¶Charles. &c.

FYrste as touchynge the Lutherayn sect & other reproued sectꝭ / that our ordynaūces conteyned ī our last lettres of placarde gyuen the .xiiii. daye of Octobre / the yere of our Lorde .M.v.L.xxix. vpon the abusyng of our holy catholyke fayth / and auoydyng the peruers sect of Martyn Luther and other reproued auctoures by our mother holy Churche / than and sythen publysshed in these sayd countrees and seygnouryes. And by vs reuewed in fourme and maner / as in our presence we haue this sayd day caused to be red to the Estates of our sayde countrees here assembled with vs to be obserued / kepte / and maynteyned accordynge to theyr fourme and tenoure and that the penalyties therin declared & put to the offender to be really and rygorously executed without remyssyon / dyssymulacyon or delay. And to the ende that none shall pretende ygnouraunce / [Page] we haue wylled and ordeyned our sayd ordynaunces to be publysshed thorowe all our sayd countrees and lordshyppes (in these costes) within all places where as Proclamacions ben wont to be done the .xv. daye of the nexte moneth of No­uembre. And fro that tyme euery .vi. moneth tyll by vs be otherwyse ordeyned.

¶And as touchynge the act of Coynes and money / we do ordeyne that the ordynaunce vpon the same reuewed in four­me and maner as we haue caused to be red to the sayd estates confermally at the laste ordynaūce the .x. day of Decembre the yere .xv.C.xxvi. rypely delyberate by thaduyse of all the estates of our sayd countrees / of dyuerse other persones ha­uynge knowlege in feates of Coynes & moneyes / of the generalles or maysters of the sayde Coynes / of the knyghtes of our ordre / and of the chyef of our preuye counceyll / and of reasourers / to be in al poyntes and artycles obserued and kept And for bycause that no ꝑsone shall pretende [Page iiii] ygnoraunce: we wyll that it be publysshed in al places / as is aforesayd. &c.

¶ And for remedy to be had in abusyōs procedynge of the dyuersyte of the custo­mes of our sayd countrees / & to the incō ­uenyences that by theym dayly ensue in so moche as oftentymes dyuerse pure customes contrarye in one countree be su­steyned and veryfyed by dyuerse practycyens. And by the sayd meanes many of oure subgectes do lese theyr ryght to the great dysprofyte of the cōmen welthe.

The defaute wherof is that the sayd cu­stomes be not approued and remaynyn­ge in wrytynge. We haue therfore ordey­ned that the customes of all our coūtrees in these costes within .vi. monethes en­suynge shallbe put in wrytynge by the offycers and men of lawe in all the townes of oure sayd countrees great & small And eche of the same for the sayde tow­nes / theyr sheryffes or bayllyes / and all other offycers ī theyr townes where they haue admynystracyon and rule respectyuely [Page] to put the sayd customes in wrytynge accorded in euery quarter: and to brynge them to our presence: and in our absence to our right dere and beloued syster the quene Regent for vs to cause them to be vysyted and dewely examyned. And vpon the same to take aduyse of our prouyncyall coūceyllers / and other as nede shall be / & with good & rype delyberacy­on of counceyll to conferme and ordeyne vpon the sayd customes obseruacyon of the same accordynge to equyte and reasō And for the most profyte and cōmodyte of our subgectes in that behalfe.

¶Of notaryes and scryueners.

ANd to pouruey agaynste the faultes and wronges done in our sayd coūtrees by Notaryes or commyn wryters: some of them by symplenesse and ygnoraunce / and other by delyberate dede to the great hynderaū ce and losse of our subgectes / and of the [Page v] cōmyn welthe. We haue therfore enacted that from hensforth none shall be admytted in to that towme / but well lerned men and of good fame / and suche as by examynacyon of the cheyfe men of our prouyncyall counseyl & Iuges of euery countree shall be founde experte / able / & suffycyēt / and approued / and that it ap­pere by acte of the sayde counseyll and prouyncyall Iuges. And the sayde acte by the sayde notaryes (or they may excercyse the sayde towne) shal be bounde to leue in the courte rolles of the sayd coun­seyll and to paye for euery acte onely .x. grotes of flaundres / and vpon payne arbytrary that none of both partyes pay or take more then the sayde .x. grotes for an acte. And we forbyd all other not examyned and admytted as is aforesayd to the rowme or offyce of notary or wryter vpon payne aforesayd and to be dysamyted for euer to excercyse that offyce nor other.

¶Of Marchaundyses engrated.

[Page] ANd to vnderstāde the domages procedynge & that cōmeth of mo­nopole or engratyng whiche dyuerse mar­chauntꝭ and other ar­tyfycers of our countrees in these costes / vse dayly as well feates of vytaylles as other wares & marchaundyses in dy­uerse maners. And to pouruey agaynst the vnlefull bargaynes that many do / for theyr synguler profyte / to the great hynderaunce of good and faythfull marchaūtes our subgectes and other conuer­saunte in our countrees here aboute & of the cōmyn welthe. We of our sentence & absolute power hath enacted for euer y^t no College of marchauntes of these partyes nor straungers of any felawshyp / theyr brokers / legers / helpers / nor lyke­wyse artificers nor other of what soeuer vacacyon faculte he be of / medle to ma­ke statute / ordynaunce or couencyon tendynge engratyng or monopole to make bargaynes contractes or pactyons vn­lawfully [Page vi] / To haue secrete knowleges / as byenge all one sorte of ware or mar­chaūdyse / and kepe it vnder them. And by that meanes to put & kepe other that haue nede therof in necessyte / & constrayne them to bye the sayd wares at an ex­cessyfe & vnresonable pryce / at the pleasure of the sayd regratours / and we de­fende and forbyd theym and all other to make and practyke all other lyke dampnable and peruycyous pactyons / contractes and abusyons to the domage of the cōmyn welth / vpon payne of banysshe­ment and confyscacyon of goodes / countrees and places / or confyscacyon of place / and other arbytraryly accordynge to theffect of the mysdede. And we forbyd all iuges / offycers / and to all our lyege men and lawyers / and all other of our sayde coūtrees: and to all them hauynge or pretendyng auctoryte to ordayne / enacte / conferme / or make any suche puycy­ons and vnresonable statutꝭ concernynge suche monopole. Cōmaundyng them expressely that yf any such statutes com [Page] afore them to be broken and abolysshed And of our parte we haue declared and do declare them none & of no valoure.

And as moche as nede is we haue reuo­ked and fordone them by these presentes In gyuynge charge to all our pouruey­ours and eche of them in his behalfe that where as our offycers or other be necly­gent to do and fulfyll this our wyl that in this case they procede agaynst them y^t be neclygent or delayers in doynge that / that they ought to do without dyssymu­lacyon as they fynde them: this to be don at all tymes / and agaynst them that do constytute or conferme any peruycyons ordynaunce or statute aforesayd / or that directly or indirectly do agaynst this present ordynaunce.

¶Of derth of vytaylles.

