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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas We haue bene informed of the great fraudes and deceits v&s;ed in dying of all kindes</HI> of Silke, but e&s;pecially in blacke, which hath &s;o farre exceeded, that by the mixture of di|uer&s;e bad and hurtfull things in dying thereof, as namely of a corrupt matter or &s;tuffe called <HI>Slippe,</HI> there hath bene an extraordinarie increa&s;e of weight, &s;ometimes to the doub|ling of that which it was before, and &s;ometimes more and &s;ometimes le&s;&s;e, wherby the &s;ilke &s;o deceitfully Dyed, is &s;o rotted, corrupted &amp; &s;poiled, that it is not fit to be worne or v&s;ed, and yet is fal&s;ly made faire to the eye, to deceiue and abu&s;e the buyer and wearer thereof: And whereas al&s;o Wee haue taken knowledge that an Acte of Common Councell hath lately pa&s;&s;ed for reformation of &s;uch kind of deceitfull Dying of Silke within our City of Lon|don and the Liberties thereof: And that the carefull putting the &s;aid Acte in execution hath already wrought &s;ome good effect within the &s;aid City and the Liberties thereof, for the aboli&s;hing of the &s;aid fraud and deceit: And wheras al&s;o We are informed, that great quantities of the &s;aid corrupt dyed Silke is not onely daily brought into this Kingdome from forraine parts, but al&s;o the &s;ame is couertly Dyed, and &s;old in many places of this Realme, whereby Wee doe perceiue and fore&s;ee, that if there be not pre&s;ent re&s;traint, and that a publike Reformation thereof be not executed in all parts of the Realme, Our louing Subiects will bee &s;till abu&s;ed and deceiued; notwith&s;tanding any good order that can be taken within Our &s;aid Citie of London for reformation thereof: Wherefore Wee hauing with the adui&s;e of Our Councell conceiued that it is very requi&s;ite to prohibite and &s;uppre&s;&s;e the Dying &amp; &s;elling of &s;uch corrupt Dyed Silke in all places of this our Realme, and to giue Order that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, &s;hall hereafter bring into this Kingdome from forraine parts, any &s;uch deceitfull heauy dyed Silke: haue thought fit to &s;ignifie Our plea&s;ure to Our louing Subiects by Our Proclamati|on in that behalfe: Willing, and &s;traightly charging &amp; commanding all and all maner of per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, a&s;well Our naturall borne Subiects, as Denizens or Strangers, that none of them, nor any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, doe at any time or times hereafter attempt, or pre&s;ume to bring or cau&s;e to be brought into this our Realme, or Dye or cau&s;e to be Dyed in any parts thereof, or &s;ell or put to &s;ale, or cau&s;e to be &s;old or to be put to &s;ale, any Silke dyed with that corrupt matter or Stuffe called <HI>Slippe,</HI> or any other matter or &s;tuffe, which cau&s;eth any increa&s;e of weight in the &s;aid Silke more then of nece&s;&s;itie is required for the colour thereof, vpon paine of forfeiture of all and euery quantitie and quantities of Silke &s;o corrupted, Dyed, or &s;o brought or cau&s;ed to be brought into this Our Realme, or &s;old or put to &s;ale, or cau&s;ed to be &s;old or put to &s;ale contrary to this Our pre&s;ent Commandement; And al&s;o vpon paine of confi&s;cation of the &s;aid Silke to be burnt, and of Our high indignation and di&s;plea&s;ure, and of &s;uch further paines, penalties and puni&s;hments, as for the contempt of Our Commandement Royall in this behalfe may any way be inflicted vpon them or any of them &s;o offen|ding. And We al&s;o &s;traightly charge and command all and &s;inguler Ju&s;tices of peace. Mayors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, and all other our Officers and Subiects what&s;oeuer, that they doe at all times hereafter care|fully and diligently &s;ee and take order, that this Our ordinance and Royall Commandement hereby &s;ignified and expre&s;&s;ed be in all points duely performed, and that as often as information &s;hall bee brought to them of any Silke of that kinde &s;o fal&s;ified in the weight, either brought into this Kingdome or Dyed here, That they doe &s;eize the &s;ame, and aduerti&s;e Ou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> Councell of the quantitie and the parties faultie, that order may be taken for the puni&s;hing of them, and de&s;troying of th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">  corrupt Stuffe.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at Theobalds <DATE>the 17. day of Iuly, in the tenth yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France and Ireland.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. ANNO DOM. 1612.</P>
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