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<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<HEAD>&para; By the King.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THE care of the Kings of this Realme Our Progeni|tors,</HI> for the re&s;traint of exportation of Gold and Siluer into forraine parts, appeareth vnto Vs in &s;undry Lawes, contayning both &s;euere penalties, and &s;trict proui&s;ions and cautions to preuent and puni&s;h that offence; in &s;o much as the &s;ame for diuers yeeres, (and tho&s;e not long pa&s;t) was made in degree of Felony, and that very iu&s;tly, beeing an offence to the Publique, which de&s;erueth more then the defrauding of a priuate man: And yet &s;uch is the pre&s;umption of the time, as, although many of tho&s;e Lawes are &s;till in force, it is vi&s;ible and no|torious, that great quantities of Our Coines of Gold do pa&s;&s;e ordinarily in paiments, in forraine Na|tions, nay, (which is a thing very vnnaturall) that Our Gold at this time is more &s;tirring abroad in parts beyond the &s;eas, then here at home in Our owne I&s;land, to the di&s;grace of Our Gouernment, and notorious inconuenience of Our Subiect. For remedy whereof, and as a part of Our Royall Office, We called before vs and Our priuy Councell, (de&s;ides diuers Gentlemen of quality and di&s;cre|tion) &s;undry Merchants of euery Trade, Officers of Our Mint, and Gold&s;miths of the be&s;t &s;ort, that Wee might the better ground Our re&s;olutions vpon &s;uch informations and di&s;coueries, as ei|ther Art, Experience, or the knowledge of the affaires abroad, could affoard; And ioyning the con|&s;ideration of former euents, with the pre&s;ent opinion and aduice which Wee haue taken, Wee made this conclu&s;ion, That it is in vaine to &s;triue with this di&s;ea&s;e, except the cau&s;e be remooued, which is confe&s;&s;ed by all to be the great gaine which the Merchant (e&s;pecially the Stranger) maketh, by the exportation of Our Gold, which gaine likewi&s;e is a con&s;equent of the di&s;proportion between the price of Our Coines of Gold abroade, and here within Our owne Kingdomes: For the ca&s;e &s;tanding &s;o, as that our Vnite which is currant here but for twenty &s;hillings, is valued in forraine parts at two and twenty &s;hillings, which is a full tenth part more, and other Our Coines of Gold ratably; The gaine is &s;o extreame, and &s;o &s;wift in the returne, that the &s;weetne&s;&s;e thereof, ioyned with the hope of con|cealements, in regard of the infinite &s;hifts to auoide the &s;earch, maketh the effects fru&s;trate of all Lawes and Policies that haue beene v&s;ed, or can be v&s;ed again&s;t the exportation, as long as that vio|lent Adamant of Lucre draweth mens de&s;ires to offend: And therfore finding no other remedie com|petent or effectuall, We re&s;olued (pre&s;eruing &s;till the waight and finene&s;&s;e of Our Standart,) to rai&s;e the price of Our Gold to be of equall value with that it beareth in forraine parts: And yet that it may not be conceiued, that We would make the remedy larger then the inconuenience, We would be
<PB REF="2">thus clearely vnder&s;tood, that We haue ab&s;olutely concluded with good aduice and deliberation, not to make any manner of alteration in the price, or otherwi&s;e, of Our Siluer, with which all Trades and payments are &s;o much driuen and made, as the rai&s;ing the price thereof would giue both colour and cau&s;e to ray&s;e prices of all commodities and things vendible, which We &s;eeke by all meanes to auoide. And becau&s;e it may appeare to the world, that in this Our proceeding, Our eye is &s;ingle, and not bent vpon any benefite to Our &s;elues, although We mought haue taken a rea&s;onable occa&s;ion, in re&s;|pect of the diuer&s;itie of the pieces of Gold which are currant within Our Realme, and their &s;euerall fine&s;&s;es to haue &s;et this increa&s;e of price vpon &s;uch Coines onely, as &s;hould haue beene newly &s;tamped, whereby much profite might haue growne to Vs by the coynage; yet to auoide all commixture of Our owne benefite, with matter of reformation for the publike good, Wee haue giuen the price as well to Gold heretofore coyned, as hereafter, &s;o as if any profite by accident &s;hould fall out, it will bee rather Our Subiects, then Ours:</P>
<P>We doe therefore hereby publi&s;h, declare and authori&s;e, all the &s;euerall pieces of Gold hereafter men|tioned, to be currant within this Our Realme, re&s;pectiuely hereafter at the values following.
