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         Ball, William
      
       
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             Stationars and printers, a privilegial, not municipal companie or corporation, however their properties to bee individually conserved, humbly presented to the Honorable Committee for Examination, &c. / William Ball.
             Ball, William
          
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             [London :
             1642]
          
           
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             Stationars
          
           and
           
             Printers
             ,
          
           a
           
             Privilegial
             ,
          
           not
           
             Municipal
          
           Companie
           or
           Corporation
           ,
           however
           their
           
             Proprieties
          
           to
           bee
           
             individually
          
           conserved
           ,
           
             Humbly
             presented
             to
             the
             Honorable
             Committee
             for
             Examinations
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           HAving
           lately
           (
           as
           far
           as
           I
           might
           )
           discerned
           the
           subtle
           ,
           yet
           ambiguous
           desires
           of
           som
           ,
           (
           not
           the
           soundest
           nor
           most
           able
           Printers
           )
           I
           finde
           their
           pretences
           to
           bee
           
             Regulation
             ,
          
           as
           in
           order
           to
           themselvs
           ,
           but
           no
           way
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           And
           their
           chief
           ends
           to
           apply
           to
           themselvs
           Communicatively
           the
           chiefest
           Copies
           ,
           being
           the
           
             proprieties
          
           of
           other
           men
           .
           Wherefore
           that
           these
           
             innovating
          
           men
           should
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           ,
           better
           understand
           themselvs
           ,
           I
           have
           directed
           these
           sequels
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Companie
           
             Municipal
          
           is
           such
           an
           one
           which
           subordinately
           
             utitur
             regulis
             suis
             in
             ordine
             ad
             se
             ;
          
           useth
           their
           own
           Rules
           and
           Constitutions
           in
           relation
           to
           themselvs
           ,
           as
           do
           
             Mercers
             ,
             Drapers
             ,
             Fish-mongers
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Also
           
             Gold-smiths
             ,
             Brasiers
             ,
             Shoo-makers
             ,
             &c.
          
           All
           of
           whom
           can
           buy
           ,
           barter
           ,
           sell
           ,
           contract
           ,
           work
           ,
           &c.
           without
           any
           special
           privilege
           ,
           order
           ,
           or
           licence
           from
           any
           Superior
           ,
           Superiors
           ,
           Supervisor
           or
           Supervisors
           .
           But
           
             Printers
             ,
             Book-binders
             ,
          
           and
           
             Book-sellers
          
           cannot
           by
           Decrees
           and
           Ordinances
           (
           hitherto
           thought
           fit
           to
           continue
           )
           print
           ,
           binde
           ,
           or
           sell
           a
           Book
           (
           imprinted
           within
           this
           Nation
           )
           but
           by
           
             special
             licence
             and
             allowance
             ;
          
           nor
           import
           from
           other
           Nations
           ,
           but
           with
           like
           regard
           .
           And
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Germanie
             ,
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Countries
           ,
           they
           cannot
           print
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           certain
           determined
           time
           ,
           such
           or
           such
           a
           Book
           ;
           nor
           sell
           ,
           but
           for
           such
           a
           price
           (
           a
           convenience
           ,
           which
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           would
           bee
           useful
           in
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           )
           especially
           for
           som
           Books
           .
           So
           that
           albeit
           the
           
             Printers
             ,
             Book-binders
             ,
          
           and
           
             Book-sellers
             ,
          
           are
           a
           Companie
           which
           subordinately
           
             utitur
             suis
             regulis
             ,
          
           in
           som
           things
           ;
           yet
           they
           use
           such
           Rules
           and
           Constitutions
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             alios
             ,
             viz.
          
           Their
           Superiors
           (
           or
           rather
           the
           Common-wealth
           )
           not
           
             ad
             se
             ;
          
           as
           the
           forementioned
           Companies
           do
           ;
           And
           are
           therefore
           to
           bee
           accounted
           a
           
             Privilegial
             ,
          
           not
           a
           
             Municipal
          
           Companie
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           whereas
           the
           
             Printers
          
           would
           not
           only
           invade
           other
           mens
           Proprieties
           (
           thereby
           endeavouring
           to
           null
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lie's
           ,
           
             Meum
             &
             Tuum
             ,
          
           and
           inducing
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           may
           bee
           ,
           an
           example
           of
           ill
           consequence
           to
           this
           Common-wealth
           )
           but
           they
           would
           also
           destroy
           (
           as
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           )
           