ANd for to remedy the great derthe and dyfordre that ben in these our countrees of vytaylles as we vnderstande procedeth of engratynges that [Page vii] ben vsed and done to the great hurtes & hynderaunce of our subgectes and specyally of our poore cōmons and publyke welth of our sayd countrees / we therfo­re wyll ordeyn and cōmaunde our offy­cers and men of lawe of our pryncypal townes of our countrees y^t eche of them in his rowme respectyuely & within .iii. monethes nexte folowynge this day do rate & set pryse reasonable on all maner of vytaylles / and theyr cōcepertes with in the sayd tyme to send in to the handes of the rulers / coūceyllers / and Iuges of prouynces where they haue Iurysdyccy­on / and they to ouer se and agre to the same as they thynke beste / and to sende it vnto vs or to the quene / our sayd moste dere and best beloued syster by dyscryte aduyse of counceyll therin to do as shalbe thou­ghte most behouefull.

¶Agaynst bankeroutes.

[Page] FOr to put remedye agaynst bankeroutes / we haue ordeyned and enacted that al marchauntes men and women and all other persones what so euer intermyttyng in the feate of marchaundyse the which fraudulently or by wronge bereth away the money / wares or debtes of other marchauntes or perso­nes to be & shall be holden & reputed for cōmen theues / & suche we haue proclay­med them. And lyke wyse all they that knoweth the fraude and abusyon of the sayd bankeroutes / and doth meynteyne receyue / or hydeth them where they be re­fuged except they shewe and warne the chefe offycers and lawyers of the places where they ben. And in lykewyse they that do medle in the doynges of the sayd bankeroutes or in theyr absence do lede the trayne of occupyenge with them by felawshyp or otherwyse. And sembla­bly they that dyssymule or fayne them selfe credytours of the sayd bankeroutꝭ and that with them shall vse to frequēt [Page viii] transportes & symulacyons / or in what so euer maner do them assyst or helpe to the conueyaunce of theyr fraude and de­ceyte. And al the aboue named and eche of them we haue pryuatyd fro the fraū ­chyse / surete / and lyberte of all townes / boroughes / and other places pryuyleged with fraunchyse. Also we ordeyne that the sayd bankeroutꝭ: theyr helpers & assystentes aboue declared y^t shalbe foūde & knowen for such that for refuge do redrawe them in townes / boroughes or other priuyleged placꝭ what soeuer none excepte y^t theyr goodꝭ by them thyther brou­ghte or caused to be had thyther to be ta­ken out without preiudyce. Albeit y^t the sayd townes / boroughes and other pla­ces be fraūchysed & pryuyleged in other causes. And that the sayd bankeroutes afore declared and theyr complyces after that they shalbe knowen / taken / and at­taynted for suche as theues and robbers of the goodes of the cōmyn welthe to be punysshed without fauoure or delay to the example of all other. And that the [Page] goodes transported and conueyed by the sayd bankeroutes and the felowes to be put in sure kepyng to the behofe of the credytours as belongeth to reason. And y^t the wyues of the sayd marchauntes that maketh bankeroutes / theyr husbādes beynge present or absent haue occupyed ordynaryly or cōmonly with marchaūdy­se and kepe shoppes eyther in byenge or fellynge to be bounde and holden for to answere or make good for theyr husbandes debtes made and contract syth theyr maryage. And moreouer we wyll and ordeyne that al marchaūtes men or women that by cawtele or fraude to begyle theyr credytours absent them selfe from our countrees by the space of .xl. dayes / & be warned by cōmyn cryes at the place of theyr abydynge to retourne in to oure sayd countrees within .xl. dayes after to content theyr credytours / that than they at the ende of sayd .xl. last dayes and all bankeroutes fygytyues and theyr cōply­ces aboue declared attaynte of the same as is aforesayd to be banysshed for euer [Page ix] out of our coūtrees and lordshyppes and neuer after to retourne. And also decla­re all and whatsoeuer theyr bargaynes done this by symulacyon or cyrcūuency­on and fraude to be none & of no value. And we wyll that all the credytours of the sayd bankeroutes and of the complyces and other so fledde to come and por­cyon lyke to deuyde and take vpon the goodes of the sayd bankeroutꝭ that may be recouered a marc the .li. without p̄ferē ce. Notwithstandyng y^t any of the sayd credytours chaūce to come afore another for to season vpon the goodꝭ of the sayd bankeroutes and they felawes so that it be in a pryuyleged place. And natwith­standynge the customes statutes / or pryuyleges of the sayd places / yf they haue any / agaynst the which in any wyse we do not meane nor wyll the causes abouesayde hauynge place / and as ferforth as nede shall be / we haue and wyll dero­ge by these presentes.

¶Of vacabondes.

[Page] AS touchynge Vacabon­des we wyll ordeyn that our ordynaunces last specyfyed ī our sen [...]e of placarde proclaymed in all our countrees shall be obseruyd and the penalties enacted and set to be executed agaynst the transgressours without dyssymulacyon or delay. And that no ꝑsone take ygnoraūte in them to be newly pu­plysshed the .xv. day of the next moneth of nouembre / and from thense foreward from .vi. monethes to .vi. monethes tyll we haue otherwyse ordeyned.

¶And for bycause that p̄sently the pore people encrease in these our present countrees in ouer greatter nombre then in ty­mes paste / & that by experynce they are suffred all indyfferentlye to begge and aske almesse many fautes and abusyōs ensueth bycause they gyue them selfe to ydlenesse / whiche is begynnynge of all euylles leuynge therby them selfe & chyldren to do any handy crafte or other sty­le wherby they myght gette theyr lyuynge. [Page v] And consequently applye them selfe to wretched and dampnable lyuynge & theyr doughters to pouerte and vnhap­pynesse: and to all wyckednesse & vyces And though that they be yonge and lu­sty of body yet withdrawe they by great importunyte that that shuld be delt otherwyse to aeged / sycke / impotent / & them that be in great necessyte. And afore our departynge from these countrees to remedye and sette ordre in the cōmyn welth. And ouer al that poore / sycke / and other nedy and not able to gette theyr lyuyng may desocoured and susteyned to the ho­noure after the ordynaunce of almygh­ty god our creatoure by very loue & cha­ryte: we haue ordeyned and statuted this that foloweth.

FYrste that neyther mā nor womā put them selfe to aske or gette al­messe be nyghte nor day / openly / nor cōmynly / couertly / nor secretly / in churches or stretes / in howses nor before them in any maner whatsoeuer vpon [Page] payn in doyng the contrary for the fyrste tyme to be enprysoned with breed and water at the dyscressyon of our offycers and Iustyces / men of lawe or other per­sones that shall haue charge of this pre­sent acte where as it happeneth. For the seconde tyme at the dyscressyon aforesayde. Except fro this and reserued the rely­geous man / dyent persones / prysoners / and Lazars whiche maye gette theyr al­messe in theyr accustomed maner. The sayde Lazars to haue theyr hattes and wyde longe clokes and other tokens as they oughte. On condycyon that whan they make theyr water they to go from the people as farre as they maye or can on payne to be punysshed as it is afore­sayde with breed and water.

ALso that no straungers forayns shall demaunde almesse on lyke payn and correccyon. Sauf them that be honest and not wont to brycke & lewtre passynge theyr way by pylgry­mage or other deuout way may lodge at [Page vi] hospytalles and masondews one nyght onely vpon payne aforesayde. And to be receyued by the maysters or maystres­ses of the sayde hospytalles they shall be bounde to recouer and presente them ta­ken fro the offycers or deputyes at the cō daytyng of the charyte of the places where they wolde lodge.

