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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD>&para; A Proclamation for the better execution of the Office of His Ma|ie&s;ties Exchanger, and Reformation of &s;undry Abu&s;es and Fraudes practi&s;ed vpon his Maie&s;ties Coynes.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas the Exchange of all manner of Gold and Siluer currant</HI> in moneys, or otherwi&s;e, as the buying, &s;elling, and exchanging of all manner of Bullion in Species of Forreigne Coynes, Billets, Ingots, or other pieces of Gold or Siluer fine, refined or allayed how&s;oeuer, being fit for Our Mint, hath euer been, and ought to be Our &s;ole, and appropriate right, as part of Our Prerogatiue Royall, and ancient Reuenew, wherein none of Our Subiects, of what Trade, My&s;tery, or quality &s;oeuer, ought at all, without Our &s;peciall Licence, to inter|meddle, the &s;ame being prohibited by diuers Acts of Parliament, &amp; Pro|clamatio~s both ancient &amp; moderne, heretofore made &amp; publi&s;hed in that behalte: And where as Our Seife, and diuers Our Royal Predece&s;&s;ours, haue, for &s;ome time now pa&s;t, tolerated an indifferent, and promi&s;cuous kinde of liberty to all, but e&s;pecially to &s;ome of the My&s;tery &amp; Trade of Gold&s;miths within Our Citie of <HI>London,</HI> &amp; el&s;ewhere within Our Domini|ons, not onely to make the &s;aid Exchanges, but to buy and &s;ell all maner of Bullion of Gold &amp; Sil|uer; and from thence &s;ome of them haue growen vnto that licenciou&s;ne&s;&s;e, that they haue for di|uers yeeres pre&s;umed for their priuate lucre and gaine, and dayly doe pre&s;ume to &s;ort and weigh all &s;orts of Moneys currant within Our Realme, to the end to cull out the old and new Moneys, which either by not wearing, or by any other accident, are weightier then the re&s;t; which weigh|tie&s;t and be&s;t Moneys, haue not onely been molten downe for the making of Place, Ve&s;&s;ell, and other Manufacturies, but euen traded and &s;old to Merchants, Strangers, and others, who haue tran&s;ported the &s;ame, whereby the con&s;umption of Our Coynes hath been greatly occa&s;ioned, not onely to the &s;carcitie of currant Moneys, e&s;pecially of &s;iluer Coyne, but al&s;o to the great depra|uation, and enfeebling of the remainder of Our Siluer moneys, not exported or con&s;umed by the abu&s;es and practi&s;es afore&s;aid, and to the ray&s;ing of the Siluer euen of Our owne Moneys to a Rate and Price aboue Our Mint, and aboue what they are truely currant for: By rea&s;on where|of no Siluer can bee brought thither, but to the lo&s;&s;e of &s;uch as bring the &s;ame, contrary to the Lawes and policie of Our Realme, and of diuers Actes of Parliament, and late Proclamations in that ca&s;e prouided and publi&s;hed; The longer permi&s;&s;ion of all which, would not onely re|dound to the impeachment of Our Prerogatiue Royall, but doth directly tend to the impoueri&s;h|ment and de&s;truction of Our Realmes.</P>
<P>Wherefore, Wee vpon the&s;e, &amp; diuers other weightie con&s;iderations, with the Aduice and con|&s;ent of Our Priuy Coun&s;el, re&s;oluing, not onely to proceede to an entire and perfect reformation of the aboue mentioned, and other &s;uch like abu&s;es, by the diligence and indu&s;try of &s;uch, to who&s;e tare and vigilancie Wee &s;hall commit the &s;ame; but al&s;o to re&s;ume Our &s;aid right, and to com|mit the tru&s;t and exerci&s;e thereof to &s;uch as &s;hall duely admini&s;ter the &s;ame to Our profit, and the good of Our Realme, haue to that purpo&s;e, by Our Letters Patents, con&s;tituted and appointed Our right tru&s;ty and right welbeloued Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellour, <HI>Henry</HI> Earle of <HI>Holland,</HI> to haue the Office of Our Changes, Exchanges, and Outchanges where&s;oeuer, within Our Realmes of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and Dommion of <HI>Wales,</HI> To exerci&s;e the &s;ame by him&s;elfe, or &s;uch &s;ufficient de|puties as he will an&s;were for. And therefore, to the end that hee and they may the better per|forme
