Orders conceived by the Lords of her majesties privy council, and by her Highnesse special direction, commanded to be put in execution for the restraint of killing and eating of flesh this next Lent, and to be executed as well by the Lord Maior within the City and Suburbs of London, and by the Officers of the liberties and exempt places in and about the same, as by order to be prescribed by the Lords Lieutenants of all the Counties of the realm, to the Iustices of Peace, Lords of Liberties, and Officers of corporate towns.  
1. Febr. xxxviij. year of the queens majesties reign.  
FIrst her majesties pleasure is, vpon her understanding of the great disorders heretofore and especially the last Lent committed in killing and eating flesh in the time of Lent, especially in the city of London, & the liberties thereto adjoining, that the statute made in the fift year of her majesties reign, for the restraint thereof, be put in due execution by the way of inquisition, and charge of Iuries, and by any other good means, both within the city and all other places requisite within the realm.  
And for the better knowledge of the truth of these disorders, and redress of the inconveniences, the said Iuries shall call before them, and sand for any of the seruants of any Inholders, Victuallers, taverners, and Keepers of ordinary Tables, and such other utter victuals, to examine them vpon their corporal oaths, what flesh shall bee, or is any day during the Lent season dressed, killed, uttered, or eaten in their houses: which if they shall refuse to do, then they shall commit to prison the said seruants, so refusing vpon their oaths to declare the truth.  
And because a great part of this disorder groweth by the Butchers of the City of London, and also of the country, that secret●● kill and bring flesh to the city: there shall be onely viii. Butchers licensed by the Lord Maior to kill flesh within the said city ●nd liberties thereof, without paying any thing for their licence, because they shall be bound in reasonable sums of money to ●●●serue such order as shall be prescribed to them.  
And every of these Butchers, to be licensed, shall be first bound in the sum of two hundred pounds to her majesties use, ●nd the bonds to be certified to the queens Remembrancer in the exchequer) to sell no flesh in the time of Lent, but to such ●●rsons as shall show them special warrant from the Lord Maior under his hand, and that the Butchers do truly keep parti●●lar books of their daily sales, and the names of those to whom they shall so sell, with the quantities and the times thereof.  
That the Lord Maior give order to these Butchers, not to sell any flesh but at reasonable prices, and for that purpose he pri●● shall be set down by the said Lord Maior, such as may be reasonable both for the buyer and seller: and if the Butcher shall ●… take that order, then to bee forth with discharged, and committed to prison, and another put into his place, and his bond to 〈◇〉 certified into the exchequer to the queens benefit.  
That the Lord Maior himself shall grant no warrant for buying of flesh in Lent, but to such as shall haue and show to him li●ence in good writing according to the laws of the realm to eat flesh, and the said licence to be viewed & registered, first by some ●o meet persons to be appointed for this purpose by the Lord Maior, and books to be kept thereof, to be shewed further when 〈◇〉 same shall be required, unless in be to ambassadors and Agents of foreign Princes, to whom not withstanding no further ●uantitie shalbe allowed, then rateably for their own household, and that such Ambassadors and Agents shal give to the L. Maior Certificate weekly, what they shall require to for their own tables.  
That the L. Maior shal now presently before Lent, cause all Inholders, Tablekeepers, victuallers, Alehousekeepers, and Ta●●rners within the city and liberties thereof, to appear before him, or such persons as he shall appoint meet for that purpose: and shal take bonds of every of them in good sums of money, not under one hundred pound a piece to her majesties use, not to ●●cesse and flesh in their houses this Lent time for any respect, except it be for some such person that lieth in their house, and that also hath licence through sichnesse or other necessary cause, to eat flesh. Bonds shall be taken also of the Poulters, not to utter any Poultry ware, but to such as shall be like wise licensed to eat flesh, and that such as will not give such bonds, that they be secluded ●rom all utterance of victual during the Lent season.  
And for the Butchers and others that come with victuals of flesh out of the country to the city, the L. Maior shal cause ceraine persons, whereof some to be name to the L. Maior by the Wardens of the Fishmongers, to watch at the gates & other like ●●aces in the Suburbs, where flesh may be brought in, to view and search, and to intercept the same. And in case the same shal be and to be brought to any person not warranted nor licensed to eat it, as is aforesaid, then the same to be forfeited and sold at the ●●seretion of the L. Maior, for the use of the poor in the Hospitals and prisons in the City, and the bringers to be imprisoned. And therwise the Carriers of the said victuals of flesh to be guided to the persons houses that haue licence, with regard therein not to and abused. And this watch to be continued daity during the whole time of Lent: and if any of these watchmen be found negligent ●nd corrupt in his charge, then he to be committed to prison, there to continue during the whole Lent.  
And to the end the said Orders may be duly executed, it is hought convenient, that the L. Maior should sand fory chief Heads the company of the Fishmongers, and shall cause them to make choice of four or more wise and discrete persons of the said Commany, and men of good wealth and ability, to whom they shall commit the Charge to make enquiry after such as shall be found ●ransgressors of the said Orders, who in respect of their travell besto wed in that behalf, shal haue the one moiety of such bonds as all be forfeited by transgressing of the said Orders, and the other moiety to be converted unto godly uses, by the discretion of the queens majesties High almoner, specially vpon poor and lame souldiers, with the privity of some of the privy council.  
And that there may be due execution of the said Orders, aswell without as within the Liberties of the city, it is thought convenient, that they that haue the chief charge over the places privileged and exempt, where any Leets or Law daies are kept, shal ●uthorize under their hand and seal four persons as are ahoue mentioned, to make search within the said privileged & exempt places for such as shal transgress the said Orders, and shal for their travell therein employed, receive the moiety of the Bonds for●●●… ed, as is above mentioned. And for the auofding of corruption and partiality in the sayce persons, it shall bee necessary to take our other, and give bond in some good and large sums, to see( as much as in them lieth) a due observation of the said Orders.  
And for that it is to be doubted, that the said Fishmongers, vpon the observation of the said Orders, will take occasion thereby ●o enhance the prizes aswell of Fresh as of Sea fish: It is thought meet, that the L. Maior shall take order with the said Fishmon●ers, that as well the Salt as Fresh fish shalbe uttered at reasonable prizes.  
And it is ordered, that no Butchers shall kill any beeves, but such as shall be specially licensed thereunto, without any fraud, on the furnishing of such ships as shall be lawfully employed by Sea, either in the way of traffic, or otherwise. And that such Butchers as shal be licensed within the Liberties by the head officers of the Liberties to kill any flesh, shal every fifteen days unto the Lords and others of her majesties privy counsel, what numbers of the several kindes above mentioned shalbe killed, either within the Cities, or places exempt.  
And as these Orders are expressy devised to be executed in the city of London, and places near to the same, so her majesties pleasure and commandement is, that the execution of these or like Orders be performed by the commandement of her majesties Lieutenants to be sent to the Iustice of the Peace, in all Shires within their rule, and to all other officers in towns corporat, or in any Liberties, with like order for bonds to be taken to her majesties use.   

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