By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the exchange of monies for profit, the making of plate of any his Maiesties coynes, and the excessiue vse of gold and siluer foliate. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B12801 of text S100767 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B12801 STC 8595 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 506.h.12[76] ESTC S100767 99891129 ocm99891129 185803 2240912265

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B12801) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 185803) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; C2:3[76]) By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the exchange of monies for profit, the making of plate of any his Maiesties coynes, and the excessiue vse of gold and siluer foliate. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 2 sheets ([2] p.) by Bonham Norton, and Iohn Bill, printers to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, Imprinted at London : anno M. DC. XVIII. [1618, i.e. 1619] Dated at end: White-hall, the fourth day of February, in the sixteenth yeere of our reigne .. The date is given according to Lady Day dating. Arms 13; Steele notation: date His 2) not Gilt,. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Coinage -- Law and legislation -- Early works to 1800. Monetary policy -- England -- Early works to 1800. Precious metals -- Law and legislation -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the exchange of monies for profit, the making of plate of any his Maiesties coynes, and the excessiue vse of g n/a 1619 2 898 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. 2014-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2014-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-02 Sampled and proofread 2014-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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By the King . A Proclamation prohibiting the exchange of Monies for profit , the making of Plate of any his Maiesties Coynes , and the excessiue vse of Gold and Siluer Foliate .

WHereas his Maiestie , by His Proclamation , bearing date the fourteenth day of May , in the tenth yeere of his Reigne ; For the better staying of Treasure within this Realme , and also for the procuring and inuiting of the same to be brought , aswell into His Kingdome , as to His Mint , did set the prizes of forraine Gold and Siluer , in their seuerall Species , as by the said Proclamation more at large appeareth .

His Maiestie finding the same Proclamation not so duely obeyed and obserued as it ought to bee , doeth heereby require and command , that the sayd Proclamation , being still in Force , bee for the time to come more straitly put in execution : Not intending neuerthelesse heereby to reuoke or discharge any Libertie which the East India Company ( being a Company that deserueth so well to bee vpheld and encouraged ) hath , or ought to haue by the lawfull vse and practise of their Charter .

And for that the drawing of Moneys into the Goldsmiths hand , by turning Siluer into Gold , vpon profite of Exchange , doeth make it the more ready to be engrossed into the Merchants hand for transportation to Mynts abroad ; And for that such profit to be taken vpon change of Moneys , is prohibited by Law :

His Maiestie doeth further straitly charge and command , that no person or persons whatsoeuer , shall from henceforth giue , receiue or take any maner of gaine , profit or aduantage for the exchange of any Gold or Siluer moneys , of any his Highnesse Realmes , or currant within the same , aboue the Rates at which the same are now currant within the said Realme , vpon paine of the forfeiture of the same Moneys so exchanged , and the parties so offending , to suffer such further Penalties and punishments , as by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme , or by his Maiesties Prerogatiue Royall , may bee inflicted in that behalfe .

And furthermore , the better to keepe the Gold and Siluer of this Kingdome , not onely within the Realme , from being exported , but that it may also bee continued in Moneys and Coyne , for the vse and commerce of his Maiestie and his louing Subiects , & not turned into any dead Masse of Plate , nor exhausted and consumed in vanities by Building , and the promiscuous vse of Gold and Siluer Foliate , which haue beene in the Reignes of diuers Kings of this Realme seuerally prouided for , and prohibited :

His Maiestie doeth likewise charge and commaund , That no Goldsmith or other person whatsoeuer , shall from henceforth Melt , or make into any kind of Vessell or Plate , or into any other Manufacture , any the Moneys or Coynes of his Maiesties Realmes or Dominions , or currant within the same ; but shall onely Melt and make the same Plate , Vessell , or other Manufactures , out of old Plate , forraigne Bullion or Coyne , or of Siluer burnt out of Lace , and the like : vpon paine of the forfeiture of the Double value of the sayd Coyne so conuerted or made into Plate , and of such other penalties , as by the Lawes , or by his Maiesties prerogatiue Royall may be inflicted vpon them .

And the better to preuent the vnnecessary and excessiue waste of Golde and Siluer Foliate within this Realme ; His Maiestie doth likewise hereby prohibite and forbid , That no Gold or Siluer Foliate shall be from henceforth wrought , vsed , or imployed in any Building , Seeling , Wainscot , Bedsteds , Chayres , Stooles , Coaches , or any other Ornaments whatsoeuer , Except it be Armour , or Weapons , or in Armes and Ensignes of honour , at Funerals , or Monuments of the dead : And therefore willeth and commaundeth , That no Artificer , Tradesman , or other , shall at any time after Sixe Moneths from the Date of his Maiesties Proclamation , presume to Worke , Vse , or Imploy in or about any Building , Seeling , Wainescot , Bedsteds , Chayres , Stooles , Coaches , or any other Ornaments whatsoeuer , ( Except Armour or Weapons , Armes and Ensignes of honour , or Monuments of the dead as aforesayd ) any Gold or Siluer Foliate , vpon paine of his Maiesties high displeasure , and the Forfeiture of the same Materials or Workes so Siluered or Gilt , and to be further punished as contemners of his Maiesties Royall Commandement .

Giuen at White-hall , the fourth day of February , in the Sixteenth yeere of Our Reigne of England , France and Ireland , and of Scotland the two and Fiftieth . God saue the King .

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