FOraſmuch as the Queenes Maieſtie our Soueraigne Lady is crediblie enfourmed, that the infection of the plague is at this preſent in ſundry places in and about the citie of London, and in other places neare adioyning to the ſame, whereas by the continuaunce therof through the greater repaire and reſort of her louyng Subiectes, great peryll and daunger myght not only enſue vnto her moſt royal perſon, but alſo vnto her moſt louyng Subiectes repayring thither for their ſuites and cauſes, and thereby alſo geue occaſion of diſperſing of the ſame in other parts of the Realme: Her Maieſtie for the ſayd neceſſary conſiderations, and hoping that the ſame wil by the goodnes of Almighty God, with the coldneſſe of the yere, and ſuch wholſome orders as are taken in her ſayde Citie, the rather ſeaſe by the adiorment of part of this next Terme of Sa • nt Michael now at hande, from the vtas of the ſame, vntyll after the feaſt of all Saints next commyng. Her Maieſtie therefore of her eſpeciall fauour and clemencie, is pleaſed and contented, to adiourne the ſayde Tearme of S. Michael: That is to ſay, from the vtas thereof, vnto Craſtino Animarum next commyng, which her Maieſtie ſignifieth to all and ſinguler her louing Subiectes of this her Realme, to the intent that they and euery of them which hath cauſe or commaundement to appeare in any of her highneſſe courtes at Weſtminſter, in or at any day or tyme from & after the ſayd vtas of S. Michael, may tary at their dwellynges, or where their buſineſſe otherwiſe ſhall lye, without reſorting to any of the ſayde courtes for that cauſe before Craſtino Animarum next commyng, and that without daunger of forfayture, penaltie, or contempt to incurre towardes her highneſſe in that behalfe. And neuertheleſſe her Maieſties pleaſure is, that two of her Iuſtices, that is to ſay of either Benche one, ſhall the firſt day of Michaelmas Tearme called Octabis Michaelis, according to the auncient order of her lawes, kepe the Eſſoynes of the ſayde Octabis Michaelis, at which vtas of S. Michael, writtes of adiorment ſhalbe directed to the ſaid Iuſtices, geuing them authoritie to adiourne the ſayd Tearme of S. Michael, that is to ſay, from the vtas therof, vntyll Craſtino Animarum as before is ſayd, and the ſame adiorment ſhalbe made in the firſt day of the ſayd vtas, commonly called the day of the Eſſoynes. And further her Maieſties pleaſure is, that all matters, cauſes, and ſuites dependyng in any of her other Courts betweene partie and partie, as in her highneſſe courtes of Chauncery, Starre chaumber, and Exchequer, Courtes of wardes and liueries, and Duchie of Lancaſter, ſhall haue continuance, and the parties ſhall haue day from the date of theſe preſentes, vnto Craſtino Animarum as before is ſayd.

Prouided alway, and her Maieſties pleaſure and commaundement is, that all Collectours, Receauers, Sheriffes, and other accomptauntes, and all other perſons that ought or ſhoulde accompt or paye any ſumme, or ſummes of money, in any of her Maieſties Court of Exchequer, courtes of Wardes and liueries, or of her Duchie of Lancaſter, or in any of them, or to enter into any accompt in any of the ſame Courtes, ſhall repayre vnto the accuſtomed places at Weſtminſter, where her highneſſe hath appoynted ſuch Officers and Miniſters as for that purpoſe her Maieſtie hath thought expedient, and their to pay and do in euery behalfe, as though no ſuch Proclamation of adiornement had been had or made, any thing mentioned in this preſent Proclamation, or in any writ of adiorment to the contrary notwithſtanding: Wyllyng and commanding all and euery of her Maieſties Officers, Miniſters, and Subiectes, to whom it doth or ſhall appertayne, to obſerue and kepe their aſſemblies and apparaunces, with al their returnes and certificates in her highneſſe ſayde courtes at Weſtminſter in Craſtino Animarum next commyng, then and there to be holden and kept, and there to doe their offices and dueties in euery behalfe, in like manner and fourme as they ſhoulde or ought to haue done yf this preſent Proclamation had not ben had or made, as they wyll anſwere to the contrary at their perils.