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<DIV1 TYPE="royal proclamation">
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<Q LANG="frm">DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the Tudor rose on one side and the Scottish thistle on the other</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&para; A Proclamation for the maintaining and increa&s;e of the Mines of Saltpeter, and the true making and working of Saltpeter and Gunpowder, and reforming of all abu&s;es concerning the &s;ame.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THe Kings mo&s;t Excellent MAIESTIE, taking into his &s;erious</HI> and prouident con&s;ideration and care, the mo&s;t important v&s;e of Salt|peter and Gunpowder, a&s;well for the &s;upply of his owne Nauy Royal, and other the &s;hipping of His louing Subiects, as al&s;o for the &s;trength, &s;afety, and defence of His people and Kingdomes, e&s;pecially in the&s;e times of Ho&s;tility and danger; And calling to His Princely remem|brance, how great a ble&s;&s;ing of Almighty God it is vnto this Realme, that it naturally yeeldeth &s;ufficient Mines of Saltpeter, for making of Gunpowder for the ordinary &s;tore thereof, without the vncertaine and hazzardous dependance vpon proui&s;ions from forreigne parts, if tho&s;e Mines and meanes be hu&s;banded, and prouident|ly v&s;ed for the be&s;t aduantage of the &s;eruice; And remembring al&s;o, that His Maie&s;tie not long &s;ince, by His Royall Proclamation, hath made knowen his Princely care and prouidence, to fur|ni&s;h him&s;elfe and his Kingdomes with Saltpeter, by a new inuention offered vnto His Maie&s;tie, and found probable to take &s;ome good effect, whereby he might in time to come, ea&s;e His louing Subiects of tho&s;e troubles and charges in digging for Saltpeter in the old and approoued way, which cannot otherwi&s;e be auoided; And being informed, that the apprehen&s;ion of this new In|uention hath giuen occa&s;ion to diuers, to oppo&s;e the Saltpeter men, working in the old and ordi|nary way, by vertue of his Maie&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion and in&s;tructions, which out of any new fancie, or imagination, may not in the meane time be neglected; Hath with the aduice of His Priuie Coun|&s;ell, thought fit to quicken the former Orders and Con&s;titutions, made and publi&s;hed in the fir&s;t yeere of his Maie&s;ties Reigne, with &s;ome additions, and explanations, for his better &s;eruice, and the &s;eruice and &s;afety of his whole Kingdomes and Dominions, which Orders and Con&s;ti|tutions, as they are hereafter expre&s;&s;ed in the&s;e Articles following: His Maie&s;tie &s;traitly willeth and commandeth &s;hall be from henceforth inuiolably kept and ob&s;erued, by all per&s;ons whom it &s;hall concerne re&s;pectiuely, for the better maintaining, increa&s;ing and getting of Saltpeter, and true making of Gunpowder, &amp; for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing &amp; reforming of all abu&s;es concerning the &s;ame.</P>
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<ITEM> 1. FIr&s;t, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer within this Kingdome of <HI>England,</HI> or Domi|nion of <HI>Wales,</HI> doe from henceforth paue with Stone or Bricke, or floore with board, any Douehou&s;e or Doue-coat, or lay the &s;ame with Lime, Sand, Grauel, or other thing, wher|by the growth and increa&s;e of the Myne of Saltpeter may be hindered or impayred but &s;hall &s;uf|fer the Floore, or Ground thereof, to lye open with good and mellow earth, apt to breed increa&s;e of the &s;aid Mine and Saltpeter, and &s;o continue and keepe the &s;ame.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. THat no Inne-keepers, or others that keepe Stables for Trauailers and Pa&s;&s;engers, doe v&s;e any deceitfull meanes or deuices, whereby to de&s;troy or hinder the growth of Saltpeter in tho&s;e Stables, And that no Stables at all be pitched, paued, or grauelled, where the hor&s;e feete v&s;e to &s;tand, but planked onely, nor bee paued, pitched, or grauelled before the plankes next the Mangers, but that both places bee kept and maintained with good and mellow earth, fit and apt to breed and increa&s;e the Mine of Saltpeter, and layd with nothing which may hurt the &s;ame.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That all and euery &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, as hauing heretofore had any Doue-hou&s;e, Doue-coat, or Stable, Teller or Ware hou&s;e, which were then good nourceries for the breed of Mine of Saltpeter, haue &s;ithence caried out the good Mould from thence, and fil|led the place againe with Lime, Grauell, Sand, Rubbi&s;h, or other like Stuffe, or paued or floo|red the &s;ame, wherby the growth of Saltpeter Mine there hath been decayed or de&s;troyed, Shal, and doe within three moneths next comming, take vp the &s;aid Pauements and Boards againe, and cary out the &s;ayd Grauell, Lime, and offen&s;iue &s;tuffe from thence, and fill the place againe with good and mellow earth, fit for the increa&s;e of Saltpeter, three foote deepe at the lea&s;t, and &s;o con|tinue and keepe the &s;ame for the breede of Saltpeter Mine.