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<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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<HEAD>By the King, A PROCLAMATION Prohibiting the Importation of Foreign NEEDLES.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>JAMES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_FOra&s;much as Our late Royal Brother, being Informed by the Ma&s;ter, Wardens and Commonal|ty of the Art or My&s;tery of Ne&eacute;dle-makers of the City of <HI>London,</HI> that great quantities of Foreign Ne&eacute;dles were daily Imported into this Kingdom from beyond the Seas, being deceitfully made of Iron Wire altogether unfit for Service, and here new Marked, Papered, and Packed up as if they were made in <HI>England,</HI> and vended and &s;old in <HI>London,</HI> and other parts of Our Dominions, to the great abu&s;e of the &s;aid Art, and to the prejudice and impoveri&s;hment of the &s;aid Company, they being by their Charter obliged to make their Ne&eacute;dles of Ste&eacute;l, which co&s;ts them more without the Workman&s;hip than the Imported Ne&eacute;dles are &s;old for: For which Rea&s;on he was Graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to I&s;&s;ue forth His Royal Proclamation bearing Date the Fifth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the One and twentieth Year of His Reign, to Prohibit the Importation thereof; And fora&s;much as We are al&s;o credibly informed that the Import|ing Ne&eacute;dles (wrought as afore&s;aid) into this Our Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> is &s;till u&s;ed to this day, by which means the &s;aid Company, with their Wives and Families lie under great Detriment in their &s;aid Trade, upon the humble Petition therefore and Complaint of the Ma&s;ter, Wardens and Commonalty of the &s;aid Com|pany, and for the pre&s;ervation of &s;o u&s;eful an Art and Native Manufacture, and better detecting the Enormities afore|&s;aid, We by the Advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to Charge, Prohibit and Command, and by this Our Royal Proclamation do &s;trictly Charge, Prohibit and Command, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, Natives, Aliens, or others, do or &s;hall from henceforth Import, Bring, or Convey, or cau&s;e to be Imported, Brought or Conveyed into this Our Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> from or out of any part or place beyond the Seas, any Ne&eacute;dles of what &s;ort or kind &s;oever, by way of Merchandize, or to be Sold, Bartered, or Exchanged; and that no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons that now u&s;eth or u&s;e, or that hereafter &s;hall u&s;e the Trade or Occu|pation of Retailing, Selling or Vttering of Ne&eacute;dles, &s;hall at any time hereafter directly or indirectly Buy, Bargain or Contract for or concerning the Importation of any Ne&eacute;dles of what &s;ort or kind &s;oever, made or to be made in any place beyond the Seas, or Vtter or Sell the &s;ame upon pain of &s;uch Puni&s;hment as by the Law of Our Prerogative Royal may be Inflicted upon the Contemners of Our Royal Authority. And We do further Charge and Com|mand as well the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Our Cu&s;toms, Comptrollers, Searchers, Waiters, and other Officers of all Our Ports in Our &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> as al&s;o the &s;aid Ma&s;ter, Wardens and Commonalty by them&s;elves or their Deputies, and all other Officers and Per|&s;ons what&s;oever, to Seize and De&s;troy all &s;uch Ne&eacute;dles that &s;hall be Imported or Bartered, Sold or Exchanged con|trary to Our Plea&s;ure herein Declared, in who&s;e hands &s;oever they &s;hall be found, and to be in all other re&s;pects dili|gent and careful in and about the preventing the Importation of Foreign Ne&eacute;dles, and Di&s;covery of the &s;ame, and to cau&s;e the Offenders to be duly Puni&s;hed as to Iu&s;tice &s;hall appertain, under pain of Forfeiting their re&s;pective Pla|ces and Employments, in ca&s;e they &s;hall be found negligent or remi&s;s in the Execution of the&s;e Our Commands. And We do further &s;treightly Charge and Command all Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Con&s;ta|bles, and other Officers what&s;oever, to be from time to time Aiding and A&s;&s;i&s;ting in all things requi&s;ite for and touching the Ob&s;ervation and Execution of the&s;e Our Commands, and that they do from time to time Certifie un|to the Lords of Our Privy Council, the Names of all &s;uch per&s;ons whom they &s;hall find to be Offenders again&s;t this Our Proclamation, to the end that there may be &s;uch further Proce&eacute;dings again&s;t them as &s;hall be agre&eacute;able to the utmo&s;t Severity of the Law in &s;uch Ca&s;es.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Wind&s;or,</HI></HI> <DATE><HI>the Fourteenth Day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI></HI> 1687. <HI>In the Third Year of Our Reign.</HI></DATE></DATELINE> <HI>GOD SAVE THE KING.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Charles Bill, Henry Hills</HI> and <HI>Thomas Newcomb,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1687.</P>
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