●all Rates and taxations for wages, ●ade and set forth by the Iustices of peace, for the town county of Southampton.  
●Here in the Parliament holden at Westminster the .xii. day of january, in the fifth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady the queens majesty, it was enacted by the queen our said sovereign Lady, the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in that Parliament assembled, that the Iustices of the peace of every shire, riding, and liberty, within the limits of their several Commissions, or the more part of them, being resiant within the same, and the sheriff of the county, yf he conveniently might, and every Maior bailiff, or other head officer within any city or town corporate, wherein is any Iustices of the peace within the limits of the said city or town, should 〈…〉 ●… erely after Easter, at times convenient appoynted by the same, assemble them 〈…〉 ●… g before them such discrete and grave persons of the said county, city, and 〈…〉 ●… ke meet, and conferring together, respecting the plenty or scarscitie of the time, 〈…〉 ●ecessaryly to be considered, should by virtue of the said act, within the limits 〈…〉 ●… rall Commissions, limit, rate, and appoint the wages, as well of such and so 〈…〉 handycraf●● 〈…〉 or any other ●abourer, servant, workem●n 〈…〉 hath ben ●ny lawe or sta●… ranted and ap●●●●●ed, as also the ●ages 〈…〉 workmen, or apprentices of h●●band 〈…〉 off●●ers, within their several Commissions or liberties, ◇ meet by 〈…〉, limited, or appoynted. And the same rates and taxations should certify in●… 〈…〉 ●ourt of chancery, before a certain day, limited in the said act: whereupon it lord chancellor, or lord keeper of the great seal of england for the time be 〈…〉 ●… reof to her highness, her heirs, or successors, or to the lords and others of her 〈…〉, to cause Proclamations to be printed and sent down into every of the said 〈…〉 ●… ng the several rates appoynted by the said Iustices and other head officers, 〈…〉 her highness name, all persons straightly to observe and keep the same, vpon the 〈…〉 ●… t and forfaytures limited and appoynted by the said act and Statute.  
〈…〉 ●●rther enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all maner of person and persons, 〈…〉 made, should observe and keep the said rates for wages, upon pain of the for●… 〈…〉 ●… ntayned in the same statute, until further order by Proclamation, according to 〈…〉 ●●tatute, it should be otherwise ordered and proclaimed. Wherefore the queens 〈◇〉 into her said court of chancery, amongst diuers other Certificates, from sundry 〈…〉 Cities, and towns, one Certificate from this her county of Southampton, 〈…〉 for wages hereafter following, made and appointed by the Iustices of this her 〈…〉 ●… rdyng to the tenor of ●●e same Act. And mindyng to haue the same rates put 〈…〉 as by the process of the same Act is prescribed, like as her majesty hath & intendeth 〈…〉 ●… es Counties & shires, and other places of liberty within this her realm: Ther●… 〈…〉 ●… tly chargeth and commandeth all maner of person and persons within her said 〈…〉 ●… on, to keep and observe in all poyntes, the said rates, taxations, orders, and ap●… 〈…〉 hereafter following and set forth, vpon the pains and forfaytures appoynted by the 〈…〉 ●… ayne of her highness displeasure.  
〈…〉 ●… nesse pleasure and express commaundement●, that all Iustices of peace, Sheriffes, 〈…〉 said county of Southamton, shall see and cause the same rates duly and severe 〈…〉 ●… t in all poyntes: And this Proclamation to be used in every behalf, according to the 〈…〉 Act. And her majesties further pleasure & commandment is, that yf any question, 〈…〉 arise vpon any of the taxations or rates for this county of Southampton, 〈…〉 that then the same shalbe resolved & determined by her highnes Iustices of peace, that 〈…〉 ●… he same taxations and rates: And that all persons shall perform and keep the same 〈…〉 determinations, so by them to be made and determined, touching the same.