Chapter XXXIX: Part 39

s. 3. “And be it further ordained and enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That no private person or persons whatsoever shall
at any time hereafter Print or cause to be Printed any Book, or
Pamphlet whatsoever, unless the same Book and Pamphlet, together
with all and every the Titles, Epistles, Prefaces, Proems,
Preambles, Introductions, Tables, Dedications, and other matters
and things thereunto annexed, be first Entred in the Book of the
Register of the Company of Stationers in _London_, Except Acts
of Parliament, Proclamations, and such other Books and Papers as
shall be appointed to be Printed by virtue of any Warrant under
the King’s Majesties Sign-Manual, or under the Hand of one or
both of his Majesties Principal Secretaries of State; and unless
the same Book and Pamphlet, and also all and every the said
Titles, Epistles, Prefaces, Proems, Preambles, Introductions,
Tables, Dedications, and other matters and things whatsoever
thereunto annexed, or therewith to be Imprinted, shall be first
lawfully Licensed and Authorized to be Printed by such Person and
Persons only as shall be constituted and appointed to License the
same, according to the Direction and true meaning of this present
Act herein after expressed, and by no other; (that is to say)
That all Books concerning the Common-Laws of this Realm, shall
be Printed by the special Allowance of the Lord-Chancellor, or
Lord Keeper of the Great-Seal of _England_ for the time being,
the Lords Chief-Justices, and Lord Chief-Baron for the time
being; or one or more of them, or by their, or one or more of
their appointments; And that all Books of History concerning the
State of this Realm, or other Books concerning any Affairs of
State, shall be Licensed by the Principal Secretaries of State
for the time being, or one of them, or by their, or one of their
appointments; And that all Books to be Imprinted concerning
Heraldry, Titles of Honour, and Arms, or otherwise concerning the
Office of Earl-Marshal, shall be Licensed by the Earl-Marshal for
the time being, or by his appointment, or in case there shall not
then be an Earl-Marshal, shall be Licensed by the three Kings
of Arms, _Garter_, _Clarencieux_, and _Norroy_, or any two of
them, whereof _Garter_ Principal King of Arms to be one; And
that all other Books to be Imprinted or Reprinted, whether of
Divinity, Physick, Philosophy, or whatsoever other Science or
Art, shall be first Licensed and allowed by the Lord Archbishop
of _Canterbury_, and Lord Bishop of _London_, for the time
being, or one of them, or by their or one of their Appointments,
or by either of the Chancellors, or Vice-Chancellors of the
Universities of this Realm for the time being; Provided always,
that the said Chancellors, or Vice-Chancellors of either of
the said Universities shall only License such Books as are
to be Imprinted or Reprinted within the Limits of the said
Universities respectively, but not in _London_ or elsewhere, not
medling either with Books of Common-Laws, or matters of State
or Government, nor any Book or Books, the right of Printing
whereof doth solely and properly belong to any particular Person
or Persons, without his or their Consent first obtained in that
behalf.

s. 4. “And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every
person or persons who by virtue of this present Act are, or
shall be appointed, or authorised to License the Imprinting of
Books, or Reprinting thereof with any Additions or Amendments,
as aforesaid, shall have one written Copy of the same Book or
Books which shall be so Licensed to be Imprinted or Reprinted
with the Titles, Epistles, Prefaces, Tables, Dedications, and
all other things whatsoever thereunto annexed; which said Copy
shall be delivered by such Licencer or Licencers to the Printer
or Owner after the Imprinting thereof, and shall be solely and
intirely returned by such Printer or Owner after the imprinting
thereof, unto such Licencer or Licencers, to be kept in the
publick Registries of the said Lord Archbishop, or Lord Bishop
of _London_ respectively, or in the Office of the Chancellor
or Vice-Chancellor of either of the said Universities, or with
said Lord-Chancellor or Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal for the
time being, or Lord Chief-Justices, or Chief-Baron, or one of
them, or the said Principal Secretaries of State, or with the
Earl-Marshal, or the said Kings of Arms, or one of them, of all
such Books as shall be Licensed by them respectively; and if
such Book so to be Licensed shall be an _English_-Book, or of
the _English_-Tongue, there shall be two written Copies thereof
delivered to the Licencer or Licencers (if he or they shall so
require), one Copy whereof so Licensed shall be delivered back to
the said Printer or Owner, and the other Copy shall be reserved
and kept as is aforesaid, to the end such Licencer or Licencers
may be secured, that the Copy so Licensed shall not be altered
without his or their privity; And upon the said Copy Licensed to
be Imprinted, he or they who shall so Licence the same, shall
testifie under his or their Hand or Hands, That there is not any
thing in the same contained that is contrary to the Christian
Faith, or the Doctrine or Discipline of the Church of _England_,
or against the State or Government of this Realm, or contrary
to good Life, or good Manners, or otherwise as the nature and
subject of the Work shall require; Which Licence or Approbation
shall be printed in the beginning of the same Book, with the Name
or Names of him or them that shall Authorize or License the same,
for a Testimony of the Allowance thereof.

