unto his grace, his majesty's high commissioner, and the right honourable, the estates of parliament. the owners and masters of the ships belonging to the town of borrowstounness, grange-panns, and queensferrie. approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). b wing u d estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. b ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) unto his grace, his majesty's high commissioner, and the right honourable, the estates of parliament. the owners and masters of the ships belonging to the town of borrowstounness, grange-panns, and queensferrie. scotland. parliament. committee of estates. sheet ([ ] p.) s.n., [edinburgh : ] caption title. imprint suggested by wing. complaining about the tonnage charges made in favour of john adair and captain john slezer. reproduction of the original in the national library of scotland. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.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. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng slezer, john, d. . adair, john, ca. - . tonnage fees -- scotland -- bo'ness -- early works to . tonnage fees -- scotland -- queensferry -- early works to . tonnage fees -- scotland -- grangepans -- early works to . broadsides -- scotland -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - john pas sampled and proofread - john pas text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion unto his grace . his majesty's high commissioner and the right honourable , the estates of parliament . the owners and masters of the ships belonging in the town of borrowstounness , grange-panns , and queensferrie . sheweth , that whereas in the year , there was an unprinted act past , imposing four shilling scots yearly upon the tunn of all ships belonging to this kingdom , and sixteen shilling scots upon the tun of forraign ships , coming within the rivers and harbours belonging to this nation ; and that in order to the defraying of of mr. adair's charges in making up of maps of the coasts , and mr. slezer's charges for making maps and prospects of the castles and forts within this kingdom ; which four shilling of tunnage has been strictly exacted off us , for all years preceeding august last . as to which we humbly represent , that the exacting of the said tunnage is a very heavy burden upon us , and if continued , will absolutely destroy our trade and shipping : and whatever is in use to be exacted from forraign ships , yet it is the practice of all nations to free their own ships of such tunnage , for encouraging of their shipping . and therefore it is , that albeit in france they exact souce per tun ; in denmark a rix dollar and six stivers , in holland fifteen stivers per laste of all forraign ships , and so in many other places ; yet they exact nothing upon the account of tunnage of their own ships . and our loss and prejudice by the said tunnage is so much the greater , that our ships being pretty large , our principal trade being to carry coals , and such other bulkish commodities abroad ; a good part of our profit is exhausted by the said tunnage , and tunnage and last-money which is exacted from us abroad , which is very considerable . and we having had great loss of our shipping the time of the war , and rather than made any gain , have brought a debt upon our ships : and now in the time of peace when we may expect to have some trade , if the said tunnage be not taken off , we will be necessitate to lay up our ships , or other ways dispose of them . and seing there nothing tends more to the thriving and promoting of trade in a nation , than the encouraging of shipping , without which forraign trade , which is that , that principally enriches a kingdom , cannot be carried on . it is therefore humbly craved , that his grace his majesty's high commissioner , and the right honourable the estates of parliament , may take the premisses to their consideration , and altogether to discharge the foresaid imposition of sh upon the tun of scots ships since august last , and in time-comming , and to lay the samen wholy upon forraign ships , for whose use principally the maps of the coasts are designed to be made for their trade and security ; the scots masters and mariners being sufficiently acquainted with their own coast , and having maps thereof whereby they have directed their courses of a longtime , and as yet have none other : so that the saids maps can be of litle or no use or benefit to them ; and it seems reasonable , that seing forraigners , who are not acquaint with our coast , does principally reap the benefit of these maps , whereof the expences were to be defrayed by that imposition , that they should only bear the burden , and they cannot complain that it is too high , seing it is a third part less than the scots ships pays in any place abroad . and your petitioners shall ever pray . his maiesties speech with mr. speakers speech to both houses of parliament, at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage : being an answer to mr. speakers speech at the presenting thereof, june, . lenthall, william, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing c ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing c estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) his maiesties speech with mr. speakers speech to both houses of parliament, at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage : being an answer to mr. speakers speech at the presenting thereof, june, . lenthall, william, - . charles i, king of england, - . sheet ([ ] p.). s.n., [london : ] place and date of publication from wing ( nd ed.) "mr. speaker's speech" appears first on the sheet, and comprises most of the text. william lenthall ( - ) was speaker of the house of commons -- cf. dnb. reproduction of original in the bodleian library. eng tonnage fees -- england. great britain -- history -- charles i, - . broadsides -- london (england) -- th century. a r (wing c ). civilwar no his maiesties speech: with mr. speakers speech,to both houses of parliament; at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage: being an a england and wales. sovereign a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion honi soit qvi mal y pense royal blazon or coat of arms ❧ his maiesties speech : with mr. speakers speech , to both houses of parliament ; at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage : being an answer to mr. speakers speech at the presenting thereof , . june . that policy , most gracious and dread soveraigne , which weighs the