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C R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE dieu ET MON DROIT  
❧ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation to forbid the Importing, Buying, Selling, or Publishing any foreign Edition of a book lately printed at London by His majesties Command, entitled mere CLAVSVM.  
WHereas there was heretofore by Our express command published in print a book, entitled mere Clausum, seu de Dominio Maris, for the manifesting of the right and dominion of us and Our royal Progenitors, in the Seas which encompass these Our realms and Dominions of great britain and Ireland: And whereas since the publishing thereof, some persons, not well affencted to us and Our proceedings, haue caused the same book to be printed in some place beyond the Seas, and to the same impression haue added some other things, as if they were parts of that which was first printed here by Our Command, and haue falsely put the name of Our city of London in the Title page. for the place of the Impression, and haue also therein made reference to the first Edition of the same book, as if the said foreign Impression had been done in Our said city, and also as if those other things which are added, had been likewise a part of the said first Edition so ●… mmanded by us, or added to the same by Our allowance. And whereas also very many Books of the said foreign Edition haue of late been secretly brought into this Our realm of England, and there offered to sale by some tradesman, for whose speedy and severe punishment, as also for the suppressing the said Books of the said foreign Edition so imported, We haue already given strict ●… mmand: We haue by the advice of the Lords of Our privy council thought fit to declare, And hereby do declare Our express Will and Pleasure to be, That from henceforth no person or persons whatsoever do or shall import, publish, put to sale, or in any kind buy, sell, exchange, or ●… sperse in any of Our realms or Dominions, any of the said Books of the said foreign Edition: And also that for the more safe prevention of the like offence in the future, From henceforth no person or persons whatsoever do or shall at any time import, publish, put to sale, or in any ●… ind buy, sell, exchange or disperse, in any of Our realms or Dominions any books or Co●… es of any Edition of the said book called mere Clausum, either in latin or English, except only ●… f such Editions as haue been or shall be thereof had or done within our realms or Domini●… s, and by such authority or licence as by the laws and customs of Our said realms and Dominions is respectively requisite, vpon pain of Our high Displeasure and indignation, and of ●… ch further punishment as by the laws of this Our realm and by Our prerogative royal may be inflicted vpon offenders against Our royal Declaration and Command.  
given at Our Palace of Westminster, the fifteenth day of April, in the twelfth year of Our reign.  
¶ God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent majesty: And by the assigns of John BILL, 1636.