THe Kings moſt Excellent Maieſtie, in his moſt Gracious and Pious diſpoſition, being as ready & willing as any King or Queene of this Realm euer was in any thing to relieue the diſtreſſes and neceſſities of His good Subiects, and the good ſucceſſe vpon thoſe who haue need of His Sacred touch for the Cure of the Kings Euill, being as happy, by the bleſſing of Almighty God, as any of His Royall predeceſſours haue beene, Yet in His Princely wiſedome foreſeeing that in this great worke of Charitie to ſingular perſons, thoſe fit times are neceſſarily to bee obſerued, which may not preiudice the generall health of His people, His Maieſtie did by His Proclamation in March laſt, declare His Royall will and pleaſure to bee, That whereas the vſuall times of preſenting ſuch perſons to His Maieſtie for this purpoſe, were Eaſter and Whitſuntide, That from thencefoorth the times ſhould bee Eaſter and Michaelmas, as times more conuenient, both for the Temperature of the Seaſon, and in reſpect of any Contagion which might happen in the neere acceſſe to His Maieſties ſacred Perſon.

And His Maieſtie did thereby accordingly will and command, That from the time of publiſhing the ſaid Proclamation, none ſhould preſume to repaire to His Maieſties royall Court, to bee healed of that Diſeaſe, before the Feaſt of S. Michael the Archangel then next comming, and now laſt paſt.

His moſt excellent Maieſtie (now conſidering that the danger of the infection of the plague is very much diſperſed in diuers Counties of this Kingdome) doeth hereby Will and Command, and doeth alſo declare His Royall will and pleaſure to bee, That from the time of publiſhing this Proclamation, none preſume to repaire to His Maieſties Royall Court, to be healed of that diſeaſe called the Kings-Euill, before the fifteenth day of December next enſuing, and in caſe the ſayd Infection ſhould continue or increaſe, which God of his mercie diuert, his Maieſtie will in the meane time ſignifie and declare His Royall Will and Pleaſure by Proclamation for ſome further time, for that purpoſe.

And His Maieſtie doeth further Will and Command, as in his former Proclamation aforeſaid hee Commanded, that all ſuch as ſhall come and repayre to the Court for this purpoſe, ſhall bring with them Certificates vnder the hands of the Parſon, Vicar, or Miniſter, and Churchwardens of thoſe ſeuerall Pariſhes where they dwell, and from whence they come, teſtifying according to the trueth, that they haue not at any time before beene touched by the King, to the intent to be healed of that diſeaſe.

And His Maieſtie doeth ſtraightly Charge all Juſtices of Peace, Conſtables and other Officers, That they doe not ſuffer any to paſſe, but ſuch as haue ſuch Certificates, vpon paine of His Maieſties diſpleaſure.

And to the end that all His louing Subiects may the better take knowledge of this His Maieſties pleaſure and Command; His Will is, that this Proclamation bee publiſhed and affixed in ſome open place in euery Market Towne of this Realme. All which His Maieſtie doth Command ſtrictly to bee obſerued by all and euery perſon, and perſons whom it ſhall, or may concerne, vpon ſuch paines, and penalties as may be inflicted vpon them, for the neglect thereof.