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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
" And that no cloth buyer presume to buy any raw cloth before e hath 
received a meet-yard 'furred' and sealed at the tollswell of this fair as he 
ought, and as hath been accustomed for measuring of the same. And that 
all yarn buyers do bring their yarn to the beam ordained within this fair 
for the weighing thereof, and to no other, and truly do pay duties for the same 
as they ought to do, on pain of the cloth and yarn otherwise used, and to 
make fine for their disobedience. And that all manner of victuallers 
bringing any kind of victuals to this fair to be sold do see that the same be 
good, lawful, and wholesome for man's body; and do sell the same at reason- 
able prices, on pain of forfeiture of the same victuals, and further punishment 
for their transgressions. And that all manner of persons use and behave 
themselves quietly and orderly according to the laws, on pain that shall fall 
thereon. And that no person do forestall, regrate, or ingross any victual, or 
any other commodity or thing being in this fair to be sold, on pain of for- 
feiture of the double value thereof, besides other punishments for their 
offences. And that no stranger be out of his lodging or wandering abroad 
in the streets after nine of the clock at night, on pain of imprisonment and 
fine for his offences. And that none but such as are officers of this fair to 
bear any armour or weapon within this fair in disturbance of the peace of this 
fair or the kingdom. Nor make any assault or affray, riot, rout, or unlawful 
assembly within this fair, on pain of forfeiture of the same weapon, and to 
receive such other punishment as is meet for such offenders. If any injury 
or wrong be committed or done to any person within this town during the 
fair, the same being approved before the stewards of this fair, to whom the 
charge and government of the same fair is committed, upon complaint unto 
them thereof made, it shall be according to justice, by God's grace and 
assistance. God save the Queen." ■ 
At Barnstaple the Mayor meets the Town Council, and as many 
others as choose to be present, in the town-hall, where he treats the 
company to "toast and ale;" after which a procession parades 
through some of the streets, and at certain points the Town Clerk 
reads the proclamation, and the glove is hoisted. 
At Exeter until recently the Mayor, Town Clerk, and other 
officers paraded the streets, preceded by drums and fifes. After 
the proclamation the glove was raised over the guildhall. The fair 
is still proclaimed, and the glove raised. 
Of the Pye-powder Court there seems to be no trace remaining, 
as far as I have been able to ascertain. A gentleman of Bristol 
informs me that there it has been held within his recollection, but 
it has since merged into the " Tolzey Court " held by the Recorder, 
in which court judgment can be obtained within forty-eight 
hours. 
Such are a few samples of the still existing relics of the great 
popular institution, which for so many centuries influenced at first 