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. THat no per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what degree or e&s;tate &s;oeuer, &s;hall hinder or denie any Salt|peter-man, lawfully deputed thereunto, in the digging, taking, or working of any Ground, Walles, or earth, which by Commi&s;&s;ion may be taken and wrought for Salt|peter; Nor any Con&s;table, or other Officer, doe, or &s;hall forbeare, or neglect to furni&s;h any &s;uch Salpeter-man with conuenient Cariages nece&s;&s;ary for his worke at the prices of foure pence the mile, limited, and allowed, and &s;o long as the Saltpeter-men performe their vndertakings to His Maie&s;tie, in and by His Commi&s;&s;ion, for the encouragement of the Saltpeter-men in the&s;e times of danger and nece&s;&s;itie; And that all and euery Iu&s;tice and Iu&s;tices of the Peace, of any County, Citie, or Corporations, to whom the &s;aid Saltpeter-man &s;hall addre&s;&s;e him&s;elfe for a&s;&s;i&s;tance, doe not faile at his and their perils, to take pre&s;ent cour&s;e therein, that His Maie&s;ties Seruice &s;uffer not by his or their default.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. THat when&s;oeuer any old hou&s;e or building in <HI>London,</HI> or within three miles thereof, &s;hall be pulled downe, and the Earth or Rubbi&s;h is to be caried away or remooued, That be|fore any part therof be &s;tirred or remoued, there be notice therof giuen at the Kings &s;tore|hou&s;e for the making of Saltpeter in <HI>Southwarke,</HI> and that the Deputy or workemen for Saltpe|ter, doe, and may fir&s;t take &s;o much of the &s;aid Earth or Rubbi&s;h, as in their iudgement and expe|rience is fitte&s;t for Saltpeter for the Kings Seruice.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. THat no per&s;on or per&s;ons, &s;hall directly or indirectly, giue or offer to any Saltpeter-ma|ker, deputy Saltpeter-man, or others imployed about the getting or making of Saltpe|ter, any Gratuity, Benefit, Hire or Reward; Nor any &s;uch workeman imployed about Saltpeter, &s;hall take or receiue any &s;uch Gratuity, Benefit, Hire, or Reward, for the &s;paring or forbearing of any ground or place, which &s;hould, or may be digged or wrought for Saltpeter, or of any Cariages thereunto belonging, or for concealing, or not di&s;couering of any offence or offences committed again&s;t the true meaning of this Proclamation, or otherwi&s;e to the hinderance of this Seruice.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. THat no Saltpeter-man, who &s;hall hereafter v&s;e and take the Earth, or Floore of any Doue hou&s;e, or Doue-coat, for their making of Saltpeter, &s;hall digge or carie the &s;ame Earth, but in &s;uch conuenient time of the day, and worke it in &s;uch manner, as may giue lea&s;t di&s;turbance and hurt to the Pigeons, and increa&s;e of their breede, and in the chiefe times of their breeding, that it be not done aboue two houres in any one day, and that about the midde&s;t of the day, when the Pigeons v&s;e to be abroad; And &s;hall in like &s;ea&s;onable time carie in the &s;ayd
<PB REF="3">Earth after it &s;hall be wrought, and &s;pread it there, and make flat the Floore of the &s;ame Doue|hou&s;e and Doue-coat, and leaue it well and orderly, according to the direction and in&s;tructions gi|uen by His Maie&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion, and the Deputation thereupon made.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. THat all Saltpeter-men, and workers in Saltpeter, after they haue broken any other &s;orts of Ground, and wrought ouer the Earth taken from thence, doe, and &s;hall after|wards, within conuenient time, before the remoue of their worke from thence, fill vp the place againe, and leaue it in &s;uch good and orderly ca&s;e as conueniently may bee, according to their in&s;tructions afore&s;aid: And that no owner, or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;our of any Douehou&s;e, or Grounds, &s;hall hinder or di&s;turbe any workeman from doing what is pre&s;cribed in this, and the next precedent Article.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. THat no Saltpeter-man, or maker of Saltpeter, doe at any time hereafter tran&s;port or cau&s;e to bee tran&s;ported into the parts beyond the Seas, or &s;ell, giue, vtter or put to &s;alt, or cau&s;e to be &s;old, vttered, or put to &s;ale, within the &s;aid Realme or Dominion, any Salt|peter, made within the &s;aid Realme of <HI>England,</HI> but only to His Maie&s;ties Storehou&s;e, to His Ma|ie&s;ties Powder-maker there; And that no per&s;on pre&s;ume to buy any Saltpeter made by ver|tue of His Maie&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion, but his Maie&s;ties Powder-maker onely, to whome it &s;hall not be lawfull to receiue for any Powder to bee &s;old by him to His Maie&s;ties Subiects, aboue tenne pence the pound.