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❧ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation for the better ordering of those who repair to the Court for their cure of the Disease, called, The King's Evil.  
WHereas by the grace and blessing of God, the Kings and Queens of this Realm, by many ages past, have had the happiness, by their sacred touch and invocation of the name of God, to cure those who are afflicted with the disease called The King's Evil: And his now Maiestly, in no less measure than any of His Royal Predecessors, hath bad good success therein: and in His most gracious and pious disposition, is as ready and willing as any King or Queen of this Realm ever was, in any thing to relieve the distresses and necessities of His Subjects, Yet in His Princely wisdom, foreseeing that in this, (as in all other things) Order is to be observed, and fit times are necessary to be appointed for performing of this great work of charity; His most Excellent Majesty doth hereby publish and declare his Royal will and Pleasure to be, That whereas herefore the usual times of presenting such persons to His Majesty for this purpose, were Easter and Whitsuntide, That from henceforth the time shall be Easter and Michaelmas, as times more convenient, both for the temperature of the season, and in respect of any contagion which may happen in this near access to His Majesty's sacred Person. And His Majesty doth accordingly will and Command, that from the time of publishing this Proclamation, none presume to repair to His Majesty's Royal Court, to be healed of that Disease, before that Feast of Saint Maichael now next coming: And His Majesty doth further Will and Command, That all such as hereafter shall come or repair to the Court for this purpose, shall bring with them Certificates under the hands of the Parson, Vicar or Minister, and Churchwardens of these several Parishes where they dwell, and under the hands and seals of one or more justices of the Peace for that County 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 the 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, and be read in every Church twice a year, that is to say, at Shrovetide and Bartholomewtide, whereby the people may not pretend ignorance of His Maiefties pleasure.  
Given at Our Court at oatland's, the eight and twentieth day of july, in the eluenth 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. 1635.