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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<BYLINE>By the King.</BYLINE>
<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION For Re&s;traint of Killing, Dre&s;sing, and Eating of Fle&s;h in <HI>Lent,</HI> or on Fi&s;h-days, appointed by the Law to be ob&s;erved.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas divers good Laws and Statutes have heretofore with great care and providence be&eacute;n made and enacted for the due Ob&s;ervation of <HI>Lent,</HI> and other days appointed for Fi&s;h-days, as well for the &s;paring and increa&s;e of Fle&s;h-victuals, as for the maintenance of the Navy and Shipping of this Realm, by the encouragement of Fi&s;hermen to go to the Seas for the taking of Fi&s;h; which Laws and Politick Con&s;titutions have here|tofore be&eacute;n quickned by &s;undry Proclamations, and other Acts and Ordinances of State in the times of Our Royal Predece&s;&s;ors. And whereas notwith&s;tanding &s;o many good Provi&s;ions heretofore had and made in that kinde, all &s;orts of people have for many years la&s;t pa&s;t taken upon them &s;uch a Liberty to Kill, Dre&s;s, and Eat Fle&s;h in the <HI>Lent</HI> &s;ea&s;on, and on other days and times prohibited, as now it is become &s;o inveterate an evil, that it will require more then ordi|nary care to redre&s;s the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And taking notice of a Proclamation heretofore publi&s;hed in the time of Our Royal Father of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory, for the re&s;training of Killing, Dre&s;s'ing, and Eating of Fle&s;h in the time of <HI>Lent,</HI> and other days and times prohibited by the Laws, to the end that the &s;ame may now again be revived and quickned for the prevention of &s;o great and growing a mi&s;chief and inconvenience as may happen to Our whole King|dome, if &s;o great a liberty &s;hould be permittted to kill, dre&s;s, and utter Fle&s;h in the <HI>Lent</HI>-&s;ea&s;on, and on other dayes and times prohibited by Law, as of late yeares there hath been.</P>
<P>We therefore much affecting the Reformation of &s;o great and growing an Evil, which is &s;o great an Enemy to the Plenty of this Our Kingdome, have thought fit thus timely (the better to take away all pretences of ex|cu&s;e) to expre&s;s Our Self and our Royal Commandment in this behalf, whereof We &s;hall expect, and doe re|quire from all Our loving Subjects, that due notice be taken, and that a &s;trict conformity be yielded there|unto.</P>
<P>And for avoyding of Inconvenienties hereafter, Our will and plea&s;ure is, That the Lord Mayor of our City of <HI>London,</HI> and the Iu&s;tices of Peace of Our City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> and the Liberties thereof, &s;hall yearly before <HI>Lent,</HI> or at the beginning thereof, cau&s;e all Inholders, Keepers of Ordinary Tables, Cooks, Butchers, Victu|allers, Alehou&s;e-keepers, and Taverners, within the &s;aid Cities and Liberties thereof, to appeare before them, And &s;hall take Recognizances with two &s;ufficient Sureties of every of them <HI>(viz.)</HI> the Principal in Forty pounds, and their Sureties in Twenty pounds apiece to Our u&s;e, That the Butchers &s;hall kill no Fle&s;h, and that the other per&s;ons before-mentioned &s;hall not dre&s;s, nor &s;uffer any Fle&s;h to be eaten in their hou&s;es in the <HI>Lent</HI> time, or at any time prohibited, contrary to Law.</P>
<P>And to the end that Fi&s;hermen may employ them&s;elves at Sea with better encouragement then heretofore, and that the Fi&s;hmongers may furni&s;h them&s;elves with &s;uch &s;tore from time to time hereafter as &s;hall be expedient as well for the provi&s;ion of the City, as for &s;elling the &s;ame at rea&s;onable rates, We will that they take notice of this Our Commandment and con&s;tant Re&s;olution for ob&s;ervance of <HI>Lent</HI> and Fi&s;h-dayes, both now and hereaf|ter, as by Law is required.</P>
