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Show ‘ members of the fame; We, of Our certain rity royal, ‘ knowledge, full power, and autho edict, Viz. ‘ have made and ifTued this prefent world, ‘ Whereas it is well known to all the in the ‘ that the firf'r German fettlements made people, of ies colon by were in, Brita of d ‘ iflan , and ‘ fubjeét to Our renowned ducal ancefiors uét cond the r unde s, nion domi ‘ drawn from their Ida, , icus Cerd Ulla, , Hella a, Horf f't, ‘ of Hengi have ‘ and others; And that the {aid colonies 'c auguf Our of ction ‘ flourithed under the prote eman been r neve have paft, ‘ houfe, for ages ed yield rto hithe have yet and m; efro ther ed ‘ cipat ‘ little profit to the fame: And whereas \Ve Ournded ‘ {elf have in the lafi: war fought for and defe e, Franc of r powe the ft again ies, colon ‘ the faid ‘ and thereby enabled them to make conquefts C ‘ from the {aid power in America ; for WthltW : ‘ have not yet received adequate compenfation ‘ And whereas it is jui't and expedient thata reies in ‘ venue fliould be raifed from the (aid colon that and on; cati mnifi inde Our ‘ Britain, towards fubnt ancie Our of nts ende defc are who ‘ thofe C, ‘ jeé'ts, and thence {till owe Us ClUC.OdelCDC ‘ {hould contribute to the replenifhing of Our done, had their ‘ royal COffoS ; (as they mutt have Us ‘ ancef'tors remained in the territories now to ‘ appertaining) :--We do therefore hereby ordain ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ and command, That, from and after the date of thefe prefents, there {hall be levied, and paid to Our officers of the rzflamr, on all goods, 21p; wares, and mei‘chandizes, and on all grain 0 [A: D.T.] qflizming Claim over Britain. "figflnhnakh APaussmn EDICT, a 315 ‘ 317 other produce of the earth, exported from the faid ifland of Britain, and on all goods of whatever kind imported into the fame; a duty of four and a half per cent. ad valorem, for the ufe of Us and Our fucceflors.-And that the {aid duty may more ef'feél ually be collected, We do hereby ordain, that all {hips or veffels bound from Great Britain to any other part of the world, or from any other part of the world to Great Britain, {hall in their refpeétive voyages touch at Our port of Koningfberg, there to be unladen, fearched, and charged with the [aid duties. ‘ And Whereas there hath been from time to time difcovercd in the {aid ifland ofGreatBritain, by our colonif'ts there, many mines or beds of iron-Hone; and fundry fubjeéts of Our ancient dominion, fkilful in converting the {aid {tone into metal, have in time pait tranfported them- felves thither, carrying with them and commu- nicating that art; and the inhabitants of the {aid ifland, prefuming that they had a natural right to make the heft me they could of the natural productions of their country, for their own he- .nefit, have not only built furnaces for tinelting the 11nd {lone into iron, but have erected pla- ting-forges, flitting-mills, and Reel-furnaces, for the more convenient manufacturing of the fame; thereby endangering a diminution of the faid manufacture in Our ancient dominion ;--VVe do therefore hereby farther ordain, That, from and ‘ after the date hereof, no mill or other engine for ‘ flitting |