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¶ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation commanding the repair of Noblemen, Knights, and Gentlemen of quality, unto their Mansion houses in the Country, there to attend their services, and keep Hospitality.  
THe King's most Excellent Majesty, taking into his Royal consideration the present state of the times, together with the great decay of Hospitality & good house-keeping, which in former ages was the honour of this Nation, the too frequent resort, and ordinary residence of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Knights and Gentlemen of quality, unto Cities and Towns, especially into, or near about the Cities of London and Westminster, and the manifold inconveniences which ensue by the absence of so many persons of quality and authority from their Countries, whereby those parts are left destitute both of relief and government, and the Cities and Towns, especially those of London and Westminster, are ouerburthened with Inhabitants and R●siants, hath thought fit hereby to renew the course formerly begun by His dear Father of blessed memory, and to publish and declare, and He doth hereby publish and declare His Royal will and pleasure to be, and doth by these presents straight charge and command, aswell His Lords Spiritual and Temporal, as also all deputy Lieutenants, justices of the Peace, & Gentlemen of quality, who have Mansion houses in the Country, wherein they and their families have usually dwelled, (except such as are of his Highness' Privy Counsel, or bear Office about the Persons or Courts of Himself, or of His dearest Consort the Queen) that they and every of them, immediately upon the end of his present month of November, depart from the Cities of London and Westminster, and other Cities and places, with their families and servants, unto their several Countries to attend their Service there, and to keep Hospitality, as appertaineth to their degree and calling, and that they, nor any of them, make their abode in any other Cities of Towns, where they shall live privately, but resort to their Country houses & ordinary places of habitation, and there observe these directions, upon pain, not only of his Majesty's most heavy indignation and displeasure, and disablement to hold any such places of trust under his Majesty, but also of such further censure and punishment, as may be inflicted upon them for their disobedience, and contempt or neglect of this his Royal Commandment, whereof, as his Majesty intendeth to take a strict and severe account; So He doth hereby require and command, aswell the Lords, and others of his Privy Counsel, as also his Attorney general, and all other his Officers and Ministers, whom it shall any way concern, to take order, that all such as shall offend, may receive condign punishment, without toleration or connivency.  
Given at Our Court at White-Hall the eight and twentieth day of November, in the third year of Our Reign of Great Britain, France and Ireland. 
 God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by BONHAM NORTON and JOHN BILL, Printers to the Kings most Excellent MAJESTY. M.DC.XXVII.