CR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms At the Court at Whitehall, the Tenth of May, 1672. Present, The Kings most Excellent Majesty. His Highness' Prince Rupert Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Keeper Duke of Lauderdaill Duke of Ormonde Marquis of Worcester Lord Chamberlain Earl of Bridgwater Earl of Essex Earl of Anglesey Earl of bath Earl of Carlisle Earl of Craven Earl of Arlington Earl of Shaftesbury Viscount Fauconberge Viscount Halifax Lord Bishop of London Lord Newport Lord Holles Lord Clifford Mr. Vice Chamberlain Mr. Secretary Trevor Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy Master of the Ordnance Sir Thomas Osborne. It was Ordered by His Majesty in Council, That an Order this day read and Approved as the Board for dispensing for some time with certain Clauses of several Acts, concerning Trade, Shipping, and Navigation, be forthwith Printed and Published. EDW. WALKER. HIs Majesty by and with the Advice of His Privy Council is pleased to Declare, and Order, That an Act of Parliament, made in the Parliament begun at Westminster the Five and Twentieth day of April in the Twelfth Year of His Majesty's Reign, and Confirmed by the Parliament, begun at Westminster the Eighth day of May in the Thirteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Reign, Entitled, [An Act for Encouraging and Increasing of Shipping and Navigation] and all the Proceedings therein, or thereby directed, Be totally suspended in all the matters and things therein Contained, concerning or relating to any Ships or Vessels, their Masters or Mariners, their Guns, Furniture, Tackle, Ammunition, and Apparel, or to any Goods or Commodities Imported or Exported to, or from Norway, or the Baltique Sea. And His Majesty doth further Order, That the said Act, and all the Proceedings therein or thereby directed, be totally suspended in all the Matters and things therein Contained, concerning or relating to any Ships or Vessels, their Masters or Mariners, their Guns, Furniture, Tackle, Ammunition and Apparel, or to any Goods or Commodities Imported or Exported to, or from any parts of Germany, Flanders, or France, whereof the Merchants and Owners shall be His Majesty's natural born Subjects. And His Majesty is graciously pleased to Declare and Grant, That not only His Majesty's natural born Subjects, but all Merchants of any Nation, may Import from any Ports whatsoever, Hemp, Pitch, Tarr, Masts, Saltpetre, and Copper, and upon Importation thereof shall be Liable to pay only such Duties as by the Act of Tonnage and Poundage are Imposed upon His Majesty's natural born Subjects and no other; Any thing in the said Act to the Contrary notwithstanding. And his Majesty doth further Order, That notwithstanding the said Act for Encouraging and Increasing of Shipping and Navigation. And one other Act made in the said Parliament, begun at Westminster the Eighth day of May in the Thirteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Entitled, [An Act for the Encouragement of Trade] or either of them, or any Clause or Clauses in them, or either of them to the Contrary; It shall and may be lawful for any English Merchants, and they are hereby Authorized freely and without Interruption to make use of, and Employ any Foreign Ships, or Vessels whatsoever, Navigated by Mariners, or Seamen of any Nation, for Importing, or Exporting of all Goods and Commodities, to or from any Port in England or Wales, or to or from any of His Majesty's Plantations, they paying only the aforesaid Duties Imposed upon His Majesty's natural born Subjects, as for Goods Exported in English-built Bottoms, and no other. Provided, That no Goods or Commodities whatsoever, be by them Imported into any of His Majesties said Plantations, but what shall be without fraud, Laden, and Shipped in England or Wales, and thence directly carried, and from no other Place to His Majesties said Plantations. Provided also, That such Goods and Commodities as shall be by them Laden and taken on Board at His Majesties said Plantations, or any of them, be brought directly from thence to some of His Majesties said Ports in England or Wales; And all Governors and Officers of the Customs, are hereby Charged, and required strictly to observe all Rules, Directions, and Orders for taking of Bonds or other Securities, and exacting all Forfeitures and Penalties by the said Acts, or either of them required or enjoined, save only in the two Clauses concerning English Ships, and English Mariners herein before Dispensed with. And lastly His Majesty doth Declare, That this shall continue and be in force during His Majesty's pleasure: And when His Majesty shall think fit to Determine the Dispensation hereby Granted, He will by His Royal Proclamation give Six Month's notice thereof, to the end no Merchant or other Person herein concerned may be surprised. Lord Keeper Duke of Lauderdaill Duke of Ormonde Marquis of Worcester Lord Chamberlain Earl of Bridgwater Earl of Essex Earl of Anglesey Earl of bath Earl of Carlisle Earl of Craven Earl of Arlington Earl of Shaftesbury Viscount Fauconberge Viscount Halifax Lord Newport Lord Holles Lord Clifford Mr. Vice-Chamberlain Mr. Secretary Trevor Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy Sir Thomas Osborne EDW. WALKER. In the SAVOY, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1672.