A briefe of some of the principall points of the Kings MAiesties late charter to the Company of Gold-beaters of London prohibiting the importation of gold and silver foliat, and tynne and copper foile into any of His Maiesties dominions after the first day of Nouember next, vpon paine of forfeiture thereof, &c. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A22207 of text S3410 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 8613). 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. 3 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 A22207 STC 8613 ESTC S3410 33149684 ocm 33149684 28469 2240914583

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A22207) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28469) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1875:112) A briefe of some of the principall points of the Kings MAiesties late charter to the Company of Gold-beaters of London prohibiting the importation of gold and silver foliat, and tynne and copper foile into any of His Maiesties dominions after the first day of Nouember next, vpon paine of forfeiture thereof, &c. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 2 leaves. Printed by Iohn Beale, At London : [1619] "Witnesse Our selfe at Westminster the eleuenth day of October, in the seuenteenth yeere of Our Raigne of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland, the three and Fiftieth." Reproduction of original in: Society of Antiquaries. eng Gold-leaf. Gold industry -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Metal foils. Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625. eebo A briefe of some of the principall points of the Kings MAiesties late charter to the Company of Gold-beaters of London prohibiting the importation of England and Wales. Sovereign 1619 1 601 1 0 0 0 0 2 10000 F The rate of 10000 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-04 Sampled and proofread 2009-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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❧ A Briefe of some of the principall points of the Kings Maiesties late Charter to the Company of Gold-beaters of London , prohibiting the Importation of Gold and Siluer Foliat , and Tynne and Copper Foile into any of his Maiesties Dominions after the first day of Nouember next , vpon paine of forfeiture thereof , &c.

ANd to the intent that the Company of Gold and Siluer Beaters may the better liue and be maintained by their Trade and Mystery of beating Gold and Siluer into leafe : We doe therefore for Vs our Heires and Successors , will , ordaine , prohibit , and forbid all and euery person and persons whatsoeuer , of what estate condition or quality soeuer he or they be , That they or any of them shall not or doe not at any time or times after the first day of Nouember next comming , import , conuey , or bring or cause to be imported conuaied or brought , into this Our Realme of England , or Our Realme of Ireland , or Dominion of Wales , from any the partes beyond the Seaes , Any kind or sort of any gold or siluer Foliat or leafe , or any Tin foyle or Copper Foile whatsoeuer , to be vttered sould , put to sale , or vsed , within any Our Realms or Dominions : vpon paine to lose or forfeit the same , and to sustaine imprisonment at the will and pleasure of Vs our Heires and Successors , and to bee further punished according to Our Lawes for his or their contempt in that behalf : the one moity therof to be to Vs our Heir●s and Successors , and the other moity thereof to bee to the Master and Wardens of the said Company & their successors , or such other person or persons as shall first seize and sue for the same from time to time . And We doe hereby for Vs our heires and successors , will and ordaine , and also straighly charge and command , that no person or persons whatsoeuer , not being a member and Free-man of the said Company , shall or may Within any part or place within this our Realmes of England or Ireland or Dominion of Wales , practise , vse , or exercise the Trade of Mystery of beating Gold or Siluer into leafe , nor shall any way erect , set vp , make stop , or mend any mould , engine , toole or material whatsoeuer , for the beating or working of Gold or Siluer into Foliat , vpon paine of the losse & forfeture to Vs our heires & successors of al such Gold and Siluer Leafe , and tooles , as shal be so beaten , wrought , made , or mended , contrary to the tenour of these presents , and such further punishment by imprisonment , or otherwise as shall or may by Our Lawes or prerogatiue Royally be inflicted vpon such offenders for the contempt of this Our Royall pleasure and commandement : The moity of all which forfeitures to be leuied and taken for Vs Our heires and successors . And whereas We haue prouided & taken order that al such Gold and Siluer Foliat as shall be hereafter made by the Master and Wardens and Cominalty of the said Company , shall be made and wrought out of forraine Coyne and bullion onely , and not otherwise . We