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C R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE dieu ET MON DROIT  
¶ The effect of certain branches of the Statute made in Anno 33. Henrici viij. touching the maintenance of Artillery, and the punishment of such as use unlawful games, very necessary to be put in execution.  
FIrst, that all Fathers, Gouernours, and rulers of such as be tender of age, do teach and bring them up in the knowledge of Shooting, and that every man having a man child, or men children in his house, shall provide, ordain, and haue in his house for every man child, being of the age of seven yeeres and above, till he shall come to the age of seventeen yeeres, a Bow and two shafts, to induce and learn them, and bring them up in Shooting, and shall deliver all the same Bow and arrows to the same young men to use and occupy. And if the same young men be seruants, that then their master shall abate the money that they shall pay for the same bows and arrows of their wages. And after all such young men shall come to the age of seventeen yeeres, every of them shall provide& haue a Bow and four arrows continually for himself, at his proper cost and charges, or else of the gift or provision of his friends, and use and occupy the same in Shooting, as is before rehearsed. And if the master suffer any of his seruants taking wages, being in his household, and under the age of seventeen yeeres, to lack a Bow and two arrows, contrary to the form of this statute, by the space of one month together, then the master or father in whom such negligence shall be, shall for every such default forfeit vi. s.viii.d. And that every seruant, passing the age of seventeen yeeres, and under the age of threescore yeeres, and taking wages, which can, or is able to Shoot, and shall lack a Bow and four arrows by the space of one month together, shall for every such default forfeit and lose vi. s. viii. d.  
ITem, that no person by himself, Factor, Deputy, seruant, or other person, shall for his or their gain, lucre, or living, keep, haue, hold, occupy, exercise, or maintain any common house, Alley, or place of Bowling, Coiting, Cloise, Coiles, half bowl, Tennis, Dicing, Table, or Carding, or any other manner of Game, prohibited by any Statute heretofore made or any unlawful new game now invented or made, or hereafter to be invented, found, had, or made, vpon pain to forfeit and pay for every day, keeping, having, maintaining, or suffering any such game to be had, kept, executed, played, or maintained within any such House, Garden, Alley, or other place, contrary to the form and effect of this statute, xl. s. and the players so taken, to pay for every time vi. s.viii.d.  
ITem, That the Iustices of Peace, and every Maior sheriff, bailiff, Constable, or other head Officer, haue authority to enter into all places, as well within Franchises or elsewhere, and the persons offending in any of the premises, to take and put in prison, until such time they put in Sureties no more to suffer, occupy, or commit the said offences.  
ITem, That all Maiors, Sheriffes, bailiffs, Constables, and other head. Officers within every City, Borough, and town within this realm, where any such Officers shall fortune to bee, as well within the Franchises as without, shall make due search weekly, or at the furthest at all times hereafter once every month in all places, where any such Houses, Alleys, Play or Players shall be suspected to be had, kept, and maintained. And if the said Maiors, Sheriffes, bailiffs, Constables, and other head Officers, within their Cities, Boroughs, and towns, as well within Franchises as without, do not make due search at the furthest once every month, if the case so require, according to the tenor of this Act, and do not execute the same in all things, according to the purport and force of the same: that then every such Maior, Sheriffes, bailiffs, Constables, or other head Officer, to pay and forfeit for every month not making such search, nor executing the same, xl. s.  
ITem, That no Artificer, or handicrafts man of any occupation, Husbandman, Apprentice, Labourer, seruant of Husbandry, journey man, or seruant, or Artificer, master, Fisherman, Waterman, or any serving man, may use any unlawful Game.  
ITem, That all that play at bowls, or any other unlawful Game in the fields, to lose for every such time vi. s. viii. d. and to be committed to prison, unto such time they put in Sureties no more to use the same.  
ITem, This Statute to bee proclaimed four times every year, and the like to be done in all assizes and Sessions, and to continue for ever.  
ITem, it is not the intent of the Statute, that they shall onely buy Bow and arrows, but the Constables, or other head officers to call them, and see they do use shooting monthly, if the cause so require, or else he shall forfeit every moveth xl. s.  
ITem for every three moneths that the butts are out of repair, they do forfeit to the King, and him that shall sue for it, xx s.  
MEmorandum, That there is a proviso in this Statute, for all men of worship, which may dispend one hundred pounds yearly and upwards, may use these games with discretion at their pleasures.  
The Messengers Fee for declaring these Branches, twelve pence.  
God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by BONHAM NORTON and John BILL, Printers to the Kings most Excellent majesty. M.DC.XXVIII.