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<PB REF="2">that tru&s;t which Wee haue committed vnto him, without the intermedling or di&s;turbance of any other per&s;on what&s;oeuer, Our expre&s;&s;e will and plea&s;ure is, And Wee doe hereby &s;traitly charge and command, That no Gold&s;mith, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what Trade, My&s;tery, or quality &s;oeuer, other then the &s;aid <HI>Henry,</HI> Earle of <HI>Holland,</HI> his Deputies, or A&s;&s;ignes, their Far|tors and &s;eruants, within three miles of Our Citie of <HI>London,</HI> from and after the foure and twentieth day of <HI>Iune</HI> next comming, or in any other place of this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or any of them, from and after the nine and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> then next en&s;uing, pre&s;ume, or doe change, exchange, or buy, or broke, &s;ollicite, or driue the changing, ex|changing, &s;elling or buying of any manner of Bullion in any <HI>Species</HI> of Forreigne Coyne, or in Billets. Ingots, or other pieces, or Ma&s;&s;e of Gold or Siluer what&s;oeuer, fine, refined or allayed, or of what other nature or qualitie &s;oeuer: And that no per&s;on, or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, other then as afore&s;aid, and re&s;pectiuely after the times afore&s;aid pre&s;ume, or doe giue, take, or receiue, for, by rea&s;on, or vpon the changing or exchanging of any the now currant Coynes, or which hereafter &s;halbe made &amp; declared the currant Moneys of this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> &amp; Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> for other the currant Moneys of the &s;ame, by way of payment, computation, reward, or thing for telling, or otherwi&s;e how&s;oeuer, any &s;umme or &s;ummes of Money what&s;oeuer, aboue, or more then the &s;aid currant Coynes &s;o exchanged, be, or &s;halbe currant for. And for the better reformati|on of the abu&s;es aboue mentioned, and others of &s;uch like nature, concerning, befalling, or practi&s;ed vpon Our Coynes, or Bullion, or other Manufacturies of Gold or Siluer, Wee do hereby declare and publi&s;h Our Royall will and plea&s;ure, which Wee command to bee &s;trictly ob&s;erued in all things, that all per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, doe effectually and re&s;pectiuely ob&s;erue, fulfill, and keepe the Articles and Ordinances hereunto annexed, as they will an&s;were the contrary thereof at their vtter mo&s;t perils.</P>
<P>And further, Wee doe by the&s;e pre&s;ents will and require all and &s;inguler Maiors, Sheriffes, Iu&s;tices of Peace, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, Cu&s;tomers, Comptrollers, Searchers, Wayters, and all other Our Officers, and mini&s;ters what&s;oeuer, That they, and euery of them, in their &s;eueral places and Offices be diligent, and attendant in the execution of this Our Proclama|tion, and the &s;aid Articies, and Ordinances, a&s;well in any Search for di&s;couery of any act, or acts to be committed contrary to the intent of the&s;e pre&s;ents, as otherwi&s;e in the doing and executing of any matter or thing needefull, or expedient for the accompli&s;hment of this Our Royall Com|maund.</P>
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<HEAD>Articles, which, by vertue of Our Proclamation hereunto annexed, Wee will and commaund &s;hall bee duely ob&s;erued.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_INprimis,</HI> Wee doe expre&s;&s;ely will and command, according to a Proclamation, dated the eleuenth day of <HI>Iune,</HI> in the twentieth yeere of the reigne of Our Royal Father King <HI>Iames</HI> of ble&s;&s;ed memorie, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, doe at any time hereafter, without Our &s;peciall Licence in that behalfe, tran&s;port, carry, or conuay, nor attempt or endeuour to tran&s;port, carry or conuay out of this Realme any Gold or Siluer, either in coyne, plate, ve&s;&s;els, Iewels, Gold&s;miths worke, Bullion, or other Ma&s;&s;e, or otherwi&s;e how&s;oeuer: And further, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, doe ayde, a&s;&s;i&s;t, coun&s;ell, or any wi&s;e partake or con&s;ent with any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, purpo&s;ing or at|tempting to tran&s;port, carry, or conuey out of this Realme