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             The briefe contents of the bill exhibited against logwood, and abuses in dying
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           Dyers' Company (London, England)
           Dyes and dyeing -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
           Logwood -- Great Britain.
           Woad (Dye) -- Great Britain.
           Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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             A.
             18.
             
             Iacobi
             Regis
             .
             1620.
             
          
           The
           briefe
           Contents
           of
           the
           Bill
           exhibited
           against
           Logwood
           ,
           and
           abuses
           in
           dying
           .
        
         
           1
           THis
           Bill
           vtterly
           prohibiteth
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           importation
           into
           this
           Realme
           of
           all
           Logwood
           alias
           Blockwood
           ,
           Saint
           Martins
           wood
           ,
           and
           Campecha
           wood
           ,
           and
           all
           mixtures
           to
           dye
           withall
           ,
           thereof
           or
           therewith
           made
           ;
           but
           also
           the
           buying
           ,
           selling
           ,
           vsing
           ,
           dying
           with
           ,
           occupying
           and
           keeping
           the
           same
           :
           vpon
           paine
           of
           forfeiture
           of
           40
           pounds
           ,
           whereof
           a
           third
           part
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           another
           third
           to
           the
           poore
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           and
           another
           third
           to
           the
           Informer
           ;
           besides
           such
           corporall
           punishment
           as
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           39.
           
           Eliz.
           is
           to
           bee
           inflicted
           on
           such
           as
           vse
           Logwood
           in
           dying
           ,
           
             
               Penalty
               .
            
          
           
             viz.
             To
             bee
             set
             on
             the
             Pillory
             all
             the
             market
             time
             ,
             one
             or
             more
             dayes
             ,
             at
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               1
               The
               former
               Lawes
               extend
               not
               to
               the
               prohibition
               of
               the
               importation
               ,
               and
               Logwood
               being
               licenced
               to
               be
               imported
               ,
               Dyers
               will
               secretly
               get
               and
               vse
               the
               same
               ,
               which
               cannot
               bee
               preuented
               ,
               vnlesse
               the
               importation
               be
               vtterly
               prohibited
               .
            
             
               2
               These
               woods
               are
               all
               of
               one
               or
               like
               deceitfull
               nature
               and
               qualitie
               ,
               yet
               of
               different
               names
               ,
               deuised
               to
               defeate
               the
               Lawes
               ,
               which
               extend
               only
               to
               Logwood
               alias
               Blockwood
               .
            
             
               3
               Notwithstanding
               all
               the
               Art
               and
               cunning
               that
               can
               be
               vsed
               in
               the
               mixture
               of
               these
               woods
               ,
               yet
               the
               colours
               therewith
               all
               dyed
               ,
               are
               very
               false
               and
               deceitfull
               .
            
             
               4
               By
               the
               prohibition
               of
               the
               importation
               of
               these
               woods
               ,
               his
               Maiesties
               Customes
               will
               exceedingly
               increase
               :
               for
               by
               the
               booke
               of
               Rates
               no
               Custome
               is
               paid
               for
               Logwood
               (
               the
               King
               not
               tollerating
               the
               importation
               )
               and
               euery
               Tunne
               of
               these
               woods
               spent
               in
               dying
               ,
               saueth
               the
               spending
               of
               ten
               Tunnes
               of
               woad
               ,
               or
               the
               value
               of
               so
               much
               in
               Indico
               ,
               for
               which
               Custome
               is
               paid
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               is
               manifest
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               licence
               granted
               for
               importation
               of
               fiftie
               Tunne
               of
               Logwood
               yearly
               (
               if
               vnder
               colour
               thereof
               no
               more
               be
               brought
               in
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               to
               be
               doubted
               the
               contrary
               )
               yet
               the
               King
               loseth
               yearly
               the
               benefit
               of
               the
               Custome
               of
               500.
               
               Tunnes
               of
               woad
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               value
               thereof
               in
               Indico
               .
            
             
               5
               By
               the
               vse
               of
               these
               woods
               the
               Subiect
               is
               deceiued
               ,
               the
               art
               of
               dying
               both
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               much
               scandalized
               ,
               and
               the
               ancient
               Trade
               of
               clothing
               in
               this
               Realme
               greatly
               decayed
               .
            
          
        
         
           2
           This
           Bill
           authoriseth
           all
           persons
           by
           warrant
           of
           the
           Major
           or
           head
           Officer
           of
           any
           Citie
           or
           Towne
           corporate
           ,
           or
           of
           two
           Iustices
           of
           peace
           of
           the
           Countie
           ,
           to
           search
           in
           all
           suspected
           places
           for
           the
           said
           woods
           and
           stuffe
           to
           die
           withall
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           seize
           and
           deliuer
           to
           the
           said
           Majors
           ,
           &c.
           who
           are
           to
           cause
           the
           same
           to
           be
           speedily
           burned
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Vnlesse
               they
               bee
               so
               authorised
               ,
               they
               cannot
               finde
               where
               the
               same
               woods
               shall
               be
               hidden
               .
            