s. 5. “And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
every Merchant of Books, and Person or Persons whatsoever, who
doth, or hereafter shall Import or bring any Book or Books into
this Realm from any Parts beyond the Seas, shall Import the same
in the Port of _London_ only, and not elsewhere, without the
special Licence of the Archbishop of _Canterbury_, and Bishop
of _London_ for the time being, or one of them, who are hereby
authorized to grant Licences for that purpose, and shall before
such time as the same Book or Books, or any of them be delivered
forth, or out of his or their hand or hands, or exposed to
Sale, give and present a true Note or Catalogue in writing of
all and every such Book or Books, unto the Lord Archbishop of
_Canterbury_, and Lord Bishop of _London_ for the time being,
or to one of them, and no Merchant or other Person or Persons
whatsoever which shall import or bring any Book or Books into
the Port of _London_ aforesaid, from any Parts beyond the Seas,
shall presume to open any Dry-Fats, Bales, Packs, Maunds, or
other Fardles of Books, or wherein Books are, nor shall any
Searcher, Waiter, or other Officer, belonging to the Customhouse,
upon pain of losing his or their Place or Places, suffer the
same to pass, or to be delivered out of his or their hands or
custody, before such time as the Lord Archbishop of _Canterbury_
and the Lord Bishop of _London_ for the time being, or one of
them, shall have appointed some Scholar or Learned Man, with
one or more of the said Company of Stationers, and such others
as they shall call to their Assistance, to be present at the
opening thereof, and to view the same; And if there shall happen
to be found any Heretical, Seditious, Scandalous, Schismatical,
or other dangerous or offensive Book or Books, or any part of
such Book or Books printed in _English_, they shall forthwith be
brought to the said Lord Archbishop of _Canterbury_, and Lord
Bishop of _London_ for the time being, or to one of them, or to
some publick place to be assigned and chosen by the said Lord
Archbishop, and Lord Bishop for the time being, to the end the
person and persons which Importeth, or causeth the said offensive
Books to be Imported, may be proceeded against as an Offender
against this present Act; And also that such further course may
be taken concerning the same Offensive Book or Books, as by the
said Lord Archbishop and Bishop for the time being, shall be
thought fitting for the suppressing thereof.

s. 6. “And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
no person or persons shall within this Kingdom, or elsewhere,
Imprint or cause to be Imprinted, nor shall Import or bring in,
or cause to be Imported or brought into this Kingdom from or
out of any other his Majesties Dominions, nor from any other
Parts beyond the Seas, any Copy or Copies, Book or Books, or
part of any Book or Books, or Forms of Blank-bills or Indentures
for any his Majesties Islands, printed beyond the Seas, or
elsewhere, which any person or persons by force or virtue of any
Letters-Patents granted or assigned, or which shall hereafter be
granted or assigned to him or them, or (where the same are not
granted by any Letters-Patent) by force or virtue of any Entry
or Entries thereof duly made or to be made in the Register-Book
of the said Company of Stationers, or in the Register-Book of
either of the Universities respectively, have or shall have the
Right, Priviledge, Authority, or Allowance, solely to Print,
without the consent of the Owner or Owners of such Book or Books,
Copy or Copies, Form or Forms of such Blank-bills, nor shall
Bind, Stitch, or put to Sale any such Book or Books, or part of
any Book or Books, Form or Forms, without the like consent, upon
pain of loss and forfeiture of the same, and of being proceeded
against as an Offender against this present Act, and upon the
further penalty and forfeiture of Six shillings eight pence for
every such Book or Books, or part of such Book or Books, Copy or
Copies, or Form or Forms of any such Blank-bills or Indentures
so Imprinted or Imported, Bound, Stitched, or put to Sale; The
moiety of which said forfeiture and forfeitures shall be to the
use of our Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs and Successors,
and the other moiety to the use of the Owner or Owners,
Proprietors of such Copy or Copies, Book or Books, or Form of
such Blank-bills or Indentures, if he or they shall sue for the
same within Six Months next after such Imprinting, Importing,
Binding, Stitching, or putting to Sale; And in default of such
Suit by the Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors, commenced
within the said Six Months, Then the same moiety shall be to
the use and behoof of such other person and persons as within
the space of one Year next after the said Offence committed,
shall sue for the same, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill,
Plaint or Information, in any of his Majesties Courts of Record
held at _Westminster_, called the King’s-Bench, Common-Pleas, or
Exchequer, wherein no Essoign, Wager of Law, or Protection shall
be allowed to the Defendant or Defendants.

s. 7. “And be it further enacted and declared, That every person
and persons that shall hereafter Print, or cause to be Printed
any Book, Ballad, Chart, Pourtracture, or any other thing or
things whatsoever, shall thereunto, or thereon, Print and set his
or their own Name or Names, and also shall declare the Name of
the Author thereof, if he be thereunto required by the Licencer
under whose Approbation the Licensing of the said Book, Ballad,
Chart, or Pourtracture shall be Authorized, and by and for whom
any such Book or other thing is or shall be Printed, upon pain
of forfeiture of all such Books, Ballads, Charts, Pourtractures,
and other thing or things Printed contrary to the Tenor hereof;
And the Presses, Letters, and other Instruments for Printing,
wherewith such Book, Ballad, Pourtracture, or other thing or
things shall be so Imprinted, or set or prepared for the Printing
thereof, to be defaced and made unserviceable; And that no person
or persons shall hereafter Print, or cause to be Imprinted, nor
shall forge, put or counterfeit in or upon any Book or Pamphlet,
the Name, Title, Mark, or Vinnet of any person or persons which
hath or shall have lawful Priviledge, Authority or Allowance of
sole Printing the same, without the free consent of the person
or persons so Priviledged first had and obtained, upon pain that
every person and persons so offending, shall forfeit and lose all
such Books and Pamphlets, upon which such counterfeit Name or
Mark shall be Imprinted, and shall further be proceeded against
as an Offender against this present Act.

