Whereas We by an Order in Council of the Tenth day of May One thousand
six hundred seventy two,[1] have Dispensed for sometime with certain
Clauses in the late Acts of Parliament for Encouraging and Increasing
of Shipping and Navigation, and for the Encouragement of Trade; And
therein also Declared, That when We should think fit to determine that
Dispensation, We would by Our Royal Proclamation give Six Moneths
notice thereof, to the end no Merchant, or other Person therein
concerned should be Surprized. In order whereunto, We taking the same
into Consideration, have thought fit (with the Advice of Our Privy
Council) to Publish this Our Royal Proclamation; And do hereby Declare,
That the said Order of the Tenth of May One thousand six hundred
seventy two, and all and every the Dispensations, Clauses, Matters and
Things therein contained, shall from and after the end of Six moneths
next ensuing the Date of this Proclamation, cease, determine, and
be void to all intents and purposes whatsoever: Whereof all Persons
concerned are to take notice, and to conform themselves accordingly.
Given at our Court at Whitehall the Eleventh day of March 1673/4 in
the Six and twentieth year of Our Reign.