FOrasmuch as the Queenes Maiestie our Soueraigne Ladie 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 adioynyng to the same, wheras 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 repayryng thyther for their suites and causes, and thereby also geue occasion of dispersyng of the same in other partes of the Realme: Her Maiestie for the sayd necessa­rie considerations, and hopyng that the same will by the goodnes of Almightie 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 Tearme of S. Michael nowe at hande, from the vtas of the same, vntyll [...] the feast of all Saintes next commyng. Her Maiestie therfore of her especiall fauour and clemencie, is pleased and [...]ed to adiourne the sayde Tearm of S. Michael: That is to say, from the vtas thereof, vnto Crastino Animarum [...] commyng, which her Maiestie signifieth to al and singuler her louyng Subiectes of this her Realme, to the intent [...] and euery of them which hath cause or commaundement to appeare in any of her highnesse courtes at West­ [...]ster in or at any day or tyme from & after the sayd vtas of S Michael, may tary at their dwellynges, or where their [...] otherwise shall lye, without resortyng to any of the sayde courtes for that cause before Crastino Animarum next [...]ng and that without daunger of forfayture, penaltie, or contempt to incurre towardes her highnesse in that [...] And neuerthelesse her Maiesties pleasure is, that two of her Iustices, that is to say of either Benche one, shall [...] of Michaelmas Tearme called Octabis Michaelis, accordyng to the auncient order of her lawes, kepe the [...] of the sayde Octabis Michaelis, at which vtas of S. Michael, writtes of adiorment shalbe directed to the sayde J [...]ces▪ geuyng them auctoritie to adiourne the sayd Tearme of S. Michael, that is to say, from the vtas therof, vntyll [...] A [...]arum as before is sayd, and the same adiorment shalbe made in the first day of the sayde 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 courtes betweene partie and partie, as in her highnesse courtes of Chauncerie, Starre chaumber, and Ex­ [...]quer, Courtes of wardes and liueries, and Duchie of Lancaster, shall haue continuance, and the parties shall haue [...] from the date of these presentes, vnto Crastino Animarum as before is sayde.

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 & 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 hyghnesse hath appoynted such Officers and Ministers as for that purpose her Maiestie hath thought [...], and there to pay and do in euery behalfe, as though no such Proclamation of adiorment had ben had or made, [...] mentioned in this present Proclamation, or in any writ of adiorment to the contrarie notwithstandyng: [...] and commaundyng all and euery of her Maiesties Officers, Ministers, and Subiectes, to whom it doth or shal apertayne, to obserue and kepe their assemblies and apparaunces, with al their returnes and certificates in her high­ [...] sayde courtes at Westminster in Crastino Animarum next commyng, then and there to be holden and kept, and there [...] their offices and dueties in euery behalfe, in lyke maner and fourme as they shoulde or ought to haue done yf this [...]nt Proclamation had not ben had or made, as they wyll aunswere to the contrarie at their perils.

Geuen at her Maiesties Castel of Windsor the. 28. day of September, in the eleuenth yere of her Maiesties raigne.

God saue the Queene.