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- Title from caption and beginning of text.
- Dated and signed on p. [2]: Braz de oliveyra a fez em Lisboa a dez de novembre de mil setecentos & oito. Francisco Galvaõ a fez escrever. Rey.
- Dates of publication of the law on p. [3] read: Lisboa vinte de novembro de 1708 annos,and Lisboa 21. de novembro de 1708.
- Law prohibiting Romanies the use of their dress and language, residing on the same street, travelling together on the roads, buying or selling of animals, etc. Men who fail to obey the decree will be whipped and sent to the galleys for ten years; women will be sent to Brazil.
- Signatures: [A]² ([A]2 verso blank)
- Woodcut initial.
Citation
"Dom Joam por graça de Deos Rey de Portugal, & dos Algarves da quem, & dalém Mar, em Africa Senhor de Guinè, & da conquista, navegaçaõ, comercio de Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, & da India, &c. Faço saber a vòs que Eu passei ora húa ley por mim assinada, & passada por minha chancellaria; da qual o treslado he o seguinte:
Eu el rey fasso saber aos que esta minha ley virem que por ter mostrado a experiencia, naõ haverem sido bastantes as desposiçoens da ordenaçaõ do reyno, & outras leys posteriores, & varias ordens, que em diversos tempos se passàraõ para os Ciganos naõ entrarem no reyno
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(1708).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:577003/
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