By the King. A proclamation concerning the sauing of fuell, materials, labour, and lessening the great annoyance of smoake.

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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT ❧ By the King . ❧ A Proclamation concerning sauing of Fuell , Materials , Labour , and lessening the great annoyance of Smoake .

WHereas Our well-beloued Subiect Captaine Thorneff Francke , humbly presented vnto vs an Ouerture aswell for the sauing of all sorts of Fuell throughout Our Dominions , to the great benefit of all Our Subiects , especially Brewers , Dyers , Sope-boylers , Salt-makers , and all others which had or might haue occasion to vse boyling Fornaces , as also for the lessening of that great annoyance of Smoak which is so much obnoxious to Our City of London , and to all other Cities & Townes Corporate : Wee in Our Princely disposition graciously ●… ining to further all worthy Inuentions , especially such as tend so much to the generall good i● Our Subiects ( and the preuention of the scarcitie and consumption of Fuell , being a matter of ●o small consequence ) did by Our Letters Patents , dated at Westminster the second day of No●… mber in the Ninth yeere of Our Reigne , grant to him , his Executors , Administrators and Assignes , full & free liberty , license , power & authority during the tearme of fourteen yeeres then ●… xt ensuing , at his or their owne proper costs and charges to vse , practise , and put in ure within Our Dominions the sauing of Fuell , and the lessening that great annoyance of Smoake ; And ●o haue & enioy all such benefit as should or might be raised by making the said workes , or by in●… ructing or licensing others to do the same , inhibiting all others of what estate , degree or condition ●oeuer , without his or their license to vse or practise such his Inuention within the tearme afore●… d , vnder the penalties and prouisoes therin contained . But neuertheles , the said Thorneff Francke● th lately made his humble complaint to the Lords of Our Priuy Councell , That diuers per●… s without his license make vse of his said Inuention , to the losse of his charges already there●… expended and the frustrating of his expectations : For reformation of which iniury their Lord●hips commanded certaine Our Iustices of Peace of Our County of Middlesex , or any two of ●… em , diligently to enquire aswell concerning the iniury pretended , as what likelihood appeared ●… at the same Inuention might sort with the proposition made vnto Vs.

And accordingly Our welbeloued Subiects , Sir Henry Spiller Knight , and Lawrence Whittaker esquire , haue humbly certified , That they haue viewed the said Worke and Inuention , and haue made stay of such persons indeauours , as haue encroached vpon his Priuiledge . And that vpon conference had with such Brewers as haue made vse of the said Inuention , they doe ingenuously confesse that it is beneficiall to them seuerall wayes .

First , in expence of Fuell , for that they saue a third part thereof at the least .

Secondly , that the charge of Iron heretofore expended in supporting the Fornace , is saued three parts in foure .

Thirdly , in their labour , whereas before they brewed but thrice in a weeke , they now are able to ●… ew fiue times .

And lastly , to the Publique , the offence by smoake arising from the Funnels of their new inuention , is not the one halfe of that which comes from the old Fornaces .

Since therefore experience hath iustified the vse of the same Inuention to be so greatly beneficiall and aduantagious to Our Weale Publique , Wee doe hereby strictly forbid all Our Subiects whomsoeuer , or other person or persons , inhabiting or residing within Our Dominions , to presume to put in execution , or incroach vpon any part of Our said Subiects Inuention , without his speciall Licence first had and obtained vnder his hand and seale , vpon paine of Our iust indignation and displeasure .

And also for his further incouragement , Wee haue thought it fit hereby so farre to take notice of so acceptable a seruice , as to publish the same to all Our louing Subiects , whereby they may not be ignorant of the benefit that may redound to them by the vse thereof , vpon such reasonable satisfaction to be by them yeelded to Our said Subiect , as may make reparation for his obseruations , trauells , experiments , labours , and expences .

And Wee doe hereby straightly charge and command , all Maiors , Sheriffes , Iustices of Peace , Bayliffes , Constables , Headboroughs , and other Our Officers , Ministers , and Subiects of vs , Our Heires and Successors , that they and euery of them be helping and assisting to the said Thorneffe Francke , his Executors , Administrators , Deputies , and Assignes in all things according to Our Will and Pleasure , during the terme in Our said Letters Patents expressed .

Giuen at Our Court at Greenewich this twenty fift day of Iune , in the tenth yeere of Our Reigne . God saue the King .