Provided alwayes That noe Merchant Stranger or other Alien or Forreigner that hath beene arrested and is in Prison on any Action or Suite for or by reason of any Debt or other Engagement contracted or entred into beyond the Seas shall have any benefitt by this Act but that all and every such Merchant Stranger or other Alien or Forreigner shall and may be detained in Prison and proceeded against as if this Act had never beene made.