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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
BY THE KING.  
A PROCLAMATION, Prohibiting the keeping of the Fair at Bristol, commonly called St. Paul's Fair.  
CHARLES' REX,  
THe King's most Excellent Majesty, out of His Princely and Christian care of His loving Subjects, upon the Petition of the Major, Citizens, and Inhabitants of the City of Bristol, Praying, That the Fair usually held in or near that City, on the Five and twentieth day of january, commonly called St. Paul's Fair, may be put off for this Year, In regard it would be the occasion of great concourse or People from London, and several other parts of this Kingdom, that have been Infected with the Plague; Which (although the Contagion be now in a very great measure ceased through God's mercy) may be the occasion of danger, to that and other parts of the Land, which have hitherto (praised be God) stood clear and free; Hath, with the Advice of Hi Privy Council thought good (accordingly) by this open Declaration of His Pleasure, and necessary Commandment, not only to Admonish and Require all His loving Subjects, to forbear to resort, for this time, unto the said Fair kept at Bristol, commonly called St. Paul's Fair; But also to enjoin the Lord or Lords of the said Fair, and others interested therein, That he and they forbear to hold the same, or any thing appertaining thereunto, at the said time accustomed, or any other time for this present Year, upon pain of such punishment, as for a Contempt so much concerning the general Safety of His People, they shall be adjudged to deserve, which they must expect to be inflicted with all severity: And to that purpose doth hereby Charge and Enjoin, under like Penalty, all Citizens and Inhabitants of the City of London, That none of them shall repair to the said Fair, called St. Paul's Fair, this present Year: His Majesty's intention being, and so hereby Declaring Himself, That no Lord of the said Fair, or other, interested in the Profit thereof, shall by this necessary and temporary Restraint, receive any prejudice in the right of his or their said Fair, or Liberties thereunto belonging, Any thing before mentioned notwithstanding.  
Given at Our Court at Oxford, the One and twentieth Day of December, 1665. In the Seventeenth Year of His Majesty's Reign. 
 GOD SAVE THE KING:   

OXFORD: Printed by Leonard Lichfeild, Printer to the University For John Bill, and Christopher Barker, Printers to His Majesty, Anno Dom. 1665.