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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22354	By the King a proclamation touching tobacco.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1625 (1625)	STC 8767; ESTC S3497	1,418	2

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ¶ By the King A Proclamation touching Tobacco WHereas Our most deare Father of blessed memorie deceased for many weighty and important Reasons of State and at the humble suit of His Commons in Parliament did lately publish two seuerall Proclamations the one dated the nine and twentieth day of September now last past and the other the second of March following for the vtter prohibiting of the importation and vse of all Tobacco which is not of the proper growth of the Colonies of Virginia and the Sommer Islands or one of them with such Cautious and vnder such Paines and Penalties as are in those Proclamations at large expressed Wee tendring the prosperity of those Colonies and Plantations and holding it to bee a matter of great consequence vnto Us and to the honour of Our Crowne not to desert or neglect those Colonies whereof the foundations with hopefull successe haue been so happily layd by Our Father beeing giuen to vnderstand that diuers persons intending onely their priuate gaine and neglecting all considerations of the publique in this short time whilest Wee haue been necessarily taken vp in ordering of the great affaires of Our Kingdomes and State haue taken the boldnesse secretly and by stealth to import and vtter great quantities of Tobacco which is not of the growth of the Plantations aforesaid to the vtter destruction of those Plantations as much as in them lieth Wee haue thought fit for the preuenting of those inconueniences which may otherwise ensue to the irrecouerable dammage of those Plantations and of Our seruice to publish and declare Our Royall pleasure for the present touching the premisses vntill vpon more mature deliberation Wee shall see cause to alter or adde vnto the same in any part And Wee doe therefore straitly charge and command that no person whatsoeuer of what degree or qualitie soeuer doe at any time hereafter either directly or indirectly import buy sell or vtter plant cherish or vse or cause to bee imported sold or vttered cherished planted or vsed in Our Realmes of England or Ireland or Dominion of Wales or in any Isles or places thereunto belonging any Tobacco of any sort whatsoeuer which is not of the proper growth of the said Colonies or one of them And that no person whatsoeuer by any shift or deuice whatsoeuer doe receiue or conceale or colour the Tobacco of any other so imported planted bought sold vttered or vsed within Our sayd Realmes or Dominions or the Isles or places aforesaid or any part thereof vpon paine of forteiture unto Us of all such Tobacco so to be imported bought sold planted vttered or vsed contrary to the true meaning of these presents in whose hands soeuer the same shall be found and vpon such further paines and penalties as by the Lawes and Statutes of these Our Realms or by the Censure of Our Courts of Star-Chamber in either of Our said Kingdomes respectiuely can or may be inflicted vpon the offenders for contempt of this Our Royall Command and to be reputed and taken as enemies to Our proceedings and to those Plantations which so much concerne Our honour and the honour and profit of Our State And Our further will and command is that all the forreigne Tobacco of what sort soeuer which is not of the proper growth of those Plantations or one of them shall before the fourth day of May now next ensuing bee transported out of Our Realmes and Dominions as by the sayd former Proclamations it was directed and commanded vpon paine of forfeiture thereof and vpon the other paines and penalties aforesayd to be inflicted vpon the offenders And Our pleasure is That all such forreigne Tobacco may bee freely exported by any person whatsoeuer without paying to Us or to Our vse any Subsidie or other duetie for the same Giuen at Our Court at White-Hall this ninth day of April in the first yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland God saue the King ¶ Printed at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie M.DC.XXV