An order to be published and executed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, and other officers in all places within three miles of the said City, for avoiding of all kind of Beggars that do wander about contrary to the Laws and Statues of the Realm.  
WHereas it hath been ordered by Act of Parliament, that all poor aged and impotent persons, should repair to the places where they were borne, or where they were most conversant by the space of three years, and there to be maintained: And likewise that all other persons wandering about as Beggars, and being whole and strong in body and able to work, having no lands or other means to get their living, should be taken as Rogues and Vagabonds: And if any impotent person being provided for, within the Parish where he was borne, or had been conversant by the space aforesaid, should without licence wander abroad out of the same, he shall be whipped and returned again to his Parish: and if he shall eftsoons offend, then to be punished as a Rogue. And for that also in this time of Parliament, order hath been taken by a collection of certain sums of money, that all such as were found in and about the City of London, having been maimed and sore hurt in her majesties service, should have a convenient relief in money to repair to the Counties where they were borne with Passports for that purpose, (which hath been accordingly performed) and there to be maintained with weekly portions of money for the space of twenty weeks; before the end whereof it is provided by an Act of Parliament made in this late Session, that such maimed soldiers are to have a continual weekly payment in the places of the Counties where they were borne. For this purpose therefore all officers to whom the execution of these Statutes do belong within the city of London, in Westminster and in all other places within three miles of the city, shall forthwith cause inquisition to be made of all kind of persons wandering up and down as beggars, and being aged and impotent to compel them to departed and repair to the places where they were borne, or were most conversant by the space of three years past; with convenient Passports there to be maintained according to the laws, and to forbear from their further begging in any other place: and such others as wander abroad as beggars, being able to work, and having no lawful means whereby to live, to be taken and punished as Rogues, according to the laws in that behalf provided. And further, to suffer no soldier that pretendeth to have been hurt and maimed in her majesties service, to whom relief hath been given as aforesaid, or any other pretending himself to have been a soldier, and not thought worthy to be partaker of the late relief given, to continue near or about the city of London, or Westminster, the Burrow of Southwark, or in any place within three miles of either of the Cities or Burrow, but to be compelled likewise to departed to the Counties where they were borne, there to receive convenient maintenance. And these Ordinances conformable to the laws of the Realm, the Lord Mayor of the city of London; and all other Officers to whom it may belong within the limits aforesaid, are to see duly and speedily executed, and the offenders punished as they will answer to the contrary at their perils.  
At the Court of S. james the xvij. of April. 1593. Anno 35. Elizabethae. 

Io. Puckering.  
W. Burgley.  
Essex.  
C. Howard.  
Hunsdon.  
T. Heneage.  
Ro. Cecil.  
Io. Fortescue.     

Printed, published and set up by order from the foresaid Lords of her majesties most Honourable privy Council.  
William row Maior.   

Printed at London by Hugh Singleton.