❧ By the queen.  
WHereas advertisement is given unto us, that there is at this time dispersed within our City of London, and the Suburbs thereof, a great multitude of base and loose people, such as neither haue any certain place of abode, nor any good or lawful cause of business to attend hereabouts, but lye privily corners and bad houses, listening after news and stirs, and spreading rumours and tales, being of like lihood ready to lay hold of any occasion to enter into any tumult or disorder, thereby to seek rapine and pillage: And like wise that further numbers of such forced of vagabond people do continually stock and gather to our City, and the places confining about the same: Forasmuch as we haue lately in this most dangerous and desperate action of Rebellion, had most evident and full proof of the loyal and true hearts and settled and vnmoouebale affections, as well of the rest of our Subiects, as specially of our Citizens of London, whereby we do to our great comfort foresee there can grow now account of disturbance of our peace and quiet, but from such refuse and vagabond people:  
Therefore we do straightly command and charge all persons, that such loose people, having no certain dwelling or abode within the city and Suburbs thereof, or otherwise no sufficient cause of stay or lawful business, presently annoyed, and get them down into the country, vpon pain of death by Marshall Lawe, to be executed vpon them, And do in like maner command all people of like sort and condition, or any other persons that cannot yield some reasonable cause of their repair, to forbear to come out of the country to our said city, or the Suburbs thereof, vpon like pain: And wee do straightly charge as well our provost Marshall, as the Constables and others, to whom it may appertain, to apprehended such offenders, that they be proceeded with, with all care and diligence, as they will answer it at their uttermost peril.  
given at our Palace of Westminster the fifteenth day of february 1600. in the three and fortieth year of our reign. 
 God save the queen.   

❧ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the queens most excellent majesty.  
ANNO 1600.