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1663
- Dec
Pratique
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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First Reading
jzb • Link
Had to look this one up.
From Wikipedia:
Pratique is the license given to a ship to enter port on assurance from the captain to convince the authorities that she is free from contagious disease.
Second Reading
Bill • Link
PRATIQUE, PRATTICK [among Merchants] a Licence to Traffick or Trade, granted to the Masters of Ships in the Ports of Italy.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
PRATTIQUE, A licence for the master of a ship to traffick in the ports of Italy upon a certificate that the place, from whence he came, is not annoyed with any infectious disease.
---A Dictionary Of The English Language. Samuel Johnson, 1756.