_Also_ yᵗ every Innekeeper yᵗ keepeth Inne, yᵗ he have his bottels of hey well and lawfullie made and sysed and yᵗ every bottle way vijˡⁱ, And that ye sell not less than three horse loves, good and lawful, for a penny, under yᵉ payne of punishment after the discretion of yᵉ officers of yᵉ University. _Also_ that every Carryer, yᵗ bringeth woode to sell in this markett, that they bringe good wood, and yf it be faggott, let yᵉ faggot therof be well filled and sized, and that everye faggott be full vij feet longe, and every faggott to have two bonds and xli faggotts in a load, well filled after yᵉ said length, under yᵉ payne of forfeiture. _Also_ that every Collier yᵗ bringeth charecool to sell, that every sack called a quarter sacke, hold viij bushells, savinge yᵗ they be allowed for Culme breaking by the way, after yᵉ discretion of yᵉ officers of the Universitie, under yᵉ payne of forfeiture. _Also_ that every person yᵗ bringeth grayne to sell in this markett, yᵗ they open not before Tenne of yᵉ clocke, nor to stand after one of yᵉ clock, under ye payne of forfeiture. How long this form of Proclamation remained in force does not appear, but probably for several centuries later. See 1855. It is seen that regulations against adulteration and other wrongdoings of traders, are not so modern as is sometimes supposed. About this period, and probably earlier, a piece of stuff for a gown was bought for every fellow of St. John’s College at this fair. See “Early Stat. of St. John’s Col. Cambr.” 1859. [Illustration] [Illustration] CHAPTER X. SECOND HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 1550. For the better preservation of peace during the fair the Lieutenants and Commissioners of the University ordered a “night watch” to be kept by the scholars and townsmen. The colleges were to supply the watchmen to the number of twenty in the aggregate “to be thir in redynes, harneshed and weponed, befor the bell of Sᵗ Johns at vii of the clock be ceased; in defawt whereof every college in whom such defawt shal be, to paye to the Proctours xii _d_, wherewith to find other in their roms” _Item_, that over and beyond the said number the said Colleges have in redynes other xxiiii according to the rate aforesaid. The town paid £2 4_s._ 4_d._ to the bailiffs and others “for monye spent at the watche in Stirbridge fayer.” These watchmen wore red coats and went the round of the fair every half hour, calling out lustily “Look about you there.”