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 ...

1646

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.

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