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Liberty to transport horses, corn, tools, &c.And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every person which shall have any part of the said lands so to be divided and alotted as aforesaid, shall and may export out of England or Wales any horses, mares, cattle, sheep, corn, materials, tools, instruments for building, and household stuff, for the planting, improving and flocking of the said lands, or any part thereof, at any time during the space of three years, to be accompted from such division and alotment to be made as aforesaid, without paying any custom, subsidy, or impost for the same; the owners of the goods and masters of the ships in which they shall be from time to time transported giving security to the officers of the respective ports, by such bonds, and in such sort as by former laws and statutes is provided for those that ship and carry goods from port to port in England; provided that Ports from whence such transportation shall be. such sheep, horses, and mares be transported from one of the ports here-after named; that is to say, from Padstow, Barnstable, Ilford-Comb, Minehead, Bristol, Milford-Haven, Westchester, Leverpool, Whitehaven, Wyre, Hollyhead, Swanzey, or Beaumorris, and from no other port whatsoever.

None may sell or alien to persons within the qualifications in a former Act.Provided always, and be it hereby declared and enacted, that no adventurer, soldier, or purchaser, who shall be possessed of any forfeited houses or lands by virtue of this Act, or any other person buying, purchasing, or holding houses or lands from or under any of them, shall sell or alien any part or parcel of such houses or lands unto any person or persons who are comprehended in the 12th August, 1652. Penalties. qualifications of the Act of Parliament, entituled, an Act for the setling of Ireland, under the penalty of forfeiture of so much of the said houses and lands as they shall so sell or alien, to the use of the Commonwealth. And that whosoever shall let, set, or grant by lease, directly or indirectly, any of the said forfeited houses and lands to any person or persons comprehended in the qualifications of the said Act, entituled "An Act for the setling of Ireland," shall pay towards the pay of the army there, and other publique charges, the one-half of the yearly revenue or value of the said houses or lands to let, set or granted by lease to any such person or persons.

Castles, citadels, forts, blockhouses, &c., exempted from sale.Provided always that this Act, or anything therein contained, shall not extend to the alotment, sale, or other disposition of any of the castles, citadels, forts, bulworks, rampiers, block-houses, or other places of defence in any of the towns, counties, or provinces in Ireland, which are or shall be within six moneths after the publication of this Act, judged and declared by the Parliament, commissioners of Parliament, or commander-in-chief in Ireland, to be fit and meet to be reserved, used, and disposed of for the publique safety of the land, and the service of Houses and lands in Dublin, Cork, Kildare, and Caterlagh, reserved. the Commonwealth; nor to the alotment, sale, or other disposition of any of the forfeited houses or lands as aforesaid, in any of the counties of Dublin, Cork, Kildare, or Caterlagh, except onely of such manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; or manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments to such value in those Lands given or granted by Act or ordinance of Parliament. counties as have been given, or granted unto, or setled upon, or intended or ordered to be given or granted unto, or settled upon any person or persons, their heirs or assigns, by any Act, ordinance, or order of Parliament or by