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Olivarius DEI GRA: REIPVB: ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE, ET HIBERNIAE, &c PROTECTOR   blazon or coat of arms  
❧ By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION Of Assistance to the Merchant Adventurers of England, for the better carrying on of their Trade, and for punishing of Offenders against the same.  
WHEREAS, By Our Proclamation▪ dated the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand six hundred fifty six, entitled, A Proclamation concerning the residence of the merchant's Adventurers of England at the City of Dordrecht, and for settling their Staple there: We did (by, and with the advice of Our Council) and in pursuance of an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, Passed the Twelfth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand six hundred forty three, (amongst other things) Declare Our pleasure to be, and did strictly Will and enjoin, That no person of this Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, should at any time after the Tenth day of June than next coming, Ship, Transport, Carry, or Convey, or cause to be Shipped, Transported, Carried, or Conveyed, either from the City and Port of London, or from any other City, Town, Port, Haven, or Creek, of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, or the Dominions thereunto belonging, by way of merchandise, any Woollen Clothes, or other English Woollen Manufactures, of what sort or kind soever then made, or then after to be made, unto any the Cities, Towns or Places in Germany, or the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands, save only, and except the Mart and Staple Towns of the said Fellowship of merchant's Adventurers of England in those parts for the time being▪ or to one of them, upon pain of forfeiture of the said Woollen Clothes, and other English Woollen Manufactures, and such further and other Pains, Penalties, Punishments, and Forfeitures, as by the said Ordinance of Parliament, or by any other Law, may be lawfully inflicted on such Offenders. And we having been informed, that divers persons out of a covetous desire to enrich themselves (though to the endangering of the said Company of Merchant Adventurers, and the Trade thereof; which by long experience, hath been found to be very beneficial to this nation) by Trading therein, separate from the said Company, and have by such means brought some disturbance to the Company, and distraction to the Trade. For preventing the further inconveniences that may arise thereby, & to secure the said Company and Trade in time to come: We have (by, and with the advice and consent of Our Council) thought fit again to Publish and Declare Our Will and Pleasure to be, That no person do Ship, Transport, Carry, or Convey, or cause to be Shipped, Transported, Carried, or Conveyed, contrary to the said Ordinance, or Our former Proclamation, any Woollen Cloth, or Woollen Manufacture, unto any Cities, Towns, or Places, other than the Mart and Staple Towns of the said Fellowship. And because We intend and expect to have a strict account, of what obedience is given to these Our Proclamations, which are in pursuance of the said Ordinance of Parliament; And to the intent the Offenders may be discovered, and brought to justice, and such punishment inflicted on them for such their offences, as by Law and justice ought to be inflicted on such, as wilfully and contemptuously transgress Our Laws and Proclamations in pursuance of the same; We do, by, and with the advice and consent of our Council, Will and Command, as well Our judges of the High Court of Admiralty of England, and the Commissioners of Our customs, and the several Officers attending that Service; as also all and every Our Generals at Sea, Admirals of Our Fleet, Vice-Admirals, Commanders of Squadrons, and other Commanders, Captains and Officers whatsoever, of any of Our Ships, or of any of Our Castles, Blockhouses, and Forts respectively, and all other Our Officers and Ministers in their several places▪ to be aiding and assisting unto the said Fellowship & Company of merchant's Adventurers of England, and all such as they shall employ, as well and especially in the searching for, and seizing all such Woollen Clothes, or other English Woollen Manufactures, Prohibited by the said Ordinance and Proclamation respectively, to be transported as aforesaid; as also in all other Matters and Things, tending to the supportation of the Government of the said Fellowship and Company, and regulation of their Trade, and for preservation of the privileges, jurisdictions, and Franchises lawfully granted unto them by any Act or Ordinance of Parliament.  
Given at White-Hall the 14th. of June, 1658.   

London, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness. 1658.