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quors. 4. For granting to their majesties a subsidy of tunnage and poundage, and other sums of money payable upon merchandize exported and imported. 5. For enabling the sale of goods distrained for rent, in case the rent be not paid in a reasonable time. 6. For the exercise of the government by her majesty, during his majesty's absence. 7. To declare the right and freedom of election of members to serve in parliament for the Cinque Ports. 8. For reversing the judgment in a Quo Warranto against the city of London, and for restoring the city of London to its ancient rights and privileges. 9. For the discouraging the importation of thrown silk. 10. Of the king's and queen's most gracious, general, and free pardon. |

2 W. & M. Sess. 2. 1. For granting an aid to their majesties of the sum of 1,651,702/. 18s. 2. Concerning the commissioners of the admiralty. 3. For doubling the duty of excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors, during the space of one year. 4. For granting to their majesties certain impositions upon all East India goods and merchandizes, and upon all wrought silks, and several other goods and merchandize, to be imported after the 25th day of December, 1690. 5. For the continuance of several former acts therein mentioned, for the laying several duties upon wines, vinegar, and tobacco. 6. For punishing officers and soldiers who shall mutiny or desert their majesties service, and for punishing false musters. 7. For reviving a former act for regulating the measures and prices of coals. 8. For paving and cleansing the streets in the cities of London and Westminster, and suburbs and liberties thereof, and out-parishes in the county of Middlesex, and in the borough of Southwark, and other places within the weekly bills of mortality, in the county of Surry, and for regulating the markets therein mentioned. 9. For the encouraging the distilling of brandy and spirits from corn, and for laying several duties on low wines, or spirits of the first extraction. 10. For granting to their majesties several additional duties of excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for four years, from the time that an act for doubling the duties of excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors, during the space of one year, doth expire. 11. For appointing and enabling commissioners to examine, take, and state the public accounts of the kingdom. 12. For raising the militia of this kingdom for the year 1691, although the month's pay formerly advanced he not repaid. 13. For preventing vexatious suits against such as acted for their majesties service in defence of the kingdom. 14. For the more effectual putting in execution an act, intitled, an act for prohibiting all trade and commerce with France. 15. For relief of poor prisoners for debt or damages.

3 W. & M. 1. For granting to their majesties certain impositions upon beer, ale, and other liquors for one year. 2. For abrogating the oath of supremacy in Ireland, and appointing other oaths. 3. For the better ascertain

ing the tithes of hemp and flax. 4. For preserving two ships lading of bay salt, taken as prize, for the benefit of their majesties navy. 5. For granting an aid to their majesties of the sum of 1,651,702/.18 s., towards the carrying on a vigorous war against France.

3 & 4 W. & M. 6. For raising money by a poll payable quarterly for one year, for the carrying on a vigorous war against France. 7. For raising the militia of this kingdom for the year 1692, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid. 8. For the encou ragement of the breeding and feeding of cattle. 9. To take away clergy from some offenders, and to bring others to punishment. 10. For the more effectual discovery and punishment of deer-stealers. 11. For the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws for the settlement of the poor. 12. For the better repairing and amending the highways, and for settling the rates of carriage of goods. 13. Against corresponding with their majesties enemies. 14. For relief of creditors against fraudulent devises. 15. For the better ordering and collecting the duty upon low wines and strong waters; and for preventing the abuses therein.

4 W. & M. 1. For granting to their majesties an aid of four shillings in the pound for one year, for carrying on a vigorous war against France. 2. That the inhabitants of the province of York may dispose of their personal estates by their wills, notwithstanding the custom of that province. 3. For granting to their majesties certain rates and duties of excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for securing certain recompences and advantages in the said act mentioned, to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of 1,000,000l. towards carrying on the war against France. 4. For taking special bails in the country upon actions and suits depending in the courts of King's Bench, Cominon Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster.

