REASONS
Humbly
offered
against
the
Bill
for
granting
a
General
Liberty
to
all
Persons
whatsoever
,
to
Export
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Nation
to
Hamburgh
,
Germany
,
Holland
,
Flanders
and
the
parts
adjacent
.
WHEREAS
by
an
Act
made
in
the
First
Year
of
their
Majesties
Reign
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
better
Promoting
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
Encouraging
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Kingdom
,
it
was
,
amongst
other
things
,
Enacted
,
That
from
thence
forward
it
should
and
might
be
Lawful
to
and
for
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
to
Buy
any
of
the
said
Manufactures
;
and
the
same
freely
,
without
any
Molestation
or
Trouble
whatsoever
,
to
Export
into
divers
Places
beyond
the
Seas
(
whereof
Hamburgh
,
Germany
,
Holland
,
Flanders
and
the
parts
adjacent
are
part
)
upon
Payment
of
the
usual
Customs
:
Which
Act
was
to
Continue
from
thence
to
the
End
of
this
present
Session
of
Parliament
.
And
whereas
,
upon
a
surmise
,
That
the
said
General
Liberty
,
granted
by
the
said
Act
,
hath
occasioned
a
far
greater
Exportation
of
the
said
Wooller
.
Manufactures
,
and
occasioned
the
Price
of
Wooll
to
rise
,
leave
hath
been
given
,
by
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
,
to
bring
in
a
Bill
for
the
Continuing
of
the
said
General
Liberty
of
Exportation
.
It
is
humbly
hoped
,
That
it
will
be
made
to
appear
to
the
said
Honourable
House
,
That
the
said
General
Liberty
in
and
by
the
said
Act
Granted
,
hath
not
occasioned
any
greater
Quantity
of
the
said
Manufactures
to
be
Exported
to
the
parts
aforesaid
,
nor
occasioned
the
price
of
Wooll
to
rise
;
but
that
the
Continuance
of
such
a
Liberty
will
be
very
prejudicial
to
the
Interest
of
this
Nation
in
general
;
And
particularly
,
That
it
hath
and
will
more
and
more
lessen
the
imploying
of
English
Shiping
;
That
it
will
wholly
remove
the
said
Exportation
,
as
it
hath
in
a
great
measure
already
done
,
out
of
the
Hands
of
English
Merchants
and
Subjects
,
into
the
Hands
and
Power
of
Foreigners
;
That
it
will
be
very
prejudicial
to
the
Rights
and
Priviledges
of
the
City
of
London
;
That
it
will
Impoverish
the
Clothing
Countries
,
and
make
the
price
of
Wooll
to
fall
;
and
,
That
it
will
not
only
lessen
,
but
endanger
the
total
Loss
of
the
said
Manufactures
to
this
Kingdom
,
and
the
great
Priviledges
and
Immunities
which
to
the
Honour
and
Profit
of
this
Nation
have
been
and
may
be
acquired
in
the
parts
aforesaid
,
in
and
by
a
Regulated
way
of
Trade
in
the
said
Manufactures
,
whereof
the
Nation
in
general
,
and
every
English
Merchant
and
Subject
in
particular
,
may
have
the
Benefit
.
That
a
Petition
is
prepared
,
subscribed
by
many
English
Merchants
and
others
,
praying
leave
to
be
heard
against
the
said
Bill
.
All
which
is
most
humbly
recommended
to
the
serious
Consideration
of
every
particular
Member
of
this
Honourable
House
,
as
being
a
Matter
of
great
Moment
and
Consequence
to
the
Trade
and
Interest
of
this
Nation
.