<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2009-08-02</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080910.pdcc.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="A72778">
<STC T="S">16725.7</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99899179</BIBNO>
<VID>150690</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="text">
<PB REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->
<HEAD><FIGURE>
<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon or coat of arms</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE>
<FIGURE>
<HEAD>M I. I.</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>blazon of the City of London</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&leaf; By the Major.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas diuers good Acts and</HI> Ordi|nances haue heeretofore bene made, a&s;well by publique Proclamations, as other waies: for the re&s;training the great Abu&s;es daily committed and v&s;ed in brewing and vttering of extraordinary &s;trong Ale and Beere, of fif|teene &s;hillings and &s;ixteene &s;hillings the barrell, in &s;uch vnv&s;uall and &s;trange manner, and by &s;uch vnlawfull mea&s;ures and prizes, as in former ages was neuer kno|wen and &s;uffered, and growne now to &s;uch a habit of I|dlene&s;&s;e and drunkenne&s;&s;e, as is fit to be reformed: Or el&s;e the poi&s;on thereof, will trench to the preiudice of the whole Kingdome, which in no wi&s;e is to bee &s;uffered. Wherefore, the right honorable Sir <HI>Iohn Iolles,</HI> knight, Lord Maior of this honourable Citie, hauing called be|fore him, the Mai&s;ter and Wardens of the Brewers, and Free-men of this Citty of London, and &s;undry other di&s;creete per&s;ons of vnder&s;tanding and graue di&s;cretion, haue diligently en|quired, the rea&s;ons and cau&s;es of the great dearth of Barley and Malt at this pre&s;ent through|out the whole kingdome: finding that the prizes of Malt is one third part dearer by the quar|ter, then is Rie, and beareth neere to the price of ordinary wheate: which wil make the grea|te&s;t part of the Earable Land of this kingdome to be &s;owne with Barley. And con&s;equently, whereas in former times, in the knowledge of many Merchants yet liuing, That this King|dome did yearly &s;pare great quantities of wheate to be tran&s;ported into forraign parts beyond the Seas, &s;o much wheate as did returne into this kingdome in &s;pecies of Golde and Siluer, yearly many thou&s;and poundes, which was heere Minted into the Kings Maie&s;ties Coine: and now &s;o litle wheat &s;owen heere, to giue roome for Barley, that we are &s;erued with wheat our &s;elues, out of forraigne Countries, who draw away the Coine of this Land, both Siluer and Gold from England, for their Corne, to the like number of many thou&s;and pounds yeare|ly, to our great preiudice: All which inconueniences, doe grow by the brewing of this heady &s;trong drink, which wa&s;teth our Corne infinitely.</P>
<P>And further, a new euill is crept into the City and Suburbs, among&s;t the petty Victualers and Ale-hou&s;e keepers, that become Brewers in their owne hou&s;es of &s;trong Ale, and &s;o are both Brewers and Victuallers, and retaile the &s;ame at two pence or three pence the quart, to the poore&s;t labouring people of the City, to the mi&s;ery of their poore wiues and children, who&s;e hu&s;bands giue as much for a quart of &s;trong Ale, as would find their wiues and children both bread and drinke at home. For Reformation of the fore&s;aide abu&s;es, the Lord Maior by all the be&s;t meanes and power that he can v&s;e, intendeth foorthwith with all &s;eueritie to reforme within the City of London, and Liberties thereof, to the example of the re&s;t of the kingdome. And therefore heereby Chargeth and Commandeth, That no Inholder, Ale-hou&s;e keeper, Cooke, Tobacco &s;eller, nor other Victualler, or keeper of Ordinaries what&s;oeuer, &s;hall in any wi&s;e, brew any drink in their hou&s;es, neither Beere nor Ale, nor vtter, nor &s;ell any Ale or beere at other rates, then is by the Law appointed, (viz:) a full quart of the be&s;t Ale or Beere for a peny, and a full quart of the &s;maller beere for a halfe peny. And likewi&s;e, &s;traightly chargeth and commandeth all brewers, which are brewers by their trade either of Ale or beere, that they nor any of them, do brew any Ale or beere, at any other rates, or in any other manner then is appointed by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme, nor at any other prizes, then that the Victuallers may be able to affoord the &s;ame at the rates aboue&s;aide: of a peny a quart the be&s;t, and a halfe peny the quart of the &s;maller. AND, that it &s;hall appeare, the Contents of this Proclamation &s;hall be &s;traightly looked into, his Lord&s;hip hath appointed in euerie Ward of London, certaine hone&s;t and well di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons, to &s;earch &amp; view, throughout their Wards where any of the&s;e abu&s;es &s;hall be committed, to di&s;couer them to the Lord Maior, to the end, that &s;euere puni&s;hment may be inflicted vpon the offenders.</P>
<P>And further, whereas of late there hath bene a verie gro&s;&s;e and corrupt v&s;e, or rather Abu&s;e, &s;et vp among&s;t bakers of Market bread, by many Forreiners, and &s;ome bakers of the Citie: touching the baking of fal&s;e &s;ized bread, neuer wont to bee v&s;ed, (viz:) in baking of three-peny, fiue-peny, eight-peny, and Ten-peny Loaues of bread, to beguile the &s;imple people, and Chil|dren withall, in &s;elling the three peny Loafe for a groat, the fiue peny for &s;ixe pence, the ten pe|ny for twelue pence, which is not fit to be v&s;ed or &s;uffered. Wherefore, the Lord Maior &s;trait|ly Chargeth and Commandeth all Bakers of bread, of what kinde or condition &s;oeuer, That they, nor any of them, &s;hall not in any wi&s;e bake, nor put to &s;ale, either in their &s;hoppes, nor in the Markets of the Citie, any wheaten or white bread of any &s;ize aboue the peny loafe, &amp; two peny loafe: nor any browne or hou&s;hold bread, aboue the peny loafe, or two peny loafe, &s;ixe pe|ny loafe, and twelue peny loafe, which &s;hall haue the print in the top of the Loaues, (viz:) on the two peny loafe, the print of 2. on the &s;ixe peny loafe, the print of 6. and on the twelue penie loafe the print of 12. And if they bake or put to &s;ale any other bread of other &s;izes and prizes, the &s;ame &s;hall be giuen away in the Market to the poore: and the &s;ellers thereof committed to pri&s;on for their wilfull offence therein committed.</P>
<CLOSER>&leaf; God &s;aue the King. &leaf;</CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Printed by William Iaggard, Printer to the Honou|rable City of Lond<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"></P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