4 & 5 W. & M. 5. For granting to their majesties certain additional impositions upon several goods and merchandizes, for the prosecuting the present war against France. 6. For raising the militia of this kingdom for the year 1693, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid. 7. To prevent abuses committed by the traders in butter and cheese. 8. For encouraging the apprehending of highwaymen. 9. For reviving of two former acts of parliament for repairing the highways in the county of Hertford. 10. For prohibiting the importation of all foreign_hair buttons. For examining, taking, and stating the public accounts of this kingdom. 12. To make parishioners of the church united contributors to the repairs and ornaments of the church to whom the union is made. 13. For punishing officers and soldiers who shall mutiny or desert their majesties service; and for punishing false musters, and for the payment of quarters. 14. For the review of the quarterly poll granted to their majesties in the last session of this present

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parliament. 15. For continuing certain acts therein mentioned, and for charging several joint stocks. 16. To prevent frauds by clandestine mortgages. 17. For the regaining, encouraging, and settling the Greenland trade. 18. To prevent malicious informations in the court of King's Bench, and for the more easy reversal of outlawries in the same court. 19. For preventing suits against such as acted for their majesties service in defence of the kingdom. 20. For the better discovery of judgments in the courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster, 21. For delivering declarations to prisoners. 22. For regulating proceedings in the Crown-office in the court of King's Bench at Westminster. 23. For the more easy discovery and conviction of such as shall destroy the game of this kingdom. 24. For reviving, continuing, and explaining several laws therein mentioned, which are expired and near expiring. 25. For continuing the acts for prohibiting all trade and commerce with France, and for the encouragement of privateers.

5 W. & M. 1. For granting to their majesties an aid of four shillings in the pound for one year, for carrying on a vigorous war against France. 2. For repealing such parts of several former acts, as prevent or prohibit the importation of foreign brandy, aqua vitæ, and other spirits, and bacon, except from France. 3. For the importation of fine Italian, Sicilian, and Naples thrown silk. 4. To repeal a clause in the statute made in the 34th and 35th years of king Henry the eighth, by which justices of peace in Wales are limited to eight in each county. 5. To supply the deficiency of the money raised by a former act, intitled, An act for granting to their majesties certain rates and duties of excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for securing certain recompences and advantages in the said act mentioned, to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of 1,000,000l. towards carrying on the war against France. 6. To prevent disputes and controversies concerning royal mines.

5 & 6, W & M. 7. For granting to their majesties certain rates and duties upon salt, and upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for securing certain recompences and advantages in the said act mentioned, to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of 1,000,000l. towards carrying on the war against France. 8. For the explaining, and the more effectual execution of a former act, for the relief of poor prisoners. 9. For repeal of a clause in the statute of the fifth year of queen Elizabeth (containing divers orders for artificers and others) which relates to weavers of cloth. 10. For the relief of the orphans, and other creditors of the city of London. 11. To prevent delays of proceedings at the quarter sessions of the peace. 12. To take away the process for the capiatur fine, in the several courts at Westminster. 13. To repeal the statute made in the tenth year of king Edward the third, for finding sureties for the good abearing, by him

or her that hath a pardon of felony. 14. For raising money by a poll, payable quarterly, for one year, for carrying on a vigorous war against France. 15. For continuing the act for punishing officers and soldiers who shall mutiny or desert their majesties service, and for punishing false musters, and for the payment of quarters, for one year longer. 16. For the importation of salt petre, for one year. 17. For the exportation of iron, copper, and mundick metal. 18. For the enabling their majesties to make grants, leases, and copies, of offices, lands, and hereditaments, parcel of their duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same: and for confirmation of leases and grants already made. 19. For raising the militia of this kingdom, for the year 1694, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid. 20. For granting to their majesties several rates and duties upon tonnage of ships and vessels, and upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for securing certain recompences and advantages in the said act mentioned, to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of 1,500,000l. towards carrying on the war against France. 21. For granting to their majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment, and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France. 22. For the licensing and regulating_hackney coaches, and stage coaches. 23. For appointing and enabling commissioners to examine, take, and state the public accounts of the kingdom. 24. For building good and defensible ships. 25. For the better discipline of their majesties navy royal.

