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AXIMILIANV.S Sccundus,diuinafaucntcclcmcntia,cle&usRomanorum Im.pcrator,fempcr Auguftus,acGcrmanig, Hungari?,Boiemi£,DaImaticE,Croatie,Scla-uonie, &c. Rcx, Archidux Auftrie,Dux Burgudix,Stirix,Carinthi£,Carniole & V Vir.tenbergae,&c. Comes Tyrolis,&c.Rccognofcimus& notum:facimus,tenoreprxfen.tium vniuerlls,Rcmpublicam bene&rc(fteconftituta,n6tamarmis,mocnijs,&:pro-pugnaculis,quam litterarumftudijs, & virisrebusagcndisaptis&idoneis munitamefledecct.Animaduertentesautemadconferuandas&propagandasbonasartes, acfeminarium quafi virtutis conftitucndum & retinendum,operas typographicas plu.rimu adiumenti conferre: Idco non cos foliim,qui Rcipub. domi autforis prodcfle,vel hoftiuminiurijspropulfandis,velpro Tribunali Ius, & iuftitiamadminiftrandd,quietem & tranquillitatepublicam tueri folent-fed etiam in primis exiftimamus foucndos, qui rei litterarix curam fufpicientes,non dcnoftra folum statc, fcd de pofteris etiam benc mercri nituntur.

Ciim igitur nobisexpofitumfit, noftri &SacriImperijfidelesdilc£tos,M. Gcorgium Bruin,M. FrancifcumI Iogenbergiu,nec nonM.Simonem vanden Noeucl,non finemulto laborum txdio,&graui fumptu,Ciuita.tesOrbisTcrrarum,accuratiifimedelineatas,acalia,qu2ead earumoriginem &hiftoriafpc£tarcnt,fummad-1 igentia collegiflc, atqueconftituifle illas Ciuitatum dilineationes, cum hiftorjca enarrationc, ad communereilittcraria:vtilitatemin publicum edere, dcterrcriautem finiftrisxrfiulorumartibus,quifalcemin mcflcmalicnaminijcicntes,exaliorumlaboribus,priuata comoda vcnari foleant,nobisq ; proindehumiliterfupplicatum fit,vt pro noftra,in litterarum ftudia & Mufarum alumnos,affectionc,ipfis clemcnter fubucnire, Caefarea.queaudoritatcnoftra, nimiam aemuloru licentiam benigne coerceredignaremur. Qiiibus quidem prccibusgratioseadmiflis,prxfentium vigore,fcicnter,animoq ; bcne deliberato,& Cxfarea auftoritate noftra ferio de.cernimus & ftatuimus,quod nemo pictorum,cxlatorum, typographorum, bibliopolarum, & alioru,qui ven.dendiSjVelimprimendislibris, fcuquacunq ; alia f rationelibrariam ncgotiationem exercent,xmulisqueopusilludimitaturis,pingendis,fculpendisve,autalioquouismodoexornandis,atq ; illuftrandisimaginibus&ta.bulisvfui velauxiliocfle poflunt,memoratam M. Georgij Bruin, M. Francifci Hogenbergij, M.Simonisvan.den Noeuel, Ciuitatum OrbisTerrarumdefcriptione,delineatiombus, &hiftoricaenarrationeilluftrata,in.tradecenniuab cditionisabfolutxdienumcrandu, coniunttim veldiuifim, ipfis infcijs aut inuitis, ncc tvpis,nec fculptura,leu qnocumq ; alio modo,aut charactcrc,xmulari aut imitari,vel aliundealIatu,intraSacri Ro.mani Imperij fines vendere, ac diftrahere publice,vel occulte poflit aut debeat. Si quis autem prxfens edidumnoftrumtranfgrcdiautviolare , memoratumq ; opusrecudcre, &infraudemau&orumfpargcreconat 9 fue.rit,eum non foliim huiufinodi libris,tanquam comilfis & prxdi&is M.Gcorgio Bruin,Francifco Hogebergio,acSimoni vanden Noeuel, vcl hxredibus, aut mandatu habentibus, auxilio Magiftratuseiusloci, vbideprc.hcnfi fucrint,vendicand is priuari,fed infuper ctia poena decem marcaru auri puri fifco noftro Imperiali,frau.dis vindici,&parti lxfx,exxquofoluenda &numerandamulctarivolum'.Mandates vniucrfis& fingulis no.ftris, & Sacri Romani Imperij 1 ubditis & fidelibus dileclis tam Ecclefiafticis quam fxcularibus cuiufcunq ; fta.tus,gradus,ordinis & conditionis exftiterint,prefertim vero ijs,qui in Magiftratu conftituti funt,ac vel fuo,velfuperiorum fuorum loco & nomine, Iuris & Iuftitixadmiuiftrationem cxercent, ncquenquamhocPriuile.giLim,feuintcrdi&unoftrumimpuneviolare,fperncreautnegligerepatiantur.Sed,fiquoscontumacescom.pererint,prxfcriptapocna plecti,&quibufcunq ; rcdefieripoteft,modiscocrcerecuret,quatenus& lpfi grauiffimam indignationem noftram euitarevoluerint. Idquodteftamurprxfentibuslitteris, manupropriafub.fcriptis, & Cxfarci ligilli noftri imprcflionb munltis. Datu m in ciuitatenoftraVienna,die vigefimao&auamenfis Augufti, Anno Domini Millefimo Quingcntcfimo Septuagcfimo fecundo, Regnorumnoftrorum,Romani,decimo,Hungarici,nono,Boiemici vero vigefimotmarto.

Maximilianus.

V. Io. Bap. VVcber,&c.

Ad mandatum Sac. Cxf.

Maieftatis proprium

Obernburgcr.

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V CT O RITAT E PhiIippi,Hifpaniarum Regis,cautum cft,nc quis prxtcr Francifci Hogenbergijvoluntatemhos,deprecipui$,totiusvniuerfi,ciuitatibuslibrQs,au&oreGebrgioBruin Agrippinatcr confcriptos,coniundim vel diuifim,fculptura,chara£tcre,autquocunq ; modo,intra decenium imiS^itetur, depingat, aut imprimat, velalibi quocunq ; modo excufos, aut depiiftos, in aliquo Brabantixvel tranfmofanarum ditionumloco,perfe, vclperalios, clam vel aperte diftrahat.Sub poena, indiplomatecontenta. Datum Bruxellx,XXII.Nouemb.M. D.LXXIIII.

Exconfilio

I. DeVVitte.