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<HEAD>By the Queene.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Queenes Maie&s;tie con&s;ideryng to what extremities a great number of her &s;ub|iectes are growen, by exce&s;&s;e in apparell, both contrary to the lawes of the Realme, and to the di&s;order and confu&s;ion of the degrees of all &s;tates (wherein alwayes di|uer&s;itie of Apparell hath taken place) and finally to the &s;ubuer&s;ion of all good or|der, by rea&s;on of remi&s;ene&s;&s;e and impunitie: Hath, with adui&s;e of her coun&s;ayle, vppon good deliberation, thought meete for &s;ome degree, towardes a reformation hereof, to cau&s;e a Summary of &s;ome thynges nece&s;&s;ary to this purpo&s;e, to be ex|tracted out of certayne Actes of Parliament: And thervnto hath al&s;o added certein orders, deui&s;ed with tha&s;&s;ent of her coun&s;ayle, for reformation of further exce&s;&s;e in apparell not &s;ufferable. All which hereafter en&s;uying, her Maie&s;tie wylleth to be publi&s;hed, and to be ob&s;erued <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word">, without hope or expectation of any poynt of fauour to be &s;hewed, eyther to the Offycers that &s;halbe found <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> in the execution, or to any per&s;on that &s;halbe founde culpable, in any place within the Realme, after the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> of fifteene dayes next folowyng the Proclamation hereof.</P>
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<HEAD>Certayne clau&s;es taken out of the Statute made for reformation of exce&s;&s;e of Apparell, <HI>the .xxiiii. yere of the raigne of kyng Henry the eyght.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_FYr&s;t, it is ordered, that no man vnder the degree of a Duke, Marque&s;&s;e, Earle, and theyr chyldren, or vnder the degree of a Baron, vnle&s;&s;e he be a knyght of the order of the garter, &s;hall weare in any part of his apparell, any Wollen cloth made out of this Realme, or any of the Queenes Maie|&s;ties dominions, except in Bonettes onely.</P>
<P>Item, that no man vnder the degree of a Barons &s;onne, or of a Knyght, except he may expende two hundred poundes by yere, for terme of lyfe, ouer all charges, &s;hall weare any maner of Veluet in his Gowne, Coate, or other his vppermo&s;t garment: nor any maner of embrodery, or prickyng with golde, &s;yluer, or &s;ylke, in any part of his apparell, or on thapparell of his Hor&s;e or Mule.</P>
<P>Item, that no man vnder the &s;ayde e&s;tates and degree, &s;auyng &s;uch as may di&s;pende in yerely reuenues, as is af<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">re&s;ayde, one hundred poundes, aboue all charges, &s;hall weare any Satten, Dama&s;ke, &s;ylke Chamblet, or Ta&s;tata in his Gowne, Coate, or other his vppermo&s;t apparell or garment: nor any Veluet, &s;auyng in &s;leuele&s;&s;e Iackettes, Doblettes, Coyffes, Partelettes, and Pur&s;es.</P>
<P>Item that no man vnder the &s;ayde degrees, &s;auyng the &s;onne and heyre apparaunt of a man of three hundred markes by yere, aboue all charges, and &s;uch other men as may di&s;pend in yerely reuenue, as is afore&s;ayde, fourtie p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">undes ouer all charges, &s;hall weare in his Gowne, or any other his vppermo&s;t apparell, Chamblet, or Sylke: nor in any other part of his apparell any &s;ylke, &s;auyng Satten, Dama&s;ke, Taffata, or Sar&s;enet in his Doblets: and Sar&s;enet, Chamblet, or Taffata, in the lynyng of his Gownes, or Veluet in his &s;leuele&s;&s;e Coates, Iackets, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">kins, Coy&s;tes, Cappes, Pur&s;es, or Partelettes. The colours of Scarlet, Crym&s;yn, or Blewe, alwayes ex|c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">pted.</P>
<P>Item, that no man vnder the &s;ayde degrees, &s;auyng &s;uch gentylmen as may di&s;pende in yerely reuenues, as is afore&s;ayde, twentie poundes aboue all charges, &s;hall weare any maner of &s;ylke in any apparell of his body, or at his Hor&s;e, or Mule, except it be Satten, Ta&s;tata, Sar&s;enet, or Dama&s;ke in his Doblet, or Coyffe: &amp; Chamblet in his &s;leuele&s;&s;e Iackettes: or poyntes, laces, or garters, made in Englande or Wales.</P>
