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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
</FIGURE> At the Court at Whitehall the 24^t^h of November, 1676.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council.</HEAD>
<P>_VPon reading this day at the Board the humble Petition of <HI>John Ariens van Hamme, James Bar&s;ton, Daniel Parker, John Campion, Richard Newnham,</HI> and divers others u&s;ing the Ma|nual Occupation or Trade of Potters in and about the City of <HI>London</HI> and Suburbs there|of, &s;hewing, That notwith&s;tanding the Statute 3^o <HI>Edw. 4^t^h</HI> prohibiting the bringing in of any painted Wares into this Kingdom by way of Merchandize there to be uttered and &s;old, upon pain of Forfeiture of the One Moyety to His Maje&s;ty, and the Other to him that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, and His Maje&s;ties gracious Edicts for the preventing the Im|portation of &s;uch Wares; Yet &s;everal per&s;ons, as well His Maje&s;ties Subjects, as Foreigners, have pre&s;umed to Import, and dayly do bring in &s;everal great quantities of painted Earthen Wares pri|vately into the Port of <HI>London,</HI> and publickly into the Out-Ports (where there is little or no Care taken to prevent it) to the inevitable ruine of the Petitioners, and many hundreds of poor Men, Women and Children, who&s;e &s;ub&s;i&s;tance and livelyhood depends thereon, and the total de&s;truction of the Manufacture here, which is fully as well done as any Foreign, and with mo&s;t Materials of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> growth: And therefore praying that &s;ome Cour&s;e may be taken for preventing the Importation of &s;uch painted Earthen Ware, and upholding the &s;aid Manufacture in this Kingdom; It was Ordered by His Maje&s;ty in Council, That the Right Honourable <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Danby</HI> Lord High Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> do give Directions to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, and to other the Officers of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms in the Out-Ports, to cau&s;e His Maje&s;ties Moyety of all &s;uch painted Earthen Ware, as well White as Blew, or any other Colours as &s;hall be at any time hereafter Imported into this Kingdom contrary to the afore&s;aid Statute, and His Maje&s;ties Royal Proclamation in that behalf, to be forthwith broken and de&s;troyed.</P>
<P>And it was further Ordered by His Maje&s;ty in Council, That Sir <HI>William Jones</HI> Knight, His Ma|je&s;ties Attorney General, do forthwith prepare and pre&s;ent to this Board the Draught of a Proclama|tion Prohibiting the Importation of all painted Earthen Wares, as well White as Blew, or any other Colours, into this Kingdom, upon pain of His Maje&s;ties di&s;plea&s;ure, and &s;uch other penalties and forfei|tures as by Law may be inflicted on the Offenders, and requiring all His Maje&s;ties Officers and Mini|&s;ters in the &s;everal Ports of this Kingdom, to take care for the &s;eizing of all &s;uch painted Earthen Wares as &s;hall be Imported contrary to the &s;aid Proclamation.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>PHIL. LLOYD.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON</HI> Printed by the A&s;&s;igns of <HI>John Bill,</HI> and <HI>Christopher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1676.</P>
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