prerogative of the king and property of the subject in the same scales , and increases the plenty of the crowne and government of the people ; the even poysing of this beame enables both , the one being ordained for the preservation of the other . this principle is so riveted into the hearts of your subjects by the acts of their ancestors , and traditions of their fore-fathers , that it hath created a beliefe in them , that their wills are bound to a due allegiance , and their fortunes and estates , as well as their duty and subjection , must bend to the commands of that soveraigne power with which god hath invested your sacred majesty . compulsary obedience , advanced by the transcendent power of prerogative , is too weake to support the right of government : it is the affections and estates of your people , tyed with the threads of obedience , by the rules of law , that fastens safety and prosperity to the crowne . the experiment of elder times , in the raignes of the most valiant puissant princes , hath concluded this the soveraigne preservative against the diseases of distraction and confusion , and makes it manifest to the world , that the honour and glory of this throne is to command the hearts of free-men . this admitted , the permission of the least diminution , or any eclypsed interposition betweene the honour and plenty of the crowne , contracts a scorne upon the nation . severall parliaments in former times have stampt the caracter of a free gift upon the fore-front of this ayd , still offered by the people as a sacrifice of thankesgiving to the crowne , for the safe conduct of your merchants , and provision of the navie , to strengthen your undoubted dominion over the seas , which hath protected your allyes , and is a terrour to your enemies . our hopes were long since to have settled this for the measure and the time , and with this to have presented to your sacred majesty the triumphant palme of tranquillity in all your kingdomes : but , as a ship floating upon a rough sea , wee have beene cast upon the rocke of feare and dangers , and tossed on the billowes of distraction and distrust of church and common-wealth , where we yet remaine hopelesse ever to passe through that narrow channell which leads to the haven of peace , unlesse we be speedily steered on by the hand of your sacred wisedome , care and providence . in the midst of all these troubles , and the severall opinions which have beene amongst us , no division had power to distract any one of us from the care and duty wee owe to your sacred person . and , to that end am i now sent by the commons of england , to present this as a marke onely , whereby your sacred majesty may view the inward duties of our hearts , untill time and opportunity will give leave for a further expression of our duties and affections . the acceptation of this gift will glad the hearts of your people , and the approbation by the royall assent of this bill ( being the largest for the measure which was ever given ) will joyne wings to our desires and hopes , which shall never returne without that olive-leafe , which may declare that the waters are abated , and your sacred majesty may have full assurance of the faith and loyalty of your subjects . his majesties speech . i doe very willingly accept your offer made at this time , as a testimony of your love , and beginning of your dutifull affections unto mee ; and i no way doubt , but that you will performe that which you have intimated unto me , and that in due time you will performe the rest , when you have leisure . i doe not doubt likewise , but that in passing this bill you will see a testimony of the trust and confidence i have in your affections , as also that i omit no occasion whereby i may shew that affection to my people , that i desire my people would shew to me , as in this parliament hitherto no body can say but that i have sought occasions both to shew my affections unto them , and to remove disputes . and therefore in this particular bill i hope you will know that i do freely and frankly give over the right which my predecessours have ever challenged unto them ( though i confesse disputed , but yet they did never yeeld in their times ; ) therefore you will understand this but a marke of my confidence to put my selfe wholly upon the love and affection of my people for my subsistence ; and therefore i hope that in prosecution of this , you will go on as you have said , and that , though you have rumors of jealousies and suspitions , by flying and idle discourses , that have come to my eares , concerning the ordinary way , i confesse i never understood otherwise then as having relation to the scotish army , and preventing insurrection ; which vanished as soone as they were borne . and therefore now you see my clearnesse , i will leave that to you , and will not meddle with it one way or other , for i never had other designe but to win the affections of my people by my justice in my government . an abstract of the charter to the governour and company of the bank of england charter bank of england. approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). a wing a estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) an abstract of the charter to the governour and company of the bank of england charter bank of england. p. s.n., [london? : ] caption title. place and date of publication from wing. reproduction of original in bodleian library. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.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. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng tonnage fees -- england. tariff on liquors -- england. taxation -- law and legislation -- england. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - taryn hakala sampled and proofread - taryn hakala text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion an abstract of the charter to the governour and company of the bank of england . whereas by an act , intituled , an act for granting to their majesties several rates and duties upon tunnage , &c. it is enacted , that for four years , from the first of june . there shall be paid upon the tunnage of all vessels , wherein any goods shall be imported from any the countries in the act named , or coast-wise , from port to port in england , the several rates in the act mentioned , and certain additional duties of excise , on beer , ale , and other liquors . and that weekly , on every wednesday , if not an holy-day , and if it be , the next day not an holy-day , all the monies arising by the said rates shall be paid into the exchequer . and that yearly , beginning from the first of june , the sum of l. arising out of the said duties and rates ( in case the weekly payments extend thereunto ) shall be the yearly fund , ( and if they do not extend thereunto ) then the said weekly payments , so far as they will extend , shall be part of the yearly fund : and in case the said duties and rates shall be so low , as that within any one year the weekly payment shall not amount to l. or be sufficient to answer the annuities by the act intended ; in such case , the commissioners of the treasury are strictly enjoyned , without any warrant from the king , to make good such deficiency , out of any treasure or revenue of the crown ( not appropriated ) yearly to discharge the said annuities . and that it should be lawful for their majesties , to commissionate any number of persons to receive such subscriptions as should be made before the first of aug. next , by any natives or foreigners , or corporations , towards paying , into the exchequer , the sum of l. and that the yearly sum of l. shall be appropriated to such subscribers . and that the said weekly payments , as they come in , shall be divided into / parts , and / parts , which / parts shall be appropriated to the paying of the said l. per annum , and shall be paid as the same comes into the exchequer , to the use of such subscribers . and that the king may appoint how the said l. and the said l. per annum , shall be assignable ; and may incorporate such subscribers by the name of the governour and company of the bank of england , subject to the condition of redemption . and if l. or a moiety , or greater part thereof , be not paid into the exchequer , by the first of january , then the subscribers shall have only after the rate of per cent. per ann. and the commissioners of the treasury are required without any warrant from the king to pay the said l. per annum to the subscribers . and that no person or corporation shall subscribe more than l. and every subscriber , at the time of his subscribing , shall pay down / of his subscription , and in default thereof , such subscription shall be void ; that the residue of the subscriptions shall be paid into the exchequer , before the first of january ; and in default thereof , the first fourth part shall be forfeit ; and that none before the first of july shall write above l. provided if l. or a moiety thereof be not subscribed by the first of aug. then the powers for erecting a corporation shall cease : and in such case , so much of the l. as shall belong to the subscribers may be assignable ; and that the monies payable by the act to any person , shall not be chargeable with any duties or impositions , as by the said act may appear . and whereas , their majesties by commission under the great seal , did authorize divers commissioners therein named to take such subscriptions as should be made before the first of aug. pursuant to the said act ; and therein did promise , that in case l. or a moiety were subscribed before the said first of august , that his majesty immediately after the said day , or as soon as l. should be subscribed , which should first happen , would incorporate the subscribers by the name aforesaid , and did declare , that the whole sum subscribed and paid , should be the capital stock ; and that all the subscribers should have an interest therein , and in the said l. per annum which interest should be assignable , so as such assignments be entred and registred , as in the said commission is directed , as by the same may more fully appear . and whereas , it appears by duplicates transmitted into the exchequer , under the hands and seals of five or more of the commissioners , that the sum of _____ hath been subscribed , and the first fourth part thereof paid to them on , or before the _____ day of _____ last by and whereas , it also appears by the entries of several assignments , made in the auditors office , that are by mean assignments , severally intituled to the subscriptions , made by the said their majesties in pursuance of the powers in the said act do appoint , that the said and all and every other persons , natives , and foreigners , and bodies politick , who over and besides the persons before-named , have subscribed any sum of money towards the sum of _____ and paid the fourth part thereof upon their subscriptions , and who are now living and have not assigned , and all the heirs and successors of any the original subscribers now dead , who have not assigned in their life , and the heirs and successors of the assigns now dead , who did not in their life assign ; and all persons , natives , or foreigners , or bodies politick , who either as original subscribers , and not having parted with their interests , or as heirs , successors , or assigns , or by other lawful title , have or shall have any interest in the said capital stock , or yearly fund , so long as they have any interest therein , shall be , and be called one body politick , &c. by the name of the governour and company of the bank of england . that by that name they shall have perpetual succession , and a common seal , and be capable to purchase and hold lands and tenements , and goods , and chattels ( not restrained by the act ) and to grant or dispose the same . and shall sue and be sued , and do all other matters and things , that to them appertains , subject nevertheless to the condition of redemption in the act mentioned , and to all other the conditions and clauses therein . that all persons having any interest in the said capital stock , or yearly fund , as original subscribers , or by assignments , or as heirs , &c. shall be , and be esteemed members of the said corporation , and be admitted into the same without charge . that the aforesaid sum of _____ subscribed as aforesaid , shall be , and be called the capital stock of the said corporation , _____ and that all persons , their heirs , successors , and assigns , in proportion to the sums by them respectively subscribed , shall have an interest in the said capital stock , and yearly fund of l. that the commissioners of the treasury now , and for the time being , without any warrant from the king , do direct their warrants and orders for payment of the yearly sum of _____ to the said corporation and their successors for ever , by and out of the / parts of the money , arising by the duties granted by the said act , ( subject nevertheless to the payment of the issues , fines , and debts upon judgment against the corporation ) the first year , to be reckoned from the