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10. THat no Powder what&s;oeuer, either made within the Realme, or imported from For|reigne parts, bee hereafter &s;old or vttered within this Realme, or Dominions a|fore&s;ayd, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, before the &s;ame be fir&s;t tried, prooued, and allowed by the &s;worne Proofe-ma&s;ter already appointed, or to bee appointed, and by him marked as hath beene heretofore v&s;ed, whereby His Maie&s;ties louing Subiects may take notice of the &s;orts of the &s;aid Gunpowder, and the goodne&s;&s;e thereof, and the v&s;es to which it may mo&s;t aptly bee applyed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11. THat no per&s;on pre&s;ume or attempt to counterfeit the Marke or Markes, v&s;ed, or to bee v&s;ed by the &s;ayd Proofe-ma&s;ter, to the purpo&s;e afore&s;ayd, or doe worke or put in practize any fraud, deceit, or &s;leight, by mixing or mingling any Gunpowder, or other|wi&s;e, whereby His Maie&s;ties meaning before expre&s;&s;ed, may be altered, diuerted or abu&s;ed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12. THat the Proofe-ma&s;ter appointed and to bee appointed, doe diligently attend to doe his duety faithfully and truely, in making proofe of the &s;aid Gunpowder, and to marke none but that which &s;hall bee good and &s;ufficient, and an&s;werable to the Markes; And that hee take not aboue &s;ixe pence Fee, for any Barrell of Powder of one hundred weight, which &s;hall by him bee tryed, prooued, and marked, as afore&s;ayd, and &s;o proportionably not aboue that rate, for greater or le&s;&s;er quantities.</ITEM>
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<P>All which Articles, and euery of them, His Maie&s;tie doeth hereby &s;traitly charge and com|mand all manner of per&s;ons of what qualitie &s;oeuer they be, duely to ob&s;erue and fulfill. And all Officers and per&s;ons in authoritie, whom it may concerne duely, carefully and diligently to &s;ee, and cau&s;e the &s;ame to bee ob&s;erued, fulfilled and put in execution, as they and euery of them will auoyd His Maie&s;ties heauy di&s;plea&s;ure, and the Cen&s;ure of beeing holden contemners of His Maie&s;ties Royall Commandement, in a matter of high con&s;equence, for the publique Ser|uice and &s;afetie of the State, and vpon &s;uch further penalties and puni&s;hments, as for exam|ple of terrour to others, their contempts and wants of duety &s;hall demerice, and by his Maie&s;ties Prerogatiue Royall, or otherwi&s;e &s;hall bee found fit, in Honour and Iu&s;tice, to bee inflicted vpon them.</P>
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<P> And, for the better and more &s;peedie performance of this Seruice, His Maie&s;ties will and plea&s;ure is, That the Officers for the Ordnance &s;hall from time to time take notice of all &s;uch Complaints as &s;hall be brought vnto them, touching any offence that &s;hall bee committed con|trary to this Proclamation, either in the neglecting, hindering or di&s;turbing this His Maie|&s;ties Seruice, or in abu&s;ing the Subiect: And that the &s;aid Officers of the Ordnance &s;hall certifie the &s;ame to his Maie&s;ties Right Tru&s;tie and Right welbeloued Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellor, <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> Lord high Admirall of <HI>England,</HI> and to His Right Tru&s;tie and wel|beloued Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellour, <HI>George</HI> Earle of <HI>Totnes,</HI> Ma&s;ter of the Ordnance, to who&s;e &s;peciall tru&s;t and care, His Maie&s;tie hath committed the gouernment of the &s;aid bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, by Commi&s;&s;ion vnder the great Seale of <HI>England;</HI> And that they or either of them, &s;hall from time to time &s;end for all offendors complained of, and cau&s;e them to be examined by the &s;aid Of|ficers of the Ordnance; And vpon their report, take &s;uch further order therein, by referring the offendors to bee pro&s;ecuted in the high Court of Starre-thamber, or otherwi&s;e, as to their wi&s;e|domes &s;hall &s;eeme meete; Commanding and authorizing His Maie&s;ties Attourney Generall for the time being, vpon &s;uch reference from the &s;aid Duke of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> or Earle of <HI>Totnes,</HI> or other Information giuen vnto him, of any mi&s;demeanour, committed contrary to the true mea|ning of any the Articles afore&s;ayd, to pro&s;ecute, and proceede again&s;t the &s;aid offendors in the &s;aid high Court of Starre-chamber: It being His Maie&s;ties expre&s;&s;e plea&s;ure, That &s;euere puni&s;h|ment &s;hall be executed vpon all the &s;aid offendors what&s;oeuer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at Our Court at Ampthell, <DATE>the three and twentieth day of Iuly, in the third yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France and Ireland.</DATE></DATELINE><LB> God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. M.DC.XXVII.</P>
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