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Ordinance concerning Printers, Booksellers and School masters, Brussels (1570)

Source: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KW 1704 C 55

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Ordinance concerning Printers, Booksellers and School masters, Brussels (1570), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Dictate and command therefore the aforementioned head President and members of our secret Council, President and members of our Grand Council, Chancellor and members of our Council in Brabant, Stadtholder, President and members of our Council at Luxembourgh, Stadtholder Chancellor and members of our Council in Gelderland, Stadtholder of Limburg, Valkenburg, Daelhem, and our lands across the Meuse, Gouvernor Presidents and members of our council in Flanders and Artois, Grand Bailliff of Hainaut and members of our council at Bergen and in Hainaut, Stadtholder President and members of our council in Holland, Stadtholder President and members of our council at Namur, Stadtholder President and members of our council in Frysia, Stadtholder President and members of our council in Overijssel, Lieutenant at Groningen, Stadtholder President and members of our council at Utrecht, Gouvernor of Rijssele, Douay and Orchies, our Provost of Valenchijne, Bailliff of Dornicke, Steward of Bewest and Beoisterschelt in Zealand, sheriff of Mechelen. And all other judges, justices and officers, and those of our vassals whom


    

meesters oft meesterssen niet geapprobeert zijnde, zoe voirseyt is, arbitralijcken gecorrigeert sullen worden, nae den eysch vander zaken.

XXXVI.

Ende in abominatie ende detestatie vande conuenticlen ende onbehoirlijcke vergaderingen van alle secten ende gereprobeerde leeringen ende printingen van valsche leeringen ende heresijen, der eeren Gods ende der gemeyne weluaert zoe schadelijck wesende. Willen ende ordineren wy, dat de huysen inde welcke men gepredickt oft onderwesen sal hebben eenige valsche leeringen, herdoopt oft eenige andere exercitie van secten, oft daermen eenige boecken geprint sal hebben, inhoudende valsche ende gereprobeerde leeringe, afgeworpen ende totter eerden toe geruyneert sullen worden, sonder vuytstel oft dissimulatie, zoe verre zulcke huysen den delincquanten ende mesdadigen toebehooren, oft dat t'selue gedaen hadde geweest mit wete, wille ende consente vanden proprietaris oft rentier, zonder de selue huysen daernae wederom te mogen optimmeren, Ten ware by onsen expressen oirloue ende consente.

Ontbieden daeromme ende beuelen den voirnoemde hooft President ende luyden van onsen secreten rade, President ende luyden van onsen grooten rade, Cancelier ende luyden van onsen rade in Brabant, Stadtholder, President ende luyden van onsen rade tot Luxemborch, Stadtholder Cantzler ende luyden van onsen rade in Gelderlant, Stadtholder van Limborch, Valckenborch, Daelhem, ende ande onsen landen van Ouermaze, Gouuerneur Presidenten ende luyden van onse raden in Vlaendren ende Artois, Grootbailliu van Henegouwe ende luyden van onsen rade te Bergen in Henegouwe, Stadthouder President ende luyden van onsen rade in Hollant, Stadthouder President ende luyden van onsen rade te Namen, Stadthouder President ende luyden van onsen rade in Vrieslant, Stadthouder President ende luyden van onsen rade in Ouerijssel, Lieutenant tot Groeningen, Stadthouder President ende luyden van onsen rade t'Utrecht, Gouuerneur van Rijssele, Douay ende Orchies, onsen Preuoeft van Valenchijne, Bailliu van Dornicke, Rentmeesters van Bewest ende Beoisterschelt in Zeelant, Schoutet van Mechelen. Ende allen anderen onsen rechteren, iusticieren ende officieren, ende dien van onsen vasallen dien


    

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