‘HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE’


¶ A Proclamation touching the currencie of certaine French Coyne.

WHereas the Kings most Excellent MAIESTIE by His Royall Proclamation bearing date the fourth day of September now last past (for the reasons therein mentioned) did publish and declare, that such French Moneys as His Maiesty had then lately receiued, for part of the Portion of His deare Consort the Queene, should be current in Specie, as He receiued it from His good brother the French King, at the rate of nineteene pence halfepeny the Cardecue, being the selfe same value, at which it is currant in the Countrey of France, because at that time those French Moneys could not cōueniently be new coyned at his Maiesties Mint: Neuerthelesse, for auoyding of such inconuenience as might en­sue to his highnesse, and his louing Subiects, by bringing in and vttering of light Coyne, his Ma­iestie did thereby straitly forbid the importing into this Realme, or any other of his Maiesties Dominions, any of the sayd Coyne called Cardecues, vpon paine of Confiscation thereof.

Now his Maiestie finding that which Hee then foresaw and feared, that vnder colour of the Cardecues then receiued by his Maiestie, and made Currant for his Maiesties present vse, other like Moneys which were light would bee imported into this Realme, to his Maiesties preiudice, and preiudice of His louing Subiects who should receiue the same; By the aduice of His Priuie Counsell, doth now hereby publish and declare His Royall pleasure. That none of those Mo­neys called Cardecues shall bee at all Currant within this Realme, or any other of his Maiesties Dominions, but that the said former Proclamation, dated the fourth day of September last, shall bee from hencefoorth vtterly reuoked and made voyd.

God saue the King.

¶Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie. 1626.

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