6 W. & M. 1. For granting to their ma jesties a subsidy of tunnage and poundage, and other sums of money payable upon merchandizes exported and imported. 2. For the frequent meeting and calling of parliaments.

6 W. III. 3. For granting to his majesty an aid of four shillings in the pound, for one year; and for applying the yearly sum of 300,000l. for five years, out of the duties of tonnage and poundage, and other sums of money, payable upon merchandizes exported and imported, for carrying on the war against France with vigour. 4. For exempting apothecaries from serving the offices of constable, scavenger, and other parish and ward offices, and from serving upon juries.

6 & 7 W. III. 5. For enabling such persons as have estates for life in annuities, payable by several former acts therein mentioned, to purchase and obtain further or more certain interest in such annuities; and in default thereof, for admitting other persons to purchase or obtain the same, for raising moneys for carrying on the war against France. 6. For granting to his majesty certain rates and duties upon marriages, births, and burials, and upon bachelors and widowers, for the term of five years, for carrying on the war against France with vigour. 7. For granting to his majesty several additional duties upon coffee, tea, chocolate, and spices, towards satisfaction of the

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APPENDIX, No XX.-List of Acts passed

debts due for transport service, for the reduc-
tion of Ireland. 8. For continuing two former
acts for punishing officers and soldiers who shall
mutiny or desert his majesty's service, and for
punishing false musters, and for payment of
quarters, for one year longer. 9. For appoint-
10. For
ing and enabling commissioners to examine,
take, and state the public accounts.
the better admeasurement of keels, and keel
boats, in the port of Newcastle, and the mem-
11. For the more
bers thereunto belonging,
effectual suppressing profane cursing and swear-
ing. 12. For explaining and regulating seve-
ral doubts, duties, and penalties in the late
act for granting several duties upon vellum,
parchment, and paper; and for ascertaining
the admeasurement of the tonnage of ships.
13. For raising the militia of this kingdom for
the year 1695, and for repealing the statute of
2 and 3 Edw. 6. intitled, An act against shoot-
ing of hail shot. 14. For continuing several
laws therein mentioned. 15. To indemnify
sir Thomas Cooke from actions which he might
be liable to, by reason of his discovering to
whom he paid and distributed several sums of
money therein mentioned to be received out of
the treasure of the East India company, or for
16. To
any prosecution for such distribution.
prevent exactions of the occupiers of locks and
wears upon the river of Thames, westward, and
for ascertaining the rates of water carriage
17. To prevent counter-
upon the said river.
feiting and clipping the coin of this kingdom.
18. For granting to his majesty certain duties
upon glass ware, stone, and earthen bottles,
coals, and culm, for carrying on the war against
France. 19. For imprisoning sir Thomas
Cooke, sir Bazil Firebrace, Charles Bates, esq.
and James Craggs, and restraining them from
20. For the king's
alienating their estates.
most gracious, general, and free pardon.
1. For remedying the ill state
7 W. III.
of the coin of the kingdom. 2. For enlarging
the times to come in and purchase certain an-
nuities therein mentioned, and for continuing
the duties formerly charged on low wines, or
spirits of the first extraction, for carrying on
the war against France. 3. For regulating of
trials in cases of treason and misprision of
4. For preventing charge and ex-
pence in elections of members to serve in par-
liament. 5. For granting to his majesty an
aid of four shillings in the pound for one year,
for carrying on the war against France.

treason.

7 & 8 W. III. 6. For the more easy re-
covery of small tithes. 7. To prevent false
and double returns of members to serve in par-
liament. 8. For taking, examining, and stat-
9. For repairing the
ing the public accounts.
10.
highways between the city of London and the
town of Harwich, in the county of Essex.
For continuing several duties granted by former
acts upon wine and vinegar, and upon tobacco,
and East India goods, and other merchandize
imported, for carrying on the war against
France. 11. For impowering his majesty to
apprehend and detain such persons, as he shall

successors.