any Golde or Siluer in any <HI>Species</HI> or kinde, as afore&s;aid, either by gathering or getting together &s;uch Golde or Siluer, or by packing vp the &s;ame fit for tran&s;portation, or conueying the &s;ame to, or towards any Port, Hauen, or other place of exportation, or by any other way, meanes, or colour what&s;oeuer; And that all and &s;ingu|ler Gold&s;miths, Merchants, and their Factors, Ma&s;ters of Ships, Mariners, Pa&s;&s;engers, and all other per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, that &s;hall haue any notice of Golde or Siluer in Coyne, Iewels, Bullion, Plate or Ve&s;&s;ell, or otherwi&s;e how&s;oeuer, which hath bene already exported within the &s;pace of two yeeres la&s;t pa&s;t, or &s;hall bee hereafter exported or &s;hipped for exportation, or &s;hall bee gathered and gotten together by Change, Culling, or otherwi&s;e, with intention to export, or put into the hands of them which would export it, that they forthwith reueale the &s;ame to our Trea|&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> the Lord Pre&s;ident of Our Priuy Coun&s;el, the Vnder-Trea&s;urer of Our Exche|quer, or the Warden of the Cinque-ports, or his Deputie, or to Our Attorney generall, or &s;ome other of Our learned Coun&s;ell, for which di&s;couery, they &s;hall haue and receiue in reward the one halfe of the &s;ayd Gold or Siluer, or of the value thereof, being &s;eized or recouered to Our v&s;e; and on the other part, if they &s;hall not di&s;couer the &s;ame, as afore&s;ayd, they &s;hall incurre and receiue &s;uch condigne puni&s;hment, as by the Lawes of this Our Realme, or by Our prerogatiue Royall may bee inflicted vpon them.</P>
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<P><HI>Item,</HI> We will and command, that the Statutes and branches of Statutes hereafter particu|larly expre&s;&s;ed, be duely put in execution (that is to &s;ay) the Statutes made at Yorke, in the ninth yeere of the reigne of King <HI>Edward</HI> the third, the &s;ixth, ninth, and tenth Chapters, whereby it is prouided That from thenceforth, the Mayors and Bailiffes in euery Port where Merchants, and &s;hips &s;hould be, &s;hould take an oath of the Ma&s;ters, and Merchauts of &s;hips, going, and comming againe, that they &s;hould doe no fraud again&s;t the proui&s;ion of that Law, in any point, and that good and &s;trait &s;earch &s;hould be made in all places, vpon the Sea coa&s;ts, in Hauens, and ei&s;where, where any arriual &s;hould be, by good, and lawfull men thereto &s;worne, that in the Kings name, they &s;hould make diligent &s;earch, that no man of what e&s;tate or degree &s;oeuer, &s;hould carry out of this Realme, &s;terling money, &s;iluer or plate, nor ve&s;&s;ell of gold or &s;iluer, with|our the Kings licence, and that the Searchers &s;hould haue the fourth part for their labour, of as much as they &s;hould finde &s;o forfeited, and to loo&s;e all his goods; if he di&s;pence with any man, and be thereof attaint, as by the &s;ame Statute (among&s;t other things) more fully doeth appeare: And one other Statute, made in the &s;econd yeere, of the raigne of king <HI>Henry</HI> the fourth the fifth chap|ter, whereby the King did ordaine, &amp; e&s;tabli&s;h, That from thenceforth, if any &s;earcher of the King might finde golde, or &s;iluer in Coyne, or in Ma&s;&s;e, in the keeping of any that &s;hould bee pa&s;&s;ing, or vpon his pa&s;&s;age, in any &s;hip, or ve&s;&s;el, for to goe out of any port, hauen, or creeke of the Realme, without the Kings &s;peciall licence, that gold, or &s;iluer, &s;hould be forfeited to the King (&s;auing his rea&s;onable expences) as by the &s;ame Statute, it doth and may more at large appeare.</P>
