Whereas complaint hath often been made to us that divers persons do rudely press and with evil language and blows force their way into our theatres ... at the time of their public representations and actings, without paying the price established ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32678 of text R37631 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3628). 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 A32678 Wing C3628 ESTC R37631 16992742 ocm 16992742 105645 2240891975

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32678) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105645) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1611:53) Whereas complaint hath often been made to us that divers persons do rudely press and with evil language and blows force their way into our theatres ... at the time of their public representations and actings, without paying the price established ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 broadside. Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., London : 1673. At head of page: Charles R. "Given at our court at Whitehall the second day of February in the twenty sixth year of our reign." Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. eng Theater audiences -- England. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. eebo Charles R. Whereas complaint hath often been made to us, that divers persons do rudely press, and with evil language and blows force their way into ou England and Wales. Sovereign 1674 1 463 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 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE

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Charles R.

WHereas Complaint hath often been made unto Vs , That divers Persons do rudely press , and with evil Language and Blows force their way into Our Theatres , ( called the Theatre Royal in Bridges-street , and the Dukes Theatre in Dorset-Garden ) at the time of their Publick Representations and Actings , without paying the Price established at both the said Theatres , to the great disturbance of Our Servants , Licenced by Our Authority , as well as others , and to the danger of the Publick Peace : Our Will and Pleasure therefore is , and We do hereby straightly Charge and Command , That no Person of what Quality soever , do presume to come into either of the said Theatres before and during the time of Acting , and until the Plays are quite finished , without paying the Price established for the respective Places . And Our further Command is , That the Money which shall be so paid by any Persons for their respective Places , shall not be return'd again , after it is once paid , notwithstanding that such Persons shall go out at any time before or during the Play ; And ( to avoid future Fraud ) That none hereafter shall enter the Pit , First , or Upper Gallery , without delivering to the respective Door-keeper the Ticket or Tickets which they received for their Money paid at the first Door .

And forasmuch as 't is impossible to command those vast Engines ( which move the Scenes and Machines ) and to order such a number of Persons as must be employed in Works of that nature , if any but such as belong thereunto , be suffer'd to press in amongst them ; Our Will and Command is , That no Person of what Quality soever , presume to stand or sit on the Stage , or to come within any part of the Scenes , before the Play begins , while 't is Acting , or after 't is ended ; and We strictly hereby Command Our Officers and Guard of Souldiers which attend the respective Theatres , to see this Order exactly observ'd . And if any Person whatsoever shall disobey this Our known Pleasure and Command , We shall proceed against them as Contemners of Our Royal Authority , and Disturbers of the Publick Peace .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Second day of February in the Twenty sixth Year of Our Reign .

LONDON , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1673.