A reprint of the Orders dated 1 June 1608, this document intends to prevent grain shortages in England – a topical concern then and again in 1622. What is remarkable is that these orders also represent a government intervention on behalf of the poor. Their purpose was not only to assess the actual stocks of corn held by private people, tradesmen and corn dealers, but also to ensure as far as possible that the poor were provided with sufficient supplies. Indeed, concern for the welfare of the poor runs as a theme throughout the document: "Orders to be observed by such as shall be appointed to serve the markets with corne, for the reliefe of the poore people first". "That ministers and preachers exhort the richer sort to be liberall to helpe the poore with money or victuall needfull". At the same time, poor people who are able to work are "to bee set to worke". This copy of the second printing, with a large woodcut of royal arms on the verso of the title page, is uncut and unbound as it was issued in 1622.