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DIEV ET MON DROIT.   royal coat of arms ❧ By the King.  
¶ A Declaration of Orders made by the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies, concerning private trade, to, in, or from the said Indies, ratified and allowed by the King; And by His Majesty's consent may be Printed for the better publication thereof.  
WHereas upon the humble complaint of the Governor, and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies, It hath pleased His Majesty by His Royal Proclamation, straight to prohibit all private, or underhand Trading, either to, in, or from the said Indies, otherwise then shall be allowed and licenced by the said Company, for the important causes and reasons therein at large expressed, and unto which in all occasions, relation must and may be had.  
The said Governor and Company, for the better encouragement of all such persons as now are, or hereafter shall be employed by them in their Ships and Voyages, as Commanders, Factors, Captains, Masters, Officers, Mariners, or Soldiers, and notwithstanding the extraordinary great Wages, which they are accustomed to pay in their employments, the said Company is also content, and doth hereby declare, and give licence unto all, and every person or persons aforesaid, to adventure and trade for their proper and private Accounts, either to, in, or from the said Indies, upon Ship or Ships, wherein they or any of them are, or shall be personally employed in such Wares and Merchandise only, as here under are expressed, both for the quantity and quality of the same.  

¶ And first the Wares or Merchandise which are (as aforesaid) to be exported in the Companies Ships, to the East Indies, are as followeth.  
1 Perpetuanoes, drapery.  
2 Pewter.  
3 Saffron.  
4 Woollen Stockings.  
5 Worsted Stockings.  
6 Silk Stockings.  
7 Silk garters, and Ribbon Roses edged with gold lace.  
8 Beaves Hats, with gold and silver Bands.  
9 Felt Hats.  
10 Aquavitae, and all other sorts of strong waters.  
11 Knives of all sorts.  
12 Spanish leather shoes.  
13 Iron.  
14 Looking-glasses.   

¶ The Wares which are licenced as aforesaid, to be brought into England, in the Companies Ships from the East Indies, are as followeth.  
1 Long Pepper.  
2 White Pepper.  
3 White powdered Sugar.  
4 Preserved Nutmegs.  
5 Preserved Ginger.  
6 Preserved Mirabilons'.  
7 Beezer stones.  
8 Cotton yarn.  
9 Drugs of all sorts.  
10 Aggat beads.  
11 Blood▪ stones.  
12 Musk.  
13 Aloes Soccatrina.  
14 Ambergris.  
15 Rich Carpets of Persia and Cambaia.  
16 Quilts of Satin, and of Taffeta, and of painted Calicoes.  
17 Benjamin.  
18 Damasks of China.  
19 Satins of China.  
20 Taffetas of China.  
21 Quilts of China embroidered with gold.  
22 Quilts of Petania embroidered with silk.  
23 Galls.  
24 Wormeseeds.  
25 Sugar Candie.  
26 China dishes, or Purslaines of all sorts.   
But for Cloth, Kerseys, Led, Tin, and all other Wares whatsoever, not mentioned, as above written, either Native or Foreign, serving for the Voyages, into the said Indies, or for the relading of the said Ships from thence into Europe, they are wholly reserved to the only use, account, and adventure of the said Company.  
And it is further declared, that each particular man employed in the Voyage, as afore written, may lad and adventure, for his own private and proper account, in the Wares and Merchandise afore written, and not otherwise, so much only as can be packed in one Chest of four foot long, one foot and a half broad, and one foot and a half deep, and to the Commanders, Factors, Captains, Masters, Pursers, and Masters Mates of every Ship, is granted a double proportion, that is to say, two Chests of the said length, depth, and breadth, upon such conditions, for the lading and unlading of all the said Goods in the places appointed, as are contained in the said Proclamation.  
And the said Company do further promise, that they will not demand, or take any Freight for the Merchandise which shall be laden or reladen in their Ships, as afore written, but will freely give and bestow the same, to each particular man in their proportions, although it will amount to a great sum of Money in every Voyage of this nature, where the Freight cannot be valued less than forty pounds sterling for every Ton.  
Lastly, the said Company do in like manner grant and licence the said proportion of private Trading, and no more, to each particular man, as aforesaid, from Port to Port in the East Indies, in whatsoever kind of Merchandise, excepting only those sorts of Commodities, which at any time hereafter shall be laden for the Account of the said Company in the same Ships, where any such private Trade shall be permitted, after Warrant first obtained under hand writing, from the Precedents, or other chief Factors, which manage the Affairs of the said Company, in the respective places of the East Indies, that so all may be done and performed according to the tenor and true meaning of these Orders, declared and published in the House of the said Company here in London, and in other convenient places, and sent likewise unto all their Factories in the East Indies, together with His Majesty's said Proclamation to prevent ignorance in any person or persons to whom it may or shall appertain.  
Dated the 20th of March, 1627. in the East India house, London.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and john Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty.