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    Wales or Berwick for any of his Mats plantations & given Lib. H. D.

    Security to Return from thence with her loading, and a Like

    List of every Ship That hath Discharged her Loading from

    Yor Governmt & had a Certificate thereof from any Custome P

    House of England Wales or Berwick in Order to the Vacating

    the Security given with you; And if any Ship pretending to

    Come from England with a Certificate of giveing Bond here,

    or a Certificate of Dischargeing her loading in Some port of

    this Kingdom for Vacating the Bond given to you, shall not'

    be found in One of those Lists respectively according to the

    Ordr and Date of Such Certificate You may Conclude such

    Certificate to be fforged or Counterfeit, And as the Case Shall

    happen It will be Incumbant on You Either to prsecute the

    Bond as fforfeited or to seize Such Ship as Shall prsume to

    load or take on Board any of the Enumerated Commodities by

    Colour of such Counterfeite Certificate Unless it may soe fall

    out That a Ship Shall Arrive with a Certificate from England

    before such List Comes to your hands, Whereby to Discover

    whether it be a true or a Counterfeite Certificate In which Case

    it will be advisable for you to take good security in the

    Country for the Carrying such of the Enumerated plantation

    Goods as She shall there Load, to Some Port of England

    Wales or Berwick.

      We likewise remind you on this Occasion of the Clause in

    the Act of Navigation made in the 12th year of the Reign of

    King Charles the Second, Which provides that no Alien or

    Person not Born within the Kings Allegiance or Naturalized

    or made a ffree Denizen shall Exercise the Trade or Occupa

    tion of a Merchant or ifactor in any of the Plantations, upon

    pain of fforfeiture of all his Goods and Chattels, And we desire

    you to Cause a due observance thereof within your Governmt

    And let the Comandrs of his Mats Ships of Warr or others

    having Commission from his Maty Coming to Yor Government

    be ifurnished with Coppyes of the Instructions which we have

    purposely prepared and Sent you in pursuance of the sd Act

    of Navigation, by which Act they are Authorized to Seize and

    bring in as prize all such Ships & Vessells as shall be found

    Offending Contrary thereunto; ffor whose Encouragement one

    Moyety of the forfeitures after Condemnation is thereby

    allotted them and their Companyes to be divided & propor

    tioned amongst them according to the Rules and Ordrs of the

    Sea, in Case of Ships taken Prize.

      And as by the Acts of Trade and Navigation the Governrs

    of the plantations are particularly Enjoyned by Solemn Oath

    and under the penalty of being Removed from their Respective

    Governments, to doe their Utmost that all the Matters and

    things therein Contained Shall be punctually and bonâ fide

    Observed according to the true intent and meaning thereof,