12. For relief find cause to suspect are conspiring against his royal person and government. of poor prisoners for debt or damages. 13. For taking off the obligation and encourage14. For making navigament for coining guineas, for a certain time therein mentioned. 15. For the continuing, meetof Hereford. ble the rivers of Wye, and Lugg, in the county ing, and sitting of a parliament, in case of the 16. For raising the militia of this death or demise of his majesty, his heirs and kingdom for the year 1696, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid. 17. To continue four former acts for preventing theft and rapine upon the northern borders of England. 18. For granting to his majesty several rates and duties upon houses, for making good the deficiency of the clipt money. 19. To encourage the bringing plate into the mint, to be coined; and for the further remedying the ill state of the coin of the kingdom. 20. For granting to his majesty an additional duty upon all French goods and merchandize. 22. For preventing frauds, and re21. For the increase and encouragement of ✓ seamen. gulating abuses in the plantation trade. 23. For continuing several former acts for punishing officers and soldiers who shall mutiny or desert his majesty's service, and for punishing false musters, and for payment of quarters, for one year longer. 24. Requiring the practisers of the law to take the oaths, and subscribe the declaration therein mentioned. 25. For the further regulating elections of members to serve in parliament; and for preventing irrein the electing and returning such members. gular proceedings of sheriffs, and other officers, 26. For repairing the highways between Wymondham and Attleborough, in the county of Norfolk. 27. For the better security of his majesty's royal person and government. 28. For the more effectually preventing the expor tation of wool, and for the encouraging the importation thereof from Ireland. 29. For the better amending and repairing the highways, and explanation of the laws relating thereto. 30. For laying several duties upon low wines, or spirits of the first extraction, and for preventing the frauds and abuses of brewers, distillers, and other persons chargeable with the duties of excise. 31. For continuing to his majesty certain duties upon salt, glass wares, stone and upon tobacco pipes, and other earthen wares, earthen wares, and for granting several duties for carrying on the war against France, and for establishing a national land-bank, and for 32. For the ease of jurors, 33. For the taking off the duties upon tonnage of ships, and upon coals. and better regulating of juries. 34. That the solemn affirmation and declarabetter encouragement of the Greenland trade. tion of the people called Quakers, shall be accepted instead of an oath in the usual form. 35. For the enforcing the laws which restrain marriages without licence or banns; and for 36. For continuing several acts of the better registering marriages, births, and burials.

parliament therein mentioned. 37. For the encouragement of charitable gifts and dispositions. 38. To take away the custom of Wales, which hinder persons from disposing their personal estates by their wills. 39. For encouraging the linen manufacture of Ireland, and bringing flax and hemp into, and the making of sail-cloth in this kingdom.

8 W. III. 1. For the importing and coining guineas and half guineas. 2. For the further remedying the ill state of the coin of the kingdom. 3. To explain that part of an act passed the last session of parliament, for laying several duties on low wines, and spirits of the first extraction, and for preventing the frauds and abuses of brewers, distillers, and other persons chargeable with the duties of excise, which relates to the payment of tallies, and the interest thereof. 4. To attaint sir John Fenwick, bart. of high treason. 5. To attaint such of the persons concerned in the late horrid conspiracy to assassinate his majesty's royal person, who are fled from justice, unless they render themselves to justice, and for continuing several others of the said conspirators in custody. 6. For granting an aid to his majesty, as well by a land tax, as by several subsidies and other duties, payable for one year.

making other provision for answering the deficiencies as well of the late duties upon coals and culm, as for paying the annuities upon the lottery, and for lives, charged on the tunnage of ships, and the duties upon salt. 22. For granting to his majesty certain duties upon malt, mum, sweets, cyder, and perry, as well towards carrying on the war against France, as for the necessary expence of his majesty's houshold, and other occasions. 23. To enforce the act for the increase and encouragement of seamen. 24. For granting to his majesty a further subsidy of tunnage and poundage upon merchandises imported, for the term of two years and three quarters, and an additional land tax for one year, for carrying on the war against France. 25. For licensing hawkers and pedlars, for a further provision for payment of the interest of the transport debt for the reducing of Ireland. 26. For the better preventing the counterfeiting the current coin of this kingdom. 27. For the more effectual relief of creditors in cases of escapes, and for preventing abuses in prisons, and pretended privileged places. 28. For the better observation of the course anciently used in the receipt of exchequer. 29. For the repair of the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the East Riding of the county of York. 30. For supplying some defects in the laws for the relief of the poor of this kingdom. 31. For the easier obtaining partitions of lands in coparcenary, joint tenancy, and tenancy in common. $2. To restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers. 33. To make per

