C2R  
DIEV ET MON DROIT  
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
At the Court at Whitehall, June the Sixth, 1673.  
Present 

The Kings most Excellent Majesty  
 
His Royal Highness the Duke of York  
Lord Chancellor  
Lord Treasurer  
Lord Privy Seal  
Duke of Lauderdale  
Duke of Ormond  
Earl of Ogle  
Lord Chamberlain  
Earl of Bridgwater  
Earl of bath  
Earl of Carlisle  
Earl of Craven  
Earl of Arlington  
Earl of Carbery  
Viscount Halifax  
Lord Maynard  
Lord Newport  
Lord Berkeley  
Lord Holles  
Mr Secretary Coventry  
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer  
Mr Chancellor of the Duchy  
Master of the Ordnance  
Sir Thomas Osborne  
Mr Speaker.    
WHereas by the late Address of both Houses of Parliament, His Majesty was humbly desired by His own Example to Encourage the constant wearing of the Manufactures of His own Kingdoms and Dominions, and to discountenance such persons, Men or Women in His Majesty's Court, as should wear any Manufactures made in Foreign Countries; And that pursuant hereunto His Majesty had Graciously Declared, That He would not only do it by His own Example, but would discountenance all other persons that should wear Foreign Manufactures; And that His Majesty had given Order to the Lord Treasurer, to Direct the Commissioners of the Customs, to cause all Goods of Foreign Manufacture Prohibited by Law, to be Seized, at what Port, or on whose Account soever they shall be Imported into this Kingdom, and that his Lordship shall grant no Warrant for the Release of them. And whereas upon the Petition of the Silk Weavers of London, Presented to His Majesty in Council, setting forth, That they have attained to great Skill in Contriving and Making of Silks and Stuffs, Figured and Plain, and that if due Encouragement were given to them, and to several other Manual Trades, by Prohibiting the Importation of Foreign Manufactures, they should increase and flourish. His Majesty was pleased to Declare, and accordingly then gave Order to the Master of His Robes, That he should not Prepare for His Majesties Use in His Wearing Apparel, any kind of Silks or Stuffs Wrought out of His own Dominions, nor any Ribbons, Gloves, Hats, or other things for His Wearing, which were Manufactured beyond the Seas, unless as hereafter Excepted. And likewise that the Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household should take Care, and give due Order, That no person or persons should presume to come into His Majesty's presence, wearing any of the things aforesaid, being of Foreign Manufacture, nor any other whatever, unless as followeth; Namely, The Lace commonly called Point de Venice, which may be worn by any until the First day of May next (and no longer) as also Linen, and Calicoes, and such other wearing things as by Our own Trade are Imported from the East Indies.  
To the end therefore that these His Majesty's Commands and Orders may be Publicly taken notice of, and the more exactly obeyed, It is this day further Ordered by His Majesty in Council, That the Right Honourable the Lord Treasurer do Renew his Orders to the Commissioners of the Customs, That they direct the Seizure and Confiscation of all manner of Forreign Wearing Manufactures that are Prohibited by Law; And to cause His Majesty's part thereof to be Publicly Burnt; That so the Petitioners, His Majesty's Subjects, may find all due Encouragement and Advantage in the Prosecution of their several Trades and Callings; And this Order is to be Printed and Affixed in all the Ports and Custom-houses of England.  
ROBERT SOUTHWELL.   

LONDON, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1673.