By the King. A proclamation, for restraint of killing, dressing, and eating of flesh in Lent, or on fish-dayes, appointed by the law to be observed.

Proclamations. 1661-01-29

London : Printed by John Bill, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1660. At the King's Printing-House in Black-Friers, [1661]

4 sheets (versos blank) ; obl.(fol.)

Dated at end: "Given at our palace at Whitehall, the twenty ninth day of January, in the twelfth year of our reign, one thousand six hundred and sixty".

The date is given according to legal reckoning.

Arms 60; Steele notation: provi- dayes 2) King- 3) the 4) se- of.

Pagination from Steele.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), C3421
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714, I, 3287
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R210906

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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Manuscript numbered "299" on verso of third sheet. The four sheets pasted together to make a broadside; unbound. Provenance: stamped as a duplicate of the Guildhall Library, London

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