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<Q LANG="frm">DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&leaf; A Proclamation for the re&s;traint of the con|&s;umption of the Coyne and Bullion of this Realme, and the deceitfull making of Gold and Siluer Threed, and for the regulating thereof for the time to come.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_HAuing taken into Our Princely con&s;ideration the great con&s;umpti|on</HI> of the Coyne, Plate, and Bullion of this Kingdome, contrary to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme, and likewi&s;e the many incon|ueniences which doe ari&s;e, and more are like to en&s;ue, a&s;well by the melting of Our Coynes, as by the fal&s;e and deceitfull making of Gold and Siluer Threed, Purles, Plates, Spangles, Oaes, and other &s;uch like Manufactures, to the great abu&s;e of Our Subiects, and preiudice of Vs in Our Cu&s;tomes, by the exceeding quantities thereof now made within this Our Realme, which formerly were brought from forraigne parts: And purpo&s;ing for the time to come, that no Coyne or Bullion &s;hall be &s;pent in tho&s;e Manufactures, but &s;uch only as &s;hall be &s;upplyed from forraigne parts, or otherwi&s;e ari&s;e from the works of that kind formerly made and moulten: And being minded that the deceits and abu&s;es now commonly practi&s;ed by the workers of Gold and Siluer into &s;uch Manufactures &s;hould be reformed, and the &s;ame workes hereafter made not le&s;&s;e in finene&s;&s;e then the Standard of Our Kingdome, and according to the Laws and Statutes thereof; We are re&s;olued for regulating this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e which &s;o much concer|neth Vs and Our people, to take care for the proui&s;ion of Bullion for &s;upply of the &s;aid Manufac|tures as afore&s;aid, and for reducing a&s;well the workers thereof to a conuenient number, as to re|&s;traine them to &s;ome meete proportion of Gold and Siluer to be imployed therein: And for that purpo&s;e Wee haue a&s;&s;igned and appointed diuers of Our Priuy Coun&s;ell, and others, to bee Our Commi&s;&s;ioners, who are to &s;ee to the due execution of the Lawes and Statutes of the Realme, again&s;t all offenders in the Premi&s;&s;es, and of this pre&s;ent Proclamation, and of all &s;uch Orders and In&s;tructions as are, or &s;hall from time to time bee giuen by Vs vnder Our Signe Ma|nuall, or otherwi&s;e by any &s;ixe or more of Our Priuie Coun&s;ell, for the better gouerning of the &s;aid Trade and Manufactures, and the per&s;ons that doe or &s;hall v&s;e the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And Wee doe therefore publi&s;h and declare Our Royall will and plea&s;ure to bee, and doe here|by &s;traitly charge and command, That no Coyne, Place, or Bullion &s;hall bee hereafter v&s;ed or &s;pent in the making of Gold and Siluer Threed, Copper guilt, or Siluered, Gold and Siluer
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<PB REF="2">foliatt, Purles, Oaes, Spangles, Wyer, and &s;uch other Manufactures, but what &s;hall be impor|ted or &s;upplied from forraigne parts by &s;uch as &s;hall be thereunto by Vs appointed or which &s;hall ari&s;e from the &s;ame workes and Manufactures being moulten againe: And that none of the Currant Gold or Siluer Coynes of this Realme be hereafter moulten downe by any Refiner, Gold&s;mith, or other per&s;on what&s;oeuer, for any v&s;e what&s;oeuer; And that all Gold and Siluer what&s;oeuer which hereafter &s;hall be imployed, v&s;ed, or &s;pent, in or about any of the &s;aid Manu|factures, &s;hall be prouided, refined, prepared, and di&s;gro&s;&s;ed by &s;uch per&s;ons onely as Wee &s;hall a&s;&s;igne, and by none others; And &s;hall be by them &s;ould and deliuered to all and euery per&s;on or per&s;ons which &s;hall worke or v&s;e the &s;ame according to &s;uch Standards, and at &s;uch Rates and Prizes as We &s;hall limit, at &s;ome &s;uch certaine place or places within Our City of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties thereof, as by Vs, or Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e &s;hall be a&s;&s;igned in that behalfe; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, other then &s;uch as &s;hall be allowed by Vs, or Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the time being, and which &s;hall conforme him and