Item pur ouster meschieves et perils qe longement ont continuez dedains le roialme entre les gentz par my ceux quont usez larts et le practik de fisik et surgerye pretendantz foi’ bien et sufficeaument apris de mesmes les arts on de verite non pas estes a grand deceite a le people. Si est ordeinez et assentuz en ceste parlement qe les seigneurs du counseil du roy pur le temps esteantz aient poair per anctoritie de mesme le parlement de faire et mettre tielle ordinaunce et punissement envers ceux persones qe desore evanant vorrant entremetter et user le practik des dits arts et ne sont my hables ne approves en ycelles come app’ent as mesmes les arts cesstasavoir ceux de fisyk en les universities et les surgeons entre les mestres de cell arte et ceo come semblera as ditz seigneurs les plus convenables et necessarie en le cas selonc lour bon advis et discretions pur le surete de le people. ------- STATUTE. 3. _Hen._ 8. _c._ 11. An Act for the appointing Physicians and Surgeons. ‘To the King our Sovereign Lord, and to all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled. Forasmuch as the Science & Cunning of Physick & Surgery (to the perfect knowlege whereof be requisite both great Learning and ripe Experience) is daily within this Realm excercised by a great multitude of ignorant Persons, of whom the great part have no manner of Insight in the same, nor in any other Kind of Learning; some also can no Letters on the Book, so far forth, that common Artificers, as Smiths, Weavers, and Women boldly and accustomably take upon them great Cures, and Things of great Difficulty, in the which they partly use Sorcery and Witchcraft, partly apply such Medicines unto the Disease as be very noious, and nothing meet therefore, to the high Displeasure of God, great Infamy to the Faculty, and the grievous Hurt, Damage, and Destruction of many of the King’s liege People, most especially of them that cannot discern the uncunning from the cunning:’ Be it therefore (to the Security and Comfort of all manner People) by the Authority of this present Parliament enacted, That no Person within the City of _London_, nor within Seven Miles of the same, take upon him to exercise and occupy as a Physician or Surgeon, except he be first examined, approved, and admitted by the Bishop of _London_, or by the Dean of _Paul’s_, for the time being, calling to him or them Four Doctors of Physick, and for Surgery other expert Persons in that Faculty, and for the first Examination such as they shall think convenient, and afterward alway Four of them that have been so appointed, upon the Pain of Forfeiture for every Month that they do occupy as Physicians or Surgeons, not admitted nor examined after the Tenour of this Act, of _v. li._ to be imployed the one Half thereof to the Use of our Sovereign Lord the King, and the other Half to any Person