A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32077 of text R40802 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2694). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A32077) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108614) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1683:24) A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 broadside. By L. Lichfield ..., [Oxford : 1642] At head of title: By the King. "Given under our signe manuall at our court of Oxford, the sixteenth day December, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne." Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Tonnage fees -- Great Britain -- History. Tonnage fees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. A32077 R40802 (Wing C2694). civilwar no A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of t England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 771 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion BY THE KING . CR HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms ¶ A Proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of Tonnage and Poundage , and other impositions upon Merchandises , under colour of the late pretended ORDINANCE of both Houses of Parliament . WEE have made so many Declarations of Our Royall Intentions concerning the preserving of the Religion and Lawes of this Land , That Wee think it not fit often to repeat , Though by Gods grace We seriously intend never to decline or depart from the same . But this seems most strange unto Us , that whil'st ( especially at , and about London ) Our just and legall Commands are not obeyed , other Orders and Ordinances , ( for which there is no legall foundation ) which not only discountenance , but overthrow the Lawes of the Land that settle Religion , and were the sences of the Subjects property , are submitted unto and obeyed by many of Our weaker Subjects : And amongst these a blind obedience hath been yeelded unto the pretended Ordinance , for setling the Receipt of Tonnage and Poundage , and other impositions upon Merchandises , without an Act of Parliament , when an Act this Parliament ( received from Us , and so understood by Us , as one of the greatest graces the Crowne ever conferred on the Subject ) declares , no such Paiments are due without an Act ; and by that Act it is provided , that all such Persons as receive the same incurr the forfeiture of a Premunire . This We thought would not have found obedience from the Merchant , who understood what his owne benefit was thereby , and could not be ignorant how penall it was in him to breake this Law ; especially when he found he was to pay those duties for support of an unnaturall Warr against his Prince , and to foment an intestine and Civill dissention which hath already , and may in the future produce so many Evills upon this poore People , contrary to the true intention of the said Act. But upon the menaces and usage some received that denyed it , We find since a more generall Obedience in such as Trade , then We expected , though We understand by it the Trade of the Kingdom is much lessened . Neverthelesse We thought not fit untill this present , by any of Our Proclamations to prohibite the same , because We hoped before this time , We having so often and by so many meanes endeavoured the same , some happy understanding might have been between Us and both Our Houses of Parliament . But at present finding that the monyes arising from these Duties , are a great part of the fewell that maintaines this fire , and supports this unnaturall Rebellion against Us , and heightens the Spirits of such as have no Spirit to Peace , unlesse they may destroy Us , Our Posterity , and the setled Government both of Church and State ; We doe hereby Declare and Proclaime to all Our People of what sort soever , That whosoever hence forward shall , by vertue of the said pretended Ordinance of Parliament , pay any Monyes under the names of Tonnage and Poundage , or other impositions upon Merchandise , other then for Customes to be paid to Our proper Ministers , which are due to Us by the known Lawes of the Kingdome , That We will proceed against him or them in due time , as an ill-affected person or persons to the Peace of this Kingdome , and as such as endeavour ( as much as in them lyes ) to hinder a true Intelligence betwixt Us and Our People . And for such person , or persons as shall continue to require or receive the same , contrary to the Statute made this Parliament , We shall like wise proceed against them according to the penalty in the said Act. And because ( though the Law ought to have been every mans prohibition ) We did not , untill this time , forbid the same , We doe hereby grant Our free Pardon to all such as formerly having either paid , or received these Customes , shall henceforth refuse the same , And to no other . ¶ Given under Our Signe Manuall at Our Court at Oxford , the sixteenth day of December , in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Reigne . God save the King .