<P>And furthermore, as We think it fit that every man &s;hould be a rule of order and ab&s;tinence in his own hou&s;e, as well in re&s;pect of the publick, as of his private ea&s;e and benefit, &s;o We &s;treightly charge and command all In|holders, keepers of Ordinary Tables, Victuallers, Cooks, Alehou&s;e-keepers, and Taverners, not to make any &s;upper for any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever upon Friday nights, either in <HI>Lent</HI> or out of <HI>Lent,</HI> nor &s;uffer any meat to be then dre&s;&s;ed, uttered, &s;old, or eaten in their hou&s;es, upon pain of &s;uch puni&s;hment as is due to tho&s;e that &s;hall contemn Our Royall Plea&s;ure and Commandment, and as by due cour&s;e of the Laws may be inflicted.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as upon further advice and con&s;ideration had of this Inconvenience, which too much liberty hath occa&s;ioned, We conceive that the re&s;traint of killing and dre&s;&s;ing of Fle&s;h is no &s;ufficient remedy alone for the&s;e Mi&s;chiefs, unle&s;s there be better care al&s;o taken to &s;uppre&s;s the unlawful and inordinate eating of Fle&s;h in the time of <HI>Lent,</HI> and on other dayes and times prohibited, wherewith Our Subjects have for &s;everall years pa&s;t accu&s;tomed them&s;elves, rather for Delicacy then for Nece&s;sity. It is therefore Our Royal will and plea&s;ure, and accordingly We do hereby &s;treightly prohibit and forbid all Our &s;ubjects, of what degree or quality &s;oever within this Realm, to eat any manner of Fle&s;h in the time of <HI>Lent,</HI> or on other dayes now u&s;ually ob&s;erved as Fi&s;h-dayes, without a &s;pecial Licence fir&s;t obtained from the Bi&s;hop of the Dioce&s;s, or &s;uch other as by the Law have power to give Licence in that behalf, according to Our Lawes in that ca&s;e provided, which We will and command &s;hall be &s;paringly granted.</P>
<P>And as the&s;e Orders are to be executed in Our Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the places near to the &s;ame, &s;o it is our expre&s;s plea&s;ure and commandment, That Our Iu&s;tices of Peace in all Shires within their Rule, and all other Majors, Bailiffs, and chief Officers in Towns Corporate, or in any Liberties within their Precincts, &s;hall cau&s;e the &s;ame to be ob&s;erved and performed in like manner. Further charging and commanding the Lord Major of our City of <HI>London,</HI> the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize in their &s;everal Circuits, the Majors and chief Officers of all other Cities and Towns Corporate, Iu&s;tices of Peace, Lords of Liberties, and all other Officers and Mini&s;ters within the &s;everal Counties of this Our Realm, that they and every of them fully obey this Our plea&s;ure, and cau&s;e the &s;ame to be obeyed and executed by others, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their utmo&s;t perils.</P>
<P>And for the due execution of the Premi&s;&s;es in all other the Counties of this Our Realm, as well as in Our Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> We do hereby &s;treightly charge and command all Our Iu&s;tices of Peace within the &s;ame Counties, as well within Liberties as without, That yearly and every year hereafter before <HI>Lent,</HI> they cau&s;e to come and appear before them, all keepers of Ordinary-tables, Inholders, Cooks, Taverners, Alehou&s;e-keepers, Butchers, and other Victuallers what&s;oever, and to require and take of them to Our u&s;e &s;everal Recognizances with Sureties for the ob&s;ervation of the Premi&s;&s;es <HI>(viz.)</HI> the Principals in Ten pounds, and their two Sureties in Five pounds apiece: And if they &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to enter into &s;uch Recognizances, then the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall &s;uppre&s;s &s;uch Per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing from Victualling any more, and &s;hall al&s;o cau&s;e them forthwith to become bound by Recognizance with Sureties to Our u&s;e <HI>(viz.)