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4_o octob._n 1585._o artic_a xv._o we_o forbid_v and_o interdict_v express_o that_o no_o one_o of_o what_o quality_n or_o degree_n or_o condition_n soever_o shall_v transport_v or_o carry_v any_o gold_n or_o silver_n of_o our_o coin_n or_o bullion_n melt_v or_o in_o mass_n nor_o any_o gold_n or_o silver_n to_o coin_v money_n upon_o forfeiture_n of_o the_o say_a gold_n and_o silver_n beside_o two_o hundred_o gold_n rise_v noble_n for_o every_o mark_n of_o gold_n and_o twenty_o golden_a rose-noble_n for_o every_o mark_n of_o silver_n and_o the_o second_o time_n to_o be_v bodily_a punish_v artic_a xiii_o and_o we_o do_v express_o forbid_v all_o and_o every_o one_o henceforth_o to_o buy_v or_o sell_v any_o ware_n of_o gold_n or_o