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" in England, and regulating the plantation 

 " trade." 



" Whereas the fowing, fetting, planting 

 " and curing of tobacco, within divers parts 

 " of the kingdom of England, doth conti- 

 nue and increafe, to the apparent lofs of 

 his Majefty's cuftoms, and the difcou- 

 ragement of his Majcfty's plantations in 

 " America, and great prejudice of the trade 

 " and navigation of this realm, and the vent 

 " of its commodities thither, notwithftand- 

 " ing an aft of parliament made in the 

 " twelfth year of his Majefty's reign that 

 " now is, for the prevention thereof, enti- 

 " tied, ' An aft for prohibiting the plant- 

 ' ing, fetting, or fowing of tobacco in 

 ' England and Ireland/ " And alfo one 

 <c other aft of this prefent parliament, made 

 " in the fifteenth year of his faid Majefty's 

 " reign, entitled, 6 An aft for the encou- 

 * ragement of trade/ 



" And forafmuch as the remedies and 

 " provifions by thefe laws are found not 



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