THe Queenes Maiestie vpon good consideration that her Court may (with Gods fauour) bee the better preserued from the insection of sickenesse in this time, commandeth that no maner persons, but such as haue cause to remaine or come to her Court for their ordinarie attendance vpon her Maiesties per­son, or to do seruice in her Court, shal make their repaire to her Court, or with­in two miles of the same, vpon paine to bee committed to prison for their con­tempt. And where by her Maiesties commandement there are certaine orders made, who, and how many shall be commanded to attend for the seruice of her Maiestie, either for her Chamber, or for her Houshold, or for attendance vpon her Counsailors, or other her Maiesties ordinarie seruants in Court, and that no moe shall bee allowed to so­low the Court, or to enter into the same: Her Maiestie straightly chargeth both her Counsailors and her prin­cipall Officers of her Chamber, and of her Houshold, that they see the same orders duely obserued, and that such as shall breake the same orders, may be sharply punished. And considering the Terme of S. Michael which should haue begun at Westminster the ninth of this moneth, is adiourned, as by her proclamation is notified, her Maiestie also commandeth, That all priuate suitors shall forbeare to come to the Court, where her Maie­slie shall reside, vntil the twentieth of Nouember next. And if there shall be any extraordinarie cause for any per­son to come to the Court with matter to be certified to her Maiestie, or to any of her priuie Counsaile, who shall require to be heard presently without further delaie, the same partie shal not enter within the gates of her Ma­iesties Court, vntill hee haue either by her Maiesties Porters of her gates, or by some other person allowed to scrue within the Court, giuen knowledge of his name & Countrey from whence he commeth, to be signified to the Lord Chamberlaine or Vicechamberlaine, or to some other person of her Maiesties priuie Counsaile, And thereupon, as the case shall require, to be licenced by any of them to come within the gates of her Court, and not to tarie any longer then they shalbe so licenced. And if the parties shal haue onely letters to deliuer to any with­in the Court, Then, not to come within the Court gates, but to send the same letters to the persons to whom they are directed: from whom when they shal haue answere, they shal not longer continue neere to the Court, vpon paine of imprisonment. Finally, her Maiestie commandeth that no maner of person allowed to attend in her Court, shal repaire to London, or to the suburbes or places within two miles of the Citie, without special li­cence of the Counsailor or other Officer vnder whom he serueth, in writing, to be shewed to any officer that shal seeke to impeach him, vpon paine to be imprisoned by attachment of the knight Marshal, or of his officers, if the partie shall not shew in writing sufficient warrant both for his going & returning. Her Maiestie also straightly chargeth and commandeth the knight Marshal of her houshold, that he shall cause due search to be made of all vagabonds, commonly called Rogues, that shal haunt about the Court, or in any places within the Verge, and them to apprehend and commit either to the Marshalsea, or to deliuer them to the nert Constables to be sent to the common gaoles next to the place where they shalbe apprehended, there to be ordered and punished according to the lawes prouided for such offenders.

Giuen at her Maiesties Honor of Hampton court, the twelfth day or October, 1592, in the foure and thirtieth yeere of her Maiesties raigne.

God saue the Queene.