<P>And We doe e&s;pecially charge and command, that the Maiors, and Bayliffes in euery Port, where Merchants, and &s;hips &s;halbe, and all &s;uch to whom the &s;ame &s;hall, or may in any wi&s;e ap|pertaine, do from heuceforth with &s;peciall careand vigilancy, not only take the oath of all Ma&s;ters of &s;hips, and Merchants, according to the true meaning of the &s;ath &s;tatute, made in the ninth yeere of king <HI>Edward</HI> the third, but al&s;o take an oath of all &s;uch Ma&s;ters, and Merchants of &s;hips, going and comming, as afore&s;aid, that they haue not tran&s;ported or conueyed out of this Realme, any gold, or&s;iluer, (contrary to the true intent of the &s;aid Proclamation (giuen the eleuenth day of <HI>Iune,</HI> in the twentieth yeere of the reigne of our &s;ayd Royall father before recited) at any time or times &s;ince they, or any of them, re&s;pectiuely tooke, or had notice or knowledge, of Our prohibition there|of, by the fir&s;t Article before contained.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> Wee will and command, That no Gold&s;mith, Finer, or Parter, or other per&s;on what|&s;oeuer, of what My&s;tery, Trade, or quality &s;oeuer hee be, pre&s;ume, enterprize, or doe melt, or cau&s;e to be molten, any gold or &s;iluer Coynes, which now are, or hereafter &s;halbe the currant moneys of any Our Realmes or Dominions, either to make Plate, Ve&s;&s;ell, or for any other Manufacture, or v&s;e what&s;oeuer, norpre&s;ume, or doe cull, or &s;ort from the re&s;t, any the weightier Moneys, to the in|tent to conuey the &s;ame out of this Realme, or to melt, or otherwi&s;e to alter it from Coyne, con|trary to diuers Lawes and Proclamations publi&s;hed in that behalfe.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> that no per&s;on or per&s;ons, other then Our Changer, or Exchanger, for the time being, his Deputies, or A&s;&s;ignes, their Factors or Seruants, do receiue, or take by way of payment, exchange or computation, or other way what&s;oeuer, directly or indirectly, for any <HI>Species</HI> of Forreigne Coine, or other Gold or Siluer, in Pieces, or Ma&s;&s;e, fined, refined or allayed, aboue, or more then the Rates or Prices which now are, or hereafter &s;hall, or may be giuen, payed, or allowed for the &s;ame, at Our Mint or Exchange.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> We will and declare, the Statute made in the eighteenth yeere of the reigne of the late Queene <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Intituled, An Act for reformation of abu&s;es in Gold&s;miths, be put in due exe|cution. And whereas by that Act, no Gold&s;mith ought to take for any Plate, Ve&s;&s;ell, or worke of Gould&s;mitherie of gould, aboue twelue pence the ounce, nor for place, Ve&s;&s;ell, or worke of gould&s;mitherie of &s;iluer, aboue twelue pence the pound weight, or rateably be&s;ides the fa&s;hion, more then the buyer &s;hall, or may be allowed for the &s;ame at the Kings exchange, or Mynt, which good and profitable Law hath not beene yet of any effect, by rea&s;on, that vpon euery &s;uch &s;ale of gould, or &s;iluer-plate, or other Gould&s;miths worke, there is no di&s;tinction made, or rate &s;et of gould, or &s;iluer apart, and of the fa&s;hion apart, whereby might appeare what the one, or the other was rated and prized at: To the ende to auoid this confu&s;ion, Wee doe will and Com|mand, according to the rule and order of other States, That euery gould&s;mith vpon euery &s;ale of any gold, or &s;iluer, or other worke of Gould&s;mitherie, doe demand for, value, or rate apart, the gould, or &s;iluer, and the fa&s;hion or workeman&s;hip apart. And vpon euery &s;uch &s;ale, &s;hall deliuer and giue vnto the buyer of any &s;uch place, or other worke of Gould&s;mitherie demanding the &s;ame, a note, or ticket &s;ub&s;eribed with his name, or marke, wherein &s;hall be expre&s;&s;ed, the day of the &s;ale, and the weight of &s;uch plate, or ve&s;&s;ell or other worke of Gould&s;mitherie, of Gould or &s;iluer &s;old, and the value or rate of gold and &s;iluer apart, and the value and rate of fa&s;hion and worke|man&s;hip apart, by which may appeare at what rate, the one or the other is valued or rated, wher|by no frande or deceit can be made to the &s;ayd Statute: And that the buyer, &s;elling the &s;ame a|gaine, may know, what to demaund for the &s;ame at the Kings Exchange or Mynt.</P>
