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<HEAD>&para; By the Quene.</HEAD>
<P>_WHere as the Quenes Maie&s;tie by her Proclamation dyd adiourne the Terme of Saint Michaell la&s;t pa&s;t, vntyll the fyr&s;t day of Hyllary Terme nexte commyng, then to begyn at We&s;tmin&s;ter, as in tymes pa&s;t hath ben accu&s;tomed, hauing then good hope that before that tyme the plague in the Cities of London and We&s;tmin|&s;ter woulde haue cea&s;&s;ed. And fora&s;much as the &s;ame plague doth not &s;o much di|mini&s;he, as therof any a&s;&s;ured accompt may be made, that the a&s;&s;emblye of her lo|uyng Subiectes may without peryll be made at We&s;tmin&s;ter afore&s;ayd, at the &s;aid tyme appoynted: Therefore her hyghnes hath thought it expedient, by thaduice of her Coun&s;ell, to adiourne the &s;ayde Hyllary Terme, from We&s;tmin&s;ter afore|&s;ayde, vnto her hyghnes Ca&s;tell of Hertford, in the Countie of Hertford, there to begyn <HI>Quindena &s;ancti Hillarii</HI> nexte commyng. Which her hyghnes doeth &s;ignifie vnto all her louyng Subiectes by this her Proclamation, wyl|lyng and commaundyng them and euery of them, to whom it doth apperteyne, to ob&s;erue and kepe theyr a&s;&s;em|blyes and apparaunces, in all and euery her hyghnes Courtes at the &s;ayde <HI>Quindena,</HI> there to be holden in lyke ma|ner, fourme, and condition, as they woulde, &s;houlde, or ought to haue done, if the &s;ame Terme and Courtes had ben holden and kept at We&s;tmin&s;ter, as they and euery of them wyll aun&s;were at theyr peryls: any thyng in her Maie&s;ties former Proclamation to the contrary notwith&s;tandyng. And neuerthele&s;&s;e her Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure is, that two of her Iu&s;tices, that is to &s;aye, of eyther Benche one, &s;hall the fyr&s;t day of this next Hyllary Terme, called <HI>Octabis Hillarii,</HI> accordyng to the auncient order of her lawes, kepe the e&s;&s;oynes of the &s;ayde <HI>Octab. Hillarii.</HI> At which <HI>vtas</HI> of Saint Hyllarii, writtes of adiournement &s;halbe directed to the &s;ayde Iu&s;tices, geuyng them auc|thoritie to adiourne the &s;ayde Hyllary Terme from We&s;tmin&s;ter afore&s;ayde, vnto the &s;ayde Ca&s;tell of Hertford, there to begyn <HI>Quindena &s;ancti Hillarii,</HI> then next en&s;uyng: and the &s;ame adiournement &s;halbe made the fyr&s;te daye of the &s;ayde <HI>vtas,</HI> commonly called the day of the e&s;&s;oynes.</P>
<P>And further, her Maie&s;tie con&s;ideryng, that yf there &s;hould happen to be any acce&s;&s;e and apparaunce of her louyng Subiectes at the &s;ayd Ca&s;tell or Towne of Hertford, duryng the &s;ayde Terme, of &s;uch as haue ben late|lye infected with the plague, or otherwy&s;e of &s;uche as haue had the plague in theyr hou&s;es, there myght en&s;ue great peryll and daunger to tho&s;e that haue as yet ben cleare thereof, and &s;o a further inconuenience myght growe thereby to the re&s;t of the Realme: Wherefore her hyghnes in aduoydyng therof, doeth &s;trayghtly charge &amp; commaunde, that no &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;o haue ben infected, or haue had the plague in theyr hou&s;es, of what e&s;tate or degree he or they be of, &s;hall repayre vnto the &s;aid Ca&s;tell or Towne of Hertford, during the &s;aid Hyllary Terme, except he or they be or &s;halbe commaunded by proce&s;&s;e, or otherwy&s;e hath &s;peciall commaunde|ment to be there. And that euery &s;uch per&s;on &s;o infected, vpon his repayre to the &s;ayde Ca&s;tell or Towne, &s;hall before he enter into any hou&s;e within the &s;ayde Towne, or into the &s;ayde Ca&s;tell, openly notifie and declare his e&s;tate touchyng his infection, and &s;hall after, duryng the time of his abode there, beare and holde vp in his hand one whyte rodde of the length of one yarde, vpon payne of her Maie&s;ties di&s;plea&s;ure, and impri&s;onment of theyr bodyes duryng her hyghnes plea&s;ure. And further, her Maie&s;tie &s;trayghtly chargeth and commaundeth all Iu&s;tices of peace of the &s;ayde Countie of Hertford, dwellyng within twelue myles of the &s;ayde Towne and Ca|&s;tell of Hertford, and all Con&s;tables, Baylyffes, and head officers of any Borowes, Townes, Vyllages, or Ham|lettes, within eyght myles of the &s;ayde Towne and Ca&s;tell of Hertford, that they and euery of them, &s;hall from the daye of the proclaymyng of this Proclamation within the &s;ayde Countie, do theyr be&s;t endeuours to make and &s;et forth &s;uch good orders, as by the goodnes of God maye tende mo&s;t to the pre&s;eruation of all places with|in the &s;ame circuite of eyght myles, from infection of the plague, and for that purpo&s;e to a&s;&s;emble them &s;elues together wekely, from the tyme of the proclaymyng of this Proclamation, vntyll the ende of the &s;ayde Hyllary Terme, in &s;ome places conuenient, a&s;well for the deuy&s;yng, as for the execution of &s;uche good orders. And that the &s;ayde Iu&s;tices of peace, &s;hall in the fyr&s;t day of the &s;ayde Hyllary Terme, &s;ignifie and declare to the Lorde ke|per of the great Seale of Englande, all that they and the &s;ayde Con&s;tables, and other the &s;ayde officers, &s;hall then haue done in and about the premi&s;&s;es.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Yeuen at her Maie&s;ties Ca&s;tell of Wynd&s;or <DATE>the .x. day of December, in the &s;yxt yere of her Maie&s;ties raigne.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the Quene.</CLOSER>
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<P>Imprinted by Richard Iugge and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Quenes Maiestie.</P>
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<P>Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis.</P>
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<P>And further, the Quenes hyghnes plea&s;ure is, that her Maie&s;ties Court of Th exchequer &s;hall lyke|wy&s;e be adiourned from her hou&s;e of Syon, where it nowe is, vnto the &s;ayde Ca&s;tell of Hertford, and there to begyn <HI>Octabis Hillarii,</HI> next commyng. And that all accomptauntes and other per&s;ons, which haue or &s;hall haue daye by proces out of the &s;ame Court to appeare <HI>Crastino Hillarii</HI> next, &s;hall lykewy&s;e kepe theyr daye and apparence at the &s;ayde Ca&s;tell of Hertford, in the &s;ayde <HI>Octabis Hillarii</HI> next, vpon &s;uche paynes as in the &s;ame proces is limitted.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Yeuen at her Maie&s;ties Ca&s;tell of Wynd&s;or <DATE>the tenth day of December, in the &s;yxt yere of her Maie&s;ties raigne.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the Quene.</CLOSER>
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<P>Imprinted by Richard Iugge and Iohn Cawood, Printers to the Quenes Maie&s;tie.</P>
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<P><HI>Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis.</HI></P>
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