<P>Item, that no per&s;on vnder the &s;ame degrees, &s;auyng &s;uch as may di&s;pende fyue poundes by yere, as is afore|&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, aboue all charges, &s;hall weare any &s;ylke in his Doblettes or Iackettes: nor any thyng made out of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">alme, &s;auyng Chamblet in theyr Doblettes and Iackettes.</P>
<P>Item, that no Seruyng man, nor other Yeoman takyng wages, nor &s;uch other as may not di&s;pende of free|holde fourtie &s;hyllynges by yere, as is afore&s;ayde, &s;hall weare any Shert, or Shert bande, vnder or vpper Cappe, Bonet or Hat, garny&s;hed, mixt, made, or wrought with &s;ylke, golde, or &s;yluer: nor &s;hall weare any Bonet, or Shert bande, made out of the Realme of Englande or Wales.</P>
<P>Item, no hu&s;bandman &s;hall weare in his Doblette, any other thyng then is wrought within this Realme, F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;tyan and Canua&s;&s;e only except.</P>
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<P>Item, no Seruyngman in hu&s;bandry, or Iourneyman in handycraftes, takyng wages, &s;hall weare in his Doblet, any other thyng then Fu&s;tyan, Canuas, Leather, or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> cloth.</P>
<P>&para; Item, yf any man &s;hall v&s;e or weare any Apparell or other thyng, c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="4 letters">ary to the honour of the Articl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> remembred, then be &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">, &s;hall to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> the Apparell and thyng &s;o worne, wherwith <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> it be garny&s;hed, or the value therof, and al&s;o, iii. s. iiii. d. in the name of a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ne, for euery day that he &s;hall &s;o weare the &s;ame, contrary to the tenour hereof.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; <HI>Certaine other clau&s;es and braunches taken out of the Statutes, made in the fir&s;t and</HI> &s;econde yere of Kyng Philip and Queene Mary, nece&s;&s;ary al&s;o to be ob&s;erued, to auoyde the exce&s;&s;e of apparell.</HEAD>
<P>_FYr&s;t, that no Engly&s;hman, &s;auing the &s;onne and heyre apparaunt of a Knyght, or &s;uch as may of yerely reuenues duryng lyfe, expende twentie poundes aboue all charges, or be worth in goodes two hundreth poundes, &s;hall weare any maner of &s;ylke, in or vppon his Hatte, Bonnet. Nightcap, Gyrdle, Scabberde, Ho&s;e, Showes, or Spurlethers, vppon payne of three monethes im|pry&s;onment, and fyne of .x. li. for euery dayes wearyng, contrary to the tenour of this Act.</P>
<P>Item that if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, of any e&s;tate or degree, knowyng any &s;eruaunt of his or theyrs to offende, contrary to the Article la&s;t before remembred, do not put the &s;ame &s;eruaunt out of his or theyr &s;eruyce, but &s;hall kepe in his or theyr &s;eruice, the &s;ame offendour or offendours, by the &s;pace of .xiiii. dayes next after &s;uche know|ledge had: or &s;o put out, retayne hym agayne within one yere next after &s;uche offence, the &s;ame per&s;on &s;o retay|nyng or kepyng in &s;eruice any &s;uche offender, &s;hall for&s;ayte one hundreth poundes.</P>
<P>Prouided alwayes, that all and euery per&s;on and per&s;ons, whiche by any &s;tatute lawe, remaynyng in force, is licenced or appoynted to weare any maner of thyng, contrary to the tenour and meanyng of any of the Articles before remembred or any part of them, &s;hall and may weare the &s;ame to him licenced or appointed to weare, as is afore&s;ayde: Any thing in the&s;e Articles to the contrary notwith&s;tandyng.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; <HI>C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rtaine orders deui&s;ed by commaundement of the Queenes Maie&s;tie, with the aduice of</HI> her priuie coun&s;ayle, to be ob&s;erued for reformation of the exce&s;&s;e in certayne kynde of apparell, and other thinges therto belongyng</HEAD>
