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king, that " none, from henceforth, shall multiply gold and silver, nor use the craft

chemists. But at a later date, when royal avarice conquered superstitious fears, Wil-

of multiplication; and if any do, he shall incur the pain of felony in this case," — a strange tribute to the power of the al-

liam and Mary repealed the statute, with the proviso that the gold or silver extracted by the art of smelting should be carried to