8 & 9 W. III. 7. For granting to his majesty several duties upon paper, vellum, and parchment, to encourage the bringing of plate and hammered money into the mints to be coined. 8. For encouraging the bringing in of wrought plate to be coined. 9. To restore the market at Blackwell-Hall to the clothiers, and for regulating the factors there. 10. To ena-petual and more effectual an act, intituled, ble the returns of juries as formerly, until the An act to prevent delays at the quarter ses1st of November, 1697. 11. For the better sions of the peace. 34. For lessening the preventing frivolous and vexatious suits. 12. duty upon tin and pewter exported, and grantFor continuing several additional impositions ing an equivalent for the same, by a duty upon upon several goods and merchandises. 13. drugs. 35. For raising the militia for the year For continuing several former acts for punish- 1697, although the month's pay formerly ading officers and soldiers, who shall mutiny or vanced be not repaid. 36. For the further endesert his majesty's service, and for punishing couragement of the manufacture of lustrings false musters, and for payment of quarters, for and alamodes within this realm, and for the one year longer. 14. For completing the better preventing the importation of the same. building and adorning the cathedral church of 37. For explaining and enforcing the act for St. Paul, London, and for repairing the collegi- paving and cleansing the streets within the ci ate church of St. Peter, Westminster. 15. ties of London and Westminster, and borough For repairing the highway between Ryegate, in of Southwark, and weekly bills of mortality, the county of Surry, and Crawley in the county and streets adjoining thereunto; and for of Sussex. 16. For enlarging common high-widening the street at the south end of London ways. 17. For paving and regulating the Haymarket in the parishes of St. Martin in the Fields, and St. James, within the liberty of Westminster. 18. For relief of creditors, by making compositions with their debtors in case two thirds in number and value do agree. 19. For repealing a clause in a former act relating to party guiles, and, for the better preventing frauds and abuses of brewers, and others, chargeable with the duties of excise. 20. For making good the deficiencies of several funds therein mentioned, and for enlarging the capital stock of the bank of England, and for raising the public credit. 21. For laying a duty upon leather, for the term of three years, and VOL. V.-Appendix.

Bridge.

9 W. III. 1. Against corresponding with the late king James and his adherents. 2. To prevent the further currency of any hammered silver coin of this kingdom, and for recoining such as is now in being; and for the making out new exchequer bills, where the former bills are or shall be filled up by indorsements. 3. To give further time for the administring of oaths relating to tallies and orders, and for the easier dispatch of the public business in the exchequer, and in the bank of England. 4. For continuing the imprisonment of Counter, and others, for the late horrid conspiracy to assassinate the person of his sacred majesty,

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ment, intituled, An act for relief of creditors, by making composition with their debtors, in case two thirds in number and value do agree. 30. For increasing his majesty's duties upon lustrings and alanodes. 31. For raising the militia for the year 1698, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid. 32. For the more effectual suppressing of blasphemy and profaneness. 33. To stop the coining of farthings and halfpence for one year. 34. For the more orderly payment of the lottery tickets, now payable out of certain additional duties of out of the tunnage duties. 35. For preventing frauds and abuses in the charging, collecting, and paying the duties upon marriages, births, burials, bachelors, and widowers. 36. For the increase and preservation of timber in the New Forest in the county of Southampton. 37. For applying to the use of his majesty's navy and ordnance, the overplus of the money and stores which were provided for the building 27 ships of war. 38. For granting to his ma