first of june . that the commissioners of the treasury , and the officers of the exchequer , do pay the said / parts of the monies arising by the said duties , or so much of it as shall be sufficient for this purpose to the said governour and company , and their successors , by weekly payments or otherwise , as the same shall come into the exchequer , in satisfaction of the said yearly sum of _____ and in case / parts of the said weekly payments intended to be the said yearly , fund , shall not amount to so much as the said yearly sum of _____ which is the annual fund established for the said corporation , then their majesties grant and agree with the said corporation , that / parts of the said weekly payments , so far as the same will extend shall be part of the yearly sum of _____ and if the said duties shall at any time appear to be so deficient , as that within any one year to be reckoned from the said first of june / parts of the weekly payments on the said duties shall not amount to so much as _____ within the same year : then the commissioners of the treasury , without other warrant from the king , shall make good every such deficiency , by paying so much of any treasure of the king's ( not appropriated by parliament ) toward the payment of the said yearly fund of _____ as ( together with / part of the moneys , paid into the exchequer for the said duties ) shall compleatly pay off the said yearly fund of _____ according to the meaning of the said act. that for the better ordering the affairs of the corporation , and for a succession of persons to be governor , deputy , and directors thereof , there shall be for ever a governor , deputy , and directors , who , or any , or more of them ( whereof the governor or deputy to be one ) shall be , and be called a court of directors , for the ordering the affairs of the said corporation with such powers as are hereafter mentioned . that ( who is chosen for this purpose by a majority of the subscribers having each l. stock ) be the first governor , and who is chosen in like manner , be the first deputy-governor , and who are chosen in like manner , be the first directors of the said corporation . that the said governor , deputy , and directors , shall continue in their offices till the th . of march , , and till others be chosen and sworn , unless any of them shall dye , or be removed , as is after-mentioned . that all the members of the corporation may meet for the choice of their governor , deputy , and directors , and for the making by-laws for the corporation , or other their affairs ( publick notice being affixed at the royal exchange two days at least before the said meeting ) that all the members , or so many as meet , shall be called a general court , which shall assemble in manner hereafter mentioned . that all succeeding governors , deputies , and directors , after the th . of march , . shall be yearly chosen forever between the th . of march , and the th . of april in each year , by the majority of the members , having each l. stock , who shall be personally present , and each have one vote and no more ; which governor , deputy , and directors , shall continue in their offices for one year , and till others be chosen and sworn . and in case of the death , avoidance , or removal of the governor , deputy , or directors , the survivor of them , or the majority of those in office , may elect other persons as aforesaid . that every deputy in the absence of the governor shall have the same power as a governor . that no person shall be an elector for the choice of governor , deputy , or directors , or making of by-laws , or in any other the affairs of the corporation , who shall not have in his own right , and not in trust , l. stock ; and also take the oath hereafter mentioned , if required , viz. i a. b. do swear , that the sum of l. or more of the capital stock of the governor and company of the bank , &c. doth at this time belong to me in my own right , and not in trust . that no member in any election , or other business of the corporation , shall have more than one vote . provided that any quaker who shall have l. stock , and shall ( if required ) sign the following declaration ; viz. i a. b. do solemnly declare in the presence of god , that the summ of l. or more , of the capital stock of the governor and company of the bank , &c. at this time belongs to me in my own right and not in trust , shall have a vote at any general court. that the governor or deputy , or any two of the directors , do administer the said oath and declaration . that no person shall be governor , unless he be a natural-born , or naturalized subject , and shall then have in his own right l. stock . that none shall be chosen deputy , unless at such time he be a natural-born , or naturalized subject , and shall then have in his own right l. stock . that none be chosen a director , who shall not be a natural-born , or naturalized subject , and shall then have in his own right l. stock . that no governor , deputy , or director , shall continue in their offices longer than the continuance of their respective stocks in their own rights ; but upon reducing their stocks to any lesser summ than as aforesaid , their respective offices shall determine , and others be chosen in their places by a general court. provided that the said appointed to be the first governor , or any hereafter chosen into the said office , shall not execute the said office , until he hath taken the oaths appointed to be taken by the act , made for abrogating the oaths of supremacy and allegiance ; and , until he hath taken the oath following , viz. i a. b. do swear , that the summ of l. of the capital stock of the governor and company , &c. doth at this time belong to me in my own right , and not in trust : and another oath , viz. i a. b do swear , that i will to the utmost of my power , support the fellowship of the governor and company of the bank , &c. and that in the execution of the said office , i will honestly demean my self according to the best of my skill . which oaths , to the first governor , may be administred by the lord keeper , or the chief baron ; and to any future governor , by the lord chancellor , or lord keeper , or by the chancellor , or chief baron of the exchequer , or by the last preceeding governor , or deputy , or ( in case a deputy be sworn ) by such a deputy , who are empow'red to administer the same . provided that the said appointed the first deputy , or any hereafter in that office , shall not execute the same till he hath taken the like oaths ( mutatis mutandis ) : which oaths , to the first deputy , shall be administred by the lord keeper , or chancellor of the exchequer , or chief baron of the exchequer , or by the first governor after he is sworn : and to any future deputy may be administred by the lord chancellor or keeper , or the chancellor or chief baron of the exchequer , or by the preceding governor , or deputy , who are empow'red to administer the same . provided that none of the said hereby appointed the first directors , or any hereafter , in that office shall execute the same , until they have taken the oath mentioned in the act for abrogating the oaths of allegiance , &c. and until they have taken the oath following ; viz. i a. b. do swear that the sum of l. of the stock of the governor and company of , &c. doth at this time belong to me in my own right and not in trust . and another oath , viz. i a. b. do swear , that in the office of a director i will be indifferent to all persons , and give my best advice for the support of the said corporation , and in the said office honestly demean my self to the best of my skill . which oaths to the first directors shall be administred by the lord keeper , chancellor of the exchequer , or chief baron , or by the first governor , or deputy-governor sworn , as aforesaid : and the said oaths , to any future director , shall be administred by the said chancellor or lord keeper , chancellor , or chief baron of the exchequer , or by a sworn governor or deputy . that all the other members having each l. stock before they shall give any vote in any general court , shall take the said oaths appointed by the act for abrogating the oaths of allegiance , &c. before the governor , or deputy , for the time being , who are required to administer the same , and also this oath , viz. i a. b. do swear , that i will be faithful to the governor and company of the bank , &c. and in all general courts , according to the best of my skill , give my assistance for support of the said corporation . provided that any quakers having l. stock before they shall vote in any general court , shall before the governor , or deputy , solemnly promise and declare in the presence of god , in words to the same effect , with the oath last mentioned , and shall severally subscribe the same , together with the declaration appointed by the act for exempting their majesties protestant subjects , dissenting from the church of england , from the penalties of certain laws : which declarations and subscriptions the governor and deputy are empow'red to administer . that the court of directors shall have power to give the following oath to the servants of the corporation for due execution of their places ; viz. i a. b. being elected treasurer of the said corporation , do swear , that i will be true and faithful to them , and will faithfully execute the said office to the utmost of my skill . and the like oaths to other officers . and in case any person elected governor , deputy-governor , or director , shall neglect or refuse for ten days to take the oaths appointed , the place of all such persons shall be void , and others shall be chosen in their places by a general court. that no dividend shall be made , save out of the interest , or produce , arising out of the capital stock ; or by such dealing , buying or selling , as are allowed by the act , until redemption by parliament of the yearly fund : and that no dividend be made without consent of a general court. and that the governor , or in his absence , the deputy , upon notice to be given , as aforesaid , shall summon four general courts , at least every year ; one in september , another in december , another in april , and another in july . and if there be failure of holding a general court in any of the said months , by default of the governor or deputy , any three or more of the directors shall call a general court , which shall be holden in the month next after the month in which the same should have been holden . and that the governor , or , in his absence , the deputy-governor upon demand to be made by any nine , or more of the members , having l. or more stock , shall within ten days , after demand , summon a general court to be held . and , in default of the governor or deputy-governor , it shall be lawful for the said nine or more members , having each l. stock , upon ten days notice in writing , to be fixed on the royal exchange , to summon a general court , and to do any business of the corporation , and to hear and debate any complaint made against any governor , deputy-governor , or directors , for mismanagement : and if such governor , deputy-governor , and directors , shall not clear him or themselves to satisfaction of the general court ; then within ten days another general court shall be called finally to determine the same , who may remove the governor , deputy-governor , and directors for such misdemeanors , and elect others in their rooms in the same manner as before directed . and where any governor , deputy , or director shall die , or be removed , or his office be void , the members in a general court , qualified as aforesaid , may elect any other member , qualified as aforesaid , into their places , who shall continue therein to the next usual election , and until others be chosen and sworn . that the governor , deputy-governor , and directors for the time being , or any thirteen or more of them , ( the governor or deputy-governor being always one ) from time to time may meet at any convenient place or places , for management of their affairs , and hold courts of directors for the purposes aforesaid , and summon general courts as often as they see cause . that the governour , deputy-governour , and directors , or the major part , ( the governour or deputy-governour being one ) shall act by such bye-laws as shall be made by the general court ; and where the same shall be wanting , they shall direct and manage all affairs of the corporation in borrowing and receiving monies , and giving securities under the common seal , and in their dealing in bills of exchange , buying or selling bullion , gold or silver , or selling goods deposited for money lent , and in selling goods , being the produce of lands purchased , or in lending any monies , and taking securities for the same ; and to chuse servants , and allow them reasonable salaries , and to remove them if they see cause , and generally to act and do in all matters , which by the act may be done , which they shall judge necessary for the well ordering and managing the corporation , and to enjoy