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Placard against East India Company in Austrian Netherlands
The notice from the States General bans subjects from subscribing or aiding the Austrian Netherlands East India Company. Penalties include public whipping, perpetual banishment, and death for at sea returnees. Prohibitions cover freighting and sale of ships for the company. Violators face quadruple forfeiture.
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