By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Fair, and Sturbridge Fair England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1665 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2005-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A32613 Wing C3543 ESTC R39953 18571062 ocm 18571062 108045 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32613) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108045) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1647:21) By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Fair, and Sturbridge Fair England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. [2] leaves. Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., London : 1665. Broadside in [2] leaves. "Given at our court at Salisbury the seventh day of August, 1665. in the seventeenth year of our reign."--Leaf [2]. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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THe Kings most Excellent Majesty , out of His Princely and Christian care of His loving Subjects , that no good means of Providence may be neglected to stay the further spreading of the great Infection of the Plague , doth find it necessary to prevent all occasions of publick Concourse of His people for the present , till it shall please Almighty God of his goodness to cease the violence of the Contagion , which is very far dispersed into many parts of this Kingdom already : And therefore remembring that there are at hand Two Fairs of special note , unto which there is usually extraordinary resort out of all parts of the Kingdom ; the one kept in Smithfield and Saint Bartholomews the Great , near the City of London , called Bartholomew Fair ; and the other near Cambridge , called Sturbridge Fair ; the holding whereof at the usual times , would in all likelihood be the occasion of further Danger and Infection to other parts of the Land , which yet , by Gods mercy , stands clear and free ; Hath , with the Advice of His Privie Council , thought good by this open Declaration of His Pleasure and necessary Commandment , not onely to admonish and require all His loving Subjects to forbear to resort for this time to either of the said two Fairs kept in Smithfield or Saint Bartholomew the Great , and at Sturbridge aforesaid , or within the Liberties of the University and Town of Cambridge , or to any other Fairs within Fifty miles of the said City of London ; but also to enjoyn the Lords of the said Fairs , and others Interessed in them , or any of them , That they all forbear to hold the said Fairs , or any thing appertaining to them at the times accustomed , or at any other time , till by Gods goodness and mercy the Infection of the Plague shall cease , or be so much diminished , that His Majesty shall give Order for holding them , upon pain of such punishment , as for a Contempt so much concerning the universal 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 further Charge and Enjoyn under like Penalty , all Citizens and Inhabitants of the said City of London , that none of them shall repair to any Fairs held within any part of this Kingdom , until it shall please God to cease the Infection now reigning amongst them : His Majesties intention being , and so hereby declaring Himself , That no Lord of any Fairs , or others Interessed in the Profits thereof , shall by this necessary and temporary restraint receive any prejudice in the Right of his or their Fairs , or Liberties thereunto belonging ; Any thing before mentioned notwithstanding . Given at Our Court at Salisbury the Seventh day of August , 1665. in the Seventeenth year of Our Reign . God save the King. LONDON , Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty , 1665.