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lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06235	Where, in all well-gouerned kingdomes ... care hath euer beene duly had and taken ... that breade, meats and drinkes ... to be solde ... should bee good ...	City of London (England).; Middleton, Thomas, Sir, 1550-1631.	1613 (1613)	STC 16725.3; ESTC S1336	3,749	3

HONI SOIT ●VI MAL Y PENSE ● M T. M. WHere in all well-gouerned Kingdomes Common-wealthes Cities and Countries care hath euer beene duly had and taken and commands strictly giuen in publicke and in priuate That Breade Meats and Drinkes of all sorts to be solde vttered or put to sale for the sustenance of mankinde should bee good sweete sound and wholesome for mans body And that iust Assize Weight Measure should be deliuered to all persons vpon paines penalties and punishments to bee inflicted vppon the Offenders according to the qualities of their offences Now therefore the Right honorable Sir Thomas Middleton Knight Lord Maior of this the Kings Highnes City of London his right Worshipful Brethren the Aldermen of the same considering the great Assemblie of Lords Spirituall and Temporall Commons at this time of the high Court of Parliament and the repayre hither of so many others from many parts of this realme who are to haue their prouision for their dyet in a great part from this Cittie and purposing as much as in them shall lye duely to prouide that they bee well serued of Victuall both in respect of the goodnesse of the same and of iust assize weight and measure do heereby straitly Charge and Command That no Baker Wine-seller Brewer Butcher Poulter Fishmonger Inholder Cooke Alehouse-keeper or any other Victualler or other person or persons whatsoeuer doe at any time heereafter sell vtter or put to sale any Bread Wine Ale Beere Flesh Fish or any other Victuall whatsoeuer within the saide City or Liberties of the same but such onely as shal be good sweet sound and wholesome for mans body vppon paine of imprisonment and such further punnishment as the qualities of their seuerall offences shall deserue which shall with all seuerity be executed against them and euery of them And do further heereby straitly Charge and Command That no Baker or any other person whatsoeuer shall at any time heereafter sell vtter or put to sale any Breade vsuallie called sold for Wheaten bread but that the peny loafe contain the Assize of xi Ounces Troy waight at the least which is th' assize now appointed for the same other loaues of that kind of Bread after that Rate Nor any bread vsually called sold for White bread but that the peny loafe contain th' Assize of seuen ounces one quarter of an ounce troy waight at the least which is th'assiize now appointed for the same and other loaues of that kind of bread after that rate And that no Inholder Cooke Tipler Ale-house-keeper or other person whatsoeuer shall at anie time heereafter sell vtter or put to sale any Beere or Ale otherwise then by measures sealed by the Officer thereunto duely appointed And that none of them sell any of the best sort of Ale or beere at any higher rate or price then a penie for a full Ale quart nor any of the smaller sorte of Ale or beere at any higher rate or price then a halfe peny for a full Ale quart And forasmuch as there hath beene verie great spoyle and waste of Wheate and Barley by reason of the great abuse in brewing strong and headie Beere and Ale and besides the abuse in drunkennesse and drinking vnmeasurably and in so great excesse and in exceedingly wasting of Gods blessinges without care or conscience many poore families men weomen and children haue beene and dayly are vtterly ouerthrowne and forced either to liue by begging or sterue for want by reason that the insatiable desire of manie of the poorer sorte of housholders to those strong Drinkes is such and their custome in committing that sin so grounded as that al they can get by their labour is hardly sufficient to satisfie their owne appetite therein which they will sometimes beyond their ability satisfie though their Wines and Children want at home And where the vtterance of those Drinkes haue beene so great as Inholders Cookes and other Victuallers haue had in their sellers and other places of Store some one man a hundred some two hundred and some three hundred barrels at one time The saide Lord Maior and Aldermen therefore do heereby straitly Charge and Command That no Inholder Cooke Ale-house-keeper or other Victualler whatsoeuer shall at any time after publication of this Proclamation receiue any beere or Ale into his or her house Seller or other place vntill all the barrels of beere and Ale which he or she hath shall be drawne out spent and reduced to the number of twenty and that after that time he or shee shal not haue retaine or keep in his or her house seller or other place at any one time aboue the number of twenty barrels and that neither they nor any of them shall at any time afterwarde receiue retaine or keepe any beere or Ale in anie greater Vessels then barrels onely And where within the saide Citie and Liberties many Freemen of the company of Cooks vnder pretence of selling beere and ale with their meates by colour of their Charters and Ordinances do keepe common Alehouses and sell Ale and beere both within their houses and deliuer the same out also without selling any meate therewith and are not thereunto licensed in due forme of Law