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Privilege for the States Bible, The Hague (1632)
Source: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KW 532 A 1
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Privilege for the States Bible, The Hague (1632), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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Privilege
The States-General of the United Netherlands have patented and consented, as they hereby patent and consent, the Widow and Heirs of the late Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw: regular printer of your High Mightiness, that they for the term of fifteen consecutive Years, may print, cause to be printed, publish, cause to be published, sell or cause to be sold, exclusively the Bible which has been translated on order of the last National Synod, and by order of your High Mightiness, namely, with the Notes in the margin, as well as the shortened Notes and Parellela loca, or the similar Scripture places, and that in all such Formats and Languages as she will deem most appropriate and necessary. These fifteen years will commence after the publishing of the first Edition, and not earlier. Therefore, your High Mightiness strictly prohibit all Bookprinters, Booksellers, their Labourers, and all other residents of these United Netherlands, whatever may be their state, quality or condition, to copy themself the aforesaid Bible, the New Testament, with or without explanations, any Abstracts from it, such as Psalms, Salomine Proverbs, Gospels, or whatever else, in full or in part, in big or small sizes, to cause to be copied by Guest Printers, Servants or other persons, whoever they may be, or however qualified, as well as to import, distribute, trade, buy, sell or cause to be sold those copied outside these Unified Provinces. And also may be used in no Synods, Lectures or other meetings of Preachers or Church Councils, or on the Pulpits, any other than these newly-Translated Bibles, and printed, caused to be printed, by the aforesaid Widow and Heirs, or published under her name, which for security and to avoid all supposition will be signed with a customary sign. On penalty that someone, be they Bookprinters, Booksellers, their labourers, Printing apprentices, or any other resident of the United Netherlands, be found to violate, or have violated, this, they, or who, be they Master, Labourer, Printing apprentices, or other residents, have been of any service, assistance or contributed thereto, under whatever pretext they will have done such: and each of them, as well as all persons, with whom such copies, or imported Copies may be found, will pay a fine of the sum of two thousand pounds, of forty groats to the pound, together with the seizing of all the reprinted copies, or imported copies, whether from the Old or the New Testament, or any Abstract thereof. To be employed for one third for the benefit of the Officer, one third for the benefit of the poor, and one third for the benefit of the aforesaid Widow and Heirs. And inasmuch as concerns the Printing apprentices, Labourers, and others from whom the aforesaid fine cannot be recovered, they will, by arbitration, be sentenced to corporal punishment or, according to the facts, will be banished from the country. Done in the Hague, under our cachette, initials and the signature of our Clerk, on xj. December xvjc, thirty-two.
Was initialled,
Nicolaes vander Bouchorst, pres.
Under the authority of,
In name of the same.
Signed
Cornelis Musch.
Act of Authorization.
The States-General of the United Netherlands, greetings, all who shall see or hear this read, Inform: Thus the patent granted by us on xj.th December in the year 1632, to the Widow and Heirs of Hillebrant Iacobsz van Wouw, our regular Printer for the exclusive printing, publishing and selling of the Newly translated Bible and New Testaments, which have been translated on order of the last National Synod, by order of your High Mightiness, expressly dictates that the aforesaid Bibles and Testaments (among others for security and to avoid all supposition) will be signed with a customary Sign, and thus may be used. And that it therefore is necessary that for that Sign a trusted person was indicated by us. So it is that we, because of the good faith which we have in the person of Barent Langenes, bailiff of the Court of Audits of the Power of Governance, have authorized him, and hereby authorize him to the aforesaid signing of the aforementioned Newly translated Bible, and New Testaments, for reasons related above, with his Signature and Our Weapon. Order and command each and everyone whom it may somewhat concern, to recognize in this as authorized by us the aforesaid Barent Langenes: and as a result give complete faith to his Signature with our Weapon, put into the already mentioned New Bibles and Testaments in the manner as above: because we thus have found appropriate to avoid all supposition with regard to the Bible and Testaments. Given in the Hague, on 10th June 1637.
Was initialled,
A. Ploos van Amstel, pres.
Under the authority of,
In name of the same.
Signed
Cornelis Musch.
Strenght in Unity
Barent Langenes
1637
Privilegie.