and execute all powers , &c. as fully as if done by the governor and company of the bank , or by the general court , subject to the clauses and restrictions , &c. in the act. and their majesties give power to all and every members , qualified for electors at a general court by majority of votes , to make by-laws for the corporation , and imposing mulcts and fines , ( not repugnant to the laws of the land ) so as they be confirmed according to the statute , which fines shall be received and recovered to the use of the governor and company , without any account to be rendred to their majesties , and to allow salaries to the governor , deputy , and directors . that the first general court shall be holden within twenty eight days after the date of this charter . and for ascertaining how the capital stock and yearly fund of l. shall be assignable and assigned , their majesties direct there be constantly kept in the office of the company , a book wherein all assignments shall be entred : and their majesties ( pursuant to the powers in the act ) direct that the method of making all assignments of the capital stock , or any part , shall be by an entry in the said book , signed by the party assigning in the words following , viz. memorandum , that i a. b. the _____ day of _____ in the year of our lord do assign of my interest in the capital stock of the governor , and company , &c. and the benefit thereby arising unto his heirs , &c. witness my hand — or in case the person be not personally present , then by an entry signed by some persons authorized by letter of attorney , or writing under seal in the words following , viz. memorandum i a. b. this _____ day of _____ in the year of by virtue of a letter of attorney or authority , under the hand and seal of dated the _____ do in the name , and on the behalf of the said assign of the interest and share of the said in the capital stock of the governour and company , &c. unto his heirs and assigns , witness my hand under which transferr the person or persons , or bodies politick , to whom the assignment is made , or some by them lawfully authorized shall sign his name , attesting his acceptance thereof . and that the entry so signed , and no other way shall be the method of transferring the interest in the capital stock , and such transferr shall be good , and convey the interest of the party transferring . provided , that any person having stock may dispose thereof by will , attested by three or more witnesses ; however such devisee shall not transferr , or be entituled to receive any dividend , till entry of so much of the will , as relates to the said stock , be made in the books of the corporation . their majesties appoint , that the governour , or in his absence the deputy-gonour , shall not have any vote , but only where there is an equality of votes . provided , that all matters , which the governour , deputy-governour , or directors , shall order as aforesaid to be done by sub-committees , or others appointed under them , shall ( by vertue of such order ) be done by such sub-committees or others so appointed . and their majesties grant , that this charter , or the inrollment thereof , shall in all things be valid in the law , according to the true intent of the same , and be taken in the most beneficial sence , for the best advantage of the company in all courts of record or elsewhere , notwithstanding any mis-recital , defect , &c. and that this charter shall be made and sealed without fine or fee , great or small , to be paid their majesties in their hanaper or elsewhere . and their majesties promise to grant such further and other powers , &c. as shall be reasonably advised by the counsel learned of the said governour and company , to be approved by the attorney or sollicitor-general . in witness , &c. finis . mr. speakers speech with his majesties speech to both houses of parliament at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage being an answer to mr. speakers speech at the presenting thereof june . england and wales. parliament. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing l ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing l estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; :e , no or :e , no ) mr. speakers speech with his majesties speech to both houses of parliament at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage being an answer to mr. speakers speech at the presenting thereof june . england and wales. parliament. lenthall, william, - . charles i, king of england, - . england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) [ ], p. s.n.], [london : . his majesties speech to both houses of parliament, june , on p. . william lenthall, speaker of the house. reproduction of original in thomason collection, british library. eng tonnage fees -- england. great britain -- history -- charles i, - -- sources. a r (wing l ). civilwar no mr. speakers speech, with his majesties speech to both houses of parliament, at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage: being an a lenthall, william a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion mr. speakers speech , with his majesties speech to both houses of parliament , at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage : being an answer to mr. speakers speech at the presenting thereof , . iune . printed in the yeare , . honi soit qvi mal y pense cr royal blazon or coat of arms mr. speakers speech in the lords house of parliament , iune . . that policy , most gratious and dread soveraigne , which weighs the prerogative of the king and property of the subject in the same scales , and increases the plenty of the crowne , and contentment of the people ; the even poising of this beame enables both , the one being ordained for the preservation of the other . this principle is so riveted into the hearts of your subjects by the acts of their ancestours , & traditions of their fore-fathers , that it hath created a beliefe in them , that their wills are bound to a due allegiance , and their fortunes and estates , as well as their duty and subjection , must bend to the commands of that soveraigne power with which god hath invested your sacred majestie . compulsary obedience , advanced by the transcendent power of prerogative , is too weake to support the right of government : it is the affections & estates of your people , tyed with the threads of obedience , by the rules of law , that fastens safety and prosperity to the crowne . the experiment of elder times , in the raignes of the most valiant puissant princes , hath concluded this the soveraigne preservative against the diseases of distraction and confusion , and makes it manifest to the world , that the honour and glory of this throne is to command the hearts of free-men . this admitted , the permission of the least diminution , or any eclipsed interposition betweene the honour and plenty of the crowne , contracts a scorne upon the nation . severall parliaments in former times have stampt the character of a free gift upon the fore-front of this aid , still offered by the people , as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the crowne , for the safe conduct of your merchants , and provision of the navie , to strengthen your undoubted dominion over the seas , which hath protected your allyes , and is a terrour to your enemies . our hopes were long since to have settled this for the measure and the time , and with this to have presented to your sacred majestie the triumphant palme of tranquillity in all your kingdomes : but , as a ship floating upon a rough sea , we have been cast upon the rock of feare and dangers , and tossed on the billows of distraction and distrust of church and common-wealth , where we yet remaine hopelesse ever to passe through that narrow channell which leads to the haven of peace , unlesse we be speedily steered on by the hand of your sacred wisdome , care and providence . in the midst of all these troubles , and the severall opinions which have beene amongst us , no division had power to distract any one of us from the care and duty we owe to your sacred person . and , to that end am i now sent by the commons of england , to present this as a marke onely , whereby your sacred majestie may view the inward duties of our hearts , untill time and opportunity will give leave for a further expression of our duties and affections . the acceptation of this gift will glad the hearts of your people , and the approbation by the royall assent of this bill ( being the largest for the measure which was ever given ) will joyne wings to our desires and hopes , which shall never returne without that olive-leafe , which may declare that the waters are abated , and your sacred majestie may have full assurance of the faith and loyaltie of your subjects . finis . die jovis ⁰. martii. . whereas the bill of tonnage and poundage is this day expired, ... england and wales. parliament. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing e thomason .f. [ ] estc r 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) die jovis ⁰. martii. . whereas the bill of tonnage and poundage is this day expired, ... england and wales. parliament. sheet ([ ] p.) printed for f. coles and t. banks, london : . title taken from caption and opening words of text. with engraving of royal seal at head of document. annotation on thomason copy: " "; "heare ends ". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng tonnage fees -- great britain -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no die jovis ⁰. martii. . whereas the bill of tonnage and poundage is this day expired, ... england and wales. parliament. c the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the c category of texts with between and defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion die jovis o . martii . . whereas the bill of tonnage and poundage is this day expired , and a new bill past both houses for the continuance of those payments , untill the third day of may , which cannot as yet receive the royall assent , in regard of the remotenesse of his majesties person from the parliament . which moneys to be collected by that bill , are to be imployed for the necessary guarding of the seas , and defence of the common-wealth : it is therefore ordered by the commons now assembled in parliament , that the severall officers belonging to the custome-house , both in the port in london , and the out ports , doe not permit any merchant or other , to lade or unlade any goods or merchandizes , before such persons doe first make due entries thereof in the custome-house : and it is also declared by the said commons , that such officers upon the respective entry made by any merchant , as afore-said , shall intimate to such merchant , that it is the advise of the commons for the better ease of the said merchants ; and in regard the respective duties will relate and become due , as from this day ; that the said merchants upon entry of their goods , as usually they did , when a law was in force to that purpose , would deposite so much money as the severall customes will amount unto , in the hands of such officers , to be by themaccompted to his majestie , as the respective customes due by the said bill , when the said bill shall have the royall assent ; or otherwise his majestie refusing the passing thereof , the said moneys to be restored upon demaund unto the severall merchants respectively . h. elsynge , cler. parliam . d. com. ordered that the collectors of the customes doe forthwith disperse copies of these orders in all the out ports . h. elsynge , cler. parliam . d. com. london printed for f. coles and t. banks . ▪ an ordinance of the lords and commons assembled in parliament for the continuance of tonnage and poundage england and wales. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing e a). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing e a estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) an ordinance of the lords and commons assembled in parliament for the continuance of tonnage and poundage england and wales. broadside. printed for john wright, london : . reproduction of original in the harvard university library. eng tonnage fees -- law and legislation -- great britain. a r (wing e a). civilwar no an ordinance of the lords and commons assembled in parliament for the continuance of tonnage and poundage england and wales a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion an ordinance of the lords and commons assembled in parliament , for the continuance of tonnage and poundage . die sabbathi , . martii . . the lords and commons assembled in parliament , taking into consideration , that there is a continuance of those causes that first induced them to passe the ordinance of tonnage and poundage , the affaires of the kingdome , and other his majesties dominions , necessitating the setting forth , and maintaining of severall fleets of ships at sea , as well for defence of the kingdome , as safety of navigation and commerce , do therefore hereby order and ordaine , that the respective ordinances of parliament , concerning the