forfeiture of the said Woolls , Woollen-yarn , Woollen Flox , Wool-fell , and Earth or Clay so laden , sh●ed , carried or transported , and three shillings for every pound of such Wooll , Yarn , Flox , and Earth or Clay ; ●●d for every pound weight of the said Earth or Clay three shillings , to be forfeited by the owner or owners thereof ; ●nd also the owner of the said ships or vessels , knowing of such offence , to forfeit all their interest in the said ships or ●essels , with all their apparel and furniture to them and every of them belonging ; and the Master and Mariner● knowing of such offence , to forfeit all their Goods and Chattels , and to have Imprisonment by the space of o●● whole year without Bayl or Mainprize . And it is by the said Ordinance further Ordained , That if any Me●●hant , or any other person or persons should transport , or cause to be transported any of the said Earth or Clay , Wo●●● , Woollen-yarn , or Woollen Flox , or Wool-fells , contrary to the intent of the said Ordinance , That then he should ●●e disabled for requiring any Debt or Accompt of any Factor or others , for or concerning any Debt or Estate , prop●●●y belonging to such Merchant and Offender , to his own use . And that if any owner of the land where such Clay ● Earth should be digged or gotten should be privy unto , or know of such Transportation by any person or persons , ●nd should not discover the same to some Iustice or Iustices of the Peace , within three moneths of such his kno●●edge , he should for every such offence forfeit Five hundred pounds of lawful Money of England : And that i●●uch Iustice of Peace to whom such discovery should be made , should not certifie the same under his Hand and S●●l to the Barons of the Exchequer , or one of them , within three Moneths following , he should for every such o●●●nce forfeit One hundred pounds of like lawful Money . Now to the intent transgressors may not be encouraged 〈◊〉 the negligence of Officers and Courts of Iustice , His Highness ( by and with the advice of his Council ) doth ●●point , Authorize and Command , as well the Barons of the Exchequer , as the Attorney and Sollicitor-Genera●● That they and every of them do speedily and effectually put in execution the aforesaid Ordinance of Parliament and all and every other the Laws and Statutes made against transporting Woolls , Wool-fels , and Fullers-E●●th ; and that they and every of them do likewise in their several places effectually prosecute all and every such pe●●on and persons , whose Names have been already brought , or which shall hereafter be brought to them , or any of ●●em , and who have offended , or that shall hereafter offend against the Law , in transporting Woolls , Wool-fels , a●d Fullers-Earth ( in Our Courts of Iustice ) and every such person and persons so offending , to punish accordin● to their and every of their demerits , and according to the true intent and meaning of the several Statutes , Law● and Ordinances in that case made and provided , and of his Highness Pleasure herein declared . And his High●ess doth further ( by and with the advice of his Council ) Will and Require , and straightly Charge and Comman● the Commissioners , and other Off●cers of the Customs in the several Ports of England , and in the Town and ●●rt of Barwick , That they and every of them respectively in their several places , do take very good and sufficient ●ecurity , That all Goods carried into Scotland , be accordingly delivered and landed at some Port there ; and that ●uthentique Certificates be thereof returned to the Commissioners and other Officers of the Customs , within ●ll and every the Ports in England , out of which the said Goods were exported , before any Bonds be cancelled or delivered up by the Officers of the Customs within any of the said Ports . And further , His Highness ( by and with the advice of his Council ) doth Will and Declare , That if such Certificate and Certificates so to be returned in manner aforesaid , be not returned within six Moneths next ensuing the time to be limited in every such Bond , for the return thereof to the said Commissioners and other Officers of the Customs in the several Ports in England , out of which the said Goods were exported as aforesaid ; That then , and in all such cases , the said Commissioners , and other Officers of the Customs within the several Ports of England , in whose hands and custodies such Bonds shall be , at the expiration of the said six Moneths , shall return , or cause to be returned the said Bonds , and every of them , into the Court of Exchequer at Westminster , there to be proceeded upon accordingly . And His Highness doth further ( by and with the advice of his Council ) straightly Charge and Command the said Commissioners , and other Officers of the Customs in the several Ports of England , and in the Town and Port of Barwick , That they , and every of them , by themselves , their Servants , or Agents , do hereafter use their utmost care and diligence , to hinder and prevent the exportation of Woolls , Wool-fels , and Fullers-Earth , under any colour , pretence or means whatsoever ; And that the said Commissioners , and other Officers of the Customs within the several Ports of England , and in the Town and Port of Barwick , by themselves , their Agents or Servants , do enter into all and every Ship , Barque , Hoy , and other Vessel , wherein suspicion shall be of any Wooll , Wool-fels , or Fullers-Earth , and therein to make search for all such Wooll , Wool-fels , or Fullers-Earth there concealed , and the same being found , to take and seize for his Highness use , as forfeited , and shall return the Names of all and every such person and persons from time to time so offending , unto the Barons of the Exchequer , or the Attorney or Sollicitor-General , to the end they may be proceeded against , and punished according to their demerits , and the true intent and meaning of the Laws and Statutes in that behalf made , and of his Highness Will and Pleasure herein declared , And his Highness doth further straightly Charge and Command all Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Constables , Headboroughs , and other Officers and Ministers within the several Ports , Cities and Towns Corporate , and other places within England , and also within the Town and Port of Barwick , That they and every of them in their respective places , be ayding and assisting to the Commissioners , and other Officers of the Customs within the several Ports of England , and in the Town and Port of Barwick , in the searching out and seizing of all such Wooll , Wool-fels , and Fullers-earth so concealed as aforesaid , and in the due execution of all and every the premises .