s. 8. “And be it further enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
that no Haberdasher of Small-wares, Iron-monger, Chandler,
Shop-keeper, or other person or persons, whatsoever, not being
Licensed in that behalf by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese
wherein such Book or Books shall be, nor having been Seven years
Apprentice to the Trade of Book-seller, Printer or Book-binder,
nor being a Freeman of the City of _London_ by Patrimonial Right,
as Son of a Book-seller, Printer, or Book-binder, nor being a
Member of the said Company of Stationers, shall within the City
or Suburbs of _London_, or any other Market-Town, or elsewhere,
receive, take or buy, to barter, sell again, change or do away
any Bibles, Testaments, Psalm-books, Common-Prayer-books,
Primers, Abcees, Licensed Almanacks, Grammar, School-books, or
other Book or Books whatsoever, upon pain of forfeiture of the
same.

s. 9. “And for that Printing is, and for many years hath
been an Art and Manufacture of this Kingdom, Therefore for
the better encouraging thereof, and the prevention of divers
Libels, Pamphlets, and Seditious Books Printed beyond the Seas
in _English_, and thence Transported into this Realm, Be it
further enacted and ordained by the authority aforesaid, That no
Merchant, Book-seller, or other person or persons whatsoever,
shall Imprint, or cause to be Imprinted beyond the Seas, nor
shall Import or bring, nor knowingly assist, or consent to the
Importation or bringing from beyond the Seas into this Realm, any
_English_ Book or Books, or part of any Book which is or shall
be, or the greater part thereof is or shall be _English_, or of
the _English_ Tongue, whether the same Book, Books, or part of
such Book have been here formerly Printed or not, upon pain of
forfeiture of all such _English_ Books so Imprinted or Imported
contrary to the tenor hereof: And that no Alien or Foreigner
whatsoever shall hereafter bring in, or be suffered to vend here
within this Realm, any Book or Books printed beyond the Seas in
any Language whatsoever, either by himself, or his Factor or
Factors, except such only as be Free-printers or Stationers, of
_London_, or such as have been brought up in that profession,
without the special Licence, of the Archbishop of _Canterbury_,
and Bishop of _London_ for the time being, or one of them,
who are hereby authorized to grant Licences for that purpose,
upon like pain of forfeiture of all such Books as shall be so
Imprinted or Vended contrary to the purport and true intent
hereof.

s. 10. “And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That no person or persons within the city of _London_, or of
the Liberties thereof, or elsewhere, shall erect or cause to be
erected any Press or Printing-House, nor shall knowingly demise
or let, or willingly suffer to be held or used any House, Vault,
Cellar, or other Room whatsoever, to or by any person or persons
for a Printing-House, or Place to Print in, unless he or they who
erect such Press, or shall so knowingly demise or let such House,
Cellar, Vault, or Room, or willingly suffer the same to be used,
shall first give notice to the Master or Wardens of the said
Company of Stationers for the time being, of the erecting of such
Press, or of such demise or suffering to Work or Print in such
House, Vault, Cellar or Room, And that no Joyner, Carpenter, or
other Person shall make any Printing-Press, no Smith shall forge
any Iron-work for a Printing-Press, no Founder shall cast any
Letters which may be used for Printing for any person or persons
whatsoever; neither shall any person or persons bring or cause
to be brought in from any Parts beyond the Seas, any Letters
Founded or Cast, nor shall buy any such Letters for Printing,
Printing-Presses, or other Materials belonging unto Printing,
unless he or they respectively shall first acquaint the said
Master and Wardens of the said Company of Stationers for the
time being, or some or one of them, for whom the said Presses,
Iron-work or Letters are to be made, forged, cast, brought or
imported, upon pain that every person who shall erect any such
Printing-Press, or shall demise or let any House or Room, or
suffer the same to be held or used, and every person who shall
make any Printing-Press, or any Iron-work for a Printing-Press,
or shall make, import, or buy any Letters for Printing, without
giving notice, as aforesaid, shall forfeit for every such Offence
the sum of Five pounds, the one moiety whereof shall be to the
use of our Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs and Successors, and
the other moiety to the use of such person or persons as shall
sue for the same.

s. 11. “And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That for the time to come no Man shall be admitted to be a
Master-Printer, until they who are now actually Master-Printers,
shall be by death or otherwise, reduced to the number of
Twenty, and from thenceforth the number of Twenty Master
Printers shall be continued, and no more, besides the King’s
Printers, and the Printers allowed for the Universities, to
have the use and exercise of Printing of Books at one time, and
but Four Master-Founders of Letters for Printing; The which
said Master-Printers, and four Master-Founders of Letters for
Printing, shall be nominated, appointed and allowed by the Lord
Archbishop of _Canterbury_, and the Lord Bishop of _London_ for
the time being; And in case of Death of any one of the said Four
Master-Founders of Letters, or of the said Master-Printers,
or of Forfeiture, or Avoidance of any of their places and
priviledges to Print by virtue of this Act, for any Offence
contrary to the same, or otherwise, That then the Lord Archbishop
of _Canterbury_, and the Lord Bishop of _London_ for the time
being, or one of them, shall nominate and appoint such other
fit person or persons to succeed and supply the place of such
Master-Printer, or Founder of Letters as shall be void by Death,
Forfeiture or otherwise, as aforesaid; And every person and
persons which shall hereafter be allowed or permitted to have the
use of a Printing-Press or Printing-House, upon or before such
his allowance obtained, shall become bound with Sureties to his
Majesty in the Court of King’s-Bench, or before some one or more
of the Justices of Assize or the Justices of the Peace at their
several Quarter-Sessions, in the sum of Three hundred pounds,
not to Print, or suffer to be Printed in his House or Press any
Book or Books whatsoever, but such as shall from time to time be
lawfully Licensed.

