By the Quene. The Quenes hyghnes vpon many great considerations for the benfyte of her common weale, dothe wyyll and straigtlye commaund al maner of persons of what condition soeuer they be ... to absteyne form kyllyng, dressyng, or eatyng of anye fleshe, vpon all such vsuall fastynge dayes ... Proclamations. 1558-02-07 England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21587 of text S112030 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A21587 STC 7890 ESTC S112030 99847289 99847289 12318

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 eng Lent -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Early works to 1800. England -- Proclamations -- Early works to 1800. eebo By the Quene. The Quenes hyghnes vpon many great considerations for the benfyte of her common weale, dothe wyll and straigtlye commaund al maner of pe England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) 1559 1 282 1 0 0 0 0 0 35.46 D The rate of 35.46 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-07 Sampled and proofread 2002-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-08 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the Quene .

THe Quenes hyghnes vpon many great considerations for the benfyte of her common weale , dothe wyll and straigtlye commaund al maner of persons of what condition soeuer they be , otherwyse then such as be or shal be excusyd by vnfayned sickenes , or licenced by thauctoritie of her Maiestie or her progenitors : to absteyne from kyllyng , dressyng , or eatyng of anye fleshe , vpon all such vsuall fastynge dayes , and namelye the tyme commonly called the Lent , vpon payne of her Maiesties indignation and imprysonment duryng her Maiesties pleasure , and such further fyne as therefore shall seme mete .

FOR the better execution whereof , her Maiestie chargeth all Iustices of peace , and all Maiors ▪ Bailiffes , and hed officers of Cities and Townes corporate , specially of her Cities of London , and Westmynster , vpon profe by two sufficient witnesses before them had , to committe the offendors thereof to pryson , there to remayne durynge her Maiesties pleasure , and to make fine for the same accordynglye .

AND fynally her Maiestie willeth and requireth all such as shal be vpon necessitie and iuste cause licenced as aboue is sayd , that as they regarde her Maiesties fauour , they wyll vse the same as modestly and secretely as they may , both to auoyde excesse and euyll example . Yeuen at oure Palayce of Westmynster the .vij day of February the fyrst yeare of oure Raygne .

God saue the Quene .

Imprinted at London by Rychard Iugge , and Ihon Cawodde , Prynters to the Quenes Maiestie .

Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis .