WHereas by one Act of Parliament made in the Fifteenth Year of His Majeſties Reign, Entituled, (An Act for the Encouragement of Trade) it is Enacted, That from and after the Twenty fifth day of March 1664, no Commodities of the growth, production or manufacture of Europe, ſhall be Imported into any Land, Iſland, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place to His Majeſty belonging, or which ſhall belong unto, or be in the poſſeſſion of His Majeſty, His Heirs or Succeſſors, in Aſia, Africa, or America, (Tanger onely excepted) but what ſhall be bona fide, and without fraud Laden and Shipped in England, Wales, or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and which ſhall be carried directly thence to the ſaid Lands, Iſlands, Plantations, Colonies, Territories and Places, and from no other place whatſoever, any Law, Statute, or Vſage to the contrary notwithſtanding, under the Penalty of the Loſs of all ſuch Commodities of the Growth, Production or Manufacture of Europe, as ſhall be Imported into any of them, from any other place whatſoever, by Land, or by Water; and if by Water, of the Ship or Veſſel alſo in which they were Imported, with all her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Ammunition and Apparel; the ſaid forfeitures to be diſpoſed as by the ſaid Act is directed: Provided, that it ſhall be lawful to Ship and Lade in ſuch Ships, and ſo Navigated, as in the ſaid Act is expreſſed, in any part of Europe, Salt for the Fiſheries of New England and New-found-land; and to ſhip and lade in the Maderas, Wines of the growth thereof; and ſhip and lade in the Weſtern Iſlands, or Azores, Wines of the growth of the ſaid Iſlands; and to ſhip and take in Servants or Horſes in Scotland or Ireland; and to ſhip or lade in Scotland, all ſorts of Victual of the growth or production of Scotland; and to ſhip or lade in Ireland, all ſorts of Victual of the growth or production of Ireland, and the ſame to tranſport into any of the ſaid Lands, Iſlands, Plantations, Colonies, Territories, or Places; Any thing in the foregoing Clauſe to the contrary notwithſtanding. And whereas His Majeſty is well informed, that notwithſtanding the ſaid Act of Parliament, great quantities of other Commodities of the growth, production and manufacture of Europe, (then what are by the ſaid Act permitted) have been, and are daily Imported into ſeveral of His Colonies, Plantations, and Territories, in Aſia, Africa and America, (beſides Tanger;) and that His Majeſties Subjects of ſome of His Colonies, and Plantations, have not onely ſupplied themſelves with ſuch Commodities not Shipped in England, Wales or Berwick, but have conveyed them by Land and Water, to other of His Majeſties Colonies and Plantations, to the great prejudice of His Majeſties Cuſtoms, and of the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom: His Majeſty therefore for the prevention thereof for the future, doth by this His Royal Proclamation, (with the Advice of His Privy Council) Require and Command all and every His Subjects, that they do not for the future preſume to Import any Commodities of the growth, production, or manufacture of Europe, (except what may be Imported by vertue of the Proviſo aforeſaid) by Land, or Water, into any Land, Iſland, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place to His Majeſty belonging, or which hereafter ſhall belong unto, or be in the poſſeſſion of His Majeſty, His Heirs and Succeſſors, (Tanger onely excepted) but which ſhall be bona fide, and without fraud laden and Shipped in England, Wales, or the Town of Berwick, and carried directly from thence, according to the true meaning of the ſaid Act; whereof all perſons concerned are to take notice, and yield due obedience thereunto. And His Majeſty doth further ſtrictly direct and require all Governours of His Colonies, and Plantations, and of all Lands, Iſlands, and Places in His poſſeſſion in Aſia, Africa, and America, (Tanger onely excepted) to take care that this His Royal Proclamation be put in due execution: And alſo that one Act made in the Twelfth year of His Majeſties Reign, Entituled, An Act for the Encouraging and Increaſe of Shipping and Navigation,) and one Act made in the Two and twentieth and Three and twentieth years of His Reign, Entituled, (An Act for the Regulating the Plantation Trade,) and alſo one other Act made in the Five and twentieth year of His Majeſties Reign, Entituled, (An Act for the better Securing the Plantation Trade) together with all other the Laws of this His Kingdom of England, relating to the Trade of His Plantations, be duely obſerved and put in execution in their reſpective Governments: And His Majeſty doth further require all His ſaid Governours, and that they Command all Officers, Civil and Military under their reſpective Commands, to be aiding and aſſiſting therein, and to the Collectors and other Officers of His Majeſties Cuſtoms under them, in the Execution of their reſpective Offices in order thereunto, as they and every of them will anſwer the contrary at their utmoſt perils.