s. 12. “And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That none of the said Master-Printers to be allowed from time
to time, as aforesaid, shall keep above Two Printing-Presses
at once, unless he hath been Master or Upper-Warden of the
Company, who are hereby allowed to keep Three Presses and no
more, unless for some great and special occasion for the Publick
he or they have for a time leave of the said Lord Archbishop of
_Canterbury_, or Lord Bishop of _London_ for the time being, to
have or use one or more above the aforesaid Number, as their
Lordships or either of them shall think fit.

s. 13. “And be it also enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
no Printer or Printers, (except the King’s Printers) nor Founder
or Founders of Letters for Printing, shall take or retain any
more or greater number of Apprentices, than is herein after
limited and appointed, (that is to say) Every Master-Printer,
and Master-Founder of Letters for Printing, that is or hath
been Master or Upper-Warden of his Company, may have Three
Apprentices at one time and no more; And every Master-Printer,
and Master-Founder of Letters for Printing, that is of the Livery
of his Company, may have two Apprentices at one time and no more;
And every Master-Printer, and Master-Founder of Letters for
Printing, of the Yeomanry of his Company, may have one Apprentice
at one time and no more, neither by Co-partnership, binding at
the Scriveners, nor any other way whatsoever; Neither shall it be
lawful for any Master-Printer or Master-Founder of Letters, when
any Apprentice or Apprentices shall run or be put away, to take
another Apprentice or other Apprentices in his or their place or
places, unless the name or names of him or them so gone away, be
rased out of the Hall-Book, and never admitted again.

s. 14. “And because a great part of the secret Printing in
Corners hath been caused for want of Orderly Imployment for
Journeymen-Printers, The said several Master-Printers, and
Master-Founders of Letters for Printing so to be allowed as
aforesaid, are hereby required to take special Care, That all
Journeymen-Printers, and Journeymen Founders of Letters for
Printing, who are lawfully free of the said respective Mysteries,
be set on Work, and Imployed in their respective Trades; And
if any such Journeyman-Printer, and Journeyman-Founder of
Letters, being of honest and good behaviour, and able in his
Trade, do want Imployment, he shall repair to any of the said
Master-Printers, or Master-Founders of Letters respectively
for the time being, who thereupon shall receive him or them
into Work, if such Master-Printer or Master-Founder of Letters
have not a Journeyman already, although such Master-Printer or
Master-Founder of Letters respectively, with his Apprentice or
Apprentices be able without the help of the said Journeyman to
discharge his own Work, upon pain that every Master-Printer, and
Master-Founder of Letters respectively, refusing to receive such
Journeyman repairing to him, as aforesaid, shall forfeit Five
pounds, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint or Information in any
Court of Record, wherein no Essoign, Wager at Law, Priviledge or
Protection shall be admitted; the one moiety of which forfeiture
shall go to the King’s Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and the
other moiety to the Informer who shall sue for the same within
six months nex after the said Offence committed; And if any
Journeyman, or Journeymen-Printers, or Founders of Letters for
Printing, shall refuse Imployment, being offered to him or them
by any Master-Printer, or Master-Founder of Letters respectively,
or neglect it when he or they have undertaken it, he or they so
refusing or neglecting, shall suffer three months Imprisonment
at the least, without Bail or Mainprize, upon conviction of
such his said refusal or neglect by two Witnesses, before any
one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace, who are hereby
impowered to hear and examine the said Offence, and to commit
the said Offender and Offenders to the Common Gaol of the County
where he or they shall be apprehended: And no Master-Printer, or
Master-Founder of Letters for Printing, shall from henceforth
imploy either to work at the Case or Press, or otherwise about
his Printing, any person or persons than such only as are
_Englishmen_ and Freemen, or the Sons of Freemen, or Apprentices
to the said Trades or Mysteries of Printing, or Founding of
Letters for Printing respectively.

s. 15. “And for the better discovering of Printing in Corners
without Licence, Be it further enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That one or more of the Messengers of his Majesties
Chamber, by Warrant under his Majesties Sign-Manual, or under
the Hand of one or more of his Majesties Principal Secretaries
of State, or the Master and Wardens of the said Company of
Stationers, or any one of them, shall have power and authority
with a Constable, to take unto them such assistance as they
shall think needful, and at what time they shall think fit, to
search all Houses and Shops where they shall know, or upon some
probable reason suspect any Books or Papers to be printed, bound
or stitched, especially Printing-houses, Book-sellers Shops and
Warehouses, and Book-binders Houses and Shops, and to view there
what is imprinting, binding or stitching, and to examine whether
the same be Licensed, and to demand a sight of the said Licence;
and if the said Book so imprinting, binding or stitching, shall
not be Licensed, then to seize upon so much thereof, as shall
be found imprinted, together with the several Offenders, and
to bring them before one or more Justices of the Peace, who
are hereby authorised and required to commit such Offenders to
Prison, there to remain until they shall be tried and acquitted,
or convicted and punished for the said Offences: And in case the
said Searchers shall upon their said Search, find any Book or
Books, or part of Books unlicensed, which they shall suspect to
contain matters therein contrary to the Doctrine or Discipline
of the Church of _England_, or against the State and Government;
Then upon such Suspicion to seize upon such Book or Books, and to
bring the same unto the said Lord Archbishop of _Canterbury_, and
Lord Bishop of _London_ for the time being, or one of them, or to
the Secretaries of State, or one of them respectively, who shall
take such further course for the suppressing thereof, as to them
or any of them shall seem fit.

