HONI ❀ SOIT ❀ QVI ❀ MAL ❀ Y ❀ PENSE ❀  
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¶ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation for the better direction of those who desire to repair to the Court for the Cure of their Disease called, The King's Evil.  
THe King's most Excellent Majesty, in his most Gracious and Pious disposition, being as ready & willing as any King or Queen of this Realm ever was in any thing to relieve the distresses and necessities of His good Subjects, and the good success upon those who have need of His Sacred touch for the Cure of the King's Evil, being as happy, by the blessing of Almighty God, as any of His Royal predecessors have been, Yet in His Princely wisdom foreseeing that in this great work of Charity to singular persons, those fit times are necessarily to be observed, which may not prejudice the general health of His people, His Majesty did by His Proclamation in March last, declare His Royal will and pleasure to be, That whereas the usual times of presenting such persons to His Majesty for this purpose, were Easter and Whitsuntide, That from thencefoorth the times should be Easter and Michaelmas, as times more convenient, both for the Temperature of the Season, and in respect of any Contagion which might happen in the near access to His Majesty's sacred Person.  
And His Majesty did thereby accordingly will and command, That from the time of publishing the said Proclamation, none should presume to repair to His Majesty's royal Court, to be healed of that Disease, before the Feast of S. Michael the Archangel than next coming, and now last passed.  
His most excellent Majesty (now considering that the danger of the infection of the plague is very much dispersed in diverse Counties of this Kingdom) doth hereby Will and Command, and doth also declare His Royal will and pleasure to be, That from the time of publishing this Proclamation, none presume to repair to His Majesty's Royal Court, to be healed of that disease called the Kings-Euill, before the fifteenth day of December next ensuing, and in case the said Infection should continue or increase, which God of his mercy divert, his Majesty will in the mean time signify and declare His Royal Will and Pleasure by Proclamation for some further time, for that purpose.  
And His Majesty doth further Will and Command, as in his former Proclamation aforesaid he Commanded, that all such as shall come and repair to the Court for this purpose, shall bring with them Certificates under the hands of the Parson, Vicar, or Minister, and Churchwardens of those several Parishes where they dwell, and from whence they come, testifying according to the truth, that they have not at any time before been touched by the King, to the intent to be healed of that disease.  
And His Majesty doth straightly Charge all Justices of Peace, Constables and other Officers, That they do not suffer any to pass, but such as have such Certificates, upon pain of His Majesty's displeasure.  
And to the end that all His loving Subjects may the better take knowledge of this His Majesty's pleasure and Command; His Will is, that this Proclamation be published and affixed in some open place in every Market Town of this Realm. All which His Majesty doth Command strictly to be observed by all and every person, and persons whom it shall, or may concern, upon such pains, and penalties as may be inflicted upon them, for the neglect thereof.  
Given at Our Court at Hampton, The thirteenth day of October, in the seventh year of Our Reign. God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent MAJESTY: and by the Assigns of john Bill. M. D C. XXXI.