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of Us our Heirs or successors the other half to the 

 use of the said Fellowship and their successors. 

 And to the intent this present grant may the better 

 effect to the encouragement of the said Fellowship 

 in this their enterprise and attempt our further will 

 and pleasure is and We straitly charge and command 

 all our Customs officers Comptrollers and other our 

 ministers of our ports that they nor any of them in 

 any wise during the said term of twenty years do 

 take any entry or make any composition of or for 

 any oil commonly called train oil which shall be 

 made of any whale that shall be killed or caused to 

 be killed by any Englishman or other person 

 inhabiting within this our Realm and brought into 

 this our Realm of others than the said Fellowship of 

 English Merchants for the Discovery of New 

 Trades or their successors factors or assigns upon 

 pain of our high displeasure. Provided always that 

 if the said Fellowship (etc.) by the space of four 

 years in time of peace shall discontinue or surcease 

 the killing of whales and making of train oil as is 

 aforesaid that then it shall be lawful to and for 

 every other of our subjects whatsoever to enterprise 

 and attempt the killing of whales and making of 

 train oil where they might lawfully have done it 

 afore this our special grant or license Anything in 

 this our special grant to the said Fellowship made to 

 the contrary notwithstanding. 



In witness whereof, etc., witness ourself at 

 Westminster the XII day of February, per breue de 

 private sigillo. 



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