s. 16. “And be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That all and every Printer and Printers of Books,
Founder and Founders of Letters for Printing, and all and every
other person and persons working in or for the said Trades, who
from and after the Tenth day of _June_, in the year, One thousand
six hundred sixty and two, shall offend against this present Act,
or any Article, Clause or Thing herein contained, and shall be
thereof convicted by Verdict, Confession, or otherwise, shall for
the first Offence be disenabled from exercising his respective
Trade for the space of three years, And for the second Offence
shall for ever thenceafter be disabled to use or exercise the Art
or Mystery of Printing, or of Founding Letters for Printing, and
shall also have and receive such further punishment by Fine,
Imprisonment or other Corporal Punishment, not extending to
Life or Limb, as by the Justices of the Court of King’s Bench,
or Justices of _Oyer_ and _Terminer_, or Justices of Assize in
their several Circuits, or Justices of the Peace in their several
Quarter-Sessions shall be thought fit to be inflicted; The which
said Justices of the Peace in their several Quarter-Sessions
shall have full power and authority to hear and determine all
and every Offence and Offences that shall be committed against
this Act, or against any branch thereof, upon Indictment or
Information by any person or persons to be taken before them in
their Sessions of Peace respectively, and shall yearly certifie
into the Court of Exchequer, as in other like cases they are
bound to do, the Fines by them imposed for any of the Offences
aforesaid, and shall and may also by virtue hereof award process
and execution for the taking or punishing such Offenders, as in
any other case they lawfully may do by any the Laws and Statutes
of this Realm.

s. 17. “And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That every Printer shall reserve three printed Copies of the best
and largest Paper of every Book new printed, or reprinted by him
with Additions, and shall before any publick Vending of the said
Book bring them to the Master of the Company of Stationers, and
deliver them to him, one whereof shall be delivered to the Keeper
of his Majesties Library, and the other two to be sent to the
Vice-Chancellors of the two Universities respectively, for the
use of the Publick Libraries of the said Universities.

s. 18. “Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained,
shall be construed to extend to the prejudice or infringing
of any the just Rights and Priviledges of either of the two
Universities of this Realm, touching and concerning the Licensing
or Printing of Books in either of the said Universities.

s. 19. “Provided always, That no Search shall at any time be made
in the House or Houses of any of the Peers of this Realm, or of
any other person or persons not being free of, or using any of
the Trades in this Act before mentioned, but by special Warrant
from the King’s Majesty, under his Sign-Manual, or under the hand
of one or both of his Majesties Principal Secretaries of State,
or for any other Books than such as are in printing, or shall be
printed after the Tenth of _June_, 1662; any thing in this Act to
the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

s. 20. “Provided also, That neither this Act, nor any thing
therein contained, shall extend to prohibit any Bookseller
who hath served seven years, and is free of the Company of
Stationers, _London_, from Importing or Bringing into this Realm
any Books ready bound not formerly prohibited, which have been
printed ten years before the said Importation; any thing in this
or any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

s. 21. “Provided also, and be it further enacted by the
Authority aforesaid, That neither this Act, nor any thing
therein contained, shall be construed to prohibit any person
or persons to sell Books or Papers, who have sold Books and
Papers within _Westminster-Hall_, the Palace of _Westminster_,
or in any Shop or Shops within twenty yards of the great Gate
of _Westminster-Hall_ aforesaid, before the Twentieth day of
_November_, One thousand six hundred sixty and one; but they
and every of them may sell Books and Papers as they have or did
before the said Twentieth day of _November_, One thousand six
hundred sixty one, within the said Hall, Palace, and Twenty
yards aforesaid, but not elsewhere; any thing in this Act to the
contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

s. 22. “Provided also, That neither this Act, nor any thing
therein contained, shall extend to prejudice the just Rights
and Priviledges granted to his Majesty, or any of his Royal
Predecessors, to any person or persons, under his Majesties Great
Seal, or otherwise, but that such person or persons may exercise
and use such Rights and Priviledges, as aforesaid, according to
their respective Grants; any thing in this Act to the contrary
notwithstanding.

s. 23. “Provided also, That neither this Act, nor any thing
therein contained, shall extend to prohibit _John Streater_
Stationer, from Printing Books and Papers, but that he may still
follow the Art and Mystery of Printing, as if this Act had never
been made; any thing therein to the contrary notwithstanding.

s. 24. “Provided also, That neither this Act, nor any thing
therein contained, shall extend to restrain the keeping and using
of a Printing-press in the City of _York_, so as all Books of
Divinity there printed, be first Licensed by the Archbishop of
_York_ for the time being, or such person or persons whom he
shall appoint, and all other Books whatsoever there printed,
be first Licensed by such persons respectively to whom the
Licensing thereof doth or shall appertain by the Rules herein
before-mentioned, and so as no Bibles be there printed, nor any
other Book, whereof the Original Copy is or shall be belonging to
the Company of Stationers in _London_, or any Member thereof; and
so as the Archbishop or Lord Mayor of _York_ for the time being,
do execute within the said City (which they are hereby impowered
to do) all the Powers and Rules in this Act concerning Searches
for unlicensed Books, and impose and levy the said penalties
in the like cases, any thing in this Act to the contrary
notwithstanding.

s. 25. “Provided, That this Act shall continue and be in force
for two years, to commence from the Tenth of _June_, One thousand
six hundred and sixty and two, and no longer.”

PRINTING INK.

By 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 84. printing ink pays a duty of Ten Shillings a cwt. on being imported into this country. _See_ ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. FINE PRESSWORK. INK.

PROOF.

An impression of a sheet of a work, or of a job, to be examined to see that it be correct.

Proofs are termed, according to circumstances, FIRST PROOF; CLEAN PROOF; ITS OWN PAPER; and REVISE; for a description of which see each article.

PROOF PAPER.

