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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The effect of certaine branches of the Statute made in Anno 33. Henrici viij. touching the maintenance of Artillery, and the puni&s;hment of &s;uch as v&s;e vnlawfull Games, very nece&s;&s;ary to be put in execution.</HEAD>
<P><HI>FIr&s;t, that all fathers, gouernours, and rulers of &s;uch as be tender of age, doe teach and</HI> bring them vp in the knowledge of Shooting, and that euery man hauing a man childe, or men children in his hou&s;e, &s;hall prouide, ordaine, and haue in his hou&s;e for euery man child, being of the age of &s;euen yeeres and aboue, till hee &s;hall come to the age of &s;uenteene yeeres, a Bow and two &s;hafts, to induce and learne them, and bring them vp in Shooting, and &s;hall deliuer all the &s;ame Bow and Arrowes to the &s;ame yong men to v&s;e and occupy. And if the &s;ame yong men bee &s;eruants, that then their ma&s;ter &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 yong men &s;hall come to the age of &s;euen|teene yeeres, euery of them &s;hall prouide and haue a Bow and foure Arrowes continually for him&s;elfe, at his pro|per co&s;t and charges, or el&s;e of the gift or proui&s;ion of his friends, and v&s;e and occupie the &s;ame in Shooting, as is before rehear&s;ed. And if the ma&s;ter &s;uffer any of his &s;eruants taking wages, being in his hou&s;hold, and vnder the age of &s;euenteene yeeres, to lacke a Bow and two Arrowes, contrary to the forme 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;hall be, &s;hall for euery &s;uch de|fault forfeit vi.s. viii.d. And that euery &s;eruant pa&s;&s;ing the age of &s;euenteene yeeres, and vnder the age of three|&s;core yeeres, and taking wages, which can, or is able to Shoot, and &s;hall lacke a Bow and foure Arrowes by the &s;pace of one moneth together, &s;hall for euery &s;uch default forfeit and lo&s;e vi.s. viii.d.</P>
<P>ITem, that no per&s;on by him&s;elfe, Factor, Deputy &s;eruant, or other pe&s;on, &s;hall for his or their gaine, lucre, or liuing, keepe, haue, hold, occupy, exerci&s;e, or maintaine any common hou&s;e, Alley, or place of Bowling, Coiting Cloi&s;e, Coiles, halfe bowle, Tennis, Dicing, Table, or Carding, or any other maner of Game, prohibited by any Statute heetofore made, or any vnlawfull new game now inuented or made, or hereafter to be inuented, found, had, or made, vpon paine to forfeit and pay for euery day keeping, hauing, maintaining, or &s;uffering any &s;uch game to be had, kept, executed, played, or maintained within any &s;uch Hou&s;e, Garden, Alley, or other place, con|trary to the forme and effect of this e&s;tatute, xl.s. and the players &s;o taken, to pay for euery time vi.s. vii.d.</P>
<P>ITem, That the Iu&s;tices of Peace, and euery Maior, Sheriffe, Bailiffe, Con&s;table, or other head Officer, haue authoritie to enter into all places, a&s;well within Franchi&s;es or el&s;e where, and the per&s;ons offending in any of the premi&s;&s;es, to take and put in pri&s;on, vntill &s;uch time they put in Suerties no more to &s;uffer, occupy, or commit the &s;ayd offences.</P>
<P>ITem, That all Maiors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;talbes, and other head Officers within euery City, Bo|rough, and Towne within this Realme, where any &s;uch Officers &s;hall fortune to be, a&s;well within the Fran|chi&s;es as without, &s;hall make due &s;earch weekely, or at the furthe&s;t at all times hereafter once euery Moneth in all places, where any &s;uch Hou&s;es, Alleys, Play or Players &s;hall be &s;u&s;pected to be had, kept, and maintained. And if the &s;aid Maiors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, and other head Officers, within their Cities, Boroughs, and Townes, a&s;well within Franchi&s;es as without, doe not make due &s;earch at the furthe&s;t once euery Mo|neth, if the ca&s;e &s;o require, according to the tenor of this Acte, and doe not execute the &s;ame in all things, accor|ding to the purport and force of the &s;ame: that then euery &s;uch Maior, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, or other head Officer, to pay and forfeit for euery Moneth not making &s;uch &s;earch, nor executing the &s;ame, xl.s.</P>
<P>ITem, That no Arti&s;icer, or handicrafts man of any occupation, Hu&s;bandman, Apprentice, Labourer, &s;eruant of Hu&s;bandry, Iourney man, or &s;eruant, or Artificer, Mariner, Fi&s;herman, Waterman, or any Seruing man, may v&s;e any vnlawfull Game.</P>
<P>ITem, That all that play at Bowles, or any other vnlawfull Game in the fields, to lo&s;e for euery &s;uch time vi.s. viii.d. and to be committed to pri&s;on, vnto &s;uch time they put in Sureties no more to v&s;e the &s;ame.</P>
<P>ITem, This Statute to bee proclaimed foure times euery yeere, and the like to be done in all A&s;&s;i&s;es and Se&s;&s;i|ons, and to continue for euer.</P>
<P><HI>MEmorandum,</HI> That there is a proui&s;o in this Statute for all men of wor&s;hip, which may di&s;pend one hun|dred pounds yeerely and vpwards, may v&s;e the&s;e games with di&s;cretion at their plea&s;ures.</P>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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