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<P><HI>Item,</HI> To the end to auoyde and put to Our Coyne all Gold-money currant within this Our Realme being Clipped, Wa&s;hed, or by any other meanes vnlawfully dimini&s;hed, or lacking of the iu&s;t weight thereof, otherwi&s;e then according to the rates hereafter &s;euerally expre&s;&s;ed, and with the al&s;o wance of the remedies &s;et down in diuers former Proclamations of Queene <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> and of Our late Father of ble&s;&s;ed memory, (that is to &s;ay) In euery peece of Gold currant for xxx.s. xx.s. xv.s. x.s. v.s. ii.s. vi.d. the remedie and abatement &s;hall not exceede <HI>4. Graines</HI> and a halfe, <HI>3. Graines, 2. Graines</HI> and a halfe, <HI>2. Graines, 1. Graine,</HI> halfe a <HI>Graine:</HI> All which remedies &s;hal be allowed in euery peece accordingly, the &s;ame wanting no more being to pa&s;&s;e, as if it were of full weight and iu&s;t value. But if any &s;uch peece of Coyne &s;hall lacke of the true weight thereof aboue the remedies afore expre&s;&s;ed, then We doe &s;traitly charge and command, That no per&s;on or per|&s;ons what&s;oeuer &s;hall accept or offer them in payment, vpon any allowance or defaulcation, for want of weight what&s;oeuer, but that the &s;ame be, and &s;tand by the&s;e pre&s;ents decryed downe, and vncurrant. And that it &s;hall be lawfull for euery per&s;on or per&s;ons, to whom offer of payment of any the &s;ayd peeces lightned, as afore&s;ayd, &s;hall bee made, to braud the &s;ame, by &s;triking a hole in euery of the &s;ayd pieces &s;o offered in payment, rendring tho&s;e pieces &s;o branded then pre&s;ently af|terwards to the owners thereof againe: which &s;ayd lightned or branded pieces, Our plea&s;ure is, &s;hall be brought and carryed to Our Exchanges or Mint, there againe to bee molten and conuer|ted into Coyne.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> Fora&s;much as it is impo&s;&s;ible, but that the rates and prices of Gold and Siluer in Our Mint, or Exchanges will bee exceeded, and the &s;ame not to bee preuented, &s;o long as way &s;hall or may be giuen for the bringing in, &s;elling or venting of any fal&s;e, deceitfull or counterfeit Golde or Siluer, Plate, Ve&s;&s;el, Wier, &s;pangles, Oaes Gold or Siluer threed, Lace, Rings, Spoones, Bod|kins, or other Manufacturies, being not made, wrought, or &s;old according to the Standard of Our Mynt, or the Gold-&s;miths Hall, contrary to diuers Lawes and Proclamations heretofore en|acted and publi&s;hed for redre&s;&s;e of the &s;ame; Wee doe therefore will and command, That no &s;uch fal&s;e, deceitfull or counterfet Stuffe, or Manufacturie what&s;oeuer, of Gold or Siluer, le&s;&s;e in fine|ne&s;&s;e, or &s;tandard then Our Moneys of Gold or Siluer be made, wrought, vented, &s;old, or imported within, or into Our &s;aid Realme of <HI>England,</HI> or any other our Dominions.</P>
<P>Declaring neuertheles, that We doe not intend by Our &s;aid Proclamation, or any of the&s;e pre|&s;ent Articles, to re&s;traine any of Our Merchants importing Bullion from the parts beyong the Seas, orany other of Our &s;ubiects for any Gold or Siluer growing, or found within any of Our Realms or Dominions what&s;oeuer, but that they, and euery of them &s;hall &s;til be, and remaine at liberty to carry their &s;aid Bullion vnto Our &s;ayd Exchange, or to Our Mynt, there to be molten into Our Coynes at their election; Any thing in the&s;e pre&s;ents notwith&s;tanding. And yet Our plea&s;ure is, &amp; We doe hereby &s;traitly charge and command, That no Gold-&s;miths what&s;oeuer, or other trading as a Gold-&s;mith, &s;hall, or doe by colour or pretence of being &s;eruant or Factor to any &s;uch Merchant, or otherwi&s;e in the name of any &s;uch Merchant, buy, &s;ell, or bring to Our Mynt, or otherwi&s;e intermeddle at all with any &s;uch Bullion, but after the &s;ayd &s;euerall dayes be|fore limited, &s;hall bring, and carry the &s;ame vnto Our &s;ayd Exchanger, his Deputies. Factors, or Seruants, there to be &s;old, and exchanged, according to the true intent of Our &s;ayd Letters Pa|tents, and Articles aboue&s;ayd; not intending neuerthele&s;&s;e, but that the &s;ayd Gold&s;miths may v&s;e their Trade of Gold&s;mithery as fully and amply, as heretofore they lawfully might or could doe: And that they &amp; euery of them may v&s;e &amp; enioy the Franchi&s;es and liberties which they now law|fully haue &amp; hold, by or from the Grants, or Charters of Vs, or any Our Predece&s;&s;ors, Kings of <HI>England,</HI> and may likewi&s;e exchange, or buy any