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<DIV1 TYPE="royal proclamation">
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<HEAD>BY THE KING.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A Proclamation for the further adiournment of <HI>Michaelma&s;&s;e</HI> Terme.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas our gratious Soueraigne Lord the Kings Maie&s;tie, taking into His Princely con&s;ideration the health and &s;afety of His louing Subiects, and how much they might be indangered by the great and generall infection of the Plague, which hath beene long in the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the places nere adjoyning, if by their &s;eruices, &s;uits, or other cau&s;es occa&s;ioned by the Terme they &s;hould be dravvne thither before that heavy vi&s;itation &s;hould by the mercy of God be remoued: Did there|fore by His Royall Proclamation dated the fourth day of September now la&s;t pa&s;t &s;ignifie His plea|&s;ure, That part of the Terme of S. <HI>Michael</HI> then next comming &s;hould be adjourned; That is to &s;ay, from the <HI>Vtas</HI> thereof vnto the fourth returne of the &s;ame Terme called <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis.</HI> Now His Ma|je&s;tie fore&s;eeing, that although by Gods mercy that grievous &s;icknes is much a&s;&s;waged in tho&s;e Cities and parts adjoyning, yet the danger thereof would be very great to His whole Kingdome, in di&s;per&s;ing the infection, and vvould longer conti|nue the perill thereof in tho&s;e places already infected by the concour&s;e of &s;o many from all parts of the Kingdome, whom the bu&s;ine&s;&s;es of the Terme mu&s;t nece&s;&s;arily draw together; Doth therefore hereby declare His plea&s;ure to be, That at the &s;aid returne called <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis,</HI> the &s;aid Terme be againe adjourned vntill the next returne after, being the fifth returne of the &s;aid Terme called <HI>Cra&s;tino Animarum,</HI> and that at the &s;aid adjournment the Terme be al&s;o adjourned from the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> vnto the Towne of <HI>Reading,</HI> in the Countie of <HI>Berke,</HI> and there continued for the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Terme, where His Will is, that all His louing Subjects of this Realme, whom it may any way concerne, doe take notice. And His Maje&s;ties plea&s;ure is, That one of His Iu&s;tices of either Bench on that day of <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis,</HI> according to the ancient order of the Lawes, keepe the E&s;&s;oynes of the &s;aid returne of <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis,</HI> at which time Writs of adjournment (which His Ma|je&s;tie hereby commandeth the Lord Keeper of His Great Seale of <HI>England</HI> to make forth) &s;halbe directed to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, giuing them authority to make &s;uch further adjournment as afore&s;aid. And further His Maje&s;ties plea&s;ure is, that all matters, cau&s;es and &s;uits depending in any of His other Courts of Star-chamber, Exchequer, Courts of Wards &amp; Liveries, Dutchie of Lanca&s;ter, and Court of Reque&s;ts &s;hall haue continuance, and the parties &s;hall haue day from the &s;aid fourth Returne called <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis,</HI> vntill the &s;aid fifth Returne called <HI>Cra&s;tino Animarum.</HI> And whereas His Maje&s;ty by His &s;aid former Procla|mation did direct, That all Collectors, Sheriffes, and other Accomptants, and all other per&s;ons that &s;hould or ought to ac|compt for, or pay any &s;umme or &s;ummes of money in any of His Maie&s;ties Courts of Exchequer, Courts of Wards and Live|ries, and of His Dutchie of Lanca&s;ter, or in any of them, or to enter into any accompt in any of the &s;aid Courts, &s;hould re|paire vnto His Maie&s;ties hou&s;e of <HI>Richmond,</HI> as though no &s;uch Proclamation of adiournment had beene had or made; Now His Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure is, and he doth hereby direct and command, that at and from the &s;aid Returne of <HI>Cra&s;tino Animarum,</HI> all Collectors, Receiuers, Sheriffes, and other accomptants, and all other per&s;ons that &s;hould or ought to accompt for or pay any &s;umme or &s;ummes of money in any of the places afore&s;aid, &s;hall giue their attendance at the Towne of <HI>Reading</HI> afore&s;aid, and there make their payments, and enter into, and pro&s;ecute their accompts, as they ought to haue done at the Receipt at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI> And le&s;t the ouer-ha&s;tie re&s;ort of Strangers to the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Westminster,</HI> and places neere adioy|ning, and the intercour&s;e of trade betweene tho&s;e Cities and places adioyning, and other Cities, Townes, and places of this Kingdome more remote, might be an occa&s;ion of &s;preading the infection into other parts and places not yet infected, and of continuing it the longer where it is already, which would hinder his Maie&s;ties repaire to tho&s;e Cities, and be an impedi|ment to other matters of importance, for the benefite and comfort of tho&s;e Cities, whereas the forbearance for a while might availe to their mutuall good and &s;afetie. His Maie&s;tie doth hereby not onely advi&s;e, but &s;traitly charge and command all per&s;ons, who&s;e proper habitations are not in tho&s;e Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Westminster,</HI> or places neere adioyning, to forbeare to re&s;ide there, or re&s;ort thither. And that all Carriers either by Land or by Water, with hor&s;e, Wayne, Cart, Waggon, Boat, Barge, or other Ve&s;&s;ell, doe forbeare to carry any wares, merchandize, or other things (other then victuals onely) vnto, or from the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Westminster,</HI> or Suburbs thereof, vntill the perill of the contagion be better pa&s;t ouer, and by the coldnes of the weather the Aire be clean&s;ed, and the danger remoued, and his Maie&s;ties further plea&s;ure be knowne herein. And le&s;t the &s;aid Towne of <HI>Reading,</HI> which is now free from the &s;ickne&s;&s;e, may it &s;elfe be indangered, or indanger o|thers re&s;orting thither by fetching of wares from places now or lately infected; His Maie&s;ty doth &s;traitly charge and command all and euery the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Towne, and all other places within three miles thereof, that they wholly forbeare to buy or receiue any wares or merchandize from the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Westminster,</HI> or places adioyning, or from any other place now or lately infected with that contagious &s;icknes, vntill the end of the &s;aid Terme of S. <HI>Michaell</HI> a the &s;oone&s;t. And his Maie&s;ty doth &s;traitly charge and command the Maior of the &s;aid Towne of <HI>Reading,</HI> and the Iu&s;ti|ces of peace inhabiting within the hundreds of <HI>Reading, Bunning,</HI> and <HI>Thele</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Berke,</HI> that they with all di|ligence &s;ee his Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure ob&s;erued herein.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at the Court at Salisbury <DATE>the eleuenth day of October, in the first yeare our raigne of Great Brittaine, France, and Ireland.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Printed at Oxford by</HI> I.L. <HI>and</HI> W.T. <HI>for</HI> Bonham Norton <HI>and</HI> Iohn Bill.</P>
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