County: Middlesex
Code: D4195#8
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/009, fol. 223r, item 2
Function: Rule




[line 28]The Mair and Aldermen chargen on þe kynges byhalf and þis Cite þt no manere persone of what
astate degre or condicion̕ þat euere he be duryng þis holy tyme of Cristemes be so hardy in eny
wyse to walk by nyght in eny manere mommyng / pleyes / enterludes / or eny oþer disgisynges with
eny feynyd berdis peyntid visers disfourmyd or colourid visages in eny wyse vp peyne of
enprisonement of her bodyes and makyng fyne aftir þe discrecion̕ of þe Mair and Aldremen
Outake þat hit be leful to eche persone for to be honestly mery as he can with-in his owne hous dwel-
lyng / And more-ouere þei charge on þe kynges byhalf and þe Cite þat eche honest persone dwellyng
in eny hye strete or lane of þis Citee hang out of her hous eche night̕ duryng þis solempne feste
a lanterne with a candelle þer-in to brenne as long as hit may endure vp peyne to pay iiij d to
þe chaumbre at eche tyme þat hit faillithe . ~~~