DE Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden, hebben ge-octroyeert ende geconsenteert, gelijck sy octroyeren ende consenteren mits desen, de Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van wijlen Hillebrant Iacobsz van Wouw, haer Hoogh: Moog: ordinaris Druckers, dat sy-luyden voor den tijdt van vijfthien achter-een-volgende Jaren, alleen sullen moghen drucken, doen drucken, uyt-geven, doen uyt-geven, verkoopen, ende doen verkoopen, den Bijbel die nae ordre des laetsten Synodi Nationalis, ende door last van haer Hoogh: Moog: is ghedaen over-setten, te weten, met de Annotatien in het langhe, als mede met de verkorte Annotatien ende Parellela loca, ofte de over-een-stemmende Schriftuer-plaetsen, ende dat in allerley Formaten ende Talen, sulcks haer sal bequaemst ende best-geraden duncken. Sullende de selve vijfthien jaren beginnen te loopen naer het uyt-geven van den eersten Druck, ende eerder niet. Verbieden daeromme haer Hoogh: Moog: wel scherpelijck alle Boeck-druckers, Boeck-verkoopers, hunne Werck-lieden, ende allen anderen in-gesetenen van dese Vereenichde Nederlanden, van wat staet, qualiteyt ofte conditie die souden mogen wesen, den voorsz Bybel, het Nieuwe Testament, met, ofte sonder uytlegginge, eenige Extracten uyt deselve, als Psalmen, Spreucken Salomonis, Euangelien, ofte yetwes watter oock soude mogen wesen, in 't gheheel ofte deele, in 't groote ofte kleyne formaten: selfs nae te drucken, door Druckers Gasten, Knechten ofte andere persoonen, wie die oock souden mogen zijn, ofte hoe gequalificeert, te doen nae-drucken, mitsgaders elders buyten dese Geunieerde Provincien nae-gedruckt, binnen deselve Provintien te brengen, distribueren, ruylen, koopen, verkoopen, ofte doen verkoopen. Ende sullen oock in geene Synoden, Classen, ofte andere vergaderinge van Predicanten, ofte Kercken-Raden, ofte op de Predick-stoelen eenige andere, als dese Nieuw-Overgesette, ende by de voorsz Weduwe ende Erfgenamen gedruckt, gedaen drucken, ofte op haren naem uytgegeven Bybels: Die noch tot meerder seeckerheyt ende evitatie van alle suppositie met een gewoonlijck teecken sullen worden geteeckent, gebruyckt mogen worden. Op pene dat soo yemant, 't zy Boeck-druckers, Boeck-verkoopers, hunne arbeyders, Druckers-knechten, ofte eenige andere ingesetene van de Vereenichde Nederlanden, bevonden worden contrarie deses te doen, ofte ghedaen te hebben, den, ofte deselve, 't zy Meester, Arbeyder, Druckers-knecht, ofte ander ingeseten daer toe eenigen dienst, hulpe ofte contributie, 't zy oock onder hoedanigen pretext sy sulcx souden mogen hebben gedaen: ende elcks van hem, mitsgaders alle persoonen, by welcke alsulcke na-gedruckte, ofte van buyten in-gebrachte Exemplaren gevonden souden mogen worden, sal, ofte sullen verbeuren de somme van twee duysent ponden, te veertich grooten 't pondt, ende daer beneffens alle de nae-gedruckte, ofte van buyten in-gebrachte exemplaren, 't zy van 't Oude ofte Nieuwe Testament, ofte eenich Extract uyt de selve. Te appliceren een derde-part ten behoeve van den Officier, een derde-part ten behoeve van den armen, ende een derde-part ten behoeve vande voorsz Weduwe ende Erfgenamen. Ende voor soo veel belanght de Druckers-knechts, Arbeyders, ofte andere, aen dewelcke de voorsz peyne niet soude konnen werden verhaelt, dat deselve daer over arbitralick aen den lijve gestraft oft uytten lande, nae exigentie van de sake, sullen werden ghebannen. Gegeven in den Hage, onder onsen cachette, paraphure ende de signature van onsen Griffier, op den xj. Decembris xvjc, twee-ende-dertich.
Was geparaphreert,
Nicolaes vander Bouchorst, vt.
Onder stont,
Ter Ordonnantie van de selve.
Geteyckent
Cornelis Musch.
Acte van Authorisatie.