ANd that no poore folke shal passe fro town to town or fro vyllage to vyllage for to dwell or take resydence vpō lyke payne. But yf by chaunce of warre of flodes myschefe of fyre or other incon­uenyence they be cōmen to pouerte / and that duely they make certyfycate to them may be mynystred and alowed lodgyn­ge or howse. And otherwyse not. And as for poore people nowe beynge in our sayde countrees and haue ben resydent one yere they may abyde in the same estate as they be & haue part of the almesses that ben or shall be ordeyned without goynge to begge openly or secretly as is a­bouesayde.

[Page]aLso that eche of them shal kepe theyr chyldren great and small from beg­gynge or askynge of almesse vpon payne aforesayd. And the sayde chyldren to be correct with roddes and otherwyse at the dyscresyon of the sayd offycers or mē of lawe of the places where they come.

¶ And to take all the offenders of oure sayde ordynaunces and deffences afore sayde there shall be ordeyned and depu­ted in euery towne and vyllage by the offycers and men of lawe / one or two sergeaūtꝭ or mo yf nede be after the byg­nesse of the places.

¶ And to the sustentenaūce of pore seke and other nedye persones not able to get theyr lyuynge / beynge resydent or dwel­lynge in townes or vyllagꝭ of our coū ­trees / we ordeyn that all the charytees tables of poore hospitalles: brotherhedes and other that haue obytes and distrybucyons of prebendes and almesses be made one cōmyn purce to be dealed to poore [Page vii] people / by the abuyse of the maysters & rulers of the sayd tables of poore hospy­talles and brotherhedes / with them that the offycers and men of lawe in euery towne / parysshe / or vyllage shall depute and cōmyt to the behoufe of the chary­te in the maner hereafter declared / Sauf that the almesses founded for spyrytuall persones as mandyentes and other shall be deuyded at the ordre of the founders.

ALso from hensforewarde in euery parysshe churche of the townes & vyllage of our countrees shall be set tronckes and blockes to put in the secret almesse of good people. And the said blockꝭ and tronckes to be shet with thre keyes of the whiche the parysshe preest shal haue one the men of law one / & the thyrde to hym or them y^t are cōmytted to deale the said almesse / for to take out the sayd money that they fynde there whan they thyn [...] best tyme. And moreouer there shal be deputed in euery parysshe churche by the offycers and men of lawe there an honeste [Page] man or two to gather for the poore folke in the sayde churches / ones or twyse in a weke / or as often as they shal se nedeful And also the sayd deputyes of euery pa­rysshe shall go once in a weke or oftener to the howses of the dwellers & aske al­messe for the relyef of poore people. And aswell the sayd deputyes that so gather the almesse as they y^t deale it to the pore shall be bounde to yelde accompte euery moneth of theyr receptꝭ: and lyenges out to the offycers / men of lawe or theyr as­sygnes in a cōmyn place in the presence of all them y^t wylcom thyther to here it.

ANd for to rule and conduct this wer­ke of charyte there shall be elect and chosen by the offycers and men of lawe of the townes and vyllages certayn persones of the best estates or qualytes. The whiche chosen and deputed / we requyre and ordeyne that for the loue of god and perfyte charyte to accept the charge and to kepe the ordre and rule to them gyuen And that they so chosen and electe maye [Page xiii] take and cōmyt a receyuour vnder them to kepe pertyculer accompte of the sayde almesses and depēdentes or belongyng. And they so cōmytted shall or cause to make dylygent inquery of the nombre / estate / qualyte / & condycyon of the poore people eche in theyr quarters / of what occupacyon & aege they be of / of theyr charge of chyldren and what gaynes they haue or may make.

ANd they so cōmytted ī euery parysshe shall make or cause to be made regy­stres / and in the same clerely wryte the effect of theyr inquery / that is to wyt the nombre of poore folkes in euery house / & the porcyon of money nedefull to them aboue theyr gaynes in regarde of theyr fa­culte / necessyte / and charge.

ALso the officers and men of lawe by the aduyse af the chyef & honest men / shall deuyse to gather in one cōmyn purse all the almesses of what sorte so euer they be: for to deale the money wekely in [Page] his parysshe to the nōbre of the poore folkes at the dyscrecion of them so cōmytted Be it in money / brede / wood / clothynge or otherwyse alwaye by them regarded the qualyte & cōdycyon of the sayd poore folke. And to gyue no money to dronkerdes / ydle folke / gamners / hazarders / nor other lyke. But brede / wood / clothynge / & other necessaryes to maynteyne them ī theyr housholdes. And the sayd yll dys­posed of theyr persones shall be constrayned to worke & to brynge theyr gaynes home to theyr howses vpon payne to be put from the almesse of the sayd purse & of other penaltie as shall be thought ac­cordynge.

ALso the prysoners / sycke folkes / and other that can not go out of theyr houses or lodgynges / and women in chyld­bed shall be vysyted and holpen / & pourueyed with the almesse of beddes / shetes and couerlyddes / of meates / fewell / and other nedes. And in lykewyse orphans and chyldren that be foundlynges shall [Page xiii] [...] [Page] [...] [Page xiiii] be nourysshed by the sayd almesse.

ANd that the chyldren of pore folkꝭ y^t before this present ordynaunce were vacabondes lyuynge by beggery / some of them shall be set to scole / and other to lerne occupacyons / or other feates / or to serue honest folkes. And they that lerne occupacyons / shall vpon sondayes and holy dayes lerne theyr Pater noster. theyr beleue / and the cōmaundementes of the Churche of the scole mayster that shal be therfore ordeyned / And he shal lede them or cause them to be led euery sondaye to masse / to the sermon / & euensonge. And to the ende that the sayd chyldren may be more apte to serue & lerne / they that ben cōmytted to do the sayd charyte shal puruey them of raymentꝭ and other thyngꝭ behouefull / and to cause them to be clensed from all fylthynesse / and heale them of all theyr diseases / as ferforth as the almesses maye bere. And the offycers and men of lawe w^t the sayd cōmyssyoners to deale and ordre the sayd dedes of charyte [Page] as in theyr conscyences they shall thynke beste in the same.

ANd that all the poore people lyuynge of the sayd almesse and charyte haue and bere a marke vpon theyr gownes / at the ordynaunce of them so amytted.

ALso that all curates / and prechers in theyr Sermons and herynge of con­fessyons in makynge of testamentes / & orderynge of laste wylles / to the good mayntenaunce and fortherynge of this ordynaunce and werkes of charyte shall do the beste of theyr deuoure to exhorte / induce / & moeue the people therto / to gy­ue and departe with theyr goodes.

¶And yf the poore folkes releued with the sayd almesse do cōplayne to the sayd curates or prechers / or to other / that the sayd almesse is not done to them duely / the sayd curates prechers and other to take no lyght credence of them / but to com­forte them with meke wordes and sende them to the orderers of the sayde almesse [Page xiiii] [...] [Page] [...] [Page xv] to be pourueyed as they ought to be / and who soeuer knoweth that the sayd cha­ryte and almesse is dealed to suche as it ought not to be / or that some persone for shamefastnesse or symplenesse dare not dyscouer theyr nede / they to shewe it to the deputyes / & after informacyon ma­de they to be by them pourueyed.

