¶ This is the ordinance for the conservation and keeping of the Queen's majesties swans and signets, and of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and of her Commons 〈◊〉 the Counties of Lincoln, Northampton, Rutland, Huntingdon, and Cambridge, and the liberties 〈◊〉 fr●●●chyse of the same; And for the conservation of fish and fowl, with the assisting of all ●●ner of nets within the said Counties and liberties of the same.  
FIRST it is ordained and statuted, that every person having any Swans, shall begin yearly to mark or cause to be marked the same upon the Monday next after Trinity Sunday, & no person afore, but after as the company may, so that the Master of the queens game of Swans, or his deputies be there present, and if any person or persons take upon him or them in marking to the contrary, to forfeit to the Queen. xl. s.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no person nor persons being Swanheards nor other, shall go on marking without the master of the queens game of Swans or his deputy be present, with vi. or iiii. of the company of Swanheardes, upon pain to forfeit to the queens grace. xl. s.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no person take up no signet nor signets unmarked, nor make no sale of them. 〈…〉 the queens Swanherde or his deputy with. iiii. other Swanherdes next adjoining be present or h●●● knowledge of the same, upon pain to forfeit to the queens grace. xl. s.  
· Item it is ordained that the Swanherde of the duchy of Lancaster within the said counties, nor within the lib●rt●es and franchises of the same, nor no other person for him nor by him, shall make no sale nor 〈…〉 swans, nor mark them within the said duchy, without the queens Swanherde or his deputy 〈◊〉 present upon pain to forfeit to the queens grace. xl. s. And in like wise it is ordained that 〈◊〉 queens Swanherde of the foresaid counties nor his deputy, shall not enter into the said duchy to 〈…〉 any Swans or signets, nor them to mark without the Swanherde of the duchy be present, than pain to forfeit to the queens grace. xl. s.  
· Item it is ordained, that if any Swans or signets be found without the said duchy double marked or put out of right mark, that then it shall be seized for the Queen, and to be delivered to the master of the queens game of Swans or to his deputy, and so to remain to it be proved by. iiii. or vi. sufficient Swanherdes, to whom the said Swans or signets belong or appertain, so that the knowledge of the same be had by the said Swanherds' after the said delivery afore the sessions of Swans than 〈◊〉 to be kept within the county, where as it shall hap the said Swans or signets to be seized and delivered in form aforesaid. And if so be the property of the same Swans or signets can not be known by the said sessions, that then the Queen to be assured of the value of the same Swans and cygnets.  
¶ Item it is ordained that if any person or persons wilfully put any Swans from their nests. wheresoever they breed, or else take up & destroy or bear away the eggs or egg of the said Swans, to forsait for every default & presented in the sessions of Swans to the queens grace. xiii. s. iiii. d.  
¶ Item it is ordained that no man shall make sale of no white swans, nor make delivery of them without the master of the game or his deputy be present, with iii. o vi. swanheardes' next adjoining under pain of xl. s. whereof shallbe to the finder, vi. s. viii. d. and the residue to the Queen.  
¶ Item it is ordained that no person or persons hunt in fain time or in any haunt of Swans with dogs, from the feast of Easter to the sunday after Triuitie sunday, upon pain for every time so doing. vi. s. viii. d.  
¶ Item it is ordained that if any person set any snares or any manner of inginnes to take Bittors or Swans betwixt the feast of Easter and Lammas, he or they to forfeit for every time so setting any such engines vi. s. viii. d.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no person nor persons shall lay no net nor nets, or drag with net nor nets within the common streams, waters nor marshes upon the day time, from the feast of the Inuen●ion of the holy cross, unto the feast of Lammas, upon pain as often as they be found in fault and presented in the sessions of swans before the queens justices. xx. s. to forfeit to the Queen's grace.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that every swanherde intending to keep any swans or cygnets, that they ●●●l keep them in a pen or pit within. xx. foot of the common stream, or else within xx. foot of the queens ●●gh way, so that the queens subjects passing by may have the sight of the said swans, upon pain 〈◊〉 xl. s.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that there shallbe nor forfeit of white swans nor grey swans no signets but 〈◊〉 to the queens grace. aswell within the franchises and liberties as without: and as often as any 〈◊〉 seize and deliver the said swans to any other person, but only to the master of the game or to the queens use, he to forfeit to the queens grace. vi. s.viii.d.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no manner of person nor persons shall lay nor set nets named trammels, nor n●ttes called drayes, nor dray with no net from the xvi. day next before the feast of saint Mark the Evangelist. unto the xvi day next ensuing the same feast. That is to wit, within the common streams, waters, s●●●…es and marshes in the county of Lincoln, Northampton, Rutland, Huntyngton, and Cambridge, no● within the I'll of Ely, upon pain of. xl.s.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no man shall take no grey swans nor white swans flying, but that he shall within iiii. days next after the said taking, deliver it or them to the master of the queens swans 〈◊〉 to his deputy to the queens use, and the taker to huave for his taking. viii. d.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no manner of person of what estate, degree, or condition be be, having any game of swans of his own, shallbe no swanheard nor keeper of none other men's swans, upon pain 〈◊〉 xl. s.  
¶ Item it is ordained, that no swanherde nor fisher, nor fowler, shall not vex nor trouble another ●●●●nherde, fisher nor fowler, by way of action, or otherwise, but only afore the queens justices of her sessions of swans, upon pain of forfeiting to the queens grace. xiii. s. iiii. d.  
God save the Queen.   

¶ Imprinted at London in Paul's Churchyard by richard jug and john Cawood, Printers to the Queens, Majesty.   

Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.