Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	robert_n	scotland_n	3,889	5	8.4904	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22003	By the King whereas diuers bakers, brewers, inholders, butchers, and other victualers through their greedy desire of vnlawfull gaine, not contented with reasonable profite in vttering and selling of victuals ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1604 (1604)	STC 8354; ESTC S3682	1,412	1

By the King WHereas diuers Bakers Brewers Inholders Butchers and other Victualers through their greedy desire of vn awfull game not contented with reasonable profite in vttering and selling of Thetuals vnto our Subierts in the Common-wealth And specially in our Progresse within the Verge of our Court where our Nobilitie Seruants and Trame daily attending vpon our Person are lodged and placed by our Harbingers are vnlawfully exacted vpon with vnreasonable and extreme Prices by the said Victualers enhaunsing the same Victuals Horsemeate Lodgings and all other necessaries at a more deere Price then it was sold for before our comming in Progresse Therefore our will and pleasure is and wee doe hereby straightly charge and command That euery man doe obey and keepe all such Prices as is and shall be Prised Assessed and Rated by the Clarkes of the Market of our Household within the Verge of our Court aswell within Liberties as without and the Iurie before him or his lawfull Deputie by vertue of his Office sworne and charged from time to time The same Rates and Prices not onely to bee certified by our said Clerke of the Market or his Deputie into our Compting house But also fixed set vpon the gates of our Court and other places within the Verge as well within Liberties as without And that no manner of person or persons of what estate or degree soeuer he or they be doe in any wise apy more for Corne Victuals Horsemeate Lodging or any other thing then after the Rate and Forme aforesaid vpon paine of Imprisonment and to be Fined with further punishment that shall thereof follow The same paines and punishments and cuery part thereof to bee executed aswell vpon them and cuery of them whith doe or shall presume to vtter and sell any manner of thing or things contrary to the true meaning of this our Proclamation As upon all those which doe or shall presume to pay any more for any kind of Victuals horsemeat Lodging or any other necessaries then is or shal be Rated and Prised as aforesaid And moreouer we doe straightly charge and command That no maner of person or persons now vsing or which hereafter shal vse or of right ought to vse to serue any Citie Borough Towne or other place where our repose a bode is or shal be or elswhere within the Verge of our Court aswel within liberties as without with any kind of corne victuals or any other necessaries aswel vpon the Market day as at any other time shal be any thing the more remisse or slacke in making of promision for the same then they or any of them now be or heretofore haue ben nor vse any colour of craft to deceme the buyers thereof nor hide or lay aside the same their Corne Victuals Horsemeate Lodgings or any other necessaries to diminish the Market whereby our whole Trame within any Citie Borough Towne or other the Inhabitants of the same and other our Subiects thereunto resorting should not be aswell serued and as plentcously furnished in euery behalse as it was before or of right ought to haue been in defraud of this our Ordinance And furthermore we straightly charge expressy command all our Iustices of Peace our Clerke of the Market his deputie or deputies Maiors Bailiffs Shiriffes Constables and al other our faithfull officers and euery of them of Cities Boroughs Townes Hundreds and other places within the Verge of our court aswell within liberites as without From time to tune when and as often as neede shall require vpon complaint by any partie instly made diligently cuery of them within their authorities forthwith to endeauour themselues to see iust punishment and due Reformation of the premisses agamst such person or persons as shall offend herein according to Iustice and Prices as aforesaid Giuen at our Court of Whitehall the tenth of Iuly in the second yeere of our Reigne of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the seuen and thirtieth God saue the King ❧ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno Dom. 1604.