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... English merchants , 66 66 66 66 ( ' being in foreign ports , and not finding any sufficient ' English vessels there , might ship their goods on board " foreign vessels , ' - a help to trade , no doubt , but ren- dered useless by a law ...
... English merchants , 66 66 66 66 ( ' being in foreign ports , and not finding any sufficient ' English vessels there , might ship their goods on board " foreign vessels , ' - a help to trade , no doubt , but ren- dered useless by a law ...
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... English vessels were not to be had , taking out- " ward cargoes , because they had caught them carrying at reasonable freights . " 66 For the verbatim quotations I have given from Sir Harris Nicolas's elaborate work , original ...
... English vessels were not to be had , taking out- " ward cargoes , because they had caught them carrying at reasonable freights . " 66 For the verbatim quotations I have given from Sir Harris Nicolas's elaborate work , original ...
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... English merchants ; for they trying what they could do " themselves therein , their adventures and returns proving 66 66 66 66 66 successful , they took the whole trade into their hands , " and so divided themselves into staplers and ...
... English merchants ; for they trying what they could do " themselves therein , their adventures and returns proving 66 66 66 66 66 successful , they took the whole trade into their hands , " and so divided themselves into staplers and ...
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... English commerce with Germany ; to which Elizabeth replied by a proclamation , in consequence of which sixty sail of their shipping were embargoed in the Tagus . A general assembly was thereupon held at Lubeck , to concert measures for ...
... English commerce with Germany ; to which Elizabeth replied by a proclamation , in consequence of which sixty sail of their shipping were embargoed in the Tagus . A general assembly was thereupon held at Lubeck , to concert measures for ...
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... English coast , but which was apparently settled to the satisfaction of all parties in 1608 . It was with reference to the disputes at this period respecting the honour of the flag , the right of fishing , and the Spanish claim to the ...
... English coast , but which was apparently settled to the satisfaction of all parties in 1608 . It was with reference to the disputes at this period respecting the honour of the flag , the right of fishing , and the Spanish claim to the ...
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Page 11 - December, one thousand six hundred fifty-one, and from thenceforwards, no goods or commodities whatsoever, of the growth, production, or manufacture of Asia, Africa, or America, or of any part thereof; or of any islands belonging to them or any of them, or which are described or laid down in the usual maps or cards of those places, as well of the English plantations as others...
Page 309 - ... most favoured nation, unless His Majesty, by His Order in Council, shall in any case deem it expedient to grant the whole or any of such privileges to the ships of any foreign country, although the conditions aforesaid shall not, in all respects, be fulfilled by such foreign country...
Page 301 - An Act to indemnify all persons concerned in advising, issuing , or acting under, a certain order in Council, for regulating the tonnage duties on certain Foreign Vessels, and to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for authorising His Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the 'duties and drawbacks on goods imported or exported in any Foreign Vessels...
Page 299 - An Act to regulate the Trade of British Possessions abroad, as provides that no Goods shall be imported into or exported from any of the British Possessions in America by Sea from or to any Place other than the United Kingdom, or some other of such Possessions, except into or from the several Ports denominated Free Ports...
Page 316 - An Act to regulate the trade between his majesty's possessions in America and the West Indies, and other parts of the world.
Page 11 - Berwick-upon-Tweed, or are of the built of and belonging to any of the said lands, islands, plantations or territories as the proprietors and right owners thereof, and whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at least are...
Page 307 - Plantations or Territories to his Majesty belonging or in his possession or which may hereafter belong unto or be in the possession of His Majesty His Heires and Successors in Asia Africa or America...
Page 22 - Mighty and destructive, by that severe act of parliament which excludes us the having any commerce with any nation in Europe but our own, so that we cannot add to our plantation any commodity that grows out of it, as olive trees, cotton or vines.
Page 300 - An Act to consolidate and amend the several Laws now in force with respect to Trade from and to Places within the Limits of the Charter of the East India Company, and to make further Provisions with respect to such Trade, and to amend an Act of the present Session of Parliament for the registering of Vessels, so far as it relates to Vessels registered in India...
Page 12 - And it is further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Goods or Commodities that are of Foreign Growth, Production, or Manufacture, and which are to be brought into England, Ireland, Wales, the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, or Town of...