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No gilt wire to be coloured with verdegrease, &c. penalty 2s. and 6d. per oz.
6 ounces of plate at least to cover 4 of silk,
except large twist, round brocade, &c. in which 6 ounces to 5 of silk.
All said plate to be spun close, on well boiled, light dyed silk,
except frost;
Penalty 2s. 6d. per ounce.
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>III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of May, no gilt wire shall be coloured with verdegrease, or dead-head, or any other force-colour, upon pain that the person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of two shillings and six pence for every ounce so coloured: and for all gold and silver, prepared as aforesaid, and reduced into plate, there shall be allowed at the least six ounces of the said plate to cover four ounces of silk, except large twist, freeze, freezon, frost, and cheque, and also except round brocade, used in the making brocaded gold and silver silks or stuffs only, in which there shall be allowed at the least six ounces of the said plate to cover five ounces of silk, and no more; all which gold and silver plate shall be spun close upon well boiled and light dyed silk only, except frost, being run thin and spun upon different coloured silk; and in case any spinner of gold and silver thread, or other person, shall lay gold or silver plate upon any greater proportions of silk, or in any other manner, than as before directed by this act (except as is herein before excepted) such spinner or other person shall forfeit and pay two shillings and six pence for every ounce so spun.
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