</HI> the Principals in Twenty pounds, and their two Sureties in Ten pounds apiece, not to Victual, or &s;ell Beer or Ale from henceforth; which if they &s;hall refu&s;e to do, then the &s;aid Iu&s;tices to commit to Pri&s;on all &s;uch Per|&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing to enter into &s;uch Recognizances, until they &s;hall &s;ubmit them&s;elves, and become bound as a|fore&s;aid. And further, all &s;uch keepers of Ordinary-Tables, Inholders, Cooks, Taberners, Alehou&s;e-keepers, Butchers, and other Victuallers, as &s;hall not appear before the &s;aid Iu&s;tices as afore&s;aid, That they may immediately &s;end forth their Warrants, or grant Proce&s;s again&s;t them and every of them &s;o making default, to appear and an&s;wer their contempt at the next General Se&s;sions of the Peace.</P>
<P>And further, for the more due puni&s;hment of Inholders, Keepers of Ordinary-tables, Cooks, Butchers, Victuallers, Alehou&s;e-keepers, Taverners and &s;uch like, who &s;hall forfeit their Recognizances, by Killing, Dre&s;sing of Fle&s;h, or &s;uffering it to be eaten in their hou&s;es in the <HI>Lent</HI>-time and other Fi&s;h-dayes; And to the end that the &s;ame may be as well taken in due form of Law, as duely certified into Our Exchequer: We do will and require all Iu&s;tices of Peace, as well within Liberties as without, That at &s;uch times as they &s;hall meet within their &s;everal Divi&s;ions for the taking of &s;uch Recognizances, that they give notice to the Clerks of the Peace or their Deputies, to attend them for that purpo&s;e, Of whom We will require a &s;trict Accompt for the Legal taking and returning of the &s;ame Recognizances into Our &s;aid Exchequer.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e the&s;e Directions are for the better ob&s;ervation of Order and due keeping of the <HI>Lent,</HI> according to our Laws, which Our Mini&s;ters and Officers are to &s;ee executed of Office, without making the &s;ame grie|vous unto Our People, by taking of exce&s;sive Fees for their entring into Recognizances to ob&s;erve the&s;e Or|ders: We therefore &s;treightly charge and command, That no Town-Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, nor other Officer, &s;hall or do pre&s;ume to demand or take any Fee or reward above the Summ of Twelve pence, al|though more hath been heretofore limited to be taken by the Town-Clerks, and Clerks of the Peace of the &s;e|veral Counties, for taking and certifying any &s;uch Recognizances, nor &s;hall give any Fee or Reward for re|turning the &s;ame into Our Exchequer.</P>
<P>And La&s;tly, for that the Fi&s;hmongers (upon the ob&s;ervation of the afore&s;aid Orders) may perhaps take occa|&s;ion thereby to inhaunce the prices as well of Fre&s;h as Sea-fi&s;h; We do therefore hereby further charge and com|mand all Fi&s;hmongers what&s;oever, That they Sell and utter their Fi&s;h at moderate and u&s;ual Rates and Prices. And that all Iu&s;tices of Peace, Mayors, Bayliffs, and other Officers, as well within Liberties as without, to whom it &s;hall appertain, &s;hall from time to time take &s;uch Order with the &s;aid Fi&s;hmongers, that Our Subjects be not grieved by any &s;uch Inhauncement or increa&s;e of Prices upon Fi&s;h, upon pain of Our high di&s;plea&s;ure, and &s;uch further puni&s;hment as may be inflicted upon them by Our Laws.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>the Twenty ninth day of <HI>January,</HI> in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD SA&V;E THE KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Bill,</HI> Printer to the KING'S mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTY, 1660.</P>
<P>At the KING'S Printing-Hou&s;e in <HI>Black-Friers.</HI></P>
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