ANd we forbyd y^t none what so euer he be take on hym from hensforth to lodge any of the sayde bryboures or ydle women beggers but one nyght oonly vpon payne to forfeyt thre carolus of gol­de / the thyrde to the accuser / and the reste to the profyte of the almes of the charyte.

ALso we defēde all them that by them selfe / theyr chyldren or other do perse­uer or receyue ꝑte of the almesses of cha­ryte from hensforth to go or haunte tauernes or cabarettes / or other lyke places. Nor the play at caylles / bowles / & other games forboden vpon payne arbytray­re. Sufferynge them somtyme for recreacyon [Page] to drynke a potte of seruoyse with theyr wyues so y^t they drynke not drōkē

ANd to the ende that this present wer­ke of charyte may be obseruyd & kept for euer to the honour of god / and relyef of poore people we haue cōsented ordeyned and graūted to all our offycers and men of lawe: and them that be cōmytted to the sayd dedes of charyte throughe all our countrees / eche of them respectyuely in the place of theyr admynystracyon y^t at all tymes and as often as nede shall be to fulfyll amplyfye and make better this present ordynaunce by newe statu­tes whiche they shall perceyue and kno­we to serue & be profytable to the welth: fortheraunce / maynteynynge / and aug­mentacyon of the sayd charyte.

¶Agaynst dysordynate drynkynge.

COnsequently to remedye the dys­ordynate drynkyngꝭ and dronkē ­nesses vsed in these our countrees in dy­uerse [Page xv] [...] [Page] [...] [Page xvi] cabarettes / tauernes / and lodgyn­ges kept in by wayes out of townes / borowes / vyllages / and hye wayes / and other places on dedycacyon dayes / feestꝭ and kermesses. And to eschewe the stry­ues / manslaughters and other incouenyences therof procedynge / we haue statu­ted and ordeyned that all the feestes / kermesses / and dedycacyons in eche of oure sayd countrees be kept vpon one day suche as by vs or our moste dere and ryght welbeloued suster the quene Regent in our absence / by the aduyse of the gouer­nours / coūceyllers / and Iuges / prouyncyalles of the sayde countrees / shalbe or­deyned & declared within .iiii. monethes after this day. And that the sayd kermesses and dedycacyons shall laste but one day onely / vpon payn that they and euery of them that be founde & kepe the sayd kermesses & dedecacyons longer or past the daye ordeyned to forfeyt as often as they do ther agaynst .xxx. li. parysys.

¶Of brydales or weddynges.

[Page] That they that kepe bryda­les in all our coūtrees and lordshyppes / shall not byd but theyr next kynsfolkes and frendes on both partyes / to the nombre of .xx. persones at the most. And y^t the feast of the sayde wed­dynges shall not last more then the pryncypall daye / and the nexte day tyll after noone / vpon payne to be forfeyted by them that do the contrary / as well they that kepeth the weddynges as they that cōmeth ī more nombre and be not of the nexte kynsfolke. And they that be there longer than it is sayde / for eche one of them .xx. carolus of golde.

¶For byddynge of gosseps.

WE defende also that none of what estate he be of / to praye or desyre godfathers / or godmothers to the chrystenynge of theyr chyldren / to ha­ue or receyue any gyft or profyte. And yf a present be gyuen or offred them. We defende [Page xvi] [...] [Page] [...] [Page xvii] them to take it. And lykewyse we forbyd theym that ben desyred to be god­fathers or godmothers to gyue them any thynge. On payne to forfeyt aswell the gyuers as the receyuers / at euery tyme that they do so the thynge presented & re­ceyued / and the double of the worth ther­of excepte it be to the chyldren of poore & myserable nedy persons. At whose chrystenynge the godfathers & godmothers / for goddes sake may gyue theyr almesse at theyr pleasures without mystakynge or offence.

¶ Agaynst blynde hosteryes.

THat from hensforth within our sayd countrees and lordshyps none shall kepe tauer­nes / typelynges / or lodgyn­ges in by placꝭ out of cōmyn stretes and hygh wayes out of townes / vyllages: or hamletꝭ. On payne to rēne in forfeyture .xx. carolles of golde doynge to the contrary. And they that lodge [Page] or shall drynke in the sayd cabarettes by wayes to forfeyt .vi. golden carolles at euery tyme so doynge.

¶Tauernes to be shet on sondayes.

THat frohensforth none of what estate or condycyon he be of presume to set people in tauerne or ca­baret on the sondayes / & other holy day­es cōmaunded by the churche / nor for to drynke at hye masse tyme / or euen songe. On payne that they and euery of them / at euery tyme so doynge to pay amendes of .lx. grotes of the money of Flaūdres.

¶Of manslaughter by dronken folke.

ANd for to set remedy to the great nombre of māslaughters do­ne dayly in our sayd countrees by dronkē nesse or vnder truste of forgyuenesse easyly to be had / we ha­ue [Page xviii] instantly requyred & ordeyned to our sayd moste dere and ryghtbeloued suster the quene / and expressely cōmaunded to the chyef men of our pryue counceyl that at theyr cōmynge they gyue not lyghter remyssyon of homycydes nor other cau­ses procedynge of dronkēnesse: but to the contrary yf they may take them in dron­kēnesse that hath cōmytted manslaugh­ter or any other euyll dede / to punysshe them fyrst for cause of theyr dronkēnesse And than for reason of theyr slaughter or other greiffes by them cōmytted without delay as they can fynde by ryght e­quyte and Iustyce.

WE wyll also do enact and ordeyne ryght expressely that they cōmyt­ted and to admyt in oure name at the renuynge of the lawes of townes & boroughes of our sayd coūtrees that they do not moeue or set any ꝑsones ī the law which they know to be named or famed dronklewe & customably excessyfe dronkers. And yf vnwares they haue amyt­ted [Page] any in to the lawe / that customably were dronken and after beynge in lawe perseuereth dronklewe / In that cause to dysmysse them of theyr offyce what euer it be for euer. The paynes and amendes [...]ouesayd to be vsed / the halfe to oure profyte / A quarter of the profyte to the shewer therof / and the other to the offy­cer that executeth it.

¶Agaynst excesse of aray.

ANd for to redresse the gre­ate dysordres & excesses amonge the lyege people subgectes and other euyll inhabytaūces of our sayd countrees clothynges and araye to the insupportable expence and preiudyce of the cōmyn welthe. We haue statuted / or­deyned defended and forboden by these present statutes to all our lyege people be they Dukes / Prynces / Marquyses / Erles / Banerettes / noble man or other our subgectꝭ / dwellers & inhabytyers of [Page xix] our sayd coūtrees in these ꝑties of what estate / qualyte or cōdycyō that they be of to women as to men without any exce­pcyon / the weryng and vse of all sortes and maners of clothes of golde / of cloth of syluer brocartes of golde and syluer / aswell in clokes as capes / dowblettes / Ierkyns / cotes / & Iackettes in sleues or halfe sleues or in bordures / gaderynges or maner that is more or lesse that other­wyse in any sorte or it may be. And lyke wyse all brawderyes of golde or syluer vpon any maner thynge that it may be.

