TO
all
People
to
whom
this
present
Writing
shall
come
,
I
Thomas
Downes
of
the
Citie
of
Dublin
Stati●
▪
ner
,
send
greeting
in
our
Lord
God
euerlasting
:
Whereas
the
Kings
most
excellent
Maiestie
by
his
Highnesse
Letters
Patents
vnder
the
great
Seale
of
this
Kingdome
hath
graunted
to
Felix
Kyngston
and
mee
the
said
Thomas
Downes
(
Assignees
for
and
on
the
behalfe
of
the
Companie
of
Stationers
of
London
)
the
Office
of
Printer
generall
within
this
his
Maiesties
Realme
of
Ireland
,
with
full
power
to
Imprint
,
Binde
and
sell
all
Bookes
and
other
things
incident
to
the
said
Office
:
prohibiting
all
others
to
imprint
,
bynde
,
sell
or
put
〈◊〉
sale
any
of
the
premisses
,
vpon
paine
of
forfeyture
of
tenne
shillings
Irish
for
euery
such
booke
or
thing
,
And
vpon
paine
of
forfeyture
and
confiscation
of
the
said
Bookes
and
other
things
,
to
them
the
said
Patentees
and
their
assignes
,
to
their
proper
vse
and
vses
.
And
where
also
the
Lord
Deputie
and
Councell
of
this
Kingdome
,
by
their
Proclamation
bearing
date
the
fifteenth
day
of
Iuly
1620.
did
signifie
and
declare
the
expresse
tenour
of
the
said
Letters
Patt
.
that
all
his
Maiesties
subiects
and
others
might
take
notice
thereof
,
Requiring
all
his
Maiesties
Officers
and
louing
subiects
to
be
ayding
and
assisting
to
the
said
Patentees
,
their
Agents
,
servants
and
deputies
therein
,
as
by
the
said
Letters
Patents
and
Proclamation
at
large
appeareth
.
Now
Know
ye
,
That
I
the
said
Thomas
Downes
(
on
the
behalfe
&
to
the
vse
of
the
said
Company
)
doe
by
these
presents
authorise
,
substitute
and
appoint
_____
within
this
Kingdome
,
my
true
and
lawfull
deputie
●●d
Atturney
,
to
make
search
for
,
take
and
seise
into
his
hands
such
bookes
and
●●●er
things
of
that
nature
so
brought
into
this
Realme
,
and
forfeyted
and
con●iscated
by
force
of
the
said
Letters
Patt
.
or
Proclamation
or
eyther
of
them
:
And
also
to
cause
the
said
delinquents
in
that
behalfe
to
be
committed
to
prison
there
to
remaine
vntill
they
and
euery
of
them
shall
haue
paid
the
said
Fine
of
tenne
shillings
Irish
,
for
euery
such
Booke
and
other
thing
so
brought
in
and
forfeited
as
aforesaid
,
And
all
other
things
to
doe
and
execute
(
in
the
behalfe
of
the
said
Company
)
as
I
my selfe
might
being
present
.
Which
power
and
●uthoritie
concerning
the
premisses
I
the
said
Thomas
Downes
doe
ratifie
●hese
presents
to
the
foresaid
_____
Sealed
with
my
seale
the
_____
day
of
_____
Anno
Dom.
Sealed
and
deliuered
in
the
presence
of
_____