This is to certifie to all those whom it may concern, that whereas by divers traders there are many Bibles dispersed abroad by sundry chapmen into all parts, which books many of them be false printed, and very many deceitfully bound beyond the seas in sheeps leather ... This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95716 of text R201032 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E349_17). 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. 1 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 2017 A95716 Wing T936 Thomason E349_17 ESTC R201032 99861614 99861614 113753 2240945182

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A95716) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 113753) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 56:E349[17]) This is to certifie to all those whom it may concern, that whereas by divers traders there are many Bibles dispersed abroad by sundry chapmen into all parts, which books many of them be false printed, and very many deceitfully bound beyond the seas in sheeps leather ... Sparke, Michael, d. 1653, 1 sheet ([1] p.) Michael Sparke, [London : 1646] By Michael Sparke? Title from opening words of text. A broadside, warning buyers against purchasing Bibles printed or bound abroad and sold by chapmen--Thomason Catalogue. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Published by Mr Sparkes. 7 Aug: 1646". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Bible -- Publication and distribution -- Early works to 1800. Censorship -- England -- Early works to 1800. A95716 R201032 (Thomason E349_17). civilwar no This is to certifie to all those whom it may concern, that whereas by divers traders there are many Bibles dispersed abroad by sundry chapme Sparke, Michael 1646 1 200 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. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
This is to certifie to all those whom it may Concern ,

THat whereas by divers Traders there are many Bibles dispersed abroad by sundry Chapmen into all parts , which Books many of them be false Printed , and very many deceitfully bound beyond the seas in Sheeps leather , and some gilded with Party-gold , whereby the buyers being ignorant are much deceived , and not onely so cozened of their money , but the books are also forfeited and they lyable to the Law ; this is to give notice ,

That by provision of a Statute in Vicesimo Quinto Henrici Octavi , it was Enacted , That no person or persons Resciant or Inhabitant within this Realm , shall buy to sell again any Printed books brought from any parts out of the Kings Obeisance , ready Bound in Bords , Leather , or Parchment , upon pain to lose and forfeit for every such book Bound out of the said Kings Obeysance , and brought into this Realm , and bought by any person or persons within the same , to sell again , contrary to this Act , six shillings and eight pence .