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C R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE dieu ET MON DROIT  
❧ By the King.  
❧ A Proclamation for the prizes of Victuals within the Verge of His majesties household.  
WHere in Our passages thorough diuers parts of Our realm, necessity requireth that a great number of our Subiects, not only Noble men, and others attending Our service, but others for their necessary occasions shall frequent those places, where in Our royal Person wee shall resort: It is requisite that competent provision bee made, that they bee not exposed to the intolerable avarice of Bakers, Brewers, Inholders, Butchers, and sellers of victual, who not contented with reasonable profit, in uttering, and selling of victual within Our Dominions, and specially within the Verge of Our household, unlawfully exact and demand unreasonable and extreme prizes for Victuals, Horse-meat, Lodging, and other necessaries, above the prizes they were sold at before Our coming to those parts. And for that it appeareth that of late more extreme exaction is used by theforesaid Victuallers, and others, towards Our Seruants, train& suitors, attending Our Court, wheresoever we make Our abode, then heretofore hath been, nothing respecting Our prerogative, nor the laws of Our realm. Therefore Our will and pleasure is, and by the advice of some of the Lords, and others of Our privy council, Wee do hereby straightly charge and command, that all persons do obey, and keep all such prizes, as is and shall bee prized, assessed, and ranted by the clerk of the market of Our household, or his lawful Deputy, vpon the presentment of jurors, by virtue of his Office, sworn and charged from time to time, as well within Liberties as without, within the Verge of Our household, which rates and prizes We will not only shall be certified by our said clerk of the market, or his Deputy, into Our Counting-house, but also fixed and set vpon the gates of Our Court, and other places within the Verge, as well within Liberties as without, And that no maner of person or persons, of what estate or degree soever he or they be, do in any wise ask, demand, take, receive, or pay more for corn, Victuals, Horse-meat, Lodging, or any other such thing, then after the rate and form aforesaid, vpon pain of imprisonment, fine, and such further punishment that shall thereof follow.  
And moreover Wee do straightly charge and command, that no manner of person or persons now using, or which accustomably haue used, or shall use, or of right ought to use to serve any City, borough, town or other place, where Our repose or residence shall be, or elsewhere within the Verge of Our household, either within liberties or without, with any kind of corn or victuals or other necessaries, either vpon the Market day, or at any other time, shall be any thing the more remiss or slack in bringing or selling their provision, then they or any of them heretofore haue been, nor shall use any colour of craft either in hiding, or laying aside their corn, victuals, Horse-meat, Lodgings, or any other such necessaries, whereby the provision of the Market may be diminished, or Wee and Our Seruants and other Subiects should not bee as well served, and as plenteously furnished in every behalf as it was before, or of right ought to haue been, in defraud of this Our Ordinance.  
And furthermore, We straightly charge and command all Our Officers of Our Greenecloth, Our Iustices of Peace, Our clerk of the Market, his deputy or Deputies, Maiors, bailiffs, Sheriffs, Constables,& all other Our Officers of Cities, boroughs, towns, Hundreds, and other places within the Verge of Our household, wheresoever the same shall bee, as well within liberties as without, and every of them from time to time, when and as often as need shall require, to make diligent inquiry of corn, grain, and other victual, that shall be hidden, or withdrawn from the Markets, with purpose to increase the prizes, and to cause the same to bee put to sale by the owners thereof, And vpon complaint by any party justly made, every of them within their authorities forthwith shall endeavour themselves to see just punishment and due reformation of the premises against such person or persons, as shall offend herein, according to Iustice.  
given at Our Court at Whitehall, the fourth day of May in the ninth year of Our reign of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.  
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.DC.XXXIII.