By the King a proclamation prohibiting the vse of snaffles, and commanding the vse of bittes for riding. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A22453 of text S3560 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 8870). 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 A22453 STC 8870 ESTC S3560 33150464 ocm 33150464 28619 2248560778

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A22453) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28619) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1876:96) By the King a proclamation prohibiting the vse of snaffles, and commanding the vse of bittes for riding. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.). By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, Imprinted at London : M.DC.XXVII [1627] Arms with 2 leaves under lion's leg. "Giuen at His Maiesties Court at White-Hall, the twentieth day of Nouember, in the third yeere of His Highnesse Reigne of Great Britaine, France and Ireland." Reproduction of original in: Society of Antiquaries. eng Bits (Bridles) -- England. Horsemanship -- Equipment and supplies. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the vse of snaffles, and commanding the vse of bittes for riding. England and Wales. Sovereign 1627 1 334 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. 2008-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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❧ By the King . ❧ A Proclamation prohibiting the vse of Snaffles , and commanding the vse of Bittes for Riding .

THe Kings most Excellent MAIESTY , taking into His Princely thoughts , the present state of these times and how necessary it is , that all His louing Subiects should be prouided , for their owne defence , and the defence of the Realme , vpon all occasions , and sudden euents ; And finding by experience , that such horses , as are to be imployed for Seruice , are more apt and fit to be managed by such as shal ride them being vsed to the Bittes , then to the Snaffles : His Maiestie therefore , by the Aduice of the Lords , and others of His Priuie Counsell , hath thought fit , and doth hereby straitly charge and command , that no person or persons whatsoeuer , of what degree or condition soeuer , other then such only as His Maiestie , in respect of their attendance vpon His Royall Person in times of disport , or otherwise , shall licence thereunto , shall from henceforth in riding , vse any Snaffles , but Bittes onely , vpon paine of His Maiesties high displeasure , and vpon such further Paines , Penalties , and Imprisonments , as by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme of England , or by His Maiesties Prerogatiue Royall , can or may bee inflicted vpon the offenders , for their contempt of His Maiesties Royall Commandement in that behalfe .

Giuen at His Maiesties Court at White-Hall , the twentieth day of Nouember in the third yeere of His Highnesse Reigne of Great Britaine , France , and Ireland . God saue the King .

Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie . M.DC.XXVII .