subsidie of tonnage and poundage , dated the first of july , . and the one and twentieth of february , . together with the booke of rates , agreed on by the house of commons ; and by their order published in print ; and all and every the clauses , articles , and instructions , in the said ordinances , and booke of rates set downe , shall continue and stand in full force and vertue , from the twenty six of march next inclusive , ( the time of their expiration , unto the twenty six of march , which shall be in the yeare of our lord , . inclusive . and samuel avery , alderman of the city of london , richard bateman , charles lloyd , christopher packe , and walter boothby merchants , the present commissioners of the customes , are hereby continued commissioners , and collectors of all such moneyes as shall be paid for customes , or advanced by way of loane , for goods and merchandize imported into , or exported out of this kingdome of england , dominion of wales , and port and towne of berwick , with so full power in all particulars , as hath been granted them by any order or ordinance of parliament . provided alwaies that the whole duties advanced on currants , shall be imployed for the use of the navy . die sabbathi , . martii . . ordered by the lords assembled in parliament , that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published . joh. brown cler. parliamentorum . printed at london for john wright at the kings head in the old baily . . a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of the late pretended ordinance of both houses of parliament england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing c ). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing c estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of the late pretended ordinance of both houses of parliament england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) charles i, king of england, - . broadside. by l. lichfield ..., [oxford : ] at head of title: by the king. "given under our signe manuall at our court of oxford, the sixteenth day december, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne." imprint suggested by wing. reproduction of original in the bodleian library. eng tonnage fees -- great britain -- history. tonnage fees -- legal status, laws, etc. -- great britain. great britain -- history -- civil war, - . a r (wing c ). civilwar no a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of t england and wales. sovereign a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion by the king . cr honi soit qvi mal y pense royal blazon or coat of arms ¶ a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and poundage , and other impositions upon merchandises , under colour of the late pretended ordinance of both houses of parliament . wee have made so many declarations of our royall intentions concerning the preserving of the religion and lawes of this land , that wee think it not fit often to repeat , though by gods grace we seriously intend never to decline or depart from the same . but this seems most strange unto us , that whil'st ( especially at , and about london ) our just and legall commands are not obeyed , other orders and ordinances , ( for which there is no legall foundation ) which not only discountenance , but overthrow the lawes of the land that settle religion , and were the sences of the subjects property , are submitted unto and obeyed by many of our weaker subjects : and amongst these a blind obedience hath been yeelded unto the pretended ordinance , for setling the receipt of tonnage and poundage , and other impositions upon merchandises , without an act of parliament , when an act this parliament ( received from us , and so understood by us , as one of the greatest graces the crowne ever conferred on the subject ) declares , no such paiments are due without an act ; and by that act it is provided , that all such persons as receive the same incurr the forfeiture of a premunire . this we thought would not have found obedience from the merchant , who understood what his owne benefit was thereby , and could not be ignorant how penall it was in him to breake this law ; especially when he found he was to pay those duties for support of an unnaturall warr against his prince , and to foment an intestine and civill dissention which hath already , and may in the future produce so many evills upon this poore people , contrary to the true intention of the said act. but upon the menaces and usage some received that denyed it , we find since a more generall obedience in such as trade , then we expected , though we understand by it the trade of the kingdom is much lessened . neverthelesse we thought not fit untill this present , by any of our proclamations to prohibite the same , because we hoped before this time , we having so often and by so many meanes endeavoured the same , some happy understanding might have been between us and both our houses of parliament . but at present finding that the monyes arising from these duties , are a great part of the fewell that maintaines this fire , and supports this unnaturall rebellion against us , and heightens the spirits of such as have no spirit to peace , unlesse they may destroy us , our posterity , and the setled government both of church and state ; we doe hereby declare and proclaime to all our people of what sort soever , that whosoever hence forward shall , by vertue of the said pretended ordinance of parliament , pay any monyes under the names of tonnage and poundage , or other impositions upon merchandise , other then for customes to be paid to our proper ministers , which are due to us by the known lawes of the kingdome , that we will proceed against him or them in due time , as an ill-affected person or persons to the peace of this kingdome , and as such as endeavour ( as much as in them lyes ) to hinder a true intelligence betwixt us and our people . and for such person , or persons as shall continue to require or receive the same , contrary to the statute made this parliament , we shall like wise proceed against them according to the penalty in the said act. and because ( though the law ought to have been every mans prohibition ) we did not , untill this time , forbid the same , we doe hereby grant our free pardon to all such as formerly having either paid , or received these customes , shall henceforth refuse the same , and to no other . ¶ given under our signe manuall at our court at oxford , the sixteenth day of december , in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne . god save the king .