FOr as moche as by credyble meanes it hath bene declared to the kynges maiestie , that the frenche kynge , omittynge the duetie and office of a good christen prynce ( whiche is moche to be lamented ) hath not onely by a longe time and season ayded the great Turke , common ennemye to christendome , and also by sundry wayes and meanes encouraged procured and incited , and dayly procureth the sayde Turke , to arrayse and assemble greate armies and forces of warre , to enter and inuade the same , whiche dayly the sayde Turke attempteth and putteth in execution , to the great trouble perturbation and molestation of all good christen princes and their subiectes , and to the peryll and daunger of the state of christen religion , and imminent destruction of the vniuersall weale and quiet of all christendom , if good and godly kynges and princes , with the ayde and assistaunce of all christen people , shoulde not spedily prouyde for the defence and reliefe of the same : But also the sayde frenche kynge , forgettynge the greatte kyndnes gratuitie and manyfolde benefittes , exhibited and mynistred to hym by the kynges mooste royall maiestie our soueraygne lorde , by sundry wayes and meanes in his great and extreme necessities , hath by a longe season vnkyndly withholden and withdrawen from the kynges hyghnes his yerely pention , contrary to his leage othe and promyse made for the same . The arrerages wherof , besides the perpetuall payment amounteth to greate summes of money . And although the kinges most royal maiestie hath ben by a longe tyme in good hope and trust , that the said frenche kyng , with gentle and frendly admonitions ( whiche hath not lacked ) wolde not onely haue desisted from intelligence with the sