Philip  the  Second,  at  Madrid,  156f),  after  com-
manding that  all  the  laws  and  edicts  be  obsened,
l>y  which  the  Gypsies  are  forbidden  to  wander
i^MUt,  and  commanded  to  establish  themselves,
ordains,  with  the  view  of  restraining  their  thievish
and  cheating  practices,  that  none  of  them  be  per-
mitted to  sell  any  thing,  either  within  or  without
fain  or  markets,  if  not  provided  with  a  testimony
•tgned  by  the  notary  public,  to  prove  that  they
have  a  settled  residence,  and  where  it  may  be ;
which  testimony  must  also  specify  and  describe
the  horses,  cattle,  linen,  and  other  things,  which
they  can7  forth  for  sale ;  otherwise  they  arc  to  bo
punished  as  thieves,  and  what  they  attempt  to
sell  considered  as  stolen  property.
Philip  the  Tliird,  at  Bdem,  in  Portugal,  1619,
commands  all  the  Gypsies  of  the  liingdom  to  quit
the  same  within  the  term  of  sis  months,  and
DCTcr  to  return,  under  pain  of  death ;  those  who
should  wish  to  remain,  are  to  establish  themselves
in  cities,  towns,  and  villages,  of  one  thousand
families  and  upwards,  and  are  not  to  be  allowed


19S  THB   ZfNCALT.
the  nse  of  the  dress,  name,  and  language  of  Gyp-
sies, in  order  that,  forasmuch  a*  they  are  not  »uch
by  nation,  this  name  and  manner  of  life  may  be
for  evermore  confounded  and  forgotten.  They
are  moreover  forbidden,  under  the  sarae  penalty,
to  have  any  thing  to  do  with  the  buying  or  selling
of  cattle,  whether  great  or  small.
