WE being ſenſible how much it imports the welfare of this Our Realm, That the Trade to the Eaſt-Indies be Maintained and Encouraged, and that the preſent Eaſt-India Company have for divers years laſt paſt mannaged and carried on the ſame to the Honour and Profit of the Nation; And being given to underſtand that ſome of Our Subjects minding more their particular gain than the general good, have of late preſumed to Trade into thoſe Parts upon their private account, and that other of Our Subjects are preparing and fitting out Ships for that purpoſe, which if permitted, will ſoon deſtroy the ſaid Company, and endanger the loſing that whole Trade to the Nation, as it happened in the late licentious Times, when by laying open the ſaid Trade, it was almoſt loſt, and had beén wholly loſt, had it not beén retrieved and recovered by the great Induſtry and Charge of the ſaid Company, who are ſtill at vaſt Charge and Expence to Preſerve and Maintain the ſame: Which attempts of the ſaid Private Traders, We apprehend may ariſe as well from their ignorance of what Liberties and Priviledges We have Granted to the ſaid Company touching the ſaid Trade, and of Our Royal Prohibition therein to all other Our loving Subjects, as alſo of the Law, That none of Our Subjects ought to Trade or Traffick with Infidels, or Barbarous Nations not in Amity with Vs, and who are not holden by any League or Treaty, have therefore thought fit by this Our Royal Proclamation to Declare and Publiſh, That We by Our Letters Patents bearing Date at Weſtminſter the Third day of April, in the Thirteenth year of Our Reign, have Granted to the ſaid Eaſt-India Company, the whole and intire Trade of the ſaid Eaſt-Indies, and of all Places where any Trade is to be had from the Cape of Bona Speranza to the Streights of Magellan, and have thereby ſtraitly Prohibited all other Our Subjects, of what Degree or Quality ſoever, to Viſit, Haunt, Frequent, or Trade, Traffick, or Adventure by way of Merchandize, into or from the ſaid Eaſt-Indies, or any the Places aforeſaid, without the Licence of the ſaid Company, upon pain of incurring Our High Diſpleaſure, and the forfeiture and loſs of the Goods and Merchandizes, as alſo of the Ship and Ships, with the Furniture thereof, wherein ſuch Goods or Merchandizes ſhall be brought or found Trading or Trafficking contrary to Our ſaid Prohibition. And that all Offenders in the Premiſſes may be rendered altogether inexcuſable, We have thought fit to Publiſh and Declare Our Royal Pleaſure to be, And We do hereby ſtrictly Prohibit and Forbid all and every of Our loving Subjects Whatſoever, except the ſaid Company and their Succeſſors, and others Trading by the ſaid Companies Licence, to Trade into, Viſit or Haunt the ſaid Eaſt-Indies, or any Part, Creék, Haven, or Place within the ſaid Companies Charter, upon pain of Our High Diſpleaſure, and of being proceéded againſt as Contemners of Our Laws and Royal Authority, and alſo of incurring the Forfeiture and Loſs of the Goods and Merchandizes, and the Ships or Veſſels with their Furniture, which ſhall bring or carry the ſame to or from the ſaid Eaſt-Indies, and all other the Places within the Limits of the ſaid Charter by Vs Granted to the ſaid Company. And to the end Our Will and Pleaſure herein may be the better obſerved, We do hereby alſo ſtrictly Require and Command Our Governors, Deputy-Governors, Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Generals, Judges of Our Courts of Admiralty, Commanders of Our Forts and Caſtles, Captains of Our Royal Ships, Provoſt Marſhals, Marſhals, Comptrollers, Collectors of Our Cuſtoms, Waiters, Searchers, and all other Our Officers and Miniſters Civil and Military, by Sea or Land, in all or every Our Foreign Dominions and Plantations, and alſo all and ſingular Captains and Commanders of Ships Employed, or to be Employed in the Service of the ſaid Eaſt-India Company, to be Aiding and Aſſiſting to Attack, Arreſt, Take and Seize for Our Uſe, the Ship or Ships, Veſſel or Veſſels, with their Furniture, Goods, Wares and Merchandizes of all and every Our Subjects, other than the ſaid Company and their Succeſſors, and ſuch as ſhall be Employed or Licenſed by them, which they ſhall find on Sea or Land, within the Limits of Our ſaid Charter Granted to the ſaid Company, according to the Tenor of Our Royal Charter Granted to the ſaid Company, and to proceéd to Condemnation thereof in any of Our Courts in Our ſaid Foreign Dominions and Plantations, upon pain of Our High Diſpleaſure, and as they will anſwer the contrary at their perils.