the_o trade_n and_o â—â—le_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o say_v print_v calico_n and_o india_n and_o china_n silk_n and_o stuff_n nevertheless_o grant_v to_o the_o owner_n a_o reasonable_a time_n to_o sell_v they_o in_o have_v hear_v the_o report_n of_o mounsieur_fw-fr pellitier_n counsellor_n ordinary_a of_o the_o king_n be_v royal_a council_n and_o comptroller_n general_n of_o the_o finance_n his_o majesty_n in_o his_o council_n have_v order_v and_o do_v order_n that_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o publication_n of_o the_o present_a decree_n all_o the_o manufacture_n establish_v in_o the_o kingdom_n for_o paint_v of_o the_o white_a calico_n shall_v be_v abolish_v and_o the_o mould_v serve_v to_o the_o print_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v break_v and_o destroy_v his_o majesty_n do_v forbid_v most_o express_o the_o re-establish_a thereof_o also_o to_o his_o subject_n the_o paint_n of_o the_o say_a calico_n and_o to_o the_o engraver_n the_o make_n of_o any_o mould_v 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