THE Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and his Brethren the Aldermen of the City of London, conſidering how the infection of the Plague is diſperſed in diuers and ſundry places neere about this City, Doe for the better preuention of the increaſe thereof within the ſaid City, (ſo far as it ſhall pleaſe God to bleſſe mans endeauours) hereby ſtreightly charge, and in his Maieſties name command all manner of perſons within the ſaid City and Liberties thereof, to take notice of, and obſerue theſe ſeuerall Articles enſuing, Viz.

Firſt, that all the ſeuerall Inhabitants within this City and Liberties thereof, doe from hence forth daily cauſe their houſes to be kept ſweet, the ſtreets and lanes before their doores to bee paued, and cleanſed of all manner of ſoile, dung, and noiſome things whatſoeuer, and the channels thereof to be kept cleane, and waſht, by water to be poured down, or let running into the ſame.

That no Vagrants or Beggars doe preſume to come, or preſſe together in Multitudes to any Buriall, or Lectures, or other publike meetings, whereby to ſeeke or gaine reliefe as hath beene lately vſed, but that they and euery of them vpon euery Buriall, doe repaire to ſuch places to receiue the Almes, Charity or Reliefe, as they ſhall haue notice giuen them by the Officers of the Pariſh, wherein they doe reſide.

That no idle Vagaband, and vagrant Perſons doe preſume to come, wander or remaine in and about this Citie and Liberties thereof, either to begge reliefe or otherwiſe. And if any of them ſhall be found, or taken to offend therein, Then they and euery of them to be apprehended by the Conſtables and Warders within this Citie, and being puniſhed, to be paſſed away according to the Lawes and ſtatutes of this Realme, in that caſe made and prouided for.

That the Feaſts and Meetings at Hals, Tauernes, or other places within this Citie or Liberties, vſed to be made by the Countrimen of any Shire, or other place within this Realme, Wraſtlings, and Fencers Priſes, Shewes, or the like, which hath been a cauſe of gathering multitudes together, be now forborne, and not attempted to be made by any perſon or perſons whatſoeuer, vntill the City and the places adiacent ſhall bee cleare of the preſent infection (which God of his mercy grant.)

That no Fruiterer or other Seller of Fruite, Cabbages, Rootes or Herbes, doe keepe or lay vp in any their houſes, warehouſes, or other place within this City of Liberties thereof, any Apples, Herbes, Roots, Cabbages, or other fruite whatſoeuer, other than in the warehouſes anciently vſed for ſuch purpoſe, lying in or about Thameſtreet, or the places thereunto adioyning.

And for the better and more due performance of all and euery the premiſſes, the ſaid Lord Mayor and Aldermen doe hereby ſtraightly charge and command all Conſtables, Scauengers, Beadles, and other officers within this Citie and Liberties thereof, whom theſe may any way concerne, to vſe all poſſible care and diligence they may, for the due and carefull execution and performance of all and euery the ſaid Articles according to the true intent and meaning thereof, & to acquaint the Lord Mayor of this City, or ſome other his Maieſties Iuſtices of Peace within the ſame of all & euery the parties as ſhall be found to offend therein, whereby they & euery of them may be puniſhed, & dealt withall according to the qualitie of the offence as the Law in ſuch caſe ſhall require, As they and euery of them will anſwer to the contrary at their perils.