By the Mayre. FOr as much as in diverse good & ancient laws and statutes of this our most dread sovereign lord the kings realm of England, amongst diverse and sundry other things, forstaling and regrating, as two capital and chief evil mischiefs and hindrances of the common and public wealth of our said sovereign lords realm have been prohibited and restrained upon great and straight pains in the same statutes mentioned and declared. That is to say, that every such offender for his first offence should be grievously amerced and to forfeit and lose their things so bought. For his second offence to be set on the pyllery. For his third offence to be committed to ward, there to remain until he have paid his fine and ransom. And for his fourth like offence to abjure the city borough or town where he doth dwell, 〈…〉 statunte made in the xxv year of the reign of the right noble and famous prince Edward the third plainly 〈…〉 〈…〉 ed Syus which time also diverse and many other pains and penalties have been ordained and prouy●●● 〈…〉 aid sovereign lord and his most noble progenitors by diverse and sundry other godly & wholesome laws 〈…〉 made & set forth for the due punishment of the said offenders as by the same estatures more plainly it doth 〈…〉 which good and reasonable laws and statutes, & the pains therein contained, notwithstanding diverse & 〈…〉 ●f our said soverygne lords subjects neither regarding or remembering their duty and conscience towar●●… 〈…〉 and their neighbours, nor yet their bounden duty of obedience towards our said sovereign lord and his 〈…〉 of their ungodly covetous and greedy minds, have now of late by such craft and means forestalled and regretted both all kinds of victuals, and namely wild foul, pultrie wares and victuals hereafter written▪ that the said wyldfoule, pultrie wares and victuals be not only brought to excessive and unreasonable prizes, as 〈◊〉 days they have been, but also to great lack and scarcity, to the great displeasure of our said sovereign lord and the hindrance of the common wealth of his grace's loving subjects. For reformation whereof the right honourable lord Mayre of the city of Londo & his worshipful brethren the Aldermen of the same city straightly charge & command on our said sovereign lord the kings behalf▪ That no manner of person or persons of what so ever estate condition or degree he or they be of be so hardy or so bold at any time hereafter to forstall or regrate any manner or kind of victuals and namel● wild fowls an● 〈…〉 e wares, or sell, or utter by retail any manner of wildfowl or pultrie wares neither within the said city o● the surburbes 〈…〉 ●ame nor without, brought or to be brought, and conveyed to the same city or suburbs thereof to be sold either by high ways, lanes, chambers, inns, or any other secret place, bu● that they & every of them permit and suffer all the said wild foul and pultrie wares & other victuals to be brought into the open markets held within the said city at the days and hours there accustomed for the same, there to be put to sale & ordered in every point according to the tenor of this proclamation. So that our said sovereign lord the king, his nobles, & others his loving subjects repairing & resorting to the said city & also the citizens & inhabitants within the same, may be the more redelyer, better, & at the more reasonable & competent prizes, served from hensforwarde & sped of the same. And that no manner of person or persounes at any time from hence forth: neither free man of the same city, nor foreign, pitch, or offer to sale any manner of wild foul 〈◊〉 ware, or other kind of victual hereafter mentioned and express in any other place or places in the said city or suurbes of the same, but only in the open market places there. That is to say Ledenhall, Chepsyde, and Newgate markét, the same pultrie wares, and other victuals, there to stand seyl and remain v●●yll such time as our said sourraygne, lord the kings majesties provision for his most honourable household shallbe thereof by his grace's pu●ueyours in that behalf assigned & appointed, fully taken, furnished and served, according to their just proportion thereof to them made and delivered, which proportion shallbe showed to the lord Mayre, or his deputy, when and as often as it shallbe required: which proportion and provision for our said sovereign lords household so furnished and served ●he hole residue of all the said wyldfoule, pultry wares, and victuals to be sold in every of the said market places, during the time of the said markets, and not else where within the said city, or the suburbs of the same, and that at and for such rates and prizes, as been hereafter rated, taxed and assessed, by the said lord Mayre and Aid ratified, allowed, and confirmed by our said sovereign lord the kings most honourable counsel. That is to say, no citizen, or free man of the said city, sell, or cause to be sold the best Swan above. v. s. The best Crane, bustard or Stork above iiii. s. Herenshoes, Shovelardes and bitterness of the best the piece xviii. d Peacocks old of the best, the piece two. s. Pechyckens of the best, the piece xiiii. d. Capons of grece the best the piece xx. d. Capon's good the piece xiiii. d Capons kent of the best the piece viii. d Hens of grece the piece of the best seven d Brews and Egrettes of the best, the piece x 〈…〉 Byttors of the best the piece xii. d. 〈…〉 of the best the piece xi●● 〈…〉 the piece vi. d. Grene Gese fat from easter to midsummer, the piece. seven. d Gese great from midsummer till shrovetide of the best, the piece viii. d. Goodwyttes fat, the piece. xii. d dotterels of the best, the dozen iii & iiii. d. 〈…〉 ails of the best the dozen iiii. ●. ●parowes the dozen iii. d. ●●geons or the best, the dozen viii. d. Rabbits souckets far the dozen xviii. d. conies from Easte● to Hallontyde of the best, the dozen. two. s that is for a piece two. d. Winter ●onyes from Hallontyde till shrovetide, the dozen. two. ●. vi. d that is for the piece. two. d. ob. The Coney of grease all covered, from Hallontyde till shrouety●● iiii. d. 〈…〉 des the dozen of the best. iiii. s. that is for one alone iiii. d Teals of the best, the dozen. two. s. that is for one alone. two. d. Wegions fat the dozen. three s. that is for the piece iii. d. ●odcockes of the best the piece iiii. d. Plovers green of the best, the dozen iii. s. bastard Plovers fat the dozen two. s. vi. d Marlez of the best the dozen xviii. d Hennesnytes of the best, the dozen xviii. d. Larks of the best, the dozen vi. d. Buntynges of the best, the dozen iii. d. Great birds of the best, the dozen vi. d. Eggs, v. for a penny. Butter sweet from Easter to Hallontyde the pound. two. d. Butter sweet from Hallontyde to Easter the pound. three d.