<P>_FYr&s;t, that no Ho&s;ier or other per&s;on, &s;hall put or cau&s;e to be put, any more in the out&s;yde of the vpper&s;tockes of Ho&s;e for any per&s;on, but one yarde and one quarter of Cloth, Car&s;ey, or other &s;tuffe, not exceedyng the lyke quantitie of Car&s;ey. And wher|of &s;oeuer the &s;ame &s;halbe made, that no one of the &s;ayd vpper&s;tockes &s;hall exceede in com|pa&s;&s;e rounde about, aboue one yarde and halfe a quarter, which mea&s;ure is proued &s;uffi|cient for per&s;ons of the hyghe&s;t &s;tature. And therefore it is ment, that all other per&s;ons of meaner &s;tatures, &s;hall v&s;e le&s;&s;e quantitie, both in &s;tuffe and largene&s;&s;e, accordyng to theyr &s;tatures, without fraude or abu&s;e.</P>
<P>Item, that no Tayler, Ho&s;ier, or other per&s;on, &s;hall put, or cau&s;e to be put in any of the &s;ayd vpper&s;tockes, aboue the&s;e kyndes of lynynges folowyng. Fyr&s;t, a lynyng of lynnen, or &s;uche lyke &s;tuffe next to the legge, and then one lynyng called a &s;traight lynyng, whiche &s;halbe made of no ma|ner of &s;tuffe, but of &s;uch as is made &amp; wrought within the Queenes Maie&s;ties dominions. And if any per&s;on &s;hal|be di&s;po&s;ed for his habilitie, to cut and garny&s;he the out&s;ide of his Ho&s;e, with any thyng that he may lawfully w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">are, for the pluckyng out betwixt the panes and cuttes, he &s;halbe &s;o &s;uffred to do accordyng to his habilitie, not v&s;yng any thyng therin exce&s;&s;iuely, nor any thyng that he may not weare by the lawes of the Realme. And la&s;tly, it &s;hall al&s;o be permitted for any per&s;on (beyng &s;o di&s;po&s;ed) to haue the panes of his Ho&s;e lyned with one other lynyng onlye, &s;o as the &s;ame be al&s;o of &s;tuffe made within the Queenes Maie&s;ties dominions. And it is ordered that no per&s;on vnder the &s;tate of a Baron, &s;hall v&s;e any mo lynynges in any vpper&s;tockes of Ho&s;e, then is next aboue mentioned. And that all per&s;ons vnder that degree, &s;hall within ten dayes after the publication hereof, reforme their Ho&s;e accordyng to the&s;e orders.</P>
<P>Item, it is further ordred, that no man vnder the degree of a Barons elde&s;t &s;onne, except that he be of the order of the garter, or of the priuie Councell, or that may di&s;pend fiue hundred markes by yere, for terme of life in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, aboue al charges, &s;hall we are any Veluet, or Satten, or any &s;tuffe of like or greater pryce, in the vpper&s;tockes of his Ho&s;e, or in any part therof: or &s;hall garni&s;he the &s;ame with any embroderye, or any fringe, lace, or pa&s;&s;emayne, of golde, &s;yluer, or &s;ylke, nor any other garni&s;hing with any &s;ilke, except it be for the &s;titching only of the vpper part to the lyuyng: nor &s;hall weare any maner of &s;ylke neatherflockes of Ho&s;en, nor any Car&s;ey, or other thyng, made out of the Queenes Maie&s;ties dominions.</P>
<P>Item, it is not meant by any of the&s;e orders, that &s;uche per&s;ons attendyng nere to her Maie&s;ties per&s;on in the Court, as &s;hall haue &s;peciall licence in wrytyng of her Maie&s;tie, to weare &s;ome &s;ylke, to the contrary hereof, &s;halbe mole&s;ted for the &s;ame: &s;o as the &s;ame per&s;ons do notifie theyr licence vnto the Lorde Chaumberlayne, be|fore they &s;hall do any thyng contrary to the&s;e orders, and procure theyr names to be entred into the bookes of the Chaumber, in the cu&s;todie of the gentlemen V&s;&s;hers, whiche &s;halbe al&s;o duely ob&s;erued by the &s;ayde V&s;&s;hers.</P>