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<ITEM>The piece of Gold called the Vnite, At xxij. s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold called the double Crowne, At xj. s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold called the Britaine Crowne, At v. s. vj. d.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold called the Thi&s;tle Crowne, At 4. s. 4. d. ob. q.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold called the halfe Crowne, At ij. s. ix. d.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The coyne of Gold of Scotland, called the vj.^l^i^. piece, At xj. s.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Not currant in Scotland.</HEAD>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold of our owne coyne, called the Ro&s;e Royall xxxiii. s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold of our owne coyne, called the Spurre-Royall xvj. s. vi. d.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The piece of Gold of our coine called the Angel xj. s.</ITEM>
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<P>All other pieces of Gold, of the Coyne of any former Kings of this Realme, Our Progenitors, and at this time currant, to beare the like encrea&s;e of price in proportion with Our owne Coynes aboue &s;pecified, That is to &s;ay;
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<CELL ROWS="3">Euery piece of Gold formerly currant</CELL>
<CELL>For xxx. s.</CELL>
<CELL>xxxiij. s.</CELL>
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<CELL>For xx. s.</CELL>
<CELL>xxij. s.</CELL>
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<CELL>For xv. s.</CELL>
<CELL>xvj. s. vj. d.</CELL>
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<CELL ROWS="3">Euery piece of Gold formerly currant</CELL>
<CELL>For x. s.</CELL>
<CELL>xj. s.</CELL>
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<CELL> For v. s.</CELL>
<CELL>v. s. vj. d.</CELL>
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<CELL>For ij. s. vj. d.</CELL>
<CELL>ij. s. ix. d.</CELL>
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<P>And fora&s;much as the greater price is &s;et vpon our Coines of Gold, which is like al&s;o to be a meanes to draw foorth Gold to be more v&s;uall in payments then of late it hath bene, the more conuenient it is, that no pieces of Gold which are become light by any clipping or wa&s;hing, or the like practi&s;es, bee put vpon Our louing Subiects, in any payments to their preiudice, if the defect be not within that &s;mall abatement, which mu&s;t be by rea&s;on of the incertainety of the &s;hearers at the Mynt; Wee haue thought good according to the Pre&s;ident of a Proclamation made in the nine and twentieth yeere of the Reigne of Our late deare Si&s;ter Queene <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> which continued in force till her decea&s;e, to declare, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents We doe declare, that it &s;hall be free and Lawfull for all and euery Our louing Subiects, to refu&s;e in any paiments all pieces of Gold, which &s;hall be lighter then according to the remedies, or a|batements hereafter following.</P>
<P>The Abatements or Remedies, which the &s;euerall pieces of Gold may not exceede.
