By the King, a proclamation. Amongst other the advantages of these our kingdoms, the staple commodities of wooll and cloth are peculiar thereunto, ...
England and Wales.Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
JamesII,King of England,1633-1701.
London : printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty,
1688.
"Much wool ... is exported to the great prejudice of the woollen manufacture. A commission has been granted, 28 June last, to certain persons to stop this export, to receive voluntary contributions to aid them, and to employ the money received accordingly. Any of these export found are to be seized and broought to London, ..." -- Steele.
Title from caption title and opening words of text.
At end of text: Given at our court at Windsor the twelfth day of August, 1688. In the fourth year of our reign.
Steele notation: peculiar the Per-; Arms 106.
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