of 15 years old, that would not go to Mass, against the
Rocks; others they hanged with their feet upwards, and
nailed them against trees, which they endured with a most
invincible resolution. In the Vale of Lucern there is neither
Men nor Cattel left, nor any thing else, our Enemies
having stored their Cities round about with our spoils; there
are whole Towns and Corporations, specially at St. John
and the Tour, where there is never a house but hath felt
the fury of the fire as well as their Temples, which hath
been continued and increas'd by the ingenious malice of a
Franciscan Friar and of a Priest.
In the midst of these desolations the mother mourns for
her child, the wife for her husband, the children for their
father; the Rich are reduced to beggery, having nothing to
feed upon but tears and fighs; and they are so far from
finding any relief, that in the Vale of Perouse and at St.
Martin, the only refuge of the poor persecuted ones there
being remained in some Churches, they have had a command
this day to quit them all speedily upon pain of death,
so that they see no other way but to depart the Country.
There were published certain Orders agreed upon by the
late Lord Major of London and Justices of the Peace at the
last General sessions of the Peace held for the City of London,
in conformity to the Laws and Statutes in that case
made and provided; which in brief are as followeth.
That the Browers of this City and the liberties thereof shall
not from henceforth sell any Ale or Bear, but at the rates and
prices hereafter following: that is to say, The strongest and
best sort of Ale or Beer for 10s. the Barrel, and not above;
the second sort for 8s. the third sort for 6s. and the fourth sort
(being the smallest) for 4s. And it is further ordered, that me
Inholder or Hostler within this City or the liberties thereof
shall take of any person above 7d. for his or her lodging, and
for hay, water, litter and dressing for one day and night 6d.
where the owner or user thereof shall not have convenient ledging
there that night, and not above 6d. for a peck of the best
Oats sealed measure, and so after those rates respectively for
longer time or lesser. And in pursuance of several Acts of Parliament