ALl Officers and seruants waiting vpon the Queenes Maiestie in her household, being in her Highnesse Chechrolle, may weare such Apparell, as to them shalbe licensed, limit­ted, and declared in writing by her Maiestie, or by the Lord Steward of her Household, Lord Chamberlaine, or the Treasurer and Comptroller of the same, they knowing the same to be the Queenes Maiesties pleasure. And it shalbe lawfull for a Gentleman in ordinarie, and in Householde, attending vpon any person being of her Maiesties priuie Counsell, or vpon any Baron or Baronnesse, or other person of higher degree, to weare such Apparell in her Maiesties Court at any time, as he or they which may dispend an hundred pounds by the yeere, are licensed or limitted to weare, as is aforesaid.

There are also speciall and seuerall prouisions conteined in the saide Statutes for sundry degrees of per­sons, as hereafter followeth: First for the Lord Chanceller and Lord Treasurer of England, the President of the Kings Counsell, the Lord Priuie seale, of what degree soeuer they be. And in like maner there are prouisions for al persons hauing taken degrees of learning in any Uniuersitie: And also for any of the Kings most Honourable Counsel, Iustices of the Benches, Barons of the Eschequer, Master of the Rolles, Serge­ants of the Lawe, Masters of the Chancery, Apprentices of the Lawe, the Queenes Phisitions, All head Officers of Townes corporate, Barons of the fiue Ports. Prouisions also are there expressed for vtter Bar­resters in Innes of Court, to weare such Apparell, as men that can dispend xx.li.in lands may doe. And in like maner prouisions are made for Students of the Innes of Court or Chancery, and seruants to Noble­men, and Gentlemen for their Doublets or Ierkins. Of all which prouisions or exceptions with sundry others conteined in the said Statute, not here particularly expressed, apperteyning to a few other, euery person is to enforme himselfe diligently, how farre forth he or they may by license of the said prouisions weare any thing prohibited by the generall words of the Lawe.

Also, it is not meant for any thing before expressed, but that her Maiesties seruaunts, and the seruaunts of Noblemen and Gentlemen, may weare such liucrie Coates or Clokes as their masters shal giue or allow vn­to them, with their badges and cognizances, or other ornaments of Ueluet or Silke to bee laied or added to their sayd liuerie Coates or Clokes.

Nor it is not meant hereby to prohibite Henchmen, Heralds, Pursuiuants at Armes, runners at Iustes, Turneis, or such Martiall feates, or such as weare apparell giuen by the Queenes Maiestie, or such as shall haue licence from the Queene for the same.

Prouided alwaies, that all and euery person and persons which by any Statute law remaining in force, is licensed or appointed to weare any maner of thing, contrary to the tenor and meaning of any of the Arti­cles before mencioned, or any part of them, shal & may weare the same to him licensed or appointed to weare, as is aforesayd, any thing in these Articles to the contrary notwithstanding.

All which Articles, clauses and premisses, her Maiestie straightly commandeth to be exactly and duelie ob­serued in all points from the xxiiii. day of August next comming, and the parties offending to be further pu­nished, as violaters and contemners of her Roiall and princely commandement by this her highnesse procla­mation expressed and published.

Geuen vnder our Signet, at our Mannor of Greenwich, the xxiii, day of July, in the nine and thirtieth yeere of our Reigne.

❧ God saue the Queene.