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19th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Use their trade in such a sort as intolerable. In dying black silk, gain half in half. Committee desired to have a … St. John to bring in his patent as it was desired. In black silk the dyers use such ingredients as make it double … a complaint in the Exchequer termed London's heavyweight black silk dyed with steel, etc., doubling the weight. An …
19th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… 107] inclined to peace. The Commons gave him [ blank]. The Black Prince, so-called not of his complexion but because he ever wore black armour. In the 6 of Henry the 6, the King consulted … only, not fifteens. In the 43 of Edward the 3rd, the Black Prince being in Spain [ sic], the King consulted with …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… with a great bunch and looked redd and his eye was black' and Spurling believed that Captaine Badd 'gave him the …