Gold or Siluer, Plate, in Ve&s;&s;ell, or other Manu|factury of Gold or Siluer, as heretofore they lawfully might, or could, &s;o that the &s;ame be bought or exchanged ouely to make Plate, or other worke of Gold&s;mithery, proper and belonging to their Trade, and be made and counerted into the &s;ame, and &s;o as they doe not giue a rate, or price for the &s;ame, aboue the rate or price of Our Mynt; And likewi&s;e, that by colour or pretence hereof they doe not buy, exchange, or intermeddle at all with any Forreigne <HI>Species</HI> of Money, or other Bullion what&s;oeuer, Imported, or comming from the parts beyond the Seas, or of the proper growth, or being found within any Our Realmes and Dominions: All which Our plea&s;ure is, &s;hall immediatly bee carryed, and brought vnto Our &s;ayd Mynt, or Exchanges, to bee conuerted into Our Coyne, in augmentation and encrea&s;e thereof, for Our profit, and the good of Our Realme: Any prtence of practi&s;e, v&s;age, or cu&s;tome herein made or had to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
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<P><HI>Item,</HI> Our expre&s;&s;e Will and plea&s;ure is, that the Premi&s;es, and euery Article thereof, be ob&s;er|ued and kept, not onely vpon paine and penaltie of &s;uch forfeitures and other puni&s;hments, as by any the Lawes or Statutes of this Our Realme, in &s;uch ca&s;es made and prouided, may bee in|flicted vpon the offendors in the Premi&s;es, but likewi&s;e vpon penaltie of &s;uch fines and cen|&s;ures as by Our Court of Starre-chamber, may be inflicted vpon wilfull contemners of Our Royall Will and Command, grounded vpon the good and well-fare of Our Realme: to which purpo&s;e, Our wil &amp; plea&s;ure is, and We do hereby &s;traitly charge and command Our At|tourny General for the time being, to informe again&s;t &s;uch per&s;ons in Our Court of Star cham|ber from time to time, who&s;e contempt and di&s;obedience again&s;t this Our Royall Command, &s;hall merit the cen&s;ure of Our &s;ayd Court, and to pro&s;ecute euery &s;uch Information, &s;peedily, and effecually, vntill the &s;ame &s;hal be brought to &s;entence:</P>
<P>Declaring neuerthele&s;&s;e, that Wee doe not intend, or comprehend vnder any the Forfeitures, Penalties, or Cen&s;ures aboue expre&s;&s;ed, any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, who commit|ting or offending again&s;t any the premi&s;es with any other per&s;on, &s;hall within fourty dayes next after his &s;ayd offence, and delict perpetrated (&s;o the &s;ame bee before any other per&s;on hath related and di&s;couered his offence, or proceeded again&s;t him) di&s;couer &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons with whom he committed, or did the &s;ayd offence, but for &s;uch his Information, relation, and di&s;couery, &s;hall be both freed of his owne Forfeitures, Penalties, and Cen&s;ure afore&s;ayd, as al&s;o enioy all &s;uch part of the Forfeiture of the &s;aid other party to the &s;ame offence, as amply as any other In|former or Relator, not hauing offended, might haue done, to whom, and to all other Di&s;couerers, and &s;uch as will informe, concerning the premi&s;es, ouer and be&s;ides &s;uch part of the Forfeitures and Penalties allowed them by any the Statuies, or Actes of Parliament, made concerning the premi&s;es, &s;uch part of the Forfeitures accruing to Vs, as by Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall be thought fit, &s;hall be giuen and payd vnto them and euery of them, for their further reward for their di&s;couery of any offence committed again&s;t all, or any of the premi&s;es.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Giuen at Our Court at White-Hall </HI> <DATE><HI>the fiue and twentieth day of May, in the third yeere of Our Reigne of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>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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<P><HI>The Office of His Maie&s;ties Exchange for the Citie of</HI> London, <HI>is kept at the Hou&s;e of the late Shiriffe</HI> We&s;tthrows, <HI>ouer again&s;t the Inne, called,</HI> The George, <HI>in Lumbard-streete.</HI></P>
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