¶
An
acte
that
purueyors
shall
not
take
victualles
,
within
fiue
myles
of
Cambrydge
and
Oxforde
.
HVmbly
sue
to
your
Maiesties
,
the
societees
,
Colleges
,
&
companyes
,
of
your
true
and
faythfull
subiectes
,
&
daylye
orators
the
scholers
&
studentes
of
both
youre
maiesties
vniuersities
,
Cambrydge
and
Oxforde
,
that
where
it
hath
bene
accustomed
tyme
out
of
mynde
that
both
the
sayd
market
townes
of
Cambridge
and
Oxford
,
wherin
the
sayd
two
vniuersities
,
be
set
and
the
circuite
of
fiue
myles
next
adioyning
,
hath
ben
fre
from
anye
charge
or
molestation
of
anye
common
takers
,
or
purueyers
for
victual
,
wherby
the
sayd
markettes
,
were
more
plentifully
serued
with
victuall
,
and
the
pore
estate
of
a
great
multytude
of
schollers
,
hauyng
verye
bare
and
small
sustentation
thereby
releued
,
and
nowe
by
the
meanes
that
contrary
to
the
same
laudable
custome
,
diuerse
purueyors
,
and
takers
haue
of
late
excessyuely
frequented
the
sayd
marketes
,
and
thereby
giuen
occasion
to
make
the
victelles
both
more
skant
and
much
derer
,
to
a
notorious
decaye
of
schollers
,
which
also
dayly
in
this
great
derth
,
is
lyke
to
encresse
and
be
more
lamentable
,
to
the
hinderaunce
of
gods
seruyce
,
the
dishonor
of
the
realme
,
the
discomforte
of
all
good
and
holy
men
,
louyng
learnyng
and
vertue
.
It
may
therefore
please
your
maiesties
of
your
great
pytie
and
aboundant
fauor
and
loue
towardes
your
sayd
two
vniuersities
,
beynge
the
verye
two
onely
norses
of
good
learnyng
in
this
realme
,
with
the
assent
of
the
Lordes
spirituall
&
temporall
,
and
the
commons
,
in
this
present
parliament
assembled
,
and
by
the
auctoritie
of
the
same
,
to
enacte
,
ordeyne
and
establyshe
,
that
from
henceforth
no
maner
of
purueyor
,
taker
bager
,
looder
,
or
other
minister
,
maye
or
shall
take
or
bargayne
for
anye
kynde
of
victuall
or
grayne
,
in
any
of
the
sayd
markettes
or
townes
,
of
Cambrydge
,
and
the
Citie
of
Oxforde
,
nor
shall
take
or
bargayne
for
any
victuall
,
within
the
compasse
of
fyue
myles
,
therto
adioynyng
,
without
the
consent
agrement
or
good
wyll
of
the
owner
or
owners
,
nether
shall
attempte
to
cary
take
awaye
,
or
bargayne
for
any
maner
of
grayne
,
or
other
victuall
,
bought
or
prouyded
within
the
sayd
space
of
fyue
myles
by
any
commone
mynyster
,
of
anye
Colledge
,
hostell
,
or
hall
to
be
spent
within
any
of
the
sayd
Colledges
,
hostelles
,
or
halles
,
vpon
payne
of
the
forfeyture
of
the
quadruple
value
,
of
any
such
maner
grayne
,
or
vyctuall
so
taken
or
bargayned
for
in
any
of
the
sayd
markettes
,
or
within
the
sayd
space
of
fyue
myles
,
agaynste
the
wil
of
the
owners
,
as
is
abouesayd
,
or
attempted
to
be
taken
caryed
awaye
,
or
bargayned
for
,
beinge
prouyded
as
is
abouesayd
,
for
to
be
spent
in
any
the
Colledges
,
hostels
,
or
halles
,
And
further
shal
suffer
imprysonment
,
for
the
space
of
three
Moneths
,
withoute
bayle
or
maynepryse
,
and
that
the
Chauncellour
,
or
vicechauncellor
,
or
his
Commyssary
for
the
tyme
beynge
,
in
eyther
of
the
sayd
vniuersities
,
with
two
Iustices
of
peace
,
of
the
Countie
,
wherein
the
sayd
vniuersities
be
sette
,
shall
haue
full
power
by
auctoritye
of
thys
acte
,
to
enquyre
by
the
othes
of
.
xii
.
men
of
and
vpon
the
defaultes
and
offences
commytted
contrary
to
the
tenor
thereof
,
and
to
see
due
punyshment
and
reformation
thereof
in
forme
aforesayde
from
tyme
to
tyme
,
the
one
halfe
of
whych
foresayd
forfeytures
to
be
to
the
common
treasure
of
eyther
the
sayd
vniuersities
respectyuely
to
the
faulte
,
commytted
,
agaynst
this
their
priuiledge
,
the
other
halfe
to
the
partye
that
wyll
sue
for
the
same
,
by
action
of
debte
,
byl
,
playnt
,
or
otherwyse
in
any
courte
of
record
,
or
before
the
foresayd
Chauncellour
,
his
vice
chauncelloure
,
or
commyssary
for
the
time
〈…〉
.