A low-priced paper, of which a stock is kept in printing offices to pull proofs on, as well as to use for common jobs. A quire or two, according to the extent of business, is always wetted ready for use in the press room, where it is generally placed under a paper board upon a table or bulk, sometimes in the heap that is working, to keep it in better condition. It ought to be a hard sized, tough paper, and should bear writing ink on it without allowing it to sink through.

PROOF PRESS.

_See_ EMPTY PRESS.--_M._ A press set apart to pull proofs at. It is generally an old press, that has become from age and wear unfit for regular business: the tympans are replaced by a thin iron frame, pierced with holes, within which is stretched a blanket, drawn tight by the edges and laced through these holes. This press is commonly so inefficient, that when a good proof is wanted, it is necessary to pull it at a press that is in working order. Some large establishments have good presses to pull proofs at, and, where the composing rooms are not on the same floor, have one in each room.

PSALM BOOKS.

For the allowance of the duty on paper used in the printing of psalm books, _see_ PAPER.

PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE LORD’S DAY.

21 Geo. 3. c. 49. s. 3. “And for the better preventing Persons
assembling on the Lord’s Day for such irreligious Purposes as
aforesaid, be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That any Person advertising, or causing to be advertised, any
public Entertainment or Amusement, or any public Meeting for
debating on any Subject whatsoever, on the Lord’s Day, to which
Persons are to be admitted by the Payment of Money, or by Tickets
sold for Money, and any Person printing or publishing any such
Advertisement, shall respectively forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds
for every such Offence, to any Person who will sue for the same.”

PUBLICATIONS, PERIODICAL.

60 Geo. 3. c. 9. “An Act to subject certain Publications to the
Duties of Stamps upon Newspapers, and to make other Regulations
for restraining the Abuses arising from the Publication of
blasphemous and seditious Libels.

“Whereas Pamphlets and printed Papers containing Observations
upon public Events and Occurrences, tending to excite Hatred
and Contempt of the Government and Constitution of these Realms
as by Law established, and also vilifying our Holy Religion,
have lately been published in great Numbers, and at very small
Prices; and it is expedient that the same should be restrained:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted;
and be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
Authority of the same, That from and after Ten Days after the
passing of this Act, all Pamphlets and Papers containing any
Public News, Intelligence or Occurrences, or any Remarks or
Observations thereon, or upon any Matter in Church or State;
printed in any Part of the United Kingdom for Sale, and published
periodically, or in Parts or Numbers, at Intervals not exceeding
Twenty-six Days between the Publication of any Two such Pamphlets
or Papers, Parts or Numbers, where any of the said Pamphlets
or Papers, Parts or Numbers respectively, shall not exceed Two
Sheets, or shall be published for Sale for a less Sum than
Sixpence, exclusive of the Duty by this Act imposed thereon,
shall be deemed and taken to be Newspapers within the true Intent
and Meaning of an Act of Parliament passed in the Thirty-eighth
Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act for
preventing the Mischiefs arising from the printing and publishing
Newspapers and Papers of a like Nature, by Persons not known, and
for regulating the Printing and Publication of such Papers in
other respects;’ and of another Act of Parliament, passed in the
Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled
‘An Act to provide for the Collection and Management of Stamp
Duties upon Pamphlets, Almanacks, and Newspapers, in _Ireland_;’
and of another Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of
His present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act for repealing the Stamp
Office Duties on Advertisements, Almanacks, Newspapers, Gold
and Silver Plate, Stage Coaches, and Licences for keeping Stage
Coaches, now payable in _Great Britain_; and for granting new
Duties in lieu thereof;’ and of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act to
repeal the several Stamp Duties in _Ireland_, and also several
Acts for the Collection and Management of the said Duties, and
to grant new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, and to make more
effectual Regulations for calculating and managing the said
Duties;’ and all other Acts of Parliament in force relating to
Newspapers; and be subject to such and the same Duties of Stamps,
with such and the same Allowances and Discounts, as Newspapers
printed in _Great Britain_ and _Ireland_ respectively, now are
subject unto under and by virtue of the said recited Acts of
Parliament, and shall be printed, published, and distributed
under and subject to all such and the like Rules, Regulations,
Restrictions, Provisions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are
contained in the said recited Acts, or either of them, or in
any other Act or Acts of Parliament now in force in _Great
Britain_ or _Ireland_ respectively, relating to Newspapers
printed, published, dispersed, or made public in the United
Kingdom; and the said recited Acts of Parliament, and all other
Acts of Parliament now in force in _Great Britain_ or _Ireland_
respectively, relating to the printing, publishing, dispersing,
or making public in _Great Britain_ or _Ireland_ respectively,
any Newspapers, or containing any Regulations relating thereto,
and all the Clauses, Provisions, Regulations, Restrictions
Penalties, and Forfeitures therein respectively contained, and
in force at the passing of this Act, shall (except where the
same may be altered by this Act) be applied and put in force in
relation to all such Pamphlets and printed Papers aforesaid,
as fully and effectually as if all such Clauses, Provisions,
Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures were
respectively, severally, and separately re-enacted in and made
Part of this Act; and the said recited Acts, and all other such
Acts of Parliament as aforesaid, and this Act, shall, as to all
the Purposes of carrying this Act into Execution, be construed as
one Act.

s. 2. “And be it further enacted, That no Quantity of Paper
less than a Quantity equal to Twenty-one Inches in Length and
Seventeen Inches in Breadth, in whatever Way or Form the same may
be made, or may be divided into Leaves, or in whatever Way the
same may be printed, shall be deemed or taken to be a Sheet of
Paper within the Meaning and for the Purposes of this Act.

