WHereas by the grace and blessing of Almighty God, the Kings and Queenes of this Realme, by many ages past, haue had the happi­nesse, by their sacred touch, to Cure those who are afflicted with the Disease called, The Kings Euill: And his now most Excellent Maiesty, in no lesse measure then any of his Royall Progenitors, hath had blessed successe therein: And in his most gracious and pious disposi­tion, is as ready and willing any King or Queene of this Realme euer was, in any thing to releeue the distresses and necessities of his good Subiects: Yet in his Princely wisedome foreseeing, that in this (as in all other things) order is to bee obserued, and fit times are necessary to be appointed for performing of this great worke of Charity; And taking into his Royall consideration the inconueniences which may happen, both in respect of the temperature of the season, and in respect of contagion which may happen in this neere accesse to his Maiesties sacred Person, when the season of the yeere is growne warme: Doth hereby publish and declare his Royall Pleasure to be, and also willeth and commandeth, that from the time of the publishing of this Proclamation, no person or per­sons whatsoeuer, doe attempt or presume to repaire to his Maiesties Royall Court to be healed of that Disease, before the Feast of All-Saints now next comming. And to the end that all His louing Subiects may the better take knowledge of this His Maiesties pleasure and com­mand, His pleasure is, that this Proclamation be published and affixed in some fit and open place in euery Market towne of this Realme.

Giuen at the Court at Whitehall, this two and twentieth day of Aprill, in the tenth yeere of the Reigne of our Soueraigne Lord, CHARLES by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ire­land, Defender of the Faith, &c.

God saue the King.