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<HEAD>&leaf;By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&para;A Proclamation to re&s;traine the vnlawfull tran&s;portation of Hides and Leather.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THe Kings mo&s;t Excellent MAIESTIE, taking knowledge of</HI> the great &s;carcity and extraordinary dearene&s;&s;e of Leather, lately growne within this Realme, and enquiring into the cau&s;es thereof, hath di&s;couered, that, although there hath beene lately a greater num|ber of raw Hides, by rea&s;on of the extraordinary proui&s;ions for the Na|uy, then in former yeeres; yet the Markets haue not beene &s;erued with Hides, as they were wont to be, but the raw Hydes are &s;ecretly, and by &s;tealth, conueyed beyond the Seas. And His Maie&s;tie hath al&s;o beene informed, That vnder colour of a Liberty giuen heretofore, for conueying of Hydes and Leather from the Port of <HI>London</HI> vnto <HI>Hull,</HI> for &s;eruice of the Northerne parts, there haue beene lately great quantities caryed away, which neuer arriued at the Port of <HI>Hull,</HI> but are conueyed into <HI>Scot|land,</HI> or other Forraine parts. And further, that there being no Prohibition already, for the car|rying of Hydes and Leather ouer Land into <HI>Scotland,</HI> great quantities are conueyed that way, e&s;pecially by the City of <HI>Carlile.</HI> And al&s;o, that there are many and great Ingro&s;&s;ers of Leather in the City of <HI>London;</HI> By which meanes the prices are kept high, and much Leather is cut out for Bootes and Shooes, and is packed vp clo&s;ely, and &s;o tran&s;ported into <HI>France</HI> the <HI>Low Countries,</HI> and other forraine places, vnder colour of other Merchandize. And further, That vnder colour of Calue-&s;kins, permitted to be tran&s;ported by Licence, great number of Skins of greater growth, are conueyed, which would bee &s;eruiceable for making of Bootes and Shooes, and other v&s;es. And that to colour the&s;e great abu&s;es, (which are &s;o generally preiudiciall to all &s;orts of people) either the offenders them&s;elues, or &s;ome other ill di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons, doe fal&s;ly publi&s;h, that there haue beene Licences giuen by His Maie&s;tie, contrary to the Lawes, to tran&s;port great quantities of Leather, and raw Hydes, where, in trueth, no &s;uch Licence hath beene granted to any, nor &s;o much as thought vpon to be granted. All which, being made knowne to His Maie&s;ty, His High|ne&s;&s;e, out of His Princely care and prouidence, for the generall good of His people, hath thought fit (by the aduice of His Priuie Coun&s;ell) to publi&s;h and declare, And doth heereby publi&s;h and de|clare His Royall Plea&s;ure and Commandement, concerning the Premi&s;&s;es, in manner following.</P>
<P>That from hencefoorth no per&s;on what&s;oeuer, either naturall borne Subiect, Denizen, or &s;tranger, doe pre&s;ume to export out of this Kingdome, any raw Hydes, or any Leather, either into any Forraine parts beyond the Seas, or into <HI>Scotland,</HI> by colour of carrying Calue-&s;kins, or o|therwi&s;e.</P>
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<P>And for the better preuention of the like abu&s;es hereafter, (which otherwi&s;e cannot po&s;&s;ibly be preuented) His Maie&s;ty doth further &s;traitly charge and command, That no per&s;on, vnder co|lour of carrying or conueying of Hydes or Leather, from one part of this Kingdome to another, doe carry the &s;ame by Water, or put the &s;ame into any Ship, Barge, Boat, or other Ve&s;&s;ell, to carry the &s;ame by Water.</P>
<P>And further, that no Shoomaker, Currier, or other Artificer, doe buy any Leather, but &s;uch onely as he &s;hall conuert into made Wares, and &s;hall not bee in any &s;ort a factor or agent, to buy any leather for any Merchant or other per&s;on, who &s;hall after tran&s;port the &s;ame into any parts beyond the Seas, or into the Realme of <HI>Scotland.</HI> And that they, nor any of them, bee any In|gro&s;&s;er of hides or leather, whereby, or by meanes or occa&s;ion whereof, the prices of hides or lea|ther may bee enhaunced, or the Markets be vnfurni&s;hed or vn&s;tored. All which his Maie&s;ty doth &s;traitly charge and Command, to bee duely ob&s;erued by all &s;orts of people, in their &s;euerall pla|ces and degrees, vpon paine, not onely to incurre the vttermo&s;t penalties and puni&s;hments, which by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme, may be inflicted vpon the offenders, but al&s;o vpon further paine of his Maie&s;ties high di&s;plea&s;ure, and &s;uch further puni&s;hment as by his Maie&s;ties Prerogatiue Royall, or by the &s;euere&s;t Cen&s;ure of the Court of Starre Chamber can bee impo&s;ed vpon them, for &s;o great a contempt.</P>
<P>And to the end, that all others may take heede how they doe hereafter either of malice or ra&s;h|ne&s;&s;e, publi&s;h &s;uch fal&s;e and fained rumoures, tending &s;o much to the &s;lander of his Maie&s;ties go|uerment, His Maie&s;tie doeth hereby &s;traitly admoni&s;h and Command, that no per&s;on pre|&s;ume to publi&s;h or report &s;uch fal&s;e rumours, in this or in any thing of the like kinde. And to the intent, that &s;uch as are willing to take paines to di&s;couer the offenders and offences afore&s;aid, either already committed, or hereafter to bee committed in any kinde concerning the premi&s;&s;es, for the generall good of the Common wealth, may haue fit encouragement and recompence, His Maie&s;tie doeth hereby promi&s;e and vndertake, That who&s;oeuer &s;hall fir&s;t di&s;couer to the Lord Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> or Barons of the Exchequer, any of the &s;aid offenders or offences, either in conueying away of any hides or leather, or engro&s;&s;ing the &s;ame, or in being the in&s;truments or a&s;|&s;i&s;tants thereunto, or in ray&s;ing or publi&s;hing &s;uch fal&s;e rumours or reports, as afore&s;aid, whereby the offenders &s;hall or may be brought to receiue due puni&s;hment for &s;uch their offences, that euery per&s;on which &s;hall &s;o fir&s;t di&s;couer the &s;ame (be&s;ides &s;uch part of the fines and forfeitures as by Law &s;hall belong vnto him) &s;hall haue a liberall reward from his Maie&s;tie, out of &s;uch part of the offenders fines or forfeitures which &s;hall accrue to his Maie&s;tie, at the good di&s;cretion of the Lord Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> or Barons of the Exchequer, for the time being.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at His Maie&s;ties Court at White-hall, <DATE>the 14. day of December, in the &s;econd yeere of his Maie&s;ties 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 Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. M.DC.XXVI.</P>
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