s. 3. “And be it further enacted, That no Cover or Blank Leaf,
or any other Leaf upon which any Advertisement or other Notice
shall be printed, shall, for the Purposes of this Act, be deemed
or taken to be a Part of any such Pamphlet, Paper, Part or Number
aforesaid.

s. 4. “And be it further enacted, That all Pamphlets and Papers
containing any Public News, Intelligence, or Occurrences, or any
such Remarks or Observations as aforesaid, printed for Sale, and
published periodically, or in Parts or Numbers, at Intervals
exceeding Twenty-six Days between any Two such Pamphlets or
Papers, Parts or Numbers, and which said Pamphlets, Papers, Parts
or Numbers respectively, shall not exceed Two Sheets, or which
shall be published for Sale at a less Price than Sixpence, shall
be first published on the First Day of every Calendar Month, or
within Two Days before or after that Day, and at no other Time;
and that if any Person or Persons shall first publish or cause to
be published any such Pamphlet, Paper, Part or Number aforesaid,
on any other Day or Time, he or they shall forfeit for every such
Offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

s. 5. “And be it further enacted, That upon every Pamphlet or
Paper containing any Public News, Intelligence or Occurrences, or
any Remarks or Observations thereon or upon any Matter in Church
or State, printed in any Part of the United Kingdom for Sale,
and published periodically, or in Parts or Numbers, at Intervals
not exceeding Twenty-six Days between the Publication of any Two
such Pamphlets or Papers, Parts or Numbers, and upon every Part
or Number thereof, shall be printed the full Price at which every
such Pamphlet, Paper, Part, or Number shall be published for
Sale, and also the Day on which the same is first published; and
if any Person shall publish any such Pamphlet, Paper, Part, or
Number, without the said Price and Day being printed thereon,
or if any Person shall at any Time within Two Months after the
Day of Publication printed thereon as aforesaid, sell or expose
to Sale any such Pamphlet, Paper, Part or Number, or any Portion
or Part of such Pamphlet, Paper, Part or Number, upon which the
Price so printed as aforesaid shall be Sixpence, or above that
Sum, for a less Price than the Sum of Sixpence, every such Person
shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty
Pounds.

s. 6. “Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing
in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend
to subject any Person publishing any Pamphlet or Paper to any
Penalty for any Allowance in Price made by the Person for whom
and on whose Behalf, and for whose Profit, Benefit or Advantage,
the same shall have been first published, to any Bookseller or
Distributor, or other Person to whom the same shall be sold for
the Purpose of retailing the same.

s. 7. “And be it further enacted, That all Pamphlets and Papers
which are by this Act declared to be subject to the Stamp Duties
upon Newspapers, shall be freed and discharged from all the
Stamp Duties and Regulations contained in any Act of Parliament
relating to Pamphlets.

s. 8. “And be it further enacted, That no Person, from and
after Thirty Days after the passing of this Act shall print or
publish for Sale, any Newspaper, or any Pamphlet or other Paper
containing any Public News, Intelligence, or Occurrences, or any
Remarks or Observations thereon, or upon any Matter in Church
or State, which shall not exceed Two Sheets, or which shall be
published for Sale at a less Price than Sixpence, until he or
she shall have entered into a Recognizance before a Baron of the
Exchequer, in _England_, _Scotland_, or _Ireland_ respectively,
as the Case may be, if such Newspaper or Pamphlet, or other Paper
aforesaid, shall be printed in _London_ or _Westminster_, or in
_Edinburgh_ or _Dublin_, or shall have executed in the Presence
of, and delivered to some Justice of the Peace for the County,
City, or Place where such Newspaper, Pamphlet, or other Paper
shall be printed, if printed elsewhere, a Bond to His Majesty,
His Heirs and Successors, together with Two or Three sufficient
Sureties, to the Satisfaction of the Baron of the Exchequer
taking such Recognizance, or of the Justice of the Peace taking
such Bond, every Person printing or publishing any such Newspaper
or Pamphlet, or Paper aforesaid, in the Sum of Three hundred
Pounds, if such Newspaper, Pamphlet, or Paper shall be printed in
_London_ or within Twenty Miles thereof, and in the Sum of Two
hundred Pounds, if such Newspaper, Pamphlet, or Paper shall be
printed elsewhere in the United Kingdom, and his or her Sureties
in a like Sum in the whole, conditioned that such Printer or
Publisher shall pay to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors,
every such Fine or Penalty as may at any Time be imposed upon
at adjudged against him or her, by reason of any Conviction for
printing or publishing any blasphemous or seditious Libel, at any
Time after the entering into such Recognizance or executing such
Bond; and that every Person who shall print or first publish any
such Newspaper, Pamphlet, or other Paper, without having entered
into such Recognizance, or executed and delivered such Bond
with such Sureties as aforesaid, shall, for every such Offence,
forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

s. 9. “Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in every
Case in which any Surety or Sureties in any such Recognizance
or Bond shall have been required to pay and shall have paid the
whole or any Part of the Sum for which he, she, or they shall
have become Surety; or in case any such Surety or Sureties shall
become Bankrupt, or be discharged under any Insolvent Act;
then and in every such Case the Person for whom such Surety or
Sureties shall have been bound, shall not print or publish any
Newspaper or Pamphlet, or other Paper aforesaid, until he or
she shall, upon being required so to do by the Commissioners
of Stamps for _Great Britain_ and _Ireland_ respectively, have
entered into a new Recognizance, or executed a new Bond, with
sufficient Sureties, in the Manner and to the Amount aforesaid;
and in case he or she shall print or publish any such Newspaper
or Pamphlet, or other Paper aforesaid, without having entered
into such new Recognizance, or executed such new Bond as
aforesaid, having been required so to do as aforesaid, he or she
shall forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