them|&s;elues to the Orders and In&s;tructions of Vs and Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hall bee permitted to buy, receiue, or take from the per&s;ons to be a&s;&s;igned as afore&s;aid, at &s;uch place or places within the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties there of as afore&s;aid, any Gold or Siluer what&s;oeuer di&s;|gro&s;&s;ed or not di&s;gro&s;&s;ed, to bee v&s;ed and imployed in the making of Gold and Siluer Threed, Copper guilt, or Siluered threed, Gold and Siluer foliatt, Purles, Place, Oaes, Spangles and Wyer, or otherwi&s;e to be v&s;ed in the making of Lace, Purles, Imbroideries and &s;uch like workes and Manufactures; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons, (other then &s;uch as &s;hall bee allowed as afore&s;aid) &s;hall directly or indirectly, make, or cau&s;e to bee made, any Gold or Siluer Threed, Copper guilt, or Siluered threed, Gold or Siluer foliatt, Purles Plate, Oaes, Spangles, or Wyer, for tho&s;e or the like v&s;es; Or &s;hall make, erect, &s;et vp, keepe, or v&s;e any Frame, Barre, Engine, In|&s;trument, Mill, or Toole what&s;oeuer, for the di&s;gro&s;&s;ing, drawing, flatting, milling, &s;pinning, or making of any the &s;aid Workes: And that no Worker of any Gold or Siluer Threed, &s;hall buy, or prouide, or cau&s;e to be bought or prouided, any Silke to be Throwne or Twi&s;ted, and made fitting, or &s;hall Throwe or Twift, or cau&s;e to bee Throwne or Twi&s;ted, any Silke for any the v&s;es or works afore&s;aid, vpon paine of forfeiture of the &s;ame, vnle&s;&s;e they &s;hall bee thereunto fir&s;t authorized and appointed by Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P>And Our further will and plea&s;ure is, and Wee doe hereby require and command, That all Gold and Siluer Threed, Copper gilt, or Siluered threed, and Wyer, and other the &s;aid Ma|nufactures &s;hall bee well and truely wrought and made; And that all Threed be made vp in Skeynes and not on Quills; And that from henceforth no Copper Siluered, or gilt, bee made or &s;punne vpon any Silke, and that the &s;aid Manufactures (being fir&s;t duely &s;urueyed and tryed, and al&s;o marked with the Makers &s;tampe) &s;hall bee after &s;ealed by a Seale by Vs appointed in that behalfe, to &s;hew the tryall and allowance thereof, before the &s;ame bee &s;old or expo&s;ed to &s;ale; And that no Silkeman, Mercer, Lacemaker, Imbroyderer, Buttonmaker, or other per|&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, &s;hall or may, at any time or times hereafter, buy, &s;ell, vent, or vtter off, from, or to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, or worke any Gold or Siluer Threed, Copper gilt, and Siluered threed, Purles, Plate, Spangles, Oaes, Gold or Siluer foliatt, or Wyer, made or wrought within this Our Realme, for any v&s;es what&s;oeuer, but &s;uch as &s;hall be made or wrought by the per&s;ons thereunto allowed by Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, according to Our intention herein declared, who&s;e Names, Markes, and Places of abode are to bee certainely knowne at the place where Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall appoint for this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, (within Our &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties thereof) for the vttering and venting of the di&s;gro&s;&s;ed or other Bullion as afore&s;aid. And to the end no fraud or deceit be hereafter practi&s;ed in the Premi&s;&s;es, by occa&s;ion of the quantities of Gold and Siluer threed, Copper gilt, and Siluered threed, Purles, Plate, Spangles, Oaes, or Wyer already made here, or imported from the parts beyond the Seas, and remaining in the hands of Silkemen, Mercers, Lacemakers and others, Wee doe therefore declare Our Royall will and plea&s;ure to bee, and doe hereby &s;traitly charge and command, all and euery Silkemen, Mercers, Lacemakers, Wyer-drawers, Threed makers, and others now having any Gold or Siluer Threed, Copper gilt, and Siluered threed, or other the Premi&s;&s;es in their hands, to be &s;old or put to &s;ale, that they and euery of them, within the &s;pace of foureteene dayes after the publi&s;hing hereof, doe &s;end or bring the &s;ame to &s;uch place or places within Our &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties thereof, as Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall