Reasons Humbly Offerd For Amending And Explaining An Act Made In The Tenth Year Of Her Majestys

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An early British political leaflet lobbying for change in regulations on the wool textile industry. The petitioners ask that Parliament require that the Length and Breadth of all mixt and medley Broad Cloth, may not be ascertain'd at the Place of Making, but at the Place of Sale; where both Seller and Buyer may see that equal Justice is done between them. The document is among the earliest examples of commercial lobbying literature, which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House

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