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<ITEM><HI>In euery piece of Golde currant for <HI>xxx. s.</HI> The Remedy and abatement &s;hall not exceed <HI>iiij. gr. di.</HI></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>In euery piece of Golde currant for <HI>xx. s.</HI> The Remedy and abatement &s;hall not exceed <HI>iij. gr.</HI></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>In euery piece of Golde currant for <HI>xv. s.</HI> The Remedy and abatement &s;hall not exceed <HI>ij. gr. di.</HI></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>In euery piece of Golde currant for <HI>x. s.</HI> The Remedy and abatement &s;hall not exceed <HI>ij. gr.</HI></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>In euery piece of Golde currant for <HI>v. s.</HI> The Remedy and abatement &s;hall not exceed <HI>j. gr.</HI></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>In euery piece of Golde currant for <HI>ij. s. vj. d.</HI> The Remedy and abatement &s;hall not exceed <HI>di. gr.</HI></HI></ITEM>
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<P>Furthermore we doe not &s;o re&s;t vpon this cour&s;e of pollicy, for the &s;tay of the exportation of Gold out of Our Kingdomes, as We do in any &s;ort lay a&s;ide tho&s;e Legall remedies, which by Our Lawes and Statutes in force haue bene prouided for the repre&s;&s;ing of the &s;aid offence, in exporting both Gold and Siluer: But contrariwi&s;e, Our will and plea&s;ure is, and We doe make knowen the &s;ame to all Our louing Subiects, and &s;traitly command all Our Officers and Mini&s;ters, to whom it may ap|pertaine,
<PB REF="3">that the Statutes and branches of Statutes, hereafter particularly expre&s;&s;ed, be duely put in execution; that is to &s;ay, the Statutes made at Yorke, in the ninth yeere of King <HI>Edward</HI> the third, called the Statute of Money, fir&s;t, &s;ixt, ninth, &amp; tenth Chapters, wherby is prouided that from thence|foorth none &s;hould carry away any &s;terling out of the Realme of England, nor Siluer in Plate, nor ve&s;&s;ell of Gold or Siluer, vpon paine of forfeiture of the &s;ame Money, Plate, or ve&s;&s;ell. And that the Mayor and Bayliffes in euery Port, where Merchants and &s;hips &s;hould be, &s;hould take an Oath of the Ma&s;ters and Merchants of Ships, going, and comming againe, that they &s;hould doe no fraud a|gain&s;t the proui&s;ion of that Law in any point. And that good and &s;trait &s;earch &s;hould be made in all places vpon the Sea coa&s;ts, in Hauens and el&s;ewhere, where any arriuall &s;hould be, by good and lawfull men thereto &s;worne, that in the Kings name they &s;hould make diligent &s;earch, that no man of what e&s;tate or condition &s;oeuer, &s;hould carry out of this Realme, Sterling Money, Siluer or Plate, nor Ve&s;&s;ell of Gold or Siluer without the Kings Licence. And that the &s;earcher &s;hall haue the fourth part for their labour of as much as they &s;hall finde &s;o forfeited, and to loo&s;e all his goods if he di&s;pen&s;e with any man, and be thereof attaint; As by the &s;ame Statute among other things more ful|ly doth appeare.</P>
<P>And one other Statute made in the &s;econd yeere of <HI>Henry</HI> the fourth, the fift Chapter, whereby the King did ordaine and e&s;tabli&s;h, that from thenceforth that any &s;earcher of the King might find Gold or Siluer in Coyne or in Ma&s;&s;e, in the keeping of any that &s;hould be pa&s;&s;ing, or vpon his pa&s;&s;age, in a|ny Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, for to goe out of any Port, Hauen, or Creeke of the Realme, without the Kings &s;pe|ciall Lycence, that Gold or Siluer &s;hould be forfeited to the King, (&s;auing his rea&s;onable expences) As by the &s;ame Statute it doth and may more at large appeare.</P>
<P>And We doe &s;pecially charge and command, that the Mayor and Bayliffes in euery Port, where Merchants and Ships &s;hall be, and all &s;uch to whom the &s;ame &s;hall or may in any wi&s;e appertaine, doe from hencefoorth carefully take the Oath of Ma&s;ters of Ships, and Merchants, according to the true meaning of the &s;aid Statute, made in the &s;aid ninth yeere of King <HI>Edward</HI> the third: And that all Cu&s;tomers, Searchers, Comptrollers, and all other Our Officers and Mini&s;ters what&s;oeuer, to whom it appertaineth, doe &s;o carefully and diligently execute their &s;euerall Offices, as the &s;aid Sta|tutes and all others in any &s;ort concerning the Premi&s;&s;es, may without any default or negligence in them, or any of them, be duely and effectually executed vpon paine of the greate&s;t puni&s;hment, that by Our Lawes may be inflicted vpon them for their default, negligence, and contempt in that behalfe.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at Newmarket <DATE>the three and twentieth day of Nouember, in the ninth yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France and Ireland.</DATE></DATELINE><LB> God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&leaf; Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1611.</P>
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