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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THe Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie, finding that the infection of the</HI> Plague is at this pre&s;ent in &s;undry places of the City of London, &amp; neere adioyning to the &s;ame, though not (God be thanked) with the mortalitie of great numbers; yet &s;o di&s;per&s;ed in diuers of the be&s;t and mo&s;t open &s;treets of the &s;aid Citie, as doe giue iu&s;t cau&s;e to doubt, that the contagion thereof, by great re&s;ort of people, might be further &s;pread, a&s;well in the City, as into other parts of the Realme, whereby both danger might en&s;ue to his Royal per&s;on, the Queene his deare&s;t wife, and his children, and to his mo&s;t louing Subiects repayring thither for their Suites and cau&s;es, and likewi&s;e by &s;uch increa&s;e of the infection, if it &s;hould happen (which God forbid) the next Se&s;&s;ion of his High|ne&s;&s;e Parliament, appointed for the great and waighty affaires of the Realme, might bee prorogued: His Maie&s;tie, for the&s;e nece&s;&s;ary con&s;iderations, and hoping that the infection will, by the goodne&s;&s;e of Almighty God, with the coldne&s;&s;e of the yeere, and &s;uch whole&s;ome Orders as are taken in his &s;aid Citie, the rather cea&s;e by the adiournement of part of this next Terme of S. Michael now at hand, from the <HI>Vtas</HI> of the &s;ame, vntil the fourth Returne of the &s;aid Terme called <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis</HI> next comming. His Maie&s;tie therefore, of his e&s;peciall fauour and clemencie, is plea&s;ed and contented, to ad|iourne the &s;aid Terme of S. Michael, that is to &s;ay, From the <HI>Vtas</HI> thereof, vnto the &s;aid fourth Returne of the &s;aid Terme, called <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis</HI> next comming; Which his Maie&s;tie &s;ignifieth to all and &s;ingular his louing Subiects of this his Realme, to the intent that they and euery of them, which hath cau&s;e or commandement to appeare in any of his Highne&s;&s;e Courts at We&s;tmin&s;ter, in or at any day or time from and after the &s;aid <HI>Vtas</HI> of S. Michael, may tary at their dwellings, or where their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e otherwi&s;e &s;hall lye, without re&s;orting to any of the &s;ayd Courts for that cau&s;e, before the &s;aid <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis</HI> next comming, and that without danger of forfeiture, penaltie, or contempt to incurre towards his Highne&s;&s;e in that behalfe. And neuerthele&s;&s;e his Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure is, That two of his Iu&s;tices, that is to &s;ay, of either Bench one, &s;hall the fir&s;t day of Michaelmas Terme, called <HI>Octabis Michaelis,</HI> according to the ancient order of the Lawes, keepe the E&s;&s;oignes of the &s;aid <HI>Octabis Michaelis.</HI> At which <HI>Vtas</HI> of S. Michael, Writs of adiournement &s;hall be directed to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, giuing them authoritie to adiourne the &s;aid Terme of S. Michael, that is to &s;ay, From the <HI>Vtas</HI> thereof, vntill the fourth Returne, as before is &s;aid. And the &s;aid adiournement &s;hall be made in the fir&s;t day of the &s;aid <HI>Vtas,</HI> commonly called, the day of E&s;&s;oignes. And further his Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure is, That all matters, cau&s;es and Suits, depending in any of his other Courts betweene party and party, as in his Highne&s;&s;e Courts of Chancery, Starchamber, and Exchequer, Courts of Wards and Liueries, Duchy of Lanca&s;ter, and Court of Reque&s;ts, &s;hall haue continuance, and the parties &s;hall haue day from the date of the&s;e pre&s;ents, vntill the &s;aid fourth Returne, as before is &s;ayd.</P>
<P>Prouided alway, and his Maie&s;ties plea&s;ure and commandement is, That all Collectors, Receiuors, Sheriffes, and other Accomptants, and all other per&s;ons, that &s;hould or ought to Accompt or pay any &s;umme or &s;ummes of Money in any of his Maie&s;ties Courts of Exchequer, Court of Wardes and Liueries, and of his Duchie of Lanca&s;ter, or in any of them, or to enter into any Accompt in any of the &s;ayd Courts, &s;hall repayre vnto the accu&s;tomed places at We&s;tmin&s;ter, where his Highne&s;&s;e hath appointed &s;uch Officers and Mini&s;ters, as for that purpo&s;e his Maie&s;ty hath thought expedient, and there to pay and doe in euery behalfe, as though no &s;uch Proclamation of Adiournment had been had or made. And his High|ne&s;&s;e further plea&s;ure and commandement is, That all Sheriffes &s;hall returne their Writs and Proces again&s;t all &s;uch Accomptants and Debtors, at the dayes therein appoynted. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who ought to accompt or pay any &s;umme or &s;ummes of Money to his Maie&s;tie in any of the Courts and places afore&s;ayde, doe make default therein, That then his Highne&s;&s;e Writs and Proces &s;hall be awarded and &s;ent forth again&s;t euery &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, and the &s;ame to be duely and orderly &s;erued, and returned by the Sheriffes and Officers thereunto appointed, in &s;uch like maner and forme, as the &s;ame &s;hould haue been, if this pre&s;ent Proclamation had not beene made. And if any Sheriffe or other Officer &s;hall make default, or be negligent in &s;eruing, executing, or returning of any the Writs and Proces afore&s;aid, That then euery &s;uch Sheriffe and other Officer, &s;hall incurre &s;uch paines and penalties, as by the &s;ayd Courts, or any of them &s;hall be taxed and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed; Willing and commaunding all and euery his Maie&s;ties Sheriffes, Officers, Mini&s;ters and Subiects, to whom it doeth or &s;hall apperteine, to ob&s;erue and keepe their a&s;&s;emblies and apparances with all their Re|turnes and Certificates, in his Highne&s;&s;e &s;ayd Courts at We&s;tmin&s;ter in <HI>Men&s;e Michaelis</HI> next comming, then and there to bee holden and kept, and there to doe their Offices and dueties in euery behalfe, in like maner and forme, as they &s;hould or ought to haue done, if this pre&s;ent Proclamation had not beene had or made, as they will an&s;were to the contrary at their perils. Giuen at our Honour of Hampton Court, the Three and twentieth day of September, in the Fourth yeere of our Reigne of great Britaine, France, and Ireland.</P>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. ANNO 1606.</P>
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