             
               2
               Vnlesse
               the
               woods
               may
               be
               speedily
               burned
               ,
               the
               keeping
               of
               them
               may
               proue
               very
               hurtfull
               .
            
          
        
         
           3
           This
           Bill
           authoriseth
           any
           person
           by
           like
           warrant
           ,
           to
           search
           for
           Clothes
           deceitfully
           dyed
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           Which
           being
           found
           ,
           the
           punishment
           for
           the
           same
           is
           prouided
           by
           former
           Statutes
           .
        
         
           4
           This
           Bill
           authoriseth
           the
           Wardens
           of
           the
           company
           of
           Diers
           in
           London
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           like
           search
           in
           all
           places
           in
           London
           and
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           within
           three
           miles
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           Otherwise
           many
           Dyers
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           not
           free
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           Dyers
           ,
           will
           not
           permit
           such
           search
           to
           be
           made
           .
        
         
           5
           This
           Bill
           forbiddeth
           all
           persons
           vsing
           dying
           in
           London
           and
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           or
           within
           three
           miles
           thereof
           ,
           to
           woad
           any
           Clothes
           or
           Stuffes
           of
           a
           lighter
           or
           lesser
           woad
           then
           the
           stalls
           or
           samples
           shal
           be
           of
           ,
           which
           shal
           be
           deliuered
           to
           them
           by
           order
           of
           the
           Wardens
           &
           Assistants
           of
           the
           company
           of
           Dyers
           in
           London
           ,
           
             
               Penalty
               .
            
          
           on
           paine
           to
           forfeit
           fiue
           pounds
           for
           euery
           peece
           of
           broad-cloth
           ,
           &
           fiftie
           shillings
           for
           euery
           peece
           of
           other
           cloth
           or
           stuffe
           so
           insufficiently
           woaded
           ,
           which
           forfeitures
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           are
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           the
           Poore
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Informer
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           The
           Free-men
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           Dyers
           in
           London
           ,
           are
           by
           their
           Ordinances
           strictly
           bound
           to
           obserue
           this
           good
           order
           ;
           but
           many
           persons
           in
           those
           places
           vsing
           dying
           ,
           some
           free
           of
           other
           companies
           ,
           and
           some
           strangers
           ,
           not
           being
           bound
           to
           performe
           this
           order
           ,
           doe
           daily
           commit
           many
           notable
           deceits
           to
           the
           abuse
           of
           the
           Subiect
           ,
           and
           scandall
           of
           the
           Art
           or
           mysterie
           of
           Dying
           .
        
         
           6
           This
           Bill
           appointeth
           the
           Wardens
           and
           Assistants
           of
           the
           company
           of
           Dyers
           in
           London
           ,
           within
           ten
           dayes
           after
           Midsommer
           ,
           yearely
           to
           nominate
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           foure
           persons
           expert
           in
           dying
           ,
           which
           shall
           bee
           Searchers
           for
           woaded
           colours
           ,
           which
           Searchers
           are
           to
           be
           sworne
           before
           the
           Lord
           Major
           and
           Aldermen
           in
           London
           ,
           for
           the
           due
           execution
           of
           their
           office
           :
           and
           the
           Wardens
           and
           comminalty
           of
           Dyers
           ,
           
             
               Penalty
               .
            
          
           for
           neglect
           of
           such
           yearly
           nomination
           to
           forfeit
           twenty
           pounds
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Informer
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           This
           Company
           best
           knowing
           who
           are
           most
           expert
           in
           that
           Art
           ,
           are
           fittest
           to
           haue
           the
           nomination
           of
           the
           said
           Searchers
           .
        
         
           7
           This
           Bill
           authoriseth
           the
           said
           Searchers
           so
           named
           ,
           and
           sworn
           to
           search
           in
           al
           places
           within
           the
           limits
           aforesaid
           ,
           where
           dying
           is
           vsed
           ,
           all
           clothes
           and
           stuffes
           woaded
           before
           they
           shall
           bee
           turned
           out
           of
           the
           woad
           into
           other
           colours
           ,
           and
           shall
           seale
           such
           clothes
           and
           stuffes
           which
           they
           shall
           find
           well
           and
           truely
           woaded
           with
           seales
           of
           lead
           ,
           stamped
           with
           such
           seuerall
           stamps
           for
           seuerall
           colours
           ,
           as
           are
           prouided
           for
           that
           purpose
           by
           the
           Wardens
           of
           the
           companie
           of
           Dyers
           :
           and
           such
           clothes
           and
           stuffes
           which
           the
           Searchers
           shall
           find
           or
           suspect
           to
           bee
           insufficiently
           woaded
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Dyers
           Hall
           in
           London
           ,
           there
           by
           a
           court
           of
           Assistants
           to
           be
           adiudged
           whether
           the
           same
           shal
           be
           sufficiently
           woaded
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           be
           redeliuered
           to
           the
           Dyer
           from
           whom
           the
           same
           was
           taken
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               1
               By
               sight
               of
               the
               clothes
               and
               stuffes
               in
               the
               woad
               ,
               expert
               pe●sons
               may
               the
               better
               discerne
               whether
               they
               are
               sufficiently
               woaded
               for
               th●●●lours
               appointed
               for
               them
               ,
               or
               not
               .
            
