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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<HEAD>&para; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD>&para; A Proclamation again&s;t fal&s;e packing vp of Butter, and other deceits and mi&s;demeanors concerning Butter-Caske, di&s;couered &s;ince the publi&s;hing of a former Procla|mation in that behalfe.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas vpon the humble Petition of Our louing Subjects the Free</HI> men of Our City of <HI>London,</HI> trading in Butter and Chee&s;e, We cau&s;ed Our Royall Proclamation to be publi&s;hed for prevention of many frauds and abu&s;es, which had beene frequently practi&s;ed as well in the overweight of Butter-Caske, as in the fal&s;e packing of But|ter; Notwith&s;tanding which Our Royall intention, and the vigi|lant care of Our welbeloued &s;eruant, Captaine <HI>Iohn Read,</HI> in the ex|ecution of the tru&s;t in him repo&s;ed concerning the reformation there|of (wherewith we are well &s;ati&s;fied) many great abu&s;es are &s;till committed by Farmors, Dairiemen, Packers of Butter, and others, by putting vp of corrupt and vnwhol&s;ome Butter with good Creame Butter, and by making of new Heads or new Boards to &s;ome part of old &s;ealed Caskes, and by counterfeiting the Stampe with which the &s;aid Butter-Caskes be marked, &amp; likewi&s;e by Putting, Packing, Ship|ping, and Tran&s;porting of Butter in Caskes &amp; Ve&s;&s;els before they be marked, &amp; al&s;o by putting of greater quantities of Salt into tho&s;e Ve&s;&s;els then is nece&s;&s;ary for the pre&s;eruation of the Butter therein contained, and weighing the &s;ame Butter with vn&s;ealed and deceitfull Weights and Balances: All which &s;euerall fal&s;hoods, frauds, and mi&s;demeanours, being of euill con|&s;equence to the common wealth, and contemptuou&s;ly committed again&s;t the tenor of Our for|mer Proclamation (which We will &s;hall be in all things in violably ob&s;erued;) Therefore the better to meet with the&s;e and the like ob&s;tinate Offendors, We haue enlarged the power of Our &s;aid Seruant, his A&s;&s;ignes and Deputies, by Our late Letters Patents vnder Our great Seale of <HI>England;</HI> And doe hereby giue Our people timely notice thereof, that they may preuent the puni&s;hment which is iu&s;tly to fall vpon them, if hereafter they happen to be found tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors in the Premi&s;&s;es, or any of them.</P>
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<P>And We doe hereby charge and command, all Coopers and Potters re&s;pectiuely, that from henceforth they make all Firkins of one &s;ize, and they to conteine fifty fire pounds neat But|ter, and &s;o after the like rate for Kilderkins and Barrels, and all Pots to hold fourteene pounds neat Butter, without fraud or guile: And that the &s;aid Coopers and Potters doe and &s;hall &s;et his and their di&s;tinct marke vpon euery &s;uch Caske, Pot, or Ve&s;&s;ell, by him and them to b emade, to the end the Delinquents may be di&s;couered, and receiue condigne puni&s;h|ment according to their demerits. To the end therefore that the frauds and Offendors afore|&s;aid may be the fooner di&s;couered, Our will and plea&s;ure is, that the &s;aid Captaine <HI>Iohn Reade,</HI> his A&s;&s;ignes and Deputies, and euery of them, &s;hall &s;et a di&s;tinct Marke vpon euery Ve&s;&s;ell or Caske by them hereafter to be &s;ealed and marked; And al&s;o that euery Maker, and Packer vp of Butter into any Caske or Ve&s;&s;ell, do and &s;hall from time to time hereafter &s;et his and their priuate Marke vpon euery Ve&s;&s;ell or Caske to be filled with Butter, whereby the defectiue Butter, either in weight or goodne&s;&s;e, and the per&s;ons by whom the &s;ame was made, packed vp, or filled, may be the better di&s;couered. And if the Offendors afore&s;aid, or any of them, &s;hall notwith&s;tanding the&s;e Our Princely Commands, wilfully and contemptuou&s;ly proceede and continue in committing any the afore&s;aid offences, whereof by this Our Proclamation they are forewarned and re&s;trained, We doe hereby giue further power and authority vnto Our &s;aid &s;eruant, his Deputie and Deputies, with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of a Con&s;table, or other Officer, to enter and goe into any Faires, Markets, Hou&s;es, Shops, Warehou&s;es, Ports, Harbors, Ships, Ve&s;&s;els, and all other places what&s;oeuer, within this Our Kingdome of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> to &s;earch for and di&s;couer all Butter-Ve&s;&s;els deceitfully made, put to &s;ale vnbranded, branded with any counterfeit Brand, or filled with Butter wanting the due weight in Butter, as afore&s;aid, or corrupt Butter mingled with good Butter; and finding any &s;uch, to &s;eize and de&s;troy the &s;ame, or put the &s;ame into &s;afe cu&s;todie vntill they &s;hall be otherwi&s;e di&s;|po&s;ed of, according to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme, and the Offendors condignly puni&s;hed according to their demerits.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, We doe hereby for Vs, Our Heires, and Succe&s;&s;ors, charge and command all and &s;ingular Maiors, Iu&s;tices of Peace, Sheriffes, Bailiffes, Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, and all other Officers and Mini&s;ters whom&s;oeuer, of Vs, Our Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, within this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> to be aiding, a&s;&s;i&s;ting, and helping vnto the &s;aid Captaine <HI>Iohn Reade,</HI> his Deputie and Deputies, and euery of them in the due execution of the &s;aid Office, and of Our will and plea&s;ure herein, and in Our former Proclamation and Letters Patents expre&s;&s;ed, according to the true meaning of the&s;e pre&s;ents, when&s;oeuer they or any of them &s;hall be thereunto de&s;ired, and in no wi&s;e to hinder, interrupt, or mole&s;t him or them in any thing concerning the execution and performance of this &s;eruice, as they tender Our plea&s;ure, and will auoid the contrary at their perils.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at Oatlands,</HI> <DATE><HI> the &s;ixteenth day of Iuly, in the thirteenth yeere of Our Reigne.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>&leaf; <HI>God &s;ave the King.</HI></TRAILER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie: And by the A&s;signes of IOHN BILL. 1637.</P>
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