s. 10. “Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any
Surety or Sureties shall be desirous of withdrawing from such
Recognizance or Bond, it shall and may be lawful to and for him
or them so to do, upon giving Twenty Days previous Notice in
Writing to the said Commissioners of Stamps respectively, or
to the Distributor of Stamps of and for the District where the
Printer or Publisher for whom he or they is or are Surety or
Sureties shall reside, and also to such Printer or Publisher; and
that in any such Case, every such Surety or Sureties, from and
after the Expiration of such Notice, shall not be liable upon
the said Bond or Recognizance, other than and except for any
Penalty or Penalties before that Time imposed or incurred, and
for which he or they would otherwise have been liable under the
said Recognizance or Bond; and then and in every such Case, the
Person for whom such Surety or Sureties shall have been bound,
shall not print or publish any Newspaper or Pamphlet, or other
Paper aforesaid, until he or she shall have entered into a new
Recognizance, or executed a new Bond, with sufficient Sureties,
in the Manner and to the Amount aforesaid; and in case he or
she shall print or publish any such Newspaper or Pamphlet, or
other Paper aforesaid, without having entered into such new
Recognizance or Bond as aforesaid, he or she shall for every such
Offence forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

s. 11. “Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no
such Bond as aforesaid shall be subject or liable to any Stamp
Duty; any thing in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary
notwithstanding.

s. 12. “And be it further enacted, That Lists of all the
Recognizances which shall have been entered into in the
respective Courts of Exchequer in _England_, _Scotland_, or
_Ireland_, shall, Four Times in each Year, be transmitted to the
Commissioners managing the Stamp Duties in _Great Britain_ and
_Ireland_ respectively, as the Case may be, by the respective
Officers recording such Recognizances in such respective Courts;
and all Bonds executed under the Provisions of this Act, shall,
within Ten Days at the furthest after the Execution thereof, be
transmitted to the Commissioners respectively, by the Justices of
the Peace to whom the same shall have been respectively delivered.

s. 13. “And whereas the Printer or Publisher of any Newspaper,
and of any Pamphlet and Paper hereby enacted to be deemed and
taken to be a Newspaper, will, after the passing of this Act, be
bound, under and by virtue of the Provisions contained in the
said Acts made and passed in the Thirty-eighth and Fifty-fifth
Years of His Majesty’s Reign respectively, to deliver to the
Commissioners of Stamps in _Great Britain_ and _Ireland_
respectively, or some Distributor of Stamps or other Officer,
on the Day on which the same is published, or within a certain
Time afterwards, One of the Newspapers, Pamphlets, or Papers so
published, signed as in the said Acts is respectively directed:
And whereas it is expedient that the same or similar Provisions
and Regulations should extend and be applied to all Pamphlets and
Papers, whether published periodically or not, and which shall
contain any Public News, Intelligence, or Occurrence, or any
Remarks or Observations thereon, or upon any Matter in Church or
State, and which shall not exceed Two Sheets as aforesaid, or
which shall be published for Sale at a less Price than Sixpence;
be it therefore enacted, That from and after Ten Days after the
passing of this Act, the Printer or Publisher of any Pamphlet or
other Paper for Sale, containing any public News, Intelligence,
or Occurrences, or any Remarks or Observations thereon, or on
any Matter in Church or State, shall, upon every Day upon which
the same shall be published, or within Six Days after, deliver
to the Commissioners of Stamps for _Great Britain_ and _Ireland_
respectively, at their Head Offices, or to some Distributor or
Officer to be appointed by them to receive the same, and whom
they are hereby required to appoint for that Purpose, One of
the Pamphlets or Papers so published upon each such Day, signed
by the Printer or Publisher thereof, in his Hand-writing, with
his Name and Place of Abode; and the same shall be carefully
kept by the said Commissioners, or such Distributor or Officer
as aforesaid, in such Manner as the said Commissioners shall
direct; and such Printer or Publisher shall be entitled to
demand and receive from the Commissioners, or such Distributor
or Officer, the Amount of the Retail Price of such Pamphlet or
Paper so delivered; and in every Case in which the Printer and
Publisher of such Pamphlet or Paper shall neglect to deliver One
such Pamphlet or Paper in the Manner herein-before directed, such
Printer and Publisher shall, for every such Neglect respectively,
forfeit and lose the Sum of One hundred Pounds.

s. 14. “Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case
the said Commissioners, or such Distributor or Officer aforesaid,
shall refuse to receive or pay for any Copy of such Pamphlet or
Paper offered to be delivered to them or him as aforesaid, for
or on account of the same not being within the true Intent and
Meaning of this Act, such Commissioners, Distributor, or Officer
shall, if required so to do, give and deliver to such Printer or
Publisher a Certificate in Writing that a Copy of such Pamphlet
or Paper had been by him duly offered to be delivered; and such
Printer or Publisher shall thereupon be freed and discharged from
any Penalty for not having delivered such Copy as aforesaid.

s. 15. “And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall sell
or expose to sale any Pamphlet or other Paper not being duly
stamped, if required to be stamped, such Person shall, for every
such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

s. 16. “And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful
for any of His Majesty’s Courts of Record at _Westminster_ or
_Dublin_, or of Great Session in _Wales_, or any Judge thereof
respectively, or for any Court of Quarter or General Sessions
of the Peace, or for any Justice of the Peace before whom any
Person charged with having printed or published any blasphemous,
seditious, or malicious Libel, shall be brought for the Purpose
of giving Bail upon such Charge, to make it a Part of the
Condition of the Recognizance to be entered into by such Person
and his or her Bail, that the Person so charged shall be of good
Behaviour during the Continuance of such Recognizance.