By the King a proclamation touching tobacco. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) 1625 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A22354 STC 8767 ESTC S3497 33150340 ocm 33150340 28556 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A22354) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28556) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1876:29) By the King a proclamation touching tobacco. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 2 leaves. By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, Imprinted at London : M.DC.XXV [1625] Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Forbidding importation except from Bermuda and Virginia. "Giuen at Our Court at White-Hall, this ninth day of April, in the first yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland. Reproduction of original in: Society of Antiquaries. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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WHereas Our most deare Father , of blessed memorie , deceased , for many weighty and important Reasons of State , and at the humble suit of His Commons in Parliament , did lately publish two seuerall Proclamations , the one dated the nine and twentieth day of September , now last past , and the other the second of March following , for the vtter prohibiting of the importation , and vse of all Tobacco , which is not of the proper growth of the Colonies of Virginia and the Sommer Islands , or one of them , with such Cautious , and vnder such Paines and Penalties , as are in those Proclamations at large expressed : Wee , tendring the prosperity of those Colonies and Plantations , and holding it to bee a matter of great consequence vnto Us , and to the honour of Our Crowne , not to desert , or neglect those Colonies , whereof the foundations , with hopefull successe , haue been so happily layd by Our Father , beeing giuen to vnderstand , that diuers persons intending onely their priuate gaine , and neglecting all considerations of the publique , in this short time , whilest Wee haue been necessarily taken vp in ordering of the great affaires of Our Kingdomes and State , haue taken the boldnesse , secretly , and by stealth , to import and vtter great quantities of Tobacco , which is not of the growth of the Plantations aforesaid , to the vtter destruction of those Plantations , as much as in them lieth ; Wee haue thought fit , for the preuenting of those inconueniences , which may otherwise ensue , to the irrecouerable dammage of those Plantations , and of Our seruice , to publish and declare Our Royall pleasure for the present , touching the premisses , vntill vpon more mature deliberation Wee shall see cause to alter , or adde vnto the same , in any part . And Wee doe therefore straitly charge and command , that no person whatsoeuer , of what degree or qualitie soeuer , doe at any time hereafter , either directly or indirectly , import , buy , sell or vtter , plant , cherish , or vse , or cause to bee imported , sold , or vttered , cherished , planted , or vsed , in Our Realmes of England , or Ireland , or Dominion of Wales , or in any Isles or places thereunto belonging any Tobacco , of any sort whatsoeuer , which is not of the proper growth of the said Colonies , or one of them ; And that no person whatsoeuer , by any shift or deuice whatsoeuer , doe receiue , or conceale , or colour the Tobacco of any other , so imported , planted , bought , sold , vttered , or vsed within Our sayd Realmes , or Dominions , or the Isles or places aforesaid , or any part thereof , vpon paine of forteiture unto Us , of all such Tobacco so to be imported , bought , sold , planted , vttered , or vsed , contrary to the true meaning of these presents , in whose hands soeuer the same shall be found , and vpon such further paines and penalties , as by the Lawes and Statutes of these Our Realms , or by the Censure of Our Courts of Star-Chamber , in either of Our said Kingdomes respectiuely , can or may be inflicted vpon the offenders , for contempt of this Our Royall Command ; and to be reputed and taken as enemies to Our proceedings , and to those Plantations , which so much concerne Our honour , and the honour and profit of Our State. And Our further will and command is , that all the forreigne Tobacco , of what sort soeuer , which is not of the proper growth of those Plantations or one of them , shall before the fourth day of May , now next ensuing , bee transported out of Our Realmes and Dominions , as by the sayd former Proclamations it was directed and commanded , vpon paine of forfeiture thereof , and vpon the other paines and penalties aforesayd to be inflicted vpon the offenders . And Our pleasure is , That all such forreigne Tobacco may bee freely exported by any person whatsoeuer , without paying to Us , or to Our vse , any Subsidie , or other duetie for the same . Giuen at Our Court at White-Hall , this ninth day of April , in the first yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine , France , and Ireland . God saue the King. ¶ Printed at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie . M.DC.XXV .