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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD>&leaf; A Proclamation prohibiting the Importation of all &s;orts of Gla&s;&s;e what&s;oeuer, made in Forreigne parts.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas Our late Royall Father of ble&s;&s;ed memorie, by His Procla|mation,</HI> dated the three and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the thirteenth yeere of His Reigne, for the pre&s;eruation of the Woods and Tim|ber of this Realme, which were then much con&s;umed by the making of Gla&s;&s;e, did prohibit, that from thenceforth no per&s;on or per|&s;ons &s;hould pre&s;ume to make or melt any Gla&s;&s;es what&s;oeuer, with Timber, or Wood, or any Fewell made of the &s;ame, within the Realme of <HI>England,</HI> or dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> vpon paine of forfeiture of &s;uch Gla&s;&s;e, and of other puni&s;hments for their contempt: And did thereby al&s;o inhibit, a&s;well the Importa|tion into this Realme, of all &s;orts of Gla&s;&s;e made in Forreigne parts, as the buying or &s;elling thereof here, vnder the forfeitures, and penalties therein expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>And whereas Our tru&s;tie and welbeloued, Sir <HI>Robert Man&s;ell</HI> Knight, Lieutenant of Our Admiraltie of <HI>England,</HI> by his indu&s;try and great expences, hath perfected the Manufacture of making all &s;orts of Gla&s;&s;e with Sea-Coale, or Pit-Coale, whereby not onely the Woods and Timber of this Kingdome haue beene, and are greatly pre&s;erued, but the making of all kindes of Gla&s;&s;e e&s;tabli&s;hed here; To the emploiment of a number of Our owne Subiects, the &s;auing of much Trea&s;ure at home, which was formerly expended beyond the Seas for that Commoditie, and Our people are now furni&s;hed at farre more moderate prices then euer they could obtaine them from tho&s;e Forreigne parts: Neuerthele&s;&s;e, diuers ill affected per&s;ons, haue at &s;euerall times pre&s;umed to Import, and bring into this Kingdome, great quantities of Gla&s;&s;e of all &s;orts, made beyond the Seas, to the dammage, and preiudice of the &s;aid Gla&s;&s;e-workes here.</P>
<P>We therefore being minded to maintaine and continue the &s;aid workes and Manufacture with|in this Our Kingdome, and to re&s;traine the Importation of all Forreigne Gla&s;&s;es, doe (with the aduice of Our Priuie Councell) declare Our Royall plea&s;ure to be: And doe hereby &s;traitly charge and command, that no per&s;on, or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer (during the grant of Our late deare Father made to the &s;aid Sir <HI>Robert Man&s;ell</HI> for the &s;ole making of Gla&s;&s;e) &s;hall from henceforth, directly or indirectly, Import, or bring, or cau&s;e to be Imported, or brought into this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> or dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> any kinde or fa&s;hion of Gla&s;&s;e, or Gla&s;&s;es what&s;oeuer, made, or
<PB REF="2">to be made in any Forraigne parts, or places beyond the Seas, vpon paine of Our heauy di&s;|plea&s;ure, and of the lo&s;&s;e and forfeiture of all &s;uch Gla&s;&s;e and Gla&s;&s;es as &s;hall be &s;o Imported, and to incurre &s;uch other penalties and puni&s;hments, as by the Lawes, or Statutes of this Our Realme, or otherwi&s;e may be inflicted on them, for contempt, or neglect of Our Royall com|mands herein.</P>
<P>And We doe hereby al&s;o &s;traitly charge, require and command, that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, that now v&s;e, or hereafter &s;hall v&s;e the Trade of retailing, &s;elling, or vttering of drinking Gla&s;&s;es, or any other &s;orts of Gla&s;&s;e what&s;oeuer within this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> or dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;hall hereafter directly, or indirectly, buy, bargaine, contract for, &s;ell, or vtter any kinde of Gla&s;&s;es what&s;oeuer, made, or to be made in any Forraigne parts beyond the Seas, which &s;hall be hereafter imported during the &s;aid terme, vpon paine of the &s;ei&s;ure, lo&s;&s;e, and for|feiture of the &s;ame, and to be further proceeded again&s;t, as contemners of Our will and plea&s;ure herein declared.</P>
<P>Notwith&s;tanding, Our intent and meaning is; That the&s;e pre&s;ents, or any thing therein ex|pre&s;&s;ed, &s;hall not extend, or be taken to inhibit, or re&s;traine the &s;aid Sir <HI>Robert Man&s;ell,</HI> his Exe|cutors or A&s;&s;ignes, or his, or their Deputies, Factors or Agents (during the terme of Our &s;aid Fathers Grant) from Importing, or bringing into this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> or dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;uch Gla&s;&s;es from <HI>Venice, Morana,</HI> or other parts of <HI>Italy,</HI> as he or they &s;hall thinke fit to be furni&s;hed withall, for &s;ome &s;peciall v&s;e and &s;eruice.</P>
<P>And We doe hereby authorize and require all Maiors, Sheriffes, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Bai|liffes, Con&s;tables, and other Our Officers, Mini&s;ters and louing Subiects, that they, and euery of them during the &s;aid terme, when, and as often as they, or any of them, &s;hall be reque&s;ted in that behalfe, be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting from time to time in the due execution of the premi&s;&s;es.</P>
<P>And further, that all Our Cu&s;tomers, Collectors, Farmours, Searchers, Waiters, and all other Our Officers and Mini&s;ters in Our Port of <HI>London,</HI> and all other Our Ports, Hauens, and Creekes within this Our Realme, and dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> during the &s;aid terme, doe take care to &s;earch for, and &s;eize as forfeit to Vs, all &s;uch Gla&s;&s;e and Gla&s;&s;es what&s;oeuer, as &s;hall hereafter be imported, conueyed, or brought into any Our Ports, Harbours, Hauens, or Creekes, from any Forraigne parts, or places what&s;oeuer beyond the Seas, contrary to the intent of the&s;e pre&s;ents: And this &s;hall be their warrant and di&s;charge in that behalfe.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Giuen at Our Court at Roy&s;ton, </HI> <DATE><HI>the foureteenth day of October, in the eleuenth yeere of Our Reigne.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>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;ty: And by the A&s;signes of IOHN BILL. 1635.</P>
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