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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08363	Orders for the redresse of abuse in diet, by her Maiesties expresse pleasure, and absolute commandement to be obserued in the time of this scarsitie and dearth, both by the ministers, and others of the laitie of the realme, within this dioces of Norwich.	Redman, William, d. 1602.	1595 (1595)	STC 18689; ESTC S100850	1,486	1

¶ Orders for the redresse of abuse in diet by her Maiesties expresse pleasure and absolute commandement to be obserued in the time of this scarsitie and dearth both by the Ministers and others of the Laitic of this Realme within this dioces of Norwich IN primis euery minister shal reade and say publicke praiers according to the booke of common praier in euery seuerall parish church and chappel on all Weddensdayes and Fridayes orderly and deuoutly at due and conuenient times 2 Item all such Ministers as haue any benefices shall reside on their liuinges keepe hospitalitie there relieue their neighbours and such as haue pluralities shall doe the like by their Farmers and such others as rent their liuinges at their handes 3 Item all and euery the Ministers within this Dioces shall recommend the orders by her Maiestie commaunded vnto the people in their seuerall charges carefully to be obserued 4 Item they shall in their sermons and exhortations earnestly and pithily exhort and stirre vp euery of their parishners to feruent praier both publicke and priuate to abstinencie fasting and true humiliation and to forbeare all excesse in diet 5 Item they shall exhorte and mooue all and euery their parishioners to releeue the poore and needie by good housekeeping by setting them on worke and by other deedes of almes and brotherly compassion 6 Item they shall exhort and moue all and euery their parishioners to haue patience in this time of scarsitie and not to giue eare to mutinies and discontented persons or the perswasions of idle braines who swarue or repine from the humble dueties of good subiectes to the further oftence of God and discontenting of her Maiestie that hath so tender a care of their welfare 7 Item the parishioners within this Dioces shall orderly soberly deuoutly and diligently frequent their seuerall parish Church or chappell on all Weddensdaies and Fridaies to heare publike praiers there read according to the booke of common praier of this realme 8 Item all and euery person such as bee of better abilitie shall vse a greater moderation in their diet then heretofore they haue done 9 Item none of what degree soeuer he or she be shall suffer any fleshe to bee dressed or eaten in their houses on such dayes as by law stand already prohibited except that those persons by reason of infirmitie be lawfully thereunto licensed 10 Item on Fridayes and other dayes nowe already by lawe appointed for fasting daies no suppers at all shalbe by them prouided or taken either for themselues or houshold 11 Item all and euerie person beeing not let by greeuous sicknesse shall abstaine from suppers altogither on each Weddensdayes at night 12 Item the collectors for the poore in euery parish shalbe diligent to make the collection carefully for their reliese and the same shalbe increased in respect of this present want by those who bee of good abilitie and reasonably bestowed sor the succour of the most distressed 13 Item no persons which haue housholdes shall for sparing discharge any of their housholds to shift for themselues or soiourne from their vsuall habitation themselues 14 Item whatsoeuer is sorborne from anie meale or meales by abstinencie or sparing of any superfluous diet or fare shall be especially by the vealthier sort charitably conuerted to the 〈◊〉 of the poore and needie so as not●●e may be taken thereof according to her maiesties expectation 15 Item no person shall vnder colour of these orders forsake their owne parish church in time of praier and assemble themselues as some heeretofore of their own heades offensiuely haue attempted vnder colour of generall fastes and repaire to other churches 16 Item all and euery the said Ministers and Churchwardens in euerie parish or other charitable discreet men by them to be appointed and nominated shal carry a watchfull eye vnto al Innes Tauernes and victualling houses how both the keepers of them with their houshold and all their guestes and resorters to their houses doe obserue these here Maiesties commandementes 17 Item the Ministers and Churchwardens shal monthly make a true and iust ●ertificate to the Lord Bishop of the Dioces containing aswel the names of disobedient delinquentes in any the premisses as of those well disposed persons who haue had a duetifull regard to her Maiesties commaundement touching a charitable compassion for the reliefe of the poore as is prescribed Will Norwicen