By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the importation of foreign playing-cards, and for seizing such as are or shall be imported England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32608 of text R35955 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3538). 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 A32608 Wing C3538 ESTC R35955 15583579 ocm 15583579 103925 2264207512

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A32608) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 103925) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1588:110 or 21242:71) By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the importation of foreign playing-cards, and for seizing such as are or shall be imported England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 broadside. Printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd, and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., London : 1684. "Given at our court at Whitehall, the seventh day of November, 1684, in the six and thirtieth year of our reign." Reproductions of the originals in the Harvard University Library and the British Library. eng Restraint of trade -- England. Playing card industry -- England. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. eebo By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the importation of foreign playing-cards, and for seizing such as are or shall be imported. England and Wales. Sovereign 1684 1 425 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. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-09 Sampled and proofread 2009-09 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 Importation of Foreign Playing-Cards , and for Seizing such as are or shall be IMPORTED . CHARLES R.

WHereas by the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm , all Foreign Playing-Cards ( amongst divers other Foreign Manufactures ) are Prohibited to be Imported , under Penalty of Forfeiture ; Yet notwithstanding , as We are given to understand by the Humble Petition of the Master , Wardens , and Assistants of the Company of Card-makers of London , divers of Our Subjects and others , are so hardy , to bring into this Kingdom great quantities of Foreign Playing-Cards , and publickly to expose the same to Sale , in contempt of Vs and Our Laws , and to the great Impoverishment of the Poor Artificers of the said Company , and other Our Subjects imployed in making the said Manufacture ; We taking the same into Our serious Consideration , and being desirous in this particular , as We always hitherto have beén , in the whole course of Our Government , to encourage Manufactures within this Our Kingdom , whereby Our Subjects are maintained in good Estate , and Trade increased , are Graciously pleased , with the Advice of Our Privy Council , by this Our Royal Proclamation , to Command and Direct , That all Laws now in force , Prohibiting the Importation of any Foreign Playing-Cards , be duely put in Execution by all Our Officers and other persons concerned : And that all Foreign Playing-Cards already Imported , be forthwith Searched for , Seized and Condemned , and all such as make Resistance therein , proceéded against according to the utmost rigour of Law : Hereby strictly Commanding and Requiring all Iustices of the Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Constables , and other Officers whatsoever , to be from time to time Aiding and Assisting in all things requisite for and touching the due observation and execution of the said Laws , and of this Our Royal Proclamation , at their Perils .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Seventh day of November 1684. In the six and thirtieth Year of Our Reign . God save the King .

LONDON , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd : And by Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1684.