THat none of our lyeges or subge­ctes of what so euer estate qualy­te or condycyon he be may or shal from hensforth were gownes / mātelles nor Iackettes of veluet or cremosyn sa­tyn / but oonly prynces / marquys / erles / or the knyghtes of our ordre / and lordes / banerettes of auncyent noblenesse: or the chyef of our pryue counceyll & theyr chyldren the chyef of offycers & hed offycers of our howse. In kepynge by them selfe [Page] and echone of theym certayne nombre of good horses to the behoufe of theyr estate and vacacyon.

NOr none of our lyeges or subgectes or other dwellers or inhabytyers of our sayd coūtrees other than the fore named may or shall hereafter were gownes of blacke veluet / tawny or other coloure / nor cremsoyn / but yf he kepe thre good horses for the sadle / wherof two of them shalbe. eche of them of the heyght of .xvi. palmes and a half at the leest. And that none but them aboue named may or shall frohensforth we­re gownes of satyn or damaske / but yf he holde two horses / one at the lest of the heyght of .xvi. palmes and a halfe.

ANd ferthermore y^t none of what estate he be of mayr or shall were cote of veluet / satyn or damaske / but yf he kepe one good horse of the hey­ghte of .xvi. palmes and a halfe as is a­bouesayd. On payne to do the contrarye [Page xx] at euery tyme so doynge of the confysca­cyon of the gownes and other raymentꝭ gardyngꝭ / and brawderyes that they do were agaynst our present ordynaūce in the countrees and places or confyscacion of place. And besyde penalte arbytrayre indyfferently of the value of the sayde raymentes / gardes / or brawdrynges / & the sayd forfeyt cōfyscacyon / and penalties shall be the halfe to the profyte of the parysshe churche or other churches of the place where it is founde or had / at the orderynge and dyscrecyon of the Iuges / one quarter to the profyte of the brynger forth. And the other quarter to the behoufe of the offycer that executeth it.

ANd in the ordynaūce as is abouesaid the women and chyldren shall be ru­led accodynge to the degre of theyr husbā des & fathers. And the wydowes in this behalfe shall remayne in theyr wydow­hed and be reputed as they were in theyr husbandes dayes.

[Page]ANd that they whiche haue raymēt of sylkes may pourney themselfe of other. And that they that wold were garmentes of sylkes may pouruey them of horses / we haue consented and agreed that they that haue raymentes of sylkes maye were them yf they please vnto Chrystmasse day next folowyng And that they that wolde were sylkes / may pouruey them of horses within the same tyme. Prouyded alwaye and that we defend forbyd that at the sayde feest of Crystmasse that they that haue no horses as we haue sayd shal not make new clothynges of sylkes. And the tayllours shall not make them / but y^t by the cheyf officer of the place it be certyfyed that he that wolde make newe garmentes of sylke be pourueyed of horses as it is or­deyned. To the obseruacyon wherof we haue enacted and ordeyned that all offycers and eche of them make dylygent vysytacyon euery thre monethes / yf they y^t were sylkes in the lymytes of theyr offyces do kepe nombre of horses confermal­ly [Page xxi] to the sayd ordynaunce. And theyr visytacyon to be put in wrytynge by ma­ner of Inuytorye of them that kepe hor­ses. And they to send them euery thre monethes to the quene our suster. On payn of forfayture of a. C. carolles of golde e­uery tyme that they do mysse to be put to our vse & profyte / to the ende that our suster the quene may knowe euery thre monethes what nombre of horses we maye recouer in our countrees.

¶For horses.

FOr to retayne the marchaundyse of Horses in our countrees to the welthe & profyte of many of our subgectes that make marchaundyse of them / we haue defended and forfo [...]) to all persones be they oure subgectes or straungers to carye any Mares out of our sayde countrees / On payne of for­feytoure of the sayde Mares / and also the valoure of them the halfe to our vse One quarter to the fynder / and the other quarter to the offycer that executeth it.

¶We forbyd and defende to al persones [Page] our subgectꝭ or straūgers to bye any hor­ses in the playne countrees: & to all other for to sell them out of free fayres or mar­kettes. On payn of forfeyture of the said horses for the sellers & the valewe of thē to the byers. In this reserued our seruaū tes of our housholde / and men of our or­dynaunce / the which for our seruyce and theyr rydyng may bye them in the playn countrees. And they that haue suche hor­ses to sell them to them as well as in frefayres without offendynge.

¶ Agaynst swerers & blasphemers.

COnsequētly to redresse & put remedye agaynst blasphemers / we haue defended al persones to blaspheme our lord god the vyrgyne Mary / the sayntes or theyr names. On payne that they that forsake god / dysauowe god / or dyspyte hym / his mother theyr names or the sayntꝭ: to be enprysoned the space of a [Page xxii] hole moneth in a depe dongeon w^t brede & water. And they that so do blaspheme with harde and felonous hertes / besyde the sayd prysonement to haue theyr ton­gues perced openly vpon a scaffolde w^t out grace fauour or delay. And they that make any other vylayne othes to be pu­nysshed in theyr bodyes arbytrarylye at the dyscrecion of the Iugꝭ vnder whom the sayde othes be made / or of hym that hath knowleg therof. And that the sayd Iuges dyssymule nor deffer the punys­shement of blasphemers / or fowle swe­rers in maner aforesayd. On payn to be pryuate and put out of theyr offyces for euer: nor to recouer or excercyse any other

¶Of mutuell frendshyp amon­ge subgectes.

AS touchynge the mutuell intellygence and amyte betwene our sayd countrees and subgectes / the whiche we haue ꝓpose to our esta­tes of our sayd countrees in theyr assem­blynge [Page] last with vs. Consyderyng that in the sayd intellygence confederacyons and good amytees cōsysteth & dependeth chyefly the force / the surete / and rest / and in effect the welth of the cōmynte of the sayd coūtrees. We them requyred and or­deyne most certaynly. And vpon as moche as they desyre to obey vs and do vs pleasure and for theyr owne welth / surete & rest / as they ben all vnder vs theyr oonly prynce / naturall and soueraygne lorde / that lykewyse they loue eche other and haue mutuell good and true intellygence and loue that they conuerse & haūt louyngly one with another / & to entre­medle and vse togyther in all thynges / wherof the cōmodytees more in one coū ­tie than in the other and as neyghbours frendes / and subgectes cōstytued vnder one prynce ben bounden & ought to do. And that they assyst / & helpe eche other in theyr mutuell defence / surete and trā ­quylyte. ¶And yf that occasyon of dyf­fycult chaunce betwene any of the sayd countrees that it be auoyded louyngly amonge [Page xxiii] them yf it maye be. yf not / with the meanes of the gouernours of the said countrees echone to his power or where nede shalbe by interuencyon of our sayd ryghte dere and well beloued suster the quene without fygure of processe. And this doynge to vs shalbe ryght agreable And we shall kepe them / defende / & pre­serue from all empryses / forces vyolen­ces / outrages / & greues as a good prynce naturall / and souerayn lord ought to do for his true obeyers / countrees / and sub­gectes. And we cōmaunde and ryght expressely ordeyne oure wel beloued fyegemen the chyef presedent and men of our pryue counceyll / to the presedent and mē of our great counceyll. To the chauncel­ler and men of our coūceyll in Brabant To the gouernour and men of our counceyll at Luxembourg. To the presedent and men of our counceyll in Flaundres To the gouernour and men of our counceyll in Artoys. To the hygh bayllyf of Haynau & men of our coūceyl at Mons. Lyeftenaunt and men of our counceyll [Page] in Hollāde / zellande / and fryse. Gouer­nour / presedent and men of our coūceyll at Namur. Lyeftenaunt / presedent and men of our counceyll at Vtrecht. To the gouernour Doneryssel. To the rent maysters of Bewest / & Beorsterschelt in zel­lāde. To the gouernour of the yle of Douay & Orchyes. To the prouost le conte at Valenciennes. And to Lesconttete of Malynes and to all oure other offycers and Iustyces that they take hede and se that our sayd ordynaunces statutes / edy [...]es / and defences to be publysshed / and proclayme Zechone in theyr quarters and lymytes of theyr Iurysdyctions / and admynystracyons the .xv. day of the next moneth of Nouembre / and in our name ryght strayghtly cōmaūde to all our subgectes / habytauntes and conuersyng in our sayd countrees / that our said statute edyctes / & defencꝭ be kept & holde īmouably without gaynsayng dyrectly or vndycetly ī maner whatsoeuer. & to the obseruynge of the sayd statutes / edyctes / & defences they do procede and cause to procede [Page xxiiii] eche to his power respectyuely. And in theyr lymytes of theyr Iurysdyccions agaynst the transgressoures of the same by the execucyons of the penalties therto apposed respectyuely without fauour symulacyon / grace / or delay. For so is our pleasure. In wytnesse wherof we haue caused to set our seale to these presentes.

¶Agaynst the Lutherayns. ¶By the Emperour.

For to remedy and pouruey a­gaynst the Abusyons & errours of Martyn Luther & other auctoures and repro­ued heretykes and theyr dyscyples / sectatours / and imitatours adherentes and complyces which haue heretofore perfo [...] ced and wylled to sowe theyr heresyes in our countrees in these partyes to the pre­iudyce of the Chrysten fayth / of the Sa­cramentes / Cōmaundementes / and or­dynaunces of our mother holy Churche. We therfore haue longe sythen requyred our holy father the Pope / to depute and cōmytte inquysytours in our sayd coun­trees. And also we haue decerned & cau­sed to spede. Fyrste in our Imperyall cytie of Wormes / and sythen in other placꝭ our Lettres of placarde conteynynge cō ­maundemētes [Page xxv] statutes and ordynaun­ces with penalties agaynst the offēdere imitatoure of Martyn Luther / or of his adherentes / & complyces. And sythen in the moneth of Octobre of the yere .M.v.L.xxix. last past cōmen to our knowlege y^t the abusyons & errours of the sayd Martyn Luther / his imitatours & cōplyces and other dampnable sectꝭ aswell by the conuersacyon of some of them in our sayd coūtrees / as that many of euyll herte and wyll do not exteme or doubte the paynes opposed in our sayd ordynauncꝭ haue publysshed and multyplyed them in our countrees. We to remedy the same by the aduyse of the chaūcellers of our ordre & of the chyef men of our pryue counceyll and many other good persones therfore cōuocate and assembled: with great and rype deleberacion of the late / & than lyuynge our moste dere / and ryght wel­beloued lady & aunte the Archeduchesse of Austryche regent for vs who god as­soyle shuld haue made and ordeyned more rygorous statutes and ordynaunces agaynst [Page] the abusyons of our fayth / and ordres of the churche as it appereth in the lettres of our placarde gyuen in our towne of Bruxcelles the .xiiii. day of Octo­bre / the yere .M.v.L.xxix. & publysshed the same ī al our sayd coūtres. but neuerthelesse it is yet agayne cōmen to knowlege that the said Martyn Luther & other auctours reproued: & their sectatours īmitatours & cōpsyces do ꝑforce them more & more to publysshe sowe & inprynt theyr actours & abusiōs ī the sayd coūtree. Desyryng to put remedy we hauyng agay­ne thaduyse of men of estate of all oure sayde countrees and counceylles prouyncyalles by the aduyse of the chauncellers of our ordre / and of the chyef of our pry­ue coūceyll to the honour of god our creatoure / to the mayntenaunce of the holye fayth / of the sacramentes / statutes / ordynaunces / and constytucyons of our mo­ther holy churche agayne of newe statu­ted & ordeyned the poyntes and artycles folowynge.

[Page xxvi]FYrste that no person nor persones of what nacyon estate or condy­cyon he or they be from hensforthe prynt or wryte / bye or sell / gyue / rede / kepe / or reteyne vnder hym / or receyue pre­che / instructe or teche / susteyne / or defend cōmune / or dyspute / openly or secretly / or kepe conuentycles or assembles of the bokes / wrytynges / or doctrynes / or any of them made or shall be made by Mar­tyn Luther. Iohn̄ wykelyf. Iohn̄ hus. Marcillius de paduay. Ecolampadine. Olricus / zwyngly. Philippus melāto­nis. Franciscus lamberti. Iohannes po­merani. Ottho brussi. Iustus Ione. Iohannes pupery / and Gorchianus / or o­ther auctours of theyr secte / or of other sectes of herysyes errours or abusyons re­proued of the churche. Nor also the doctrynes of theyr adherentes / fautours / & cō ­plyces. Nor the newe testamētes enprynted by Adryan de bargie. Chrystoferus de Raymundia / and Iohan̄es zell. full of Lutherayn herysyes or other and for suche reproued and condempned by the [Page] faculte of theologyens in the vnyuersy­te of Couayn. Nor lykewyse any bokes that syth .x. yeres hytherto haue ben wryten or imprynted without shewynge the names of the auctours / prynters or wryters / nor the tyme and places / when they were cōpyled wryten or prynted. Nor also the new testamēt / the gospellꝭ / epysto­les / ꝓphetyes nor other what soeuer bo­kes in frenche or Thyriz hauynge prefaces / or prologues / apostylles or gloses cō teynynge or touchynge any doctryne / or errour or any wyse derogaunte or repugnynge contrary to the chrysten fayth / to the sacramentes or cōmaundementes of god and of the churche or to the doctryne of the same. Nor lyke wyse to paynt portray or cause to be paynted portrayed / to haue / holde / or kepe any ymages / portraturys / payntynges / or opprobryous and dyspyteful fygures of god of the blyssed vyrgyn Mary / or of sayntes. Or to bre­ke marre / or deface the ymagꝭ / or portraytures made to the remembraunce and honoure of god / of the vyrgyn Mary / or [Page xxvii] the saynes approued of the churche. And moreouer that none of what estate that he be of presume to talke or dyspute of holy scrypture in doubtfull maters or diffycyle / but yf they be ryght well famed & approued Theologyens by famous v­nyuersyties. On payne to them that do the contrary of confyscacyon of theyr bodyes without grace / respyte / or delaye. That is to wyt of them that here before haue cōmytted any errour and beyng abiured and ben fallen therin agayne to be executed by fyre. And other / as men by swerde. and the woman by the pyt / and theyr hedes set there aboute / in example of other / & the forfeyture of theyr goodes or of place.

