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<HEAD><HI>&leaf; The effect of certaine braunches of the</HI> Statute made in <HI>Anno .xxxiii. Hen. viii.</HI> touching the maintenaunce of Artillerie, and the puni&s;hment of &s;uch as v&s;e vnlawfull games, very nece&s;&s;arie to be put in execution.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t, that all fathers, gouernours, and rulers of &s;uch as be of tender age, do teache and bryng vp them in the knowledgee of &s;hooting: And that euery man, hauing a man chylde or men chyldren in his hou&s;e, &s;hall pro|uide, ordayne, and haue in his hou&s;e for euery man chylde being of the age of. vii. yeres and aboue, tyll he &s;hall come to the age of .xvii. yeres, a bowe and two &s;haftes, to induce and learne them and bryng them vp in &s;hooting, and &s;hall deliuer all the &s;ame bowe and arrowes to the &s;ame young men to v&s;e and occupie: And if the &s;ame young men be &s;eruaun|tes, that then their mai&s;ters &s;hall abate the money that they &s;hall pay for the &s;ame bowes and arrowes, of their wages. And after all &s;uch young men &s;hall come to the age of .xvii. yeres, euery of them &s;hall prouide and haue a bowe and foure arrowes, continually for him &s;elfe at his proper co&s;tes and charges, or els of the gyft or proui&s;ion of his frendes, and v&s;e and occupie the &s;ame in &s;hooting, as is before rehear&s;ed. And if the mai&s;ter &s;uffer any of his &s;er|uauntes taking wages, beyng in his hou&s;holde, and vnder the age of .xvii. yeres, or the father &s;uffer any of his &s;onnes beyng in his hou&s;holde, and vnder the age of .xvii. yeres, to lacke a bowe and two arrowes, contrary to the fourme of this e&s;tatute, by the &s;pace of one moneth together: then the ma&s;ter or father in whom &s;uch negligence &s;halbe, &s;hall for euery &s;uche default forfaite. vi. s. viii. d. And that euery &s;er|uaunt pa&s;&s;ing the age of .xvii. yeres, and vnder the age of. lr. yeres, and taking wages, whiche can or is able to &s;hoote, and &s;hall lacke a bowe and foure arrowes by the &s;pace of one moneth together, &s;hall for euery &s;uche default forfaite and lo&s;e .vi.s.viii.d.</P>
<P>Item, that no per&s;on by hym &s;elfe, factor, deputie, &s;eruaunt, or other person, &s;hall for his or their gayne, lucre, or liuing, kepe, haue, holde, occupie, exerci&s;e, or maintayne any common Hou&s;e, Alley, or place of Bowling, Coytyng, Cloi&s;e, Coiles, halfe Bowle, Tennis, Di&s;ing&punc; Table or Carding, or any other maner of game prohibited by any &s;tatute heretofore made, or any vnlawfull newe game no we in|uented or made, or hereafter to be inuented, founde, had, or made, vpon payne to forfaite and pay for euery day keping, hauing, mayntayning, or &s;uffering any &s;uche game to be had, kept, executed, played, or mayntayned, within any &s;uche Hou&s;e, Garden, Alley, or other place, contrary to the fourme and effect to this e&s;tatute .xl.s. and the players &s;o taken to pay for euery tyme .vi.s.vii.d.</P>
<P>Item, that the Iu&s;tices of peace, and euery Maior, Sheriffe, Bayliffe, Con&s;table, or other head officer, haue aucthoritie to enter into all places a&s;well within fraunche&s;is as els where, and the per&s;ons offen|ding in any of the premi&s;es, to take and put in pry&s;on, vntyll &s;uche tyme they put in &s;uerties no more to &s;uffer, occupie, or commit the &s;ayde offences.</P>
<P>Item, that the Maior, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, and other head officers within euery Citie, Borough, and Towne within this Realme, where any &s;uche officers &s;hall fortune to be, a&s;well within the fraunchi&s;es as without, &s;hall make due &s;earche weekely, or at the furthe&s;t at all tymes hereafter once euery moneth, in all places where any &s;uche Hou&s;es, Alleys, play or playes &s;halbe &s;u&s;pected to be had, kept, and mayntayned. And if the &s;ayde Maiors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, and other head officers, within their Cities, Borowes, and Townes, a&s;well within fraunche&s;is as without, do not make due &s;earche at the furthe&s;t once euery moneth, if the ca&s;e &s;o require, according to the tenor of this acte, and do not execute the &s;ame in all thinges according to the purport and force of the &s;ame: that then euery &s;uch Maior, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;table, or other head officer, to pay and forfaite for euery moneth not making &s;uche &s;earche, nor executing the &s;ame .xl. s.</P>
<P>Item, that no artificer or handicraftes man of any occupation, Hu&s;bandman, Apprentice, Labou|rer, &s;eruaunt of hu&s;bandry, Iorneyman or &s;eruaunt, or Artificer, Marriner, Fi&s;&s;herman, Waterman, or any &s;eruingman, may v&s;e any vnlawfull game.</P>
<P>Item, that all that play at Bowles or any other vnlawfull game in the fieldes, to lo&s;e for euery &s;uch tyme .vi.s.viii.d. and to be committed to pry&s;on, vnto &s;uche tyme they put in &s;uerties no more to v&s;e the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Item, this &s;tatute to be proclaymed foure times euery yere, and the like to be done in all a&s;&s;i&s;es and &s;e&s;&s;ions, and to continue for euer.</P>
<P><HI>Memorandum,</HI> that there is a proui&s;o in this &s;tatute, for all men of wor&s;hip which may di&s;pende .C.li. yerely and vpwardes, may v&s;e the&s;e games with di&s;cretion at their plea&s;ures.</P>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;aue the Queen.</CLOSER>
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<P>Imprinted at London in Powles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge and Iohn Cawood, Printers to the Queenes Maie&s;tie.</P>
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<P>Cum priuilegio Regiae Maie&s;tatis.</P>
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