DE Staten Generael der Vereenichde Nederlanden, allen den genen die desen sullen sien ofte hooren lesen, Saluyt, Doen te weten: Alsoo het Octroy by ons den xj. December, in den jare 1632. geconsenteert aen de Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van Hillebrant Iacobsz van Wouw, onse ordinaris Druckers tottet privative drucken, uyt-geven, ende verkoopen van den Nieuwen getranslateerden Bybel ende Nieuwe Testamenten, die nae ordre des laetsten Synodi Nationalis, door onsen last is gedaen Oversetten, expresselick dicteert, dat de voorsz Bybels ende Testamenten (onder anderen tot meerder sekerheyt ende evitatie van alle suppositie) met een gewoonlick Teecken sullen worden geteeckent, ende alsoo gebruyckt mogen worden. Ende dat dien volgens noodich is, dat totte voorsz Teeckeninge by ons een vertrouwt persoon werde gestelt. SOO IST, dat wy om 't goet vertrouwen 't welck wy hebben ende stellen in den persoon van Barent Langenes, Camer-bewaerder van des Generaliteyts Reecken-kamer, den selven geauthoriseert hebben, ende authoriseren hem mits desen tot het voorsz teeckenen van den op-ghemelten Nieuwen getranslateerden Bybel, ende Nieuwe Testamente, om redenen voor-verhaelt, met sijn Signature ende Ons Wapen. Lastende ende bevelende allen ende een yegelick die dit eenichsins sal moghen aengaen, den voorsz Barent Langenes voor onsen geauthoriseerden in desen t' erkennen: ende dien volgens sijn Signature met ons Wapen, in voegen als voren, op de meer-genoemde Nieuwe Bybels ende Testamenten gestelt zijnde, volkomen geloof te geven: Want wy sulcx tot evitatie van alle suppositie, ten regarde vanden selven Bybel ende Testamenten, bevonden hebben alsoo te behooren. Gegeven inden Hage, op den 10 Iunij 1637.
Was geparaphreert,
A. Ploos van Amstel, vt.
Onder stont,
Ter Ordonnantie van de selve.
Geteyckent
Cornelis Musch.
Eendracht maeckt Macht
Barent Langenes
1637
Source: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KW 532 A 1
Citation:
Privilege for the States Bible, The Hague (1632), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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Privilege
The States-General of the United Netherlands have patented and consented, as they hereby patent and consent, the Widow and Heirs of the late Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw: regular printer of your High Mightiness, that they for the term of fifteen consecutive Years, may print, cause to be printed, publish, cause to be published, sell or cause to be sold, exclusively the Bible which has been translated on order of the last National Synod, and by order of your High Mightiness, namely, with the Notes in the margin, as well as the shortened Notes and Parellela loca, or the similar Scripture places, and that in all such Formats and Languages as she will deem most appropriate and necessary. These fifteen years will commence after the publishing of the first Edition, and not earlier. Therefore, your High Mightiness strictly prohibit all Bookprinters, Booksellers, their Labourers, and all other residents of these United Netherlands, whatever may be their state, quality or condition, to copy themself the aforesaid Bible, the New Testament, with or without explanations, any Abstracts from it, such as Psalms, Salomine Proverbs, Gospels, or whatever else, in full or in part, in big or small sizes, to cause to be copied by Guest Printers, Servants or other persons, whoever they may be, or however qualified, as well as to import, distribute, trade, buy, sell or cause to be sold those copied outside these Unified Provinces. And also may be used in no Synods, Lectures or other meetings of Preachers or Church Councils, or on the Pulpits, any other than these newly-Translated Bibles, and printed, caused to be printed, by the aforesaid Widow and Heirs, or published under her name, which for security and to avoid all supposition will be signed with a customary sign. On penalty that someone, be they Bookprinters, Booksellers, their labourers, Printing apprentices, or any other resident of the United Netherlands, be found to violate, or have violated, this, they, or who, be they Master, Labourer, Printing apprentices, or other residents, have been of any service, assistance or contributed thereto, under whatever pretext they will have done such: and each of them, as well as all persons, with whom such copies, or imported Copies may be found, will pay a fine of the sum of two thousand pounds, of forty groats to the pound, together with the seizing of all the reprinted copies, or imported copies, whether from the Old or the New Testament, or any Abstract thereof. To be employed for one third for the benefit of the Officer, one third for the benefit of the poor, and one third for the benefit of the aforesaid Widow and Heirs. And inasmuch as concerns the Printing apprentices, Labourers, and others from whom the aforesaid fine cannot be recovered, they will, by arbitration, be sentenced to corporal punishment or, according to the facts, will be banished from the country. Done in the Hague, under our cachette, initials and the signature of our Clerk, on xj. December xvjc, thirty-two.
Was initialled,
Nicolaes vander Bouchorst, pres.
Under the authority of,
In name of the same.
Signed
Cornelis Musch.
Act of Authorization.
The States-General of the United Netherlands, greetings, all who shall see or hear this read, Inform: Thus the patent granted by us on xj.th December in the year 1632, to the Widow and Heirs of Hillebrant Iacobsz van Wouw, our regular Printer for the exclusive printing, publishing and selling of the Newly translated Bible and New Testaments, which have been translated on order of the last National Synod, by order of your High Mightiness, expressly dictates that the aforesaid Bibles and Testaments (among others for security and to avoid all supposition) will be signed with a customary Sign, and thus may be used. And that it therefore is necessary that for that Sign a trusted person was indicated by us. So it is that we, because of the good faith which we have in the person of Barent Langenes, bailiff of the Court of Audits of the Power of Governance, have authorized him, and hereby authorize him to the aforesaid signing of the aforementioned Newly translated Bible, and New Testaments, for reasons related above, with his Signature and Our Weapon. Order and command each and everyone whom it may somewhat concern, to recognize in this as authorized by us the aforesaid Barent Langenes: and as a result give complete faith to his Signature with our Weapon, put into the already mentioned New Bibles and Testaments in the manner as above: because we thus have found appropriate to avoid all supposition with regard to the Bible and Testaments. Given in the Hague, on 10th June 1637.
Was initialled,
A. Ploos van Amstel, pres.
Under the authority of,
In name of the same.
Signed
Cornelis Musch.
Strenght in Unity
Barent Langenes
1637
Privilegie.
DE Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden, hebben ge-octroyeert ende geconsenteert, gelijck sy octroyeren ende consenteren mits desen, de Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van wijlen Hillebrant Iacobsz van Wouw, haer Hoogh: Moog: ordinaris Druckers, dat sy-luyden voor den tijdt van vijfthien achter-een-volgende Jaren, alleen sullen moghen drucken, doen drucken, uyt-geven, doen uyt-geven, verkoopen, ende doen verkoopen, den Bijbel die nae ordre des laetsten Synodi Nationalis, ende door last van haer Hoogh: Moog: is ghedaen over-setten, te weten, met de Annotatien in het langhe, als mede met de verkorte Annotatien ende Parellela loca, ofte de over-een-stemmende Schriftuer-plaetsen, ende dat in allerley Formaten ende Talen, sulcks haer sal bequaemst ende best-geraden duncken. Sullende de selve vijfthien jaren beginnen te loopen naer het uyt-geven van den eersten Druck, ende eerder niet. Verbieden daeromme haer Hoogh: Moog: wel scherpelijck alle Boeck-druckers, Boeck-verkoopers, hunne Werck-lieden, ende allen anderen in-gesetenen van dese Vereenichde Nederlanden, van wat staet, qualiteyt ofte conditie die souden mogen wesen, den voorsz Bybel, het Nieuwe Testament, met, ofte sonder uytlegginge, eenige Extracten uyt deselve, als Psalmen, Spreucken Salomonis, Euangelien, ofte yetwes watter oock soude mogen wesen, in 't gheheel ofte deele, in 't groote ofte kleyne formaten: selfs nae te drucken, door Druckers Gasten, Knechten ofte andere persoonen, wie die oock souden mogen zijn, ofte hoe gequalificeert, te doen nae-drucken, mitsgaders elders buyten dese Geunieerde Provincien nae-gedruckt, binnen deselve Provintien te brengen, distribueren, ruylen, koopen, verkoopen, ofte doen verkoopen. Ende sullen oock in geene Synoden, Classen, ofte andere vergaderinge van Predicanten, ofte Kercken-Raden, ofte op de Predick-stoelen eenige andere, als dese