386 A DRAUGHT OF AN ACT. 



but also that the party which is to borrow is wrapt in bonds 

 and counter-bonds ; so that upon a little money which he 

 receiveth, he is subject to penalties and suits of great value. 



Be it therefore enacted, by the authority of this preserut 

 parliament, that if any man, after forty days from the end 

 of this present session of parliament to be accounted, shall 

 sell in gross sale any quantity of wares or commodities unto 

 such a one as is no retailer, chapman, or known broker of 

 the same commodities, and knowing that it is bought to be 

 sold again, to help and furnish any person, that tradeth not 

 in the same commodity, with money, he shall be without all 

 remedy by law, or custom, or decree, or otherwise, to recover 

 or demand any satisfaction for the said wares or commodi 

 ties, what assurance soever he shall have by bond, surety, 

 pawn, or promise of the party, or any other in his behalf. 

 And that all bonds and assurances whatsoever, made for that 

 purpose directly or indirectly, shall be utterly void. 



And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, 

 that every person, which shall after the time aforesaid be 

 used or employed as a broker, mean, or procurer, for the 

 taking up of such commodities, shall forfeit for every such 

 offence the sum of one hundred pounds, the same to be 

 and shall be farther punished by six 



months imprisonment, without bail or mainprise, and by 

 the pillory. 



On occasion r, A nn*r * 



A PROPOSITION FOR THE REPRESSING OF SINGULAR COM 

 BATS OR DUELS, IN THE HAND-WRITING OF SIR FRANCIS 

 BACON. 



of this letter, in 



which is men- p 1RST f or the ordinance which his majesty may establish 



tioned Sir Fran- , T i , ,111 J J J 



cis Bacon s herein, 1 wish it may not look back to any onence past, tor 

 speech against that strikes before it warns. I wish also it may be declared 

 notb S ei~m m ro y er to be temporary, until a parliament; for that will be very 

 to insert herT^ acceptable to the parliament ; and it is good to teach a 

 this curious pa- parliament to work upon an edict or proclamation prece- 



per from Sir dent. 



pie s Memcmais ^ or the manner, I should think fit there be published 

 and Letters, a grave and severe proclamation, induced by the overflow of 

 p&amp;gt; 51t the present mischief. 



For the ordinance itself: first, I consider that offence 

 hath vogue only amongst noble persons, or persons of qua 

 lity. I consider also that the greatest honour for subjects of 

 quality in a lawful monarchy, is to have access and approach 

 to their sovereign s sight and person, which is the fountain of 