             
               2
               The
               like
               seale
               is
               appointed
               by
               diuers
               Statutes
               for
               diuers
               things
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               the
               Subiect
               might
               not
               be
               deceiued
               .
            
             
               3
               The
               Free-men
               of
               the
               Companie
               of
               Dyers
               vsing
               dying
               ,
               haue
               many
               yeares
               past
               obserued
               this
               good
               order
               ,
               which
               for
               preuention
               of
               deceit
               is
               also
               necessarie
               to
               bee
               done
               by
               all
               others
               vsing
               dying
               ,
               though
               not
               free
               of
               their
               Companie
               .
            
             
               4
               Sometimes
               the
               deceit
               may
               bee
               so
               much
               shadowed
               by
               Art
               that
               the
               Searchers
               may
               bee
               doubtfull
               thereof
               ,
               in
               which
               cases
               the
               triall
               thereof
               cannot
               more
               easily
               be
               made
               then
               by
               a
               court
               of
               Assistants
               of
               that
               Companie
               .
            
          
        
         
           8
           This
           Bill
           imposeth
           a
           forfeiture
           of
           20
           pounds
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Informer
           ,
           vpon
           euery
           person
           which
           shal
           not
           suffer
           search
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           tenor
           of
           this
           Act.
           
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           Diuers
           presentiments
           there
           are
           of
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           3.
           
           Ed.
           6.
           c.
           2.
           
           &
           4.
           
           &
           5.
           
           
             Ph.
             &
             M.
             cap.
          
           5.
           
        
         
           9
           This
           Bill
           alloweth
           (
           towards
           the
           prouision
           of
           seales
           and
           lead
           ,
           and
           recompence
           of
           Searchers
           )
           ob
           .
           to
           bee
           taken
           for
           the
           sealing
           of
           euery
           peece
           of
           cloth
           and
           stuffe
           well
           woaded
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           non
           payment
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Wardens
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           Dyers
           may
           distraine
           :
           
             The
             taking
             of
             which
             ob
             .
             cannot
             bee
             termed
             a
             Monopoly
             ,
             for
             these
             reasons
             ,
          
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               1
               The
               same
               is
               taken
               of
               the
               Dyer
               only
               ,
               who
               therefore
               doth
               not
               in
               any
               wise
               enhance
               his
               prices
               of
               dying
               ,
               and
               therefore
               not
               preiudiciall
               to
               the
               common-wealth
               in
               generall
               .
            
             
               2
               It
               is
               doubtful
               whether
               ●
               ob
               .
               vpon
               the
               peece
               wil
               defray
               the
               charge
               for
               lead
               ,
               seales
               ,
               &
               searchers
               .
            
             
               3
               If
               the
               profit
               should
               surmount
               the
               charge
               ,
               yet
               the
               ouerplus
               being
               reserued
               to
               the
               Company
               of
               Dyers
               ,
               is
               there
               to
               lye
               in
               stocke
               for
               the
               discharge
               of
               all
               extraordinarie
               payments
               and
               taxations
               ,
               which
               otherwise
               are
               to
               be
               leuyed
               vpon
               euery
               particular
               person
               by
               the
               Pole
               ,
               which
               stocke
               being
               so
               maintayned
               ,
               euery
               member
               of
               that
               Company
               is
               partaker
               of
               the
               benefit
               thereof
               ,
               and
               therefore
               not
               to
               be
               thought
               vnnecessarie
               to
               be
               paid
               .
            
             
               4
               Presidents
               there
               are
               diuers
               of
               receits
               vpon
               sealing
               ,
               as
               by
               Statute
               of
               5.
               
               Ed.
               6.
               c.
               6.
               for
               sealing
               of
               cloth
               well
               dressed
               &c.
               35.
               
               
                 Eliz
                 cap.
              
               10.
               sor
               searching
               and
               marking
               of
               Carsies
               ,
               1.
               
               
                 Ia.
                 cap.
              
               22.
               for
               sealing
               of
               leather
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           10
           This
           Bill
           also
           imposeth
           a
           forfeiture
           of
           20
           pounds
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Informer
           ,
           vpon
           euery
           Major
           ,
           Iustice
           of
           peace
           ,
           head
           Officer
           ,
           Constable
           ,
           &c.
           which
           shall
           bee
           negligent
           in
           the
           due
           execution
           of
           this
           Act
           ,
           for
           so
           much
           as
           appertayneth
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           This
           is
           not
           vnnecessarie
           ,
           because
           the
           life
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           in
           the
           execution
           thereof
           .
        
         
           All
           former
           Lawes
           not
           repealed
           ,
           made
           for
           preuention
           of
           deceits
           in
           dying
           and
           against
           vsing
           of
           Logwood
           ,
           for
           so
           much
           as
           are
           not
           repugnant
           to
           this
           Act
           ,
           to
           stand
           in
           force
           ,
           this
           Act
           notwithstanding
           .