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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
At the Court at Hampton Court, The Thirteenth of June 1683.  
Present, 

The Kings most Excellent Majesty,  
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury  
Lord Keeper  
Lord Precedent  
Lord Privy Seat  
Duke of Ormond  
Duke of Albemarle  
Earl of Huntingdon  
Earl of Sunderland  
Earl of Clarendon  
Earl of bath  
Earl of Craven  
Earl of Rochester  
Lord Bishop of London  
Lord Dartmouth  
Mr. Secretary Jenkins  
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer  
Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy  
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.  
Master Godolphin.    
WHereas the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee for Trade and Foreign Plantations, did this day Report to the Board, That in obedience to an Order of the Eleventh of April last, They have examined the Petition of the Merchant's Adventurers of England, setting forth, That divers Aliens and other Foreigners have Traded, and continued to Trade, contrary to the Charter granted by His Majesty, and His Royal Predecessors, to the said Fellowship of Merchants, whereby their Privileges are invaded, and the great Advantages enjoyed by His Majesty's Subjects at Hamburgh, and elsewhere, brought into danger of being lost; to the discouragement of the Trade of Woollen Manufactures, and Navigation of this Kingdom: And further, That their Lordships have likewise been attended as well by the chief Merchants of the said Company, as by some of the Persons complained of, as Interlopers; and although it was Proposed, That for the satisfaction of all Parties, and the better Management of this ancient and beneficial Trade, the said Persons might become Members of the Company, and enjoy the same Privileges and Advantages as are granted to His Majesty's Subjects by the said Charter, and the Concordats agreed on by the City of Hamburgh; Yet finding that the said Interlopers have not only refused to enter into the said Company, but seem resolved to persist in their former Practices; The said Lords Committees did humbly offer it as their Opinion, That Directions be given for Prosecuting in His Majesty's Name, all such as shall violate the Privileges of the said Company: And further, That no Letters of Denization be hereafter granted to any Person by His Majesty, without a Clause whereby the same shall become void, in case such Person shall presume to Trade contrary to His Majesty's Royal Charters. Which His Majesty having taken into Consideration, and approving of their Lordship's Advice herein, did accordingly Order, That Sir Robert Sawyer Knight, His Majesty's Attorney-general, do from time to time, as Application shall be made unto him by the said Company of Merchant Adventurers, effectually Prosecute in His Majesty's Name, all such Persons as the said Company shall Inform him, and be able to prove that they have violated their Privileges, by Trading contrary to their said Charters.  
And it was further Ordered by His Majesty in Council, That in all Patents of Denization hereafter to be granted, there be Inserted a Clause for Vacating the same, in case it shall be made appear that the Person Endenized do Trade contrary to the Royal Charters granted to the said Fellowship, or any other Company. Whereof the Right Honourable His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, His Attorney-general, and Sollicitor-General are to take notice, and to cause this His Majesty's Pleasure to be carefully observed.  
JOHN NICHOLAS.   

London, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceased: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1683.