ANd that none of what soeuer na­cyon kynde / or cōdycyon presume or auaunce them from hensforthe to translate / wryte / or prynte / plane / or bynde within our sayd countree of Brabant any bokes / quyres / or what soeuer doctrynes of holy wryt in frenche / or thy [Page] riz / nor in other speche than laten. Nor also to cause to make / nor to brynge or cause to brynge in to our sayd coūtrees / any of the sayde bokes / or other / translated / wryten / or enprynted in other countrees without the leue of the ordynary / or of you chaunceller and men of our coūceyl in the sayd countrees / and your approbacyon of the sayde bokes quayres or wry­tynges.

ANd that none presume frohensforth to prynte or wryte / or cause to prynte or wryte any newe bokes / quayers / or volumes thoughe they be not composed by Martyn Luther / or by them afore na­med or other suspect & reproued auctours or any of them / and that the sayd bokes or wrytynges be no treatye of any hery­tycall mater / erronyous / or suspecte / but that the sayd bokes quyers / or volumes be ecclesiastycall maters tyll the ordynary or his deputye haue vysyted and ap­proued them. And that the sayd prynter or wryter neyther for to prynt nor wryte [Page xxviii] them: but yf they haue for the same obteyned our lettres patentꝭ of graunt & lycence vpon payne of doynge the contrarye without grace or respyte vpon a scaffolde to be marked with a hote yren in ma­ner of a crosse so sharply that it may not be put a ware / or to haue one iye put out or one hande out of / at the dyscrecyon of the Iuge / to the regarde of mysusynge [...] brekynge of the sayd ordynaunces

WE also ordeyn and statute for a cō maundement that no host nor ho­stesse nor other persones / of what nacyon estate or cōdycion they be of wyttyngly lodge receyue fauour or susteyn any heretykes or abusers of the fayth of the sacramentes and ordynaunces of the church: or that hath done agaynst our statutes & ordynaunces. And that all they that haue lodged them / receyued / fauou­red / or susteyned / knowynge them to be suche / and that they do cōtynewe in theyr false errours to shewe whiche they be / (within .xv. dayes next folowynge the [Page] publycacion of these presentes) to the chyef offycers of the nexte good towne of theyr abydynge. On payne of faylynge therof of forfeyture and losse of theyr bodyes without respyte / & also theyr īmo­uable goodes of confyscacyons of theyr mouables.

ANd that all they that here before ha­ue ben / or hereafter shal be attaynt of herysye or abusynge of the fayth or sacramentes / or constytucyons and ordynaū ces of the churche shal not from hensforth company nor talke one with an other of maters defēded by the churche. On pay­ne of confyscacyon of theyr bodyes and goodes lyeng in countre or terrytory / of theyr mouables.

¶That none attaynt or by informacy­on precedent vehemently suspect of heresye or errour in the fayth or of the sacra­mentes and ordynaunces of the churche / shall not excercyse / haue / nor kepe in our sayd countree of Brabant / of vs of our lyeges / or other persones. Nor in townes [Page xxix] or other places of our sayde countre any honourable estate what soeuer nor be of our counceylles in any townes. And de­fende our offycers & cōmyssioners at the renewyng of the lawes of our sayd coū trees to admyt them to shyrefshyp or any other maner estate or rowme.

ANd desyrynge to pouruey for the knowelege of heresyes / errours / and abusyons agaynst the catholyke faythe / the sacramentes and ordynaūces of the churche / whiche be or may be in our sayd coū tre / we accorde and ordeyne by these pre­sentes / to them that do name and shewe them / or to our Iustycꝭ and offycers as it shal be seen. They that ben accused to be duely attaynt and conuycte. That is to wyt of eche of them that do not excede C. li. of grotes / money of Flaundres for one tyme. And yf they excede the sayde. C. li. of grotes / we accorde and ordeyne that ouer and aboue the halfe of the say­de. C. li. of grotes / the sayd shewers na­mers or accusers to haue the .x. penye of [Page] the goodes / & that that is excedynge the costes and expenses in the suyt of Iustyce prealably deduct of the sayde goodes / we wyll that to the honoure of god it be bestowed in werkes of pyte & mercy.

WE ordeyne also & enact by cōmaū demēt and wyll that our offycers and other tofore whom the domy­natours of any heresyes / errours / or abusyons of the fayth / of the sacramentes or prceptes of god / and cōstytucyons of the churche / or the brekynge of our present ordynaunces / shall come / so ferforthe that by presedent informacyon accusynge or otherwyse theyr fautꝭ do appere / that dylygently agaynst them they do procede / and put them in cause before our trustye & welbeloued counceyllers in our chauncery of Brabant / mayster Adolf vanð noot doctour / and mayster Iosse vanðdusse lycenciat in the droytes. The whi­che duely informed by theyr wyt / prudē ­ce lernynge / ryghtwysnesse & dylygence we haue deputed and cōmytted by these [Page xxx] presentes / and gyue them power / aucto­ryte and specyall cōmaundement to examyne and knowe the sayd causes with­out longe fygure of processe / and as substancyally and wel as by reason & equyte may be done. And ryght exp̄ssely we cōmaūde them that in gyuyng theyr sentences and appoyntementes agaynst all and euery of them that shal be attaynt & conuyct for doynge contrary to these or­dynaunces or any artycle of them / and to haue them in before our chaunceller & other of our sayd coūceyll / and there wel vnderstāden to ordeyne as ye shall thynke best to be done with reason.

ANd yf the offycers or other to whom the sayd denouncers or accusers were adressed be neclygēt to procede agaynst them that be denounced to them by precedent informacion or otherwyse duely as it is sayde not causynge the sentences as they haue obteyned to be pryuate of their offyces and estates and arbytrary correccions. And that the sayd denoūcers may [Page] recouer theyr ryghte of denouncyacyon vpon the goodes of our sayd offycers or other neclygent in theyr deuoure / at the [...]oyse of the sayd denouncers.

ANd for to bynde our offycers & other to whom the deuouncers do come / & the whiche bycause of theyr estate and by these presentes be cōmytted to procede a­gaynst them that ben accused of heresye or abusyon of the fayth / or of the sacra­mentes & ordynaunces of the churche / or brekynge of our present statutes actes & cōmaundemētes to do theyr deuoure. we haue statuted & ordeyned that our sayde offycers and other to whom this cōmyssyon adresseth to sende vs euery thre monethes / and in our absence to our ryght dere & welbeloued suster the quene play­ne declaracyon of the accusacyons & de­nouncyacyons to them made of the fore­sayd maters / and of theyr procedynges / deuours and dylygences agaynst theym that haue be denounced or accused. On payn yf they be neclygēt of losse of theyr [Page xxxi] offyces / estates / and payne arbytrary.

