To wear little breeches of the same
stuffs as the doublets, without being
stitched, laced, or bordered.

To wear a plain upper coat of cloth or
leather, without pinking, stitching, guard-
ing, lace, or silk about it.

To wear no other surtout than a cloth
gown or cloak, lined or faced with cloth,
cotton, or bays, with a fixed round collar,
without stitching, guarding, lace, or silk.

To wear no pumps, slippers, nor shoes,
but of English leather, without being
pinked, edged, or stitched; nor girdles
nor garters except of crewel, woollen,
thread, or leather, without being gar-
nished.

And to wear no sword, dagger, or other
weapon, but a knife; nor neither a ring,
nor a jewel, gold, silver, nor silk in any
part of his apparel.

Rigorous as these laws were, and un-
sufferable as they would be now thought,
yet any apprentice offending against any
of the above particulars, was, for the first
offence, to be punished at the discretion
of his master; for the second he was to
be publickly whipped at the hall of his
company; and for the third, to serve six
months longer than specified in his inden-
tures.  And every master conniving at his
apprentice's violating the above severe

The plague, which had broke out many
times in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
appeared afresh in 1603, on the accession
of King James I. to the throne, and made
such dreadful devastation, that, within the
space of a year, it swept away 30,578
persons: but it having at length happily
ceased, the King, Queen, and Prince
Henry, made their public entry from the
Tower on the 15th of March 1604, on
which occasion the city was embellished
with seven magnificent triumphal arches,
numerous pageants, and other pompous
decorations.  The streets were adorned
with the richest silks and carpets, and
lined with the stands of the several corpo-
rations, with their flags and bands of
music.

In the year 1608, King James I. grant-
ed the city a charter, by which he not on-
ly confirmed all the ancient rights, liber-
ties, and immunities of the citizens, but
added to the bounds and jurisdiction of the
city the precincts of Duke's Place, St.
Bartholomew's the Great and Less, Black
and White Friars, and Cold Harbour.
That King also granted the city two other
charters.

In 1613, the water of the New River,