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HONI SIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  
DIEV ET MON DROIT   royal blazon or coat of arms  
BY THE Lord Lieutenant AND COUNCIL.  
ESSEX.  
WHEREAS divers persons, in all or most of the Cities, and Corporate, and Market Towns in this Kingdom, ●ave taken a Liberty without any restraint, an● make in very great quantities a kind of Br●●s or Copper Tokens, with such Stamps as they pleased, and vented them to the P●op●●, some of the said Tokens for a Penny, and some othoes for a Halfpenny each piece, to the great grievance of His Majesty's Subjects. We therefore do by this Our Proclamation in His Majesty's Name, strictly charge and require all Persons whatsoever, from henceforth to forbear to make or stamp, or cause to be made or stamped, any Brass or Copper, or other Tokens wh●●●o●ver, without special Licence from His Majesty in that behalf, and hereof they may not fail, as they will answer the contrary at their Perils.  
Given at the Council-Chamber in Dublin, the Seventeenth day of October, 1673. 

Mich: Dublin. Canc.  
Thomond.  
Conway and Kilulta.  
Art: Forbese  
I: Povey.  
Ro: Booth.  
Jo: Bysse.  
Char: Meredyth.  
Geo: Rawdon.  
Hen: Ford.   GOD SAVE THE KING.   

DUBLIN, Printed by Ben●●min took, Printer to the KING's most Excellent Majesty; And are to be Sold by Joseph Wild Bookseller in Castle-street. 1673.