WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament in the Twelfth Year of His Majeſties Reign, Entituled, An Act for the Encouraging and Increaſing of Shipping and Navigation of this Nation, amongſt ſundry other particulars it was Enacted, That no Goods or Commodities that are of Forreign Growth, Production, or Manufacture, and which are to be brought into England, Ireland, Wales, the Iſlands of Guernſey and Jerzey, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed in Engliſh-built Shipping, and other Shipping belonging to ſome of the aforeſaid places, and Navigated by Engliſh Mariners, ſhall be Shipped or brought from any other place or places, Country or Countries, but only from thoſe of their ſaid growth, production or Manufacture, or from thoſe Ports where the ſaid Goods and Commodities can only, or are, or uſually have been firſt ſhipped for Tranſportation, and from none other places or Countries, under the Penalty of forfeiture of Ship and Goods; And alſo that no ſorts of Maſts, Timber or Boards, no forreign Salt, Pitch, Tar, Rozin, Hemp, or Flax, Rayſons, Figgs, Prunes, Olive-Oyls; no ſorts of Corn or Grain, Sugar, Pot-aſhes, Wines, Vinegar, or Spirits called Aqua-vitae, or Brandy Wine, ſhall from and after the firſt day of April, which ſhall be in the year of our Lord 1661. be Imported into England, Ireland, Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, in any Ship or Veſſel whatſoever, but ſuch as do truly and without fraud belong to the people thereof, or of ſome of them, as the true Owners and Proprietors thereof, and whereof the Maſter and three fourths of the Mariners at leaſt are Engliſh, under the penalty aforeſaid: And alſo that all French and Germane Wines Imported into the ſaid Ports and Places, in any other Veſſel then Engliſh, Iriſh, Welch, or Berwick, and Navigated as aforeſaid, ſhall be deemed Aliens Goods, and pay Cuſtome accordingly.

And whereas notwithſtanding the ſaid Act ſeveral Letters or Warrants (through miſ-information) have been obtained from His Majeſty, by which the Lubeckers, their Ships, Mariners and Merchants, are licenſed to come into England, and other His Majeſties Kingdoms and Dominions, freed from the penalty of the ſaid Act, upon pretence of a former Cuſtome, and tranſport thence in their own Ships Merchandizes not only of the Growth of Germany or coming from thence, but alſo out of Norway, Swedeland, Leifland, and other places ſcituate on the Baltick Sea; All which this Board taking into ſerious conſideration, and well weighing the ill conſequences by trenching upon the ſaid Act, and damages and inconveniences which (by ſuch toleration) will accrue to the Engliſh Owners of Shipping, Mariners, and Merchants; It was this day Ordered by His Majeſty in Council, That all and every ſuch Letters, Licences, or Warrants at any time heretofore obtained from His Majeſty, or any other Authority, for permitting any ſuch Ships or Veſſels as aforeſaid to trade contrary to the ſaid Act for Encouraging and Increaſing the Shipping and Navigation of this Kingdom, be, and hereby they are revoked, recalled, and declared void to all intents and purpoſes, as if no ſuch Letters, Licences, or Warrants had ever been had or obtained: And hereof as well the Commiſſioners and Officers of His Majeſties Cuſtoms in all and every the Ports and Harbours of His Majeſties Kingdoms and Dominions, as alſo all other perſons therein concerned are required to take notice, and to conform hereunto: And the ſaid Commiſſioners and Officers of His Majeſties Cuſtoms are to take care that by convenient time given to thoſe who are already come, or hereafter ſhall adventure upon any former Order into this or any other Port, that by this Revocation they be not damnified by any ſudden ſurprizal: For all which this ſhall be to them and every of them ſufficient Warrant.