             Patrimonial
          
           Right
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Father
           of
           a
           free
           Stationar
           shall
           not
           make
           his
           Son
           free
           ;
           and
           consequently
           that
           his
           Son
           shall
           not
           bee
           capable
           of
           having
           or
           enjoying
           the
           benefit
           of
           Printing
           his
           Father's
           Copies
           ;
           This
           their
           endeavour
           I
           conceiv
           to
           bee
           most
           injurious
           ;
           For
           many
           a
           Stationar
           (
           including
           the
           Printers
           )
           have
           many
           times
           little
           or
           nothing
           to
           leav
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           but
           their
           Copies
           :
           Which
           if
           they
           should
           ,
           by
           the
           indirect
           
             device
          
           of
           these
           innovating
           Printers
           ,
           be
           deprived
           of
           ;
           then
           they
           cannot
           other
           way
           subsist
           .
           
             Moreover
             ,
          
           why
           should
           any
           free
           Stationar
           bee
           debarred
           from
           such
           Right
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Rules
           and
           Constitutions
           general
           of
           the
           honorable
           Citie
           of
           
             London
          
           every
           Free-man
           enjoyeth
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           Son
           a
           Free-man
           ?
           This
           I
           take
           to
           bee
           a
           device
           of
           the
           Printers
           against
           
             Matthew
             Barker
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           whose
           Rights
           they
           would
           invade
           .
           So
           that
           (
           in
           my
           opinion
           )
           it
           would
           bee
           requisite
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           
             Book-sellers
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             Printers
             ,
          
           being
           (
           as
           I
           have
           alreadie
           instanced
           ,
           but
           
             privilegial
             ,
          
           and
           not
           properly
           
             municipal
          
           )
           debate
           nor
           draw
           any
           Act
           or
           Acts
           ,
           on
           their
           own
           behalf
           ,
           for
           regulating
           of
           Printers
           &
           Printing
           :
           But
           that
           such
           Act
           or
           Acts
           bee
           from
           henceforth
           debated
           by
           the
           Honorable
           Council
           of
           State
           ,
           or
           by
           such
           as
           they
           shall
           appoint
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           drawn
           up
           and
           recommended
           to
           the
           Parlament
           ,
           for
           the
           regulating
           of
           Printing
           it self
           in
           a
           true
           
             Decorum
             ,
          
           as
           also
           of
           all
           
             Proprieties
          
           individually
           .
           And
           if
           this
           of
           
             Proprieties
          
           were
           but
           exactly
           considered
           and
           reported
           ,
           these
           new
           (
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           mean
           )
           Innovators
           ,
           would
           (
           in
           all
           probabilitie
           )
           desist
           from
           further
           troublesom
           solliciting
           the
           Honorable
           Council
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           apply
           themselvs
           to
           bee
           ruled
           and
           governed
           ,
           as
           their
           Honors
           ,
           and
           high
           Court
           of
           Parlament
           should
           in
           their
           Wisdoms
           think
           fit
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           should
           bee
           said
           ,
           That
           none
           ought
           to
           exercise
           
             the
             Art
             or
             Mysterie
             of
             Printing
             ,
          
           but
           such
           as
           have
           served
           seven
           years
           to
           a
           Printer
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           
             Printing
          
           may
           be
           said
           to
           bee
           a
           
             manual
          
           occupation
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           bee
           comprehended
           within
           the
           Act
           of
           
             Elis.
          
           5.
           
             c.
          
           4.
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           albeit
           Printing
           may
           in
           regard
           of
           its
           
             labor
             ,
          
           bee
           said
           to
           bee
           a
           manual
           occupation
           ;
           yet
           in
           regard
           of
           its
           
             END
             ,
          
           it
           is
           a
           
             Privilegial
             ,
          
           and
           not
           a
           
             Popular
          
           manual
           occupation
           ,
           no
           otherwise
           then
           
             Coyning
             .
          
           And
           that
           Act
           of
           
             Elis.
             &c
             .
          
           intend's
           onely
           
             manual
             occupations
             popular
             ,
          
           not
           
             privilegial
             ;
          
           as
           the
           clauses
           thereof
           manifest
           .
           So
           that
           the
           
             privilege
             of
             Printing
             ,
          
           or
           right
           of
           Copies
           ,
           may
           reside
           in
           one
           or
           more
           ,
           who
           are
           no
           Artists
           ;
           and
           the
           performance
           of
           Printing
           in
           such
           onely
           who
           are
           Artists
           in
           Printing
           .
        
         
           
             
               Januarie
               2.
               1651.
               
            
          
           
             William
             Ball
             .
          
        
      
    
    