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<P>Item, becau&s;e it is dayly &s;eene what d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="5 letters">ers do growe, and are lykely to encrea&s;e in the Realme, by the en|crea&s;e of numbers of per&s;ons takyng vpon them to teache the multitude of the common people to play at all kynd of weapons and for that purpo&s;e &s;et vp &s;cooles, called &s;cooles of fence, in places inconuenient, tendyng to the great di&s;order of &s;uch people as properly ought to apply theyr labours and handy workes: Therfore her Maie|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> orderred and commaundeth, that no teacher of fence, &s;hall kepe any &s;coole or common place of re&s;ort, in any place of the Realme, but within the liberties of &s;ome of the Cities of the Realme, where al&s;o they &s;halbe obedient to &s;uch orders as the gouernours of the Cities &s;hall appoynt to them, for the better kepyng of the peace, and for prohibition of re&s;ort of &s;uch people to the &s;ame &s;cooles, as are not meete for that purpo&s;e, vpon payne to be puny|&s;hed by the &s;ayde gouernours, accordyng to theyr di&s;cretions.</P>
<P>Item her Maie&s;tie al&s;o ordereth and commaundeth, that no per&s;on &s;hall weare any Sworde, Rapyer, or &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> weapon, that &s;hall pa&s;&s;e the length of one yarde and halfe a quarter of the blade, at the vttermo&s;t: nor any Dagg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r aboue the length of .xii. ynches in blade at the mo&s;t: nor any buckler with any poynt or pyke aboue two ynches in length. And yf any Cutler, or other Artificer, &s;hall &s;ell, make, or kepe in his hou&s;e any Sworde, Ra|p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters"> Dagger, Buckler, or &s;uch lyke, contrary thervnto, the &s;ame to be impri&s;oned, &amp; to make fine at the Queenes Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure, and the weapon to be forfayted. And yf any &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall offende a &s;econde tyme, than the &s;ame to be bany&s;hed from the place and towne of his dwellyng.</P>
<P>Item it is further ordered, that all the Articles before remembred, &s;halbe put in execution in all poyntes, by all maner of magi&s;trates and offycers, accordyng to the Statutes, lawes, and Proclamations heretofore made and &s;et foorth, concernyng the &s;ame. That is to &s;ay, agayn&s;t the offenders of any of the afore&s;ayde Articles, extracted out of any of the &s;aid Statutes afore mencioned, according to the purport therof. And for &s;uch as &s;hall contemne any of the orders before mentioned, being deui&s;ed by her Maie&s;ties commaundement, to attache and commit the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> to per&s;on and to be there continued &amp; puny&s;hed, as appertayneth to &s;uch as &s;hall wylfully breake her Maie|&s;ties comm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">undement.</P>
<P>And for that it is &s;eene nece&s;&s;ary, to &s;tay the inordinate deui&s;es of Ho&s;yers, for the impug|ning of the&s;e good orders: The Queenes Maie&s;tie wylleth, that the Maiors &amp; head officers of the Citie of Lon|don and all other Cities and Townes corporate, and Stewardes and Rulers of all other Liberties, &amp; Iu&s;tices of peace in all Counties, &s;hall immediatly call before them all Ho&s;yers, and bynde them in good &s;ummes of mo|ney to the v&s;e of her Maie&s;tie: and the Infourmer, as in other populer actions, to ob&s;erue the contentes of the&s;e orders, and not to abu&s;e the meanyng therof with any fraude. And further to proceede therein, a&s;well agayn&s;te the &s;ayde Ho&s;yers, as agayn&s;t any other offender, for thexecution hereof, as was in &s;undry Articles publy&s;hed and pre&s;cribed by her Maie&s;ties Proclamation, in the fourth yere of her raigne.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">uen at Greenewich <DATE>the .xii. day of February. 1565. in the eyghth yere of her Maie&s;ties raigne.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<CLOSER>GOD &s;aue the Queene.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London in Powles Churchyarde, by Rycharde Iugge and Iohn Cawood: Printers to the Queenes Maie&s;tie.</P>
<P>Cum priuilegio Regiae Maie&s;tatis.</P>
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