ap|point, there to be tryed, &s;ealed, or marked with the Seale, or Marke hereafter named in that behalfe, without paying any Fee or allowance for the &s;ealing thereof; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, &s;hall prouide, buy, vtter, &s;ell, or expo&s;e to &s;ale any Gold or Siluer Threed, or Copper gilt, or Siluered threed, made, or brought in or from any the parts beyond the Seas, be|fore the &s;ame be viewed, tryed, and &s;ealed by the per&s;ons, and at the place to be appointed as afore|&s;aid; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons, which at the time of the publi&s;hing of this Our Proclama|tion, &s;hall haue any Bullion, or Wyer, prepared for &s;uch works and Manufactures as afore&s;aid, and not wrought into threed, &s;hall hereafter pre&s;ume to worke the &s;ame into any the Manu|factures
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<PB REF="3">before mentioned, vnle&s;&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall fir&s;t bring the &s;ame to Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners to the place afore&s;aid, to be there tryed, e&s;&s;ayed, marked and entred; And then, af|ter &s;uch e&s;&s;ay and entry made, the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons conforming them&s;elues to &s;uch Or|ders and In&s;tructions as Wee &s;hall make and &s;et foorth touching the Premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall and may worke out &s;uch Bullion and Wyer; And that after the &s;aid foureteene dayes before limited for the Sealing and Marking of &s;uch Workes and Manufactures as afore&s;aid, No per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, pre&s;ume to expo&s;e, vtter, vent, buy, &s;ell, imploy, or v&s;e any Gold or Siluer Threed, Copper guilt, and Siluered threed, or other the Workes or Manufactures before mentioned what&s;oeuer, not Sealed or Marked as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And further, Wee will and require all per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, from henceforth to conforme them&s;elues, in all due obedience, to Our Royall will and plea&s;ure herein declared touching the Premi&s;&s;es, which &s;o much importeth Vs and Our people, vpon paine, not onely of the lo&s;&s;e and forfeiture of the &s;aid &s;euerall Manufactures and Materialls, but al&s;o to bee further proceeded again&s;t, as high Contemners of Our Royall Commands.</P>
<P>And We doe hereby will and command, That no Finers, Gold&s;miths, Merchants or others, &s;hall hereafter &s;ell any fine Siluer, or other Siluer, to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, to bee v&s;ed or im|ployed in any of the Premi&s;&s;es, other then &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be by Vs a&s;&s;igned and allowed as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And We doe hereby further will, require, and command, all Maiors, Sheriffes, Iu&s;tices of Peace, Con&s;tables, and other Our Officers, Mini&s;ters and louing Subiects what&s;oeuer, to be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, in the due execution of the Premi&s;&s;es, As they tender Our Plea&s;ure, and will an&s;were the contrary at their perills.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at Our Court at VVhitehall, <DATE>the eighteenth day of Ianuary, in the Eleuenth yeere of Our Reigne.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The &s;euerall Seales appointed by Vs, for the &s;ealing of Gold and Siluer Threed, and Copper gilt, and Siluered threed, are, <HI>&V;iz.</HI></HEAD>
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<ITEM>I. For the right Gold and Siluer Threed already made, <HI>The Thi&s;tle crowned.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>II. For the Copper gilt and Siluered Threed already made, <HI>A Lion without a crowne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>III. For the Gold and Siluer Threed hereafter to be made, <HI>The Ro&s;e crowned.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>IIII. For the Copper gilt and Siluered threed hereafter to be made, <HI>The Lion crowned.</HI></ITEM>
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<CLOSER>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: And by the A&s;signes of IOHN BILL. 1635.</P>
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