17¢. Benjamin Franklin [1773 
to order, and by force to cause, the same to be abated 
and destroyed; as he shall answer the neglect thereof 
to us at his peril. But we are nevertheless graciously 
pleased to permit the inhabitants of the said island to 
transport their iron into Prussia, there to be manu- 
factured, and to them returned; they paying our 
Prussian subjects for the workmanship, with all the 
costs of commission, freight, and risk, coming and 
returning; any thing herein contained to the contrary 
notwithstanding. 
“We do not, however, think fit to extend this our 
indulgence to the article of wool; but, meaning to en- 
courage, not only the manufacturing of woollen cloth, 
but also the raising of wool, in our ancient dominions, 
and to prevent both, as much as may be, in our said 
island, we do hereby absolutely forbid the transporta- 
tion of wool from thence, even to the mother country, 
Prussia; and, that those islanders may be further and 
more effectually restrained in making any advantage 
of their own wool in the way of manufacture, we 
command that none shall be carried out of one 
county into another; nor shall any worsted, bay, or 
woollen yarn, cloth, says, bays, kerseys, serges, 
frizes, druggets, cloth-serges, shalloons, or any other 
drapery stuffs, or woollen manufactures whatsoever, 
made up or mixed with wool in any of the said coun- 
ties, be carried into any other county, or be water- 
borne even across the smallest river or creek, on 
penalty of forfeiture of the same, together with the 
boats, carriages, horses, etc.. that shall be employed 
in removing them. Nevertheless, our loving subjects 
there are hereby permitted (if they think proper) to 
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