By the Quene The Quenes Maiestie vnderstandyng, that where of late the peece of gold called the pistolet was made currant at fiue shyllynges [and] tenne pence, and not aboue ... Proclamations. 1560-11-02 England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21618 of text S112101 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A21618 STC 7920 ESTC S112101 99847360 99847360 12393

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 eng Coins, Foreign -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Early works to 1800. England -- Proclamations -- Early works to 1800. eebo By the Quene The Quenes Maiestie vnderstandynge, that where of late the peece of gold called the pistolet was made currant at fiue shyllynges [and] te England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) 1560 1 326 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the Quene

THe Quenes Maiestie vnderstandynge , that where of late the peece of gold called the Pistolet was made Currant at fiue shyllynges & tenne pence , and not aboue : Since that tyme dyuers of her subiectes of ignoraunce haue and be dayly muche deceaued , takyng and receauing certeyne other peeces of strange Coynes in steade of Pistolettes for fiue shyllynges & ten pence , whiche in deede were neuer taken ne vsed for Pistolettes , nor do holde in value so much as the very Pistolettes doo , whereby all persons receauyng the same in that value , are deceaued , and susteyne euident losse : Doth therfore by this Proclamation notifie to all maner of persons , that by the name or value of Pistolettes , none shal be currant within her dominions , but only foure seuerall peeces and Coynes hereafter pourtraicted and stamped . That is to saye : The fyrst and seconde beyng of the kyng of Spaynes Coyne , the thyrde of Venize , and the fourth of Florence : Whiche seuerall peeces of golde being not counterfaicted , her Maiestie doth only allowe to be currant as Pistolettes , and at the value of fiue shyllynges & ten pence , and not aboue .

And for that many persons haue receaued of late tyme dyuers other strange Coynes vpon ignoraunce as Pistolettes : Her Maiestie is pleased to geue to euery person that shall bryng any of the same into her myntes at London , the iuste value that the same shall holde in golde .

Anno. 1560. 2. Nouembris . The second yere of her Maiesties raigne . God saue the Quene .

The fyrst . obverse of coin
reverse of coin

The Seconde . obverse of coin
reverse of coin

The thyrde . obverse of coin
reverse of coin

The fourth . obverse of coin
reverse of coin

Imprinted at London in Powles CHVRCHYARDE , By Rychard lugge and Iohn Cawood , Printers to the Quenes Maiestie .

Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis .