❧ By the King.  
THe Solemnities of our Coronation being now performed according to the usages and customs of this our realm of England, and with mutual contentment, as well of us in the zeal and love of our people at the performance thereof expressed, as of them in the expectation of our government; We haue entred into consideration of the state of the several parts of the body of our realm, And therein do find, that the absence of the Noblemen and Gentlemen which are used to reside there in several quarters, is accompanied with great inconvenience, as well in the want of relief which the poorer sort did receive by their ordinary hospitality, as also chiefly in the defect of government, whereby besides other inconveniences, through lack of order, the infection of the Plague spreadeth and scattereth itself into diuers places of the realm, and is like further to increase, if by the presence and care of such as are in authority and creadit amongst our people, they be not contained in some good course, for the preventing of that contagion.  
Wherefore having taken order for the returning home into their Countreys of diuers of the nobility of our Nation of Scotland, and others also, who to do us honour at our Coronation, haue attended here since the entering of us and the queen our dear wise into this kingdom: We haue thought good also to publish to all other good Subiects of this realm, that our Pleasure is, and we command that all such as are not our Seruants in Ordinary, or be not bound to attendance about our Court by express commandement of us, or our council, shall immediately depart home into their Countreys; Specially all Deputy Lieutenants, and all such as are in Commission of the Peace, there to attend their several charges, & chiefly to prevent by all good means the spreading of this Contagion of the Plague. For seeing now there is no necessary cause why any man should abide either about our city of London, or about our Court, who is not our ordinary Seruant, We shal haue just cause to be offended with such, as shall contrary to this our Pleasure, voluntarily absent themselves from the places where their dueties do require they should abide.  
And whereas We are given to understand, That notwithstanding our former Proclamation, there do continually hang vpon our Court, a great number of idle and masterless persons, as well Scottissh as English, who can give no account of their abode here: For preventing hereof our Pleasure is, That all Noblemen and Gentlemen our ordinary seruants or attendants in Court, shall presently within three dayes after the publishing hereof, deliver in to our chamberlain, to the Officers of our Greencloth, and to our Knight Marshal, to each of them a Roll of the names of such as be their seruants in ordinary, wherein We require them to haue care to receive no more then they must needs bee served with: With which Roll Wee haue given charge, that the said Knight Marshall shall continually ride, both in the day time and in the night about our Court, and whomsoever they shall sinned not centeined in the said Roll, they shall punish according to the laws of our realm, or otherwise as shall bee thought meet for such contempts. And for that our pleasure also is, during the time of this Infection, That our Court be not followed with unnecessary multitudes under pretence of suits, We do charge all suitors to abstain from following of us for this time, saving onely such as haue Suits, or cause of attendance of our council for necessary services. For the discerning whereof, We haue appointed, that the Masters of our Requests, or one of them, with one of the clerk of our council, or of our Signet, shal reside at Kingston till Wednesday next, of purpose to receive the Petitions of all such as suppose they haue any necessary cause to attend for the service at the Court, and shall allow such as they shall see cause why for our service they should be pursued, and all others defer till the Winter: And after that day passed no Suitor shall be allowed to follow the Court, vpon what pretence soever, during this Contagion.  
given at our Honour of Hampton the nine and twentieth day of July 1603, in the first year of our reign of England, France and Ireland, and of Scotland the seven and thirtieth. 
 God save the King.   

❧ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent majesty.  
ANNO DOM. 1603.