¶
By
the
Quene
,
THE
Quenes
Maiestie
consyderyng
the
euyll
disposition
of
sundrye
her
subiectes
,
to
obserue
the
auncient
orders
for
abstynence
from
eatyng
of
fleshe
,
aswell
in
the
tyme
of
Lent
,
as
of
other
vsuall
fastyng
dayes
.
And
wayenge
the
great
notable
commodities
growen
by
the
due
obseruacion
therof
within
this
lande
,
many
maner
of
wayes
:
Strayghtly
chargeth
all
maner
of
people
residing
in
the
same
,
to
obserue
and
kepe
the
auncient
and
laudable
order
for
fastyng
,
aswel
in
this
Lent
tyme
,
as
vpon
other
fythe
dayes
,
and
lykewyse
commaundeth
all
maner
offycers
,
both
Ecclesiasticall
and
Temporall
,
to
whom
the
regarde
hereof
doth
belong
,
strayghtly
to
se
the
same
wel
and
duely
obserued
.
Wyllyng
and
commaundyng
them
both
in
the
name
of
Almyghtye
God
,
before
whom
they
shall
aunswere
for
theyr
perticuler
charges
,
and
as
they
wyll
also
aunswere
to
her
Maiestie
for
theyr
apparaunt
contempt
or
negligence
,
that
they
do
not
either
by
theyr
owne
example
,
or
by
lacke
of
execution
of
theyr
aucthoritie
,
permitte
such
licentious
and
carnall
disorder
,
in
contempt
of
God
and
man
,
and
onely
to
the
satisfaction
of
deuelyshe
and
carnall
appetite
▪
to
be
suffered
vnponyshed
.
And
because
the
maner
of
thexecution
hereof
,
in
the
Citie
and
suburbes
of
London
▪
and
Westminster
,
shall
geue
good
example
to
the
rest
of
the
Realme
:
Her
Maiestie
by
this
present
Proclamacion
,
strayghtly
commaundeth
and
chargeth
the
Maior
of
her
sayde
Citie
,
and
other
principall
officers
of
Westminster
,
that
no
Bocher
,
Pulter
,
nor
victueller
,
shall
kyll
,
or
sell
,
or
cause
to
be
kylled
or
solde
within
the
sayde
Citie
,
or
the
suburbes
,
or
within
Westminster
,
or
the
iurisdiction
therof
,
any
fleshe
before
the
tuesday
next
after
Palme
sonday
next
comming
,
nor
that
any
table
keper
,
Inholder
,
victueller
or
any
other
person
that
kepeth
any
house
,
wherto
any
persons
do
or
shal
resorte
for
meate
and
drynke
for
theyr
money
,
nor
any
other
person
residing
within
the
same
places
,
shall
dresse
,
or
suffer
,
or
consent
to
be
dressed
,
or
eate
,
or
suffer
to
be
eaten
,
any
fleshe
within
any
of
theyr
houses
,
before
Easter
day
next
,
vpon
payne
that
euery
person
and
persons
that
shall
offende
contrary
to
this
order
,
shall
forfeite
and
pay
to
her
highnesse
for
euery
such
offence
,
twenty
poundes
,
those
halfe
to
be
disposed
by
theyr
Churchwardens
,
to
theyr
poore
people
,
inhabytyng
the
paryshe
where
thoffence
shal
be
found
,
and
thother
to
her
hyghnesse
vse
,
as
in
lyke
case
is
ordred
.
And
besydes
,
yf
the
person
offendyng
be
a
Citezen
,
he
shall
by
the
Maior
and
his
brethren
without
delay
,
be
immediatly
for
euer
disfraunchised
,
and
beyng
a
table
keper
,
or
victueller
vtterly
disabled
in
any
place
to
vse
the
same
trade
.
And
yf
he
be
no
Citezen
,
then
he
shall
ouer
and
besydes
the
sayde
,
forfayture
,
haue
for
euery
such
offence
ten
dayes
imprisonment
without
bayle
,
and
yf
the
partie
offending
be
not
hable
to
pay
the
sayde
forfaiture
immediatly
vpon
proffe
made
of
thoffence
committed
:
the
same
shall
for
euery
suche
offence
,
stand
one
market
day
in
the
market
tyme
openly
vpon
the
pyllory
,
duryng
the
space
of
sixe
houres
,
and
also
that
euery
Alderman
within
his
warde
,
shall
twyse
this
lent
tyme
,
cause
an
enquyry
and
presentment
to
be
made
,
by
the
othes
of
twelue
honest
and
substanciall
Citezens
of
the
same
warde
,
beyng
not
Bochers
,
Pulters
,
common
victuellers
▪
nor
table
kepers
:
what
persons
haue
or
do
offend
in
eatyng
,
kyllyng
,
or
sellyng
of
fleshe
within
that
ward
,
wherof
thone
enquyrye
shal
be
the
Monday
after
Mydlent
Sonday
,
and
thother
in
the
weke
next
before
Easter
,
and
that
in
the
choise
of
the
persons
which
shall
so
enquire
,
good
regarde
be
had
,
that
they
be
such
as
be
best
disposed
to
fynd
out
,
and
truely
to
present
such
offences
,
without
respect
of
persons
,
and
also
that
the
Maior
with
his
brethren
,
cause
once
euery
fortnyght
priuie
searche
to
be
made
by
honest
and
trusty
persons
of
the
houses
of
all
Bochers
,
Pulters
,
table
kepers
,
tauernes
,
victuellers
,
and
other
suspected
houses
,
for
the
better
vnderstandyng
whether
they
or
anye
of
them
do
offende
in
the
premisses
,
and
that
yf
they
shall
fynde
ether
by
this
searche
,
or
by
anye
lawefull
proffe
brought
before
them
▪
any
person
to
haue
offended
:
that
then
immediatly
they
cause
thoffenders
to
be
punyshed
,
as
aboue
is
expressed
without
fauour
,
affection
,
or
respect
of
person
.
And
it
is
〈…〉
that
aswell
the
sayde
Maior
,
as
also
euery
of
the
sayde
Aldermen
,
and
the
pryncypall
officers
within
the
liberties
of
Westminster
,
shall
certifie
vnto
her
hyghnes
court
of
Chauncery
before
the
fyrste
daye
of
Easter
Terme
,
vpon
payne
of
one
hundred
pounde
,
what
euery
of
them
hath
done
in
the
execution
of
the
premisses
,
vnder
theyr
handes
and
seales
,
to
thintent
that
her
hyghnesse
thereby
may
consyder
what
diligence
or
negligence
shal
be
vsed
in
thexecucion
hereof
,
that
therevpon
order
may
be
taken
with
euery
of
them
accordynge
to
theyr
desertes
.
Prouided
alwayes
that
this
order
extende
not
to
punishe
any
person
that
by
the
lawes
ecclesiastical
and
temporall
of
this
realme
be
permitted
to
sell
,
kill
,
or
eate
fleshe
,
and
for
the
better
intelligence
of
persons
licensed
vpon
reasonable
and
necessary
cause
,
that
none
other
may
be
collored
therby
,
it
is
ordered
and
commaunded
that
euery
person
hauing
any
lycence
shall
notifie
the
same
to
the
Aldermen
of
the
warde
,
and
curate
of
the
paryshe
,
or
to
one
of
them
at
the
least
where
he
dwelleth
and
indenteth
to
take
the
benefite
of
the
dispensation
.
This
maner
or
the
lyke
order
,
her
maiestie
commaundeth
to
be
obserued
as
nye
as
the
same
may
be
in
all
places
,
through
her
realme
,
with
lyke
penaltie
▪
and
specially
in
al
corporate
townes
,
from
which
townes
corporate
beynge
scituate
within
.cxl.
myles
of
London
,
her
maiesties
pleasure
is
,
that
certificate
in
fourme
aforesaid
be
made
into
her
maiesties
Chauncery
at
the
furthest
,
before
the
seconde
retorne
of
Easter
Terme
,
vpon
payne
of
one
hundred
poundes
to
be
leuied
to
her
maiesties
vse
,
vpon
the
sayd
corporation
so
making
default
,
and
from
all
other
corporations
being
furder
distant
,
certificate
is
to
be
made
as
is
aforesaid
before
the
last
day
of
Easter
Terme
,
vpon
lyke
penaltie
,
and
for
the
better
obseruation
hereof
,
her
maiestie
requireth
,
and
in
gods
name
chargeth
all
Byshoppes
,
curates
and
other
eccleciasticall
persons
hauinge
the
cure
of
soules
,
or
the
charge
of
preaching
,
to
exhort
and
perswade
the
people
to
forbeare
this
carnall
licence
and
boldnes
to
breake
common
order
,
and
to
let
them
plainly
vnderstand
the
great
daungers
of
the
wrath
of
almighty
god
,
that
hath
and
will
alwayes
light
vpon
such
rebellious
and
obstinate
people
,
that
more
regard
their
bellyes
,
and
appetites
,
then
temporaunce
and
obedience
.
yeauen
at
her
Maiesties
pallayce
of
Westminster
the
.xxv.
of
February
the
seconde
yeare
of
her
highnes
most
noble
raygne
.
God
saue
the
Quene
.