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<NAME>Colm MacCrossan</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch Z140212.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="G">816.m.13[147]</STC>
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<HEAD>The Ca&s;e of the Bailiffs, Wardens, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and Com|monalty of the Company of <HI>Weavers</HI> LONDON, truly &s;tated.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Humbly &s;ubmitted to the Judgement of the</HI> PARLIAMENT, <HI>for the Exempting them&s;elves out of the</HI> BILL, <HI>for</HI> Heavy Dyed SILK.</P>
<P>_THis Bill being for the &s;etting up an Office, The <HI>Weavers</HI> do for their parts humbly move, That they having formerly had the experience of the like Office in times pa&s;t, have found it very greivous and burthen|&s;ome to them, and Intollerable.</P>
<P N="1">1. In re&s;pect of the attendance, wherein much time is &s;pent by the <HI>Weaver.</HI></P>
<P>Both in bringing his Raw Silk to the Office,</P>
<P>And in returning with it back again to the Office, and there to &s;tay till a Tryal be made; which is a great Lo&s;&s;e to the Artificer, who lives onely by his time, and mu&s;t needs be de&s;tructive to his Servants.</P>
<P N="2">2. In re&s;pect of the charge upon every pound of Silk which is &s;o Died, wherein they humbly move, That as they are no parties to the abu&s;e or fraud either one way or other, nor &s;hall receive any benefit or advantage by the prevention thereof, in regard they buy their Silk Raw, and cau&s;e it to be Dyed them&s;elves; wherein their intere&s;t is to have it Dyed light and not heavy, for two Cau&s;es.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, in regard their work runs the further in mea&s;ure, according to which the <HI>Weaver</HI> &s;ells his Commodity, and not by weight.</P>
<P>Secondly, in regard their Silk being light Dyed, renders the colour more beautiful and con&s;equently the work more Saleable and &s;trong for the <HI>Wearer,</HI> and therefore it is again&s;t the intere&s;t of the <HI>Weaver</HI> to cau&s;e his &s;ilk to be heavy Dyed.</P>
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