ANd we ordeyn moste expressely that the abouesayd ordynaunces / statutes and cōmaundemētes / be publysshed the xv. day of the next moneth of Nouēbre in euery place of our sayd coūtre & duchy of Brabant / where proclamacyons are wont to be publysshed. And fro that ty­me euery .vi. moneth tyll by vs is other­wyse ordeyned / And by vs it is expres­sely and moste straytly cōmaunded and defended that none presume to do there agaynst. And for the obseruynge & maynteynynge of the sayd ordynaunces & sta­tutes to ꝓcede agaynst the trāsgressours Also agaynst our offycers / Iustyces / & other that ben neclygent in doynge theyr deuour by reall execucyon of the paynes & forfeytures in them apposed withoute delay or symulacyon. This for to do we gyue you power & cōmyt you auctoryte and specyall cōmaundement. And commaunde to all our Iuges / offycers / and subgectes that so do theyr deputyes & euery [Page] of them & theyr substytutes dylygent­ly to entende and obey any opposycyon or appellacyon made or to be made not­witstandynge / for thus it pleaseth vs.

¶Of the acte for Coyne. By the Emperour.

It is gyuen vs to vnderstāde syth our retourne in to these our present countrees that the ordynaunce vpon the feate of Coyne of moneyes made the .x. day of Decembre / the yere .xvi. last past to begyn the fyrste daye of Marche than folowyng the sayd yere. The whiche ordynaunce in the aduyse of the estates / & [Page xxxii] great nombre of notable and good persones of our countrees expert in the knowlege of featꝭ of money / of the generalles or wardens of the sayd moneyes / of mē of our prouyncall coūceylles and of our receptes with great and rype delyberacyon of the late our ryght dere & welbelo­ued Lady and aunte tharcheduchesse of Austryce. &c. than regent for vs in our sayd countrees / whom god assolue. For the most welth / vtylyte / cōmodyte / and profyte of the cōmyn welth of our sayde countrees and subgectes. we haue cōclu­ded & made / And the same than & sythen often caused to be proclaymed in all our countrees (not beynge obserued) And y^t dyuers pens of golde and syluer by the sayde ordynaunce declared byllyon we­re brought in to our sayd countrees that the pens of golde and syluer of our forge and other prynces by the sayd ordynaunce valued (by theyr weyght) to be alowed as they be yet without weyeng / and all at a heygher pryce than they be valued. And that the good pens of golde and [Page] syluer of our forge and of other prynces by our sayd ordynaūce enualued hauynge theyr weyght be trāsported ī to straū ­ge countrees and from the sayd straūge countrees smal pens of lytell value ben brought in to our coūtrees / by people se­kynge theyr partyculer profyte and is a­lowed to the great hynderaunce and vndoyng of our sayd countrees / subgectes and cōmyn welth of the same (the which for the moste parte lyeth in the feate and ordre of the money) and to the preiudyce of our hyghnesse / auctoryte / sygnoury & obeysaunce / and in dysestymacyon of our ordynaunces / whiche is a thyng not to beleft desyryng remedy / we vpon the same agayne hath had aduyse of the estates of our sayde countrees / and of many notable persones knowlegynge in featꝭ of money / the maysters of our moneys & myntes / the chyef men of our prouyncy­all counceylles / and of the accomptes of our sayde countrees / with the knyghtes of oure ordre, and the chyef of our pryue counceyll and of our sayd treasours / for [Page xxxiii] the same assembled: after many cōmunycacyons vpon & for the same with great and rype delyberacyon / for the conser­uacyon of our hyghnesse / auctoryte / and obeysaūce / & for the more euydent welth vtylyte / profyte / and cōmodyte of the cō myn welth of our sayde countrees and subgectes / cōfermacyon of our sayd last ordynaunce in the feate of moneyes / we haue of new statuted and ordeyned this that foloweth.

FYrst that accordynge to our sayde last ordynaunce begon the .x. day of Marche the yere .xxvi. last passed. The pens of gold and syluer hereaf­ter specyfyed / and declared redely / & frohensforth shalbe alowed / and curraūt in our said countrees in these partyes at suche weyght & pryce and in maner as it foloweth.

That is to wyt. ⁂

[Page] THe ryall of fyne golde of our newe forge of .xlvi. in the marke / at the pryce of .lx. pattars.

¶The halfe ryall of .lxx. pycce / and halfe quarter in the marke at .xxx. pattars.

¶The floryn karolus of .lxxx. and .iiii. in the marke at .xx. pattars.

¶The golden flece of golde of .liii.z. in the marke at .l.z. pattars.

¶The great ryall of Austryche of .xv. in the marke at .viii. floryns karolus .xi. pattars.

¶The halfe and quarter of the same ac­cordynge.

¶The noble Henricus of .xxxvi. in the marke / at .iii. floryns karolus .xii.z. pat.

¶The halfe noble & quarter accordyng.

¶The noble of Flaundres of .xxxvi. in the marke / at .iii. floryns karolus .xii. z. pattars.

¶The halfe and quarter accordynge.

¶The aungell noble of Englande of .xlviii. in the marke / at .lvii. pattars.

[Page xxxiiii]¶The halfe after the rate accordynge.

¶The lyon of golde of .lix. in the mar­ke / at .xliiii. pattars.

¶The .ii. thyrde partes: and the .iii. parte of them accordynge.

¶The rydder of golde / the ducates of spayne / of portugale / and other lyke du­cates of .lxx. in the marke. The ducates of Hungrye of .lxix. in the marke / at .xxxix. pattars.

¶The halfe accordynge.

¶The castyllyon of fyne golde of .liii. z. in the marke / at .li. pattars.

¶The ducate of Ytaly / & the salute of .lxxii. in the marke / at .xxxviii. pattars.

¶The two ꝑtes of the salut accordyng.

¶The floryns with saynt Andrewes crosse of .lxxiiii. in the marke / at .xxix. pattars.

¶The floryns of Guyllermꝰ of .lxxii. in the marke / at .xxix. pattars.

¶The schutkyns of .lxxiii. in the marke at .xxxv. z. pattars.

¶The Iohannes of .lxxiii. in the mar­ke / at .xxv. pattars.

[Page]¶The floryns Philippus forged ī these coūtres syth the yere M. iiii. L. lxxxxvii of .lxxiiii. in the marke / at .xxv. pattars

¶The halfe of them accordynge.

¶The Philippus clynkarte of .lxxvi. in the marke / at .xxi. pattars.

¶The Peter of louayn of .lxxvi. in the marke / at .xxvi. pattars.

¶The fredericus and floryns of bauyce of .lxxviii. ī the marke / at .xx. z. pattars.

¶The floryn arnoldꝰ of .lxxxxii. in the marke / at .xiiii. z. pattars.

¶The Postulat of burbon / and with a cat of .lxxxi. in the marke / at .xvi. z. pat.

¶The floryns of vtryght Dauyd and none other at .lxxvi. in the marke / at .xxiiii. pattars.

¶The floryng golde of Almayn whose fygures be prynted and none other of lxxv. in the marke / at .xxviii. pattars.

¶The olde scutes of Fraunce with the crown of .lxxii. ī the marke / at .xxxv. z. pattars.

¶The franciscus crownes of golde coyned by the kynge now beynge of .lxx. in [Page xxxv] the marke & other lyke / at .xxxvi. patts.