WHEREAS THE KINGS moſt Excellent Maieſtie hath taken knowledge that Hard-waxe being vſefull and delightfull amonge his ſubiects, is become more frequent in theſe His Kingdomes then heretofore, and that it is for moſt part privately imported from forraine places beyond the ſeaes, without cuſtome or benifite to His Maieſtie, and ſome time with much deceite to the ſubiect thereby, and that ſome ſmale quantitie thereof by two or three vnskilfull perſons onely, hath ben of late time made in this His Kingdome. So as the Forrayner, or one or two ſtrangers, make vſe hereof, whereby it is ſold at a dearer rate to the ſubiects, then otherwiſe it may, be if it were made & vſed as knowne manufacture in this kingdome, by perſons brought vp & taught therein, as in other ſciences & Trades, which are neceſſary for ſetting people to worke, and for breeding Commerce, which is the ayme of the ciuill Countreys and for ſupply of themſelues if poſſible aſwell as other kingdomes, in like manner with all neceſſary & vſefull things by their owne induſtrey, as good and better cheape then from forrayne countryes, as for moſt part it is, which his Maieſtie gracitiouſlly intending and alwayes tendring and affecting the good of His Subiects, and having taken knowledge, vppon due conſideration and examination hereof by His Counſell learned, and finding the making of Hard-waxe, not to be of any particular Company, Trade or Science now vſed or eſtabliſhed, nor hurtfull but vſefull to his ſubiects in generall, to erect a Manufacture thereof being a matter of delight and conveniencie rather then of neceſſity, ſo as for reteyning the ſame in a moderate price and rate, leaſt the forraynnet from whence it is brought, finding it more vſefull here, ſhall inhaunce the price thereof, if it ſhall come onely from him, and it being vnder taken by his Pattentes, or his Deputies or Aſſignes, to be as well or better made heere, and that his kingdomes ſhalbe ſufficiently ſcerued. Hath thought fit, for there and like conſiderations by His Highnes Letters Pattents vnder his great Seale of England, dated the Third of February laſt paſt, to graunt and declare that it ſhall become and be made a manufacture within this Kingdome, by ſuſſicient workemen well skilled therein, that hereafter ſervants or apprentice vnder them, being taught and practiſed in that Art, may come the true knowledge thereof, and from tune to time, be ſet on worke therein, as the vſe thereof ſhall increaſe, and thereby theſe his Kingdomes the better cheape ſerued and furniſhed. To which end, His Maieſtie hath alſo in and by his ſayd letters Pattents, among other thungs declared and ſignified His expreſſe will and pleaſure to be, that no Hard-wax hereafter ſhalbe imported into theſe his kingdomes by Marchants or others, Aiiens or naturals, vnder the penalty of Forfeiture and ſeizing thereof, and vndergoing the lawes and penalties to be incurred, for contempt of his royall pleaſure herein and alſo that no man within this his Kingdome otherwiſe then the Pattenties their Deputies or Aſſignes vnder like penalties and vnder payne of incuring his heauie diſpleaſure and ſenſure by the Lawes for diſobeying thereof ſhall preſume to make and vtter or cauſe to be made and vttered any Hard-waxe ſo priuately made but ſuch as ſhall be made or allowed by the Pattenties his Deputies and aſſignes. And that it ſhall be lawefull for the Pattentee and his Aſſignes from time to time for diſtinction of their Wax by them made from others ſo priuately made or imported, to impoſe any marke or marks, and to ſeiz and take that which ſhall not be ſo marked. Giuing heereby further notice, that all Shopkeepers, who haue vſually or ſhall vſually ſell the ſame, ſhalbe ſerued by the pound or waight, with as good and better Wax, without want and better cheape, then for the moſt part the like is, or hath ben ſold heretofore, whereof all thoſe ſhopkeepers whom this may concerne, ſhall haue further knowledge by a declaration in Print whether to repayre for the ſame, to be furniſhed, by or before the 〈1 span left blank〉 day of _____ next comming, and in the meane time, Theſe preſents ſhalbe ſufficient to giue knowledge of His Maieſties pleaſure herein, to all whom this ſhall concerne, whereof it they doubt, they may repayre to the houſe of Sir Henry Breton Knight, in Drurie Lane. to ſee His Maieſties letters Pattents to this purpoſe, if they deſire to be further ſatiſfied herein.