A. D. 1660. Anno duodecimo Caroli 11. C. 18. 183 fries ; (*) under the Penalty of the Forfeiture of all fuch of the aforefaid Goods as (hall be imported from Altered by any other Place or Country contrary to the true Intent and Meaning hereof, as alfo of the Ship in which ^q""^ 'j,^to they were imported, with all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle and Apparel ; one Moiety to American D(ug». his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moiety to him or them that Ihall feize, inform or fue for the fame in any Court of Record, to be recovered as is before expred. j V. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That any fort of Ling, Stock-fifh, Pilchard, m,&c^m,
- or any other kind of dried or falted Fifh, ufually firticd for and caught by the People of England, Ireland, &c.' Whale-fins,
ilVales, or "Town o( Benuici upon Tweed ; or any fort of Cod-fi(h or Herring, or any Oil or Blubber made ^'■"P""^' ior that Ihall be made of any kind of Filh whatfoever, or any Whale-fins or Whale-bones, which (hall be veirelt" by the iimported into England, Ireland, JVales, or Town of Benuick upon Tiueed, not having been caught in Vef- Proprietors fels truly and properly belonging thereunto as Pi^oprietors and right Owners thereof, and the faid Fifli '^'^jV'*,'" *^' icured, laved and dried, and the Oil and Blubber aforefaid (which Ihall be accounted and pay as Oil) not AHeii^'cuftom.* made by the People thereof, and Ihall be imported into England, Ireland, or Wales, or Town of Berwick Proteftant upon Twi-^^, (hall pay double Aliens Cuftom. _ eSedbT,o- VI. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That from henceforth it (hall not be lawful to & ,, w, jf any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, to load or caufe to be loaden and carried in any Bottom or Bottoms, c.i4,fe(a.i3..and Ship or Ships, Veffel or Veflcls whatfoever, whereof any Stranger or Strangers-born (unlefs fuch as (hall of An'J'ifo°,7eV°" be Denizens or Naturalized) be Owners, Part-Owners or Mailer, and whereof three fourths of the Ma- &c. provided'for riners at leall (liall not be Englijh, any Filli, Viftual, Wares, Goods, Commodities or Things, of what by reft, 14. Kind or Nature foever the fame ihall be, from one Port or Creek of England, Ireland, Wales, Iflands of Guernfey or Jerfey, or Town oi Berwick upon Tweed, to another Port or Creek of the fame, or of any of No Goods to be 'them ; under Penalty for every one that (hall offend contrary to the true Meaning of this Branch of this f^^^ ore'^plrt iprefent Aft, to forfeit all fuch Goods as (hall be loaden and carried in any fuch Ship or VefTel, together of England to iwith tlie Ship or VeiTel, and all her Guns, Ammunition, Tackle, Furniture and Apparel; one Moiety to a|>other in the his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moiety to him or them that (hall inform, feize or fue ^Hen not^Deni'. for the fame in any Court of Record, to be recovered in Manner aforefaid, zened, &c. VII. And it is further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid, That where any Eafe, Abatement or Privi- The Penalty, lege is given in the Book of Rates to Goods or Commodities imported or exported in Engil/h-hullt Ship- ' ^ ■"^" iping, that is to fay. Shipping built in England, Ireland, Wales, Iflands of Guertifey ox jerfey, or Town of ^^* ^." A*'*^ Berwick upon Tweed, or in any the Lands, idands. Dominions and Territories to his Majefty in Africa, Book o" Rates Afia or America, belonging, or in his PoflTeiTion, that it is always to be underftood and provided, that the to extend only Mafter and three fourths of the Mariners of the faid Ships at leaft be alfo Englifl) ; (2) and that where it is w^ero three required that the Mafter and three fourths of the Maripers be Englijh, that the true Intent and Meaning Mariners ha ' thereof is, that they fhould be fuch during the whole Voyage, unlefs in Cafe of Sicknefs, Death, or being Englifli. jtaken Prifoners in the Voyage, to be proved by the Oath of the Mafter or other Chief Officer of fuch IShips. ! VIII. And it is further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Goods or Commodities of the Goods of tfie iGrowth, Produdion or Manufacture of jM^-tfwj, or of any the Countries, Dominions or Territories to "^^^'^ °''*^ (the Great Duke or Emperor oi Mufcovy or RuJJia belonging, as alfo that no Sort of Mafts, Timber or Mufcovy* or jBoards, no foreign Salt, Pitch, Tar, Rofin, Heinp orFlax, Raifins, Figs, Prunes, Olive-Oils, no Sorts Ruffia.. jof Corn or Grain, Sugar, Pot-Aflies, Wines, Vinegar, or Spirits called Aqua-vita, or Brandy- Wine, fliall Explained by Ifromand after the firftDay oi April, which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred fix- '^ii/itift^ajV (ty-one, be imported into England, Ireland, Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Twwi/, in any Ship or 5 Mod, 193. iShips, Veflfel or Veffels whatfoever, but in fuch as do truly and without Fraudbelong to the People there- '.of, or fome of them, as the true Owners and Proprietors thereof, and whereof the Mafter and three fourths Sof the Mariners at leaft zx^Englifi: And that no Currans nor Commodities of the Growth, Produftion or pManufadure of any the Countries, Iflands, Dominions or Territories to the Othoman or Turkifi Empire othoman or ! belonging, fliall from and after the firft Day of September, which (hall be in the Year of our Lord one thou- Turkifli Empire ifand (ix hundred fixty-one, be imported into any the afore-mentioned Places in any Ship or VefTel, but 'which is of £?;^/z7y?i-built, and navigated, as aforefaid, and in no other, except only fuch foreign Ships and I Veffels as are of the Built of that Country or Place of which the faid Goods are the Growth, Produftion !or Manufacture refpecStively, or of fuch Port where the faid Goods can only be, or moft ufually are, firft
- j(hipped for Tranfportation, and whereof the Mafter and three fourths of the Mariners at leaft are of the
ifaid Country or Place, under the Penalty and Forfeiture of Ship and Goods, to be difpofed and recovered j as in the foregoing Claufe. I IX. Provided always, and be it hereby enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That for the Prevention of Srauds in cosri 'the great Frauds daily ufed in colouring and concealing of Aliens Goods, all Wines of the Growth of Sf^j| ■^^w'to ■France or Germany, which from and after the twentieth Day oi October one thoufand fix hundred and fixty be prevented. |(hall be imported into any the Porrs or Places aforefaid, in any other Ship or VefTel than which doth truly j and without Fraud belong to £«?/tfH^, Ireland, Wales, or Town oi Berwick upon Tweed, and navigated j with the Mariners thereof, as aforefaid, (hall be deemed Aliens Goods, and pay all Strangers Cuftoms I and Duties to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, as alfo to the Town or Port into which they (hall be ■imported; (2) and that all Sorts of Mafts, Timber or Boards, as aho all foreign Salt, Pitch, 'J ar, Rofin, iHemp, Flax, Raifins, Figs, Prunes, Olive-Oils, all Sorts of Corn or Grain, Sugar, Pot-alhes, Spirits V I commonly called Brandy- Wine, or Agua-vitie, Wines of the Growth oi Spain, the Iflands of the Cana- ' ries ox Portugal, Madera, or Weftern Iflands ; (j) and all the Goods of the Growth, Produflion or Ma-
- nufafture oi Mufcovy or R'uffta, which from and after the firft Day of April, which (hall be in the Year of
i our Lord one thoufand fix nuridred fixty-one, fliall be imported into any the aforefaid Places in any other thaa