Nieuw-Overgesette, ende by de voorsz Weduwe ende Erfgenamen gedruckt, gedaen drucken, ofte op haren naem uytgegeven Bybels: Die noch tot meerder seeckerheyt ende evitatie van alle suppositie met een gewoonlijck teecken sullen worden geteeckent, gebruyckt mogen worden. Op pene dat soo yemant, 't zy Boeck-druckers, Boeck-verkoopers, hunne arbeyders, Druckers-knechten, ofte eenige andere ingesetene van de Vereenichde Nederlanden, bevonden worden contrarie deses te doen, ofte ghedaen te hebben, den, ofte deselve, 't zy Meester, Arbeyder, Druckers-knecht, ofte ander ingeseten daer toe eenigen dienst, hulpe ofte contributie, 't zy oock onder hoedanigen pretext sy sulcx souden mogen hebben gedaen: ende elcks van hem, mitsgaders alle persoonen, by welcke alsulcke na-gedruckte, ofte van buyten in-gebrachte Exemplaren gevonden souden mogen worden, sal, ofte sullen verbeuren de somme van twee duysent ponden, te veertich grooten 't pondt, ende daer beneffens alle de nae-gedruckte, ofte van buyten in-gebrachte exemplaren, 't zy van 't Oude ofte Nieuwe Testament, ofte eenich Extract uyt de selve. Te appliceren een derde-part ten behoeve van den Officier, een derde-part ten behoeve van den armen, ende een derde-part ten behoeve vande voorsz Weduwe ende Erfgenamen. Ende voor soo veel belanght de Druckers-knechts, Arbeyders, ofte andere, aen dewelcke de voorsz peyne niet soude konnen werden verhaelt, dat deselve daer over arbitralick aen den lijve gestraft oft uytten lande, nae exigentie van de sake, sullen werden ghebannen. Gegeven in den Hage, onder onsen cachette, paraphure ende de signature van onsen Griffier, op den xj. Decembris xvjc, twee-ende-dertich.
Was geparaphreert,
Nicolaes vander Bouchorst, vt.
Onder stont,
Ter Ordonnantie van de selve.
Geteyckent
Cornelis Musch.
Acte van Authorisatie.
DE Staten Generael der Vereenichde Nederlanden, allen den genen die desen sullen sien ofte hooren lesen, Saluyt, Doen te weten: Alsoo het Octroy by ons den xj. December, in den jare 1632. geconsenteert aen de Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van Hillebrant Iacobsz van Wouw, onse ordinaris Druckers tottet privative drucken, uyt-geven, ende verkoopen van den Nieuwen getranslateerden Bybel ende Nieuwe Testamenten, die nae ordre des laetsten Synodi Nationalis, door onsen last is gedaen Oversetten, expresselick dicteert, dat de voorsz Bybels ende Testamenten (onder anderen tot meerder sekerheyt ende evitatie van alle suppositie) met een gewoonlick Teecken sullen worden geteeckent, ende alsoo gebruyckt mogen worden. Ende dat dien volgens noodich is, dat totte voorsz Teeckeninge by ons een vertrouwt persoon werde gestelt. SOO IST, dat wy om 't goet vertrouwen 't welck wy hebben ende stellen in den persoon van Barent Langenes, Camer-bewaerder van des Generaliteyts Reecken-kamer, den selven geauthoriseert hebben, ende authoriseren hem mits desen tot het voorsz teeckenen van den op-ghemelten Nieuwen getranslateerden Bybel, ende Nieuwe Testamente, om redenen voor-verhaelt, met sijn Signature ende Ons Wapen. Lastende ende bevelende allen ende een yegelick die dit eenichsins sal moghen aengaen, den voorsz Barent Langenes voor onsen geauthoriseerden in desen t' erkennen: ende dien volgens sijn Signature met ons Wapen, in voegen als voren, op de meer-genoemde Nieuwe Bybels ende Testamenten gestelt zijnde, volkomen geloof te geven: Want wy sulcx tot evitatie van alle suppositie, ten regarde vanden selven Bybel ende Testamenten, bevonden hebben alsoo te behooren. Gegeven inden Hage, op den 10 Iunij 1637.
Was geparaphreert,
A. Ploos van Amstel, vt.
Onder stont,
Ter Ordonnantie van de selve.
Geteyckent
Cornelis Musch.
Eendracht maeckt Macht
Barent Langenes
1637