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<DIV1 TYPE="proclamation">
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<FIGDESC>England's royal coat of arms, 1613</FIGDESC>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD>&leaf; A Proclamation for Farthing Tokens.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas there hath bene in times pa&s;t &s;ome toleration in this our</HI> Realme, of Tokens of lead commonly knowne by the name of Far|thing Tokens, to pa&s;&s;e betweene Vintners, Tap&s;ters, Chaundlers, Bakers, and other the like Trade&s;men, and their Cu&s;tomers, where|by &s;uch &s;mall portions, and quantities of things vendible, as the nece&s;|&s;itie, and v&s;e &s;pecially of the poorer &s;ort of people, doeth oftentimes re|quire, may be conueniently bought, and &s;old without enforcing men to buy more ware then will &s;erue for their v&s;e and occa&s;ions: Fora&s;|much therefore as the v&s;e of Farthing Tokens hath in it &s;elfe a good end, tending to par&s;imonie, and to the auoyding of wa&s;t in pettie con|tracts, and pennie worths; In which re&s;pect it cannot be but a great comfort to the poorer &s;ort of people; And yet neuerthele&s;&s;e, the maner of i&s;&s;uing and v&s;e of the&s;e Tokens, as it pa&s;&s;eth now onely betweene Cu&s;tomers, doeth neither that good to the publique, which may by a more generall, and indifferent v&s;e and pa&s;&s;age of them be effected; And be&s;ides, euen among&s;t tho&s;e particulers betweene whom they pa&s;&s;e, is more &s;ubiect to counterfeiting, lo&s;&s;e, and deceit: Becau&s;e &s;ometimes they are refu&s;ed as doubtfull things, and &s;ometimes by the death or remooue of tho&s;e that giue them, are lo&s;t, and di&s;credited; The v&s;e, and pa&s;&s;age of them being likewi&s;e &s;ome derogation to Our Prerogatiue Royall, if it be permitted, That any thing what|&s;oeuer currant, or not currant, &s;hould be made a Mea&s;ure of Buying and Selling in any maner of &s;imilitude to the v&s;e of Our Moneys: We haue thought good (to the end there may be the grea|ter v&s;e, and the le&s;&s;e abu&s;e in the pa&s;&s;ing of Farthing Tokens) not to &s;uffer any longer &s;uch in|conuenient, and licentious v&s;e of them, but to giue meanes to Our Subiects to continue the good, which is in the v&s;e of them, with &s;uch directions, and cautions, as may re&s;traine and auoyd the abu&s;e; And therefore haue giuen power and authoritie to Our tru&s;tie, and right welbeloued <HI>IOHN</HI> Lord <HI>Harington</HI> Baron of <HI>Exton,</HI> and to his Executours, Admini&s;tratours, Deputies, and A&s;|&s;ignes, by Our Letters Patents in that behalfe granted, to make, or cau&s;e to be made &s;uch a compe|tent quantitie of Farthing Tokens of Copper, as may be conueniently i&s;&s;ued among&s;t Our lo|uing Subiects within Our Realmes of England, and Ireland, and Our Dominion of Wales, during the terme in Our Letters Patents mentioned: Not intending neuerthele&s;&s;e thereby to make them Moneyes, or Coyne, &s;o that any of Our Subiects &s;hould be forced to receiue them in payments, otherwi&s;e then with their owne good liking; but onely to giue Our louing Subiects a Licence and meanes to v&s;e them, according to their occa&s;ions, and that without any Fee charge or con&s;traint in any wi&s;e impo&s;ed vpon them.</P>
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<P>And We further will and command, That the &s;aid Farthing Tokens &s;hall be made exactly, and artificially of Copper by Engins, and in&s;truments, hauing on the one &s;ide two Scepters cro&s;&s;ing vnder one Diademe, and on the other &s;ide a Harpe crowned, with our Title, <HI>Iacobus Dei gratia Mag|nae Britanniae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae Rex:</HI> with a priuie Marke to bee &s;et vpon them from time to time, whereby to di&s;cerne and di&s;tingui&s;h them, to be altered according to occa&s;ion, for preuenting of fal|&s;ifying and counterfeiting of the &s;ame; which Farthing Tokens may pa&s;&s;e between man and man for the value of Farthings within our &s;aid Realms, and Dominions, with the liking and con&s;ent of &s;uch our louing Subiects, as &s;hall require or agree to haue, v&s;e, or receiue the &s;ame:</P>
<P>And therefore We doe by the&s;e pre&s;ents a&s;well publi&s;h our Royall will and plea&s;ure, That &s;uch our Farthing Tokens of Copper may pa&s;&s;e among&s;t our Subiects, (as afore&s;aid) as al&s;o &s;traitly prohibite, and forbid all and euery per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, not onely to forbeare from, and after the fea&s;t of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Bapti&s;t next following the date of this our Proclama|tion, to v&s;e, deliuer, or receiue any &s;uch Leaden Tokens, as haue formerly been tolerated by abu&s;e, but al&s;o to make, or counterfeit &s;uch Our Farthing Tokens of Copper, or the Engins or In&s;tru|ments whereby they &s;hall be made, or any of them, being made for the making of any Farthing Tokens, or to v&s;e, or vtter any other Farthing Tokens what&s;oeuer, either made, or counterfei|ted within Our Realmes or Dominions, or in the parts beyond the Seas, vpon &s;uch Paines, Pe|nalties, and Impri&s;onments, as by the Lawes and Statutes of this Our Realme of England, and Our Prerogatiue Royall can, or may be inflicted vpon them for their contempt, and breach of Our Commandement Royall in this behalfe. And for the better di&s;tributing and di&s;per&s;ing of our &s;aid Farthing Tokens for the v&s;e of Our Subiects, in maner and forme before expre&s;&s;ed. Wee haue willed and commanded the &s;aid Lord <HI>Harington,</HI> (who hath likewi&s;e agreed, and vnder|taken for him, and his Deputies accordingly, and put in &s;ufficient &s;ecuritie vnto vs to performe the &s;ame) to deliuer foorth the rate of one and twenty &s;hillings in Farthing Tokens, for euery twen|ty &s;hillings in Moneys &s;terling, which any of our louing Subiects &s;hall giue for the &s;ame: and likewi&s;e for and during the &s;pace of one yeere, vntill the &s;aid Farthing Tokens be growen vnto a more generall v&s;e, &amp; may be well di&s;per&s;ed within our &s;aid Realmes and dominions, to deliuer vn|to any Our louing Subiects, that &s;hall finde him&s;elfe &s;urcharged with more of Our Farthing Tokens then he can conueniently vtter for his v&s;e and occa&s;ions, the &s;umme of twentie &s;hillings in Sterling moneys, for euery &s;umme of one and twenty &s;hillings in Farthing Tokens, and after that rate for le&s;&s;er &s;ummes, where any Trade&s;man &s;hall require the &s;ame: Straitly charging and commanding all and &s;ingular Maiors, Sheriffes, Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, Comptrollers, Cu&s;tomers, Searchers, Waiters, and all other Officers, and Mini&s;ters to whom it &s;hall, or may appertaine, to bee Carefull, and diligent in ayding, and a&s;&s;i&s;ting the &s;aid Lord <HI>Harington,</HI> his Exe|cutors, Admini&s;trators, Deputies, and A&s;&s;ignes by all lawfull, and conuenient meanes, to &s;ee the due execution of this our Proclamation; a&s;well in the re&s;training and &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of the &s;ayd Lea|den Tokens formerly v&s;ed, as in the &s;earching, &s;eizing, and finding out of any counterfeit Far|thing Tokens, made within our &s;aid Realmes and Dominions, or any the parts beyond the Seas, or the Engines whereby they were made, vpon paine of Our high di&s;plea&s;ure, and &s;uch paines and puni&s;hments, as by the Lawes, and Statutes of this Our Realme of England, and Our Prerogatiue Royall may, or can be inflicted vpon them for their contempt in that behalfe.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at White-Hall <DATE>the nineetenth day of May, in the eleuenth yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.</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;tie. ANNO DOM. 1613.</P>
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