By the queen.  
MAry by the grace of God queen of England, france, and ireland, defender of the faith, & of the church of England and also of Ireland in earth the supreme head.  
To all Mayres. sheriffs, bailiffs, Constables, & to all other our officers ministers & subiectes, and to every of thē greeting. Where by reason of our abiding here at our palace of westminster, as well for our coronation, as for this our present parliament and term, great resort of our nobles, and other of our subiectes haue repaired hither to our cities of London and Westminster, & there haue tarried, & yet still do remain, by occasion whereof such byllets, fagottes, talewoodes, and other fuels as were provided, and brought to the said cities for their provision, are greatly wasted and consumed, where by the same our cities, and the suburbs of the same are like to lack sufficient and compotent store therof, for their furniture for this present winter, as we be informed by the heads and gouernours of the same our cities. We minding the present relief of the same want, and lack of fuel, do straightly charge and command all and singular our loving Subiectes, which haue any maner of talewood, byllettes, fagottes, or other fuel whatsoever, cut down, felled, and made, or to be made ready to be carried, that they and every of them, with all convenient speed, do bring, and cause to be brought to our said cities and suburbs of the same all and singular the same talewode, byllets, fagottes, and other fuel.  
And further we will, and by these presentes do give licence to all and every our said subiects, which shall bring any of the said fuel to our said cities or the suburbs of the same, that they and every of them shall, and may, frankly, and freely, utter, sell, and put to sale the same fuel, and every part thereof, to our said nobelles and Subiectes, at reasonable and compotente prices, without impechement, or incurrynge of any for fayture, loss, pain, or penalty, contained in the act of parliament, made for the assyse of wood, the first day of March, in the .vii. year of the reign of our dear brother, king Edwarde the sixth, for, or by reason, that the same fuel, or any parcel therof shall fortune to lack or want any parte of the just assyse or proportion which it ought to bear and keep, by virtue of the said act, any thing in the same act contained to the contrary, notwithstanding. ¶ In witness whereof, we haue caused this our present letters of licence and proclamation to be made patents. witness ourself at Westminster, the .xx. day of november, the first year of our reign.  
God save the queen.   

Londini in aedibus johannis Cawodi 
 Typographi Reginae excusum. 
 Anno. M D. LIII.  
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