The saide Lord Maior and Aldermen doo heereby straitly Charge and Command all Freemen of the saide Company of Cookes That they do not at any time heereafter directly or indirectly sell vtter or put to sale any beere or Ale out of their houses nor in theyr houses otherwise then with their meate And where there haue beene and dayly are vsed great deceipts in sale of horsemeat as well Hay and Oates as horse-breade within the sayde Citie and Liberties thereof For redresse and reformation therein the saide Lorde Maior and Aldermen doe heereby straightlie Charge and Commaund all Inholders keepers of Stables and Hoasteries and all and euerie other person and persons whatsoeuer That neither they nor any of them do at any time after the publication hereof sell vtter or put to sale any Horse-bread at any other Rates and Prizes then three Loaues Weighing one and twenty Ounces Troy waight for a penme nor any other then such as shall be well baked and made of good Beanes Branne and woorking Meale well blended Nor any Oates at any higher Rate or price then foure pence halfe-peny for a pecke after that Rate for greater and lesser measures Nor any Hay at any higher rate or price then a bottell of Hay weighing two pounds a halfe for a halfe-penie and after that Rate for greater and lesser quantitie or weight Nor shall not take any more or greater price then sixe pence day and night for Horses Mares or Geldings set at Liuerie within this Citie or the Liberties thereof and so after the same Rate And doe also heereby Charge and Commaunde all Inholders Ale-house-keepers and others vsually receyuing lodgers who shal receiue any person or persons to lodge in any of their houses that

they and euery of them do once euery day from time to time deliuer to the Alderman of the Ward or his Deputy or to the Constable of the Precinct where such Inholder Ale-housekeeper or other person shal dwel in writing the Names Surnames additions of dwelling place and profession of such persons as they or any of them shall receiue to lodge likewise of the time of their departure to the end the saide Lord Maior and his brethren the Aldermen may from time to time be truely informed thereof and persons dangerous to the King State may the more easily be discouered And do heereby further Charge and commaund That all Constables within the saide Citie and the Liberties thereof hold their Watches from nine of the Clocke in the Euening vntill fiue of the Clocke in the Morning and that they suffer no person to passe thorough anie of the Streetes or lanes of this Citie betwixt the houres aforesaide vnlesse hee or shee can giue good accompt of lawfull and honest occasion so to do And such as cannot they shall commit to Prison in one of the Compters of this Citie or to some other prison if neede require and certifye the Lord Maior or some other Iustice of peace within this Citty thereof the next morning And that if the saide Constables or any of them vpon any sodaine occasion shall find cause they shall make search in any Inne Victualling house or other place suspected to harbour leud loose ydle or suspected people and if they shall finde any such they shall commit them to prison there to remaine and certifie the saide Lorde Maior or some other of the sayde Iustices thereof the next ●●rning to the end such order may bee taken for their punnishment or deliuerie as shall be meete And where the sayde Lorde Maior with the aduise of his saide Brethren shortlie after his entrance into the Office of Maioralty of the sayde Citie did for the Aduancement of the honour of GOD and for the Weale of the Kings Maiesties Subiects Inhabitants within the sayde Cittie and the Liberties of the same and of others repayring to the same from forraigne parts giue publicke notice and warning by Proclamation of his Lordshippes purpose to endeauour and speede the due execution of sundrie Actes and Ordinances and did thereby also giue straite Charge and Commaund for due Obseruation thereof as also touching Forestallers and Regrators Ale-house-keepers Victuallers and others Now forasmuch as there hath not been that due regarde had of the obseruation of the sayde Ordinances and Statutes concerning the offences aforesaide nor of the sayde publicke warning Charge and Commaund giuen as aforesaide which ought to haue beene The sayde Lorde Maior and Aldermen doe now therfore heereby giue speciall Charge and Commandement to al the Inquests of Wardmote of this Citie and the liberties thereof and to all Constables Beadles and other Officers and to all Informers and other persons whatsoeuer to whom it shall or may in any wise appertain that they and euerie of them do make speciall diligent ●●●●irefull enquiries and presentments of al such Forestallers Regrators and others as also of a● and 〈◊〉 the other offences wh●●h 〈◊〉 beene or shall be commited against the true meaning of the saide Statutes Actes and Ordinances or any of them or against the true meaning of any Charge or Commaund heereby giuen to the end the seuerall Offenders may bee duely punished and that the paines penalties and forfeytures may be duely leauied wherein such as shall be carefull and painefull to further and speede due execution in this behalfe shall out of the penalties and forfeytures be for theyr care and paines therein to be taken sufficiently recompenced and rewarded Printed by William Iaggard Printer to the Honourable Citty of London ❧ God saue the King ❧