royal blazon or coat of arms HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE dieu ET MON DROIT  
❧ By the King.  
A Proclamation for the Restraint of excessive Carriages, to the destruction of the highways.  
WHereas Our most dear and royal Father of ever blessed memory, by his Royal Proclamation bearing date the sixth of August, in the twentieth year of His reign of England, for the many reasons therein mentioned, for the public good and ease of His People, did prohibit and straitly charge and command; That no common Carrier, or other person, should go or travell with any wain, Cart, or Carriage with four wheels, nor should carry with or vpon any wain, Cart, or Carriage, above the weight of twenty hundred; nor should draw any wain, Cart, or other Carriage, with above five Horses at once, vpon such pains and penalties as in the said Proclamation are expressed. Since which time those great disorders are much more increased, whereby, if it be not prevented, those public Nusaunces which will destroy the general Commerce of Our People, will become vnremediable. Wee therefore by the advice of the Lords and others of Our privy council, do straitly charge and command that from and after the Feast of St. John Baptist now next ensuing, No common Carrier or other person vpon the Common highways, do go or travell with any wain, Cart, or Carriage, which shall haue above two wheels. Nor that vpon any wain, Cart or Carriage, there bee laden at once above twenty hundred weight, Nor that for the draft thereof there be used above five Horses at any one time, to the end that by these means the occasion of such excessive Carriages may bee prevented, all which Wee do straitly charge and command to be duly observed, vpon pain of Our heavy indignation, and such other penalties and punishments as by Our laws can bee inflicted vpon the offenders. And because such extraordinary Carriages as of late yeares haue been used, haue heretofore by the opinion of all the Iudges been held to bee general and public Nusaunces, and therefore the same ought by the Law to be severely punished, as that wherein the public hath an interest. Wee do straitly charge and command all Our Iudges and Iustices that in their several places, they do carefully and diligently inquire of all these offences, and as much as in them lieth, do punish the offenders. And We do also hereby require Our attorney general for the time being, vpon notice given unto him of any such Offendor, to prosecute them in a legal course in Our Court of Star-chamber, there to receive such Censure and Punishment, by Fine, Imprisonment, and otherwise, as their Contempts and Offences shall deserve. And We do hereby admonish all those whom it may concern, that they be careful to repair and maintain the highways, Bridges, and Causeys throughout this our realm, according to Our laws and Statutes in that behalf made, and now continuing in force, as they tender Our pleasure, and will answer the contrary at their perils. And because there may bee no pretence for them to excuse themselves by reason of these excessive carriages, We streitly charge and enjoin them for their own ease, to give true information to Our attorney general, of all offences and offenders against this our Proclamation. And lastly Wee do hereby will and require all Maiors, Sheriffes, bailiffs, Iustices of Peace, and all other Our Officers and Ministers in all our Counties and places whatsoever within this Our realm, that they use their uttermost endeavour to discover and punish all offences and offenders against this Our pleasure and royal commandement.  
given at Our Court at White Hall, the ninth day of March, in the Fift year of Our reign of Great britain, France, and Ireland.  
God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent majesty. M.DC.XXIX.