9 & 10 W. III. 5. For satisfying and dis 28. For the exporting watches, sword hilts, charging the arrears of several annuities which and other manufactures of silver. 29. To reincurred between the 17th day of May, 1696,peal the act made in the last session of parliaand the 17th day of May, 1697. 6. That all retailers of salt shall sell by weight. 7. To prevent the throwing or firing of squibs, serpents, and other fire-works. 8. For explaining an act made the last session of parliament, for granting to his majesty certain duties upon malt, mum, sweets, cyder, and perry. 9. For rendering the laws more effectual for preventing the importation of foreign bone-lace, loomlace, needle-work, point, and cut-work. 10. For granting to his majesty the sum of 1,484,015. 1s. 11 d. for disbanding forces, paying seamen, and other uses therein mention-excise, and of other annuities lately payable ed. 11. For explaining an act made the last session of parliament, intituled, An act for supplying some defects in the laws for the relief of the poor of this kingdom. 12. For the enlarging, repairing, and preserving the bridge and key of the borough of Bridgewater, in the county of Somerset. 13. For granting to his majesty several duties upon coals and culm. 14. For continuing the duties upon coffee, tea, and chocolate, and spices, towards satisfaction of the debt due for transport service for the re-jesty an aid, by a quarterly poll, for one year. duction of Ireland. 15. For determining differences by arbitration. 16. To execute judg ments and decrees, saved in a clause in an act of the first year of the reign of king William and queen Mary, intituled, An act for taking away the court holden before the president and council of the Marches of Wales. 17. For the better payment of inland bills of exchange. 18. For repairing the highways from the town of Birdlipp, and the top of Crickley-hill, in the county of Gloucester, to the city of Gloucester. 19. For cleansing and making navigable the channel from the Hithe at Colchester, to Wivenice. 20. To naturalize the children of such officers and soldiers, and others, the natural born subjects of this realm, who have been born abroad during the war, the parents of such children having been in the service of this government. 21. For the better preventing the counterfeiting, clipping, and other diminishing the coin of this kingdom. 22. To repeal an act made in the 39th year of the reign of queen Elizabeth, intituled, An act to restrain the excessive making of malt, and to discharge and vacate orders made by justices of peace, by virtue thereof, for restraining maltsters from making malt. 23. For granting to his majesty a further subsidy of tunnage and poundage, towards raising the yearly sum of 700,000l. for the service of his majesty's houshold, and other uses therein mentioned, during his majesty's life. 24. For enlarging the time for purchasing certain estates or interests in several annuities therein mentioned. 25. For granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors, further duties upon stamped vellum, parchment, and paper. 26. To settle the trade to Africa. 27. For licensing hawkers and pedlars, for a further provision of interest for the transport debt for reducing of Ireland.

39. For settling and adjusting the proportions
of fine silver and silk, for the better making of
silver and gold thread, and to prevent the
abuses of wire-drawers. 40. For the explana-
tion and better execution of former acts made
against transporting of wool, fullers earth, and
scouring clay. 41. For the better preventing
the embezzlement of his majesty's stores of
war, and preventing cheats, frauds, and abuses
in paying seamens wages. 42. For enlarging
the time for registering of ships, pursuant to
the act for preventing frauds, and regulating
abuses in the plantation trade. 43. For the
better encouragement of the royal lustring
company, and the more effectual preventing
the fraudulent importation of lustrings and ala-
modes. 44. For raising a sum, not exceeding
2,000,000l. upon a fund for payment of annui-
ties, after the rate of 87. per centum per annum,
and for settling the trade to the East Indies.
45. For taking away half the duties imposed
on glass wares, and the whole duties lately
laid on stone and earthen wares, and tobacco
pipes; and for granting (in lieu thereof) new✓
duties upon whale fins, and Scotch linen.

10 W. III. 1. For granting an aid to his majesty, for disbanding the army, and other necessary occasions. 2. To prevent the making or selling buttons made of cloth, serge, druggett, and other stuffs. 3. To prohibit the exportation of any corn, malt, meal, flour, bread, biscuit, or starch, for one ycar from 10th Feb. 1698.

10 & 11 W. III. 4. To prohibit the excessive distilling of spirits and low wines from corn, and against the exporting of beer and ale, and to prevent frauds in distillers. 5. For the cleansing, repairing, preserving and maintaining the haven and piers of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk. 6. To enlarge the

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