Whereas His Majesty hath been certainly informed of the killing and destroying of the game in and about his honour of Hampton-Court ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A46606 of text R37024 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing J404). 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 A46606 Wing J404 ESTC R37024 16186970 ocm 16186970 105016 2240867236

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46606) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105016) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1595:102) Whereas His Majesty hath been certainly informed of the killing and destroying of the game in and about his honour of Hampton-Court ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 broadside. Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., London : 1687. Title from first 3 lines of text. At head of text: James R. "Given at our court at Hampton-Court the thirtieth day of July 1687, in the third year of His Majesties reign. By His Majesties command, [countersigned] Middleton." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Poaching -- England. Game laws -- England. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688. eebo James R. Whereas His Majesty hath been certainly informed of the killing and destroying of the game in and about His Honour of Hampton-Court; ... England and Wales. Sovereign 1687 1 353 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. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

DIEV ET MON DROIT

James R.

WHereas His Majesty hath been certainly Informed of the Killing and Destroying of the Game in and about His Honour of Hampton-Court ; These are therefore to give Notice in His Majesties Name , and by His special Order and Appointment , That henceforward none presume , of what Quality soever ( without His Majesties particular Leave ) to Kill or Destroy any Hare , Partridge , Pheasant , Heath Powt , Heron , Duck or Mallard , within Ten Miles round about His Majesties Palace of Hampton-Court , by Hunting , Hawking , Setting , Coursing , Shooting , Tunnelling , Gins , or any way whatsoever , nor to disturb the Game there under pretence of Shooting at Birds ; nor to keep or use any Greyhounds , Lurchers , Setting Dogs or Guns ; but such Persons only as shall be thereunto qualified by the Laws made for the Preservation of the Game ; and that none so qualified , suffer their Servants , or any under the Notion of such , to Shoot , Set or Course , or by any ways whatsoever to Destroy and Kill any of the forenamed Game , as they will Answer the Contrary at their Peril . And to the end that none may Plead Ignorance of His Majesties Pleasure in this Matter , His Majesty doth further Command , That this Order be with all speed Read and Published in the several Parish Churches within Ten Miles of His Palace of Hampton-Court , at such time and times , as the respective Parishioners meet there for Divine Worship , upon Sundays or Holidays ; which the Rector , Vicar or Curate of each Parish , is to see duly performed accordingly .

Given at Our Court at Hampton-Court the Thirtieth Day of July 1687 , in the Third Year of His Majesties Reign . By His Majesties Command , MIDDLETON .

LONDON , Printed by Charles Bill , Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1687.