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under paine of C ' to be forfeted to tlie kings grace, 

 and there bodies to p'sonne ther to remaine till the 

 Kings pleasure be therein further knowen, But 

 only Burgess' soldaries and other suche as are ap- 

 pointed to vvaite upon the kings Officers here for 

 that intent to order & inaintaine the good rule of 

 the kings towne of Conwey. And that eu'ie 

 p'sone and p'sones be at free libertie both to come 

 and goe to buy and sell for this twoe dayes with- 

 out any p'turbacon or greu^nce for any man' cause 

 or occacon that maye be obiected against them or 

 any of them for this tyme (except it be for the 

 kings causes) and eu'ie man & woman are well- 

 come to buy & sell freelie theis ij dayes without 

 any custome or stallage axinge of them. 



God save the kinge." 



The fair in September is called the honey fair, 

 when large quantities of very excellent honey are 

 sold ; the superiority of its flavour is probably 

 owing to its being extracted from the heath blos- 

 soms, and other wild flowers, on the neighbour- 

 ing mountains. Its average price for the last years 

 has been two shillings a quart, or about eight- 

 pence a pound. That Conwy has been famed for 

 its honey for several centuries will be seen by an 



