❧ By the queen.  
WHere by queens most Excellent majesty, being given to understand of a very great outrage lately committed by some Apprentices, and others being masterless men, and vagrant persons, in and about the Suburbs of the city of London, in assaulting of the house of Lincolnes inn, and the breaking and spoiling of diuers Chambers in the said House, which offences her Highnesse is minded to haue to be duly examined, and thereupon aswell the offenders therein, as also such persons of the said House of Lincolnes inn, as did by any means give any occasion to provoke the same unlawful outrage, to be duly and very severely punished according to their demerits; hath therefore thought good for the better avoiding of such like outrages hereafter( by the aduise of Her majesties privy counsel) straightly to charge & command all such as be any householders within the several Parishes of S. Dunstanes, S. Brides, S. Andrewes in holborn, S. Giles in the field, S. Martin in the field, the strand & S. Clement without the Temple bar, that they and every of them, do cause all their Apprentices, journeymen, Seruants and family in their several houses, other then such as shall bee appointed to keep several Watches, to tarry and abide within their several houses, and not to be suffered to go abroad after Nine of the clock at night, vpon pain of imprisonment. And that all Constables, petty Constables, and others being appointed to keep any Watch or Watches, finding any such Apprentices, journeymen or seruants, wandering abroad out of their Master his House after Nine of the clock in the night, shall not onely take and commit such person to prison, but also shal warn and command the Master of every such person to come and appear before the Alderman or his deputy of that Ward,( if he be within the Liberties of the city of London) or else before some Iustices of Peace, if he be without the liberty of the city, there to answer to his contempt, for suffering his apprentice or Seruant so to go abroad, contrary to this Her majesties express commandement.  
And Her majesties further pleasure is, that this order shall bee by every of the said householders duly observed and kept, for, and during the space of six dayes, next ensuing the date of this Proclamation.  
And further, her Highnesse doth straightly charge command all such persons as be masterless men, and other vagrant persons, not having wherewith to maintain-themselues, and being or abiding in any the Parishes aforesaid, That they and every of them, do presently depart from hence to the several places where they were born, vpon pain of imprisonment.  
given at Ely place the xxiiij. day of September, in the xxxij. year of her majesties most gracious reign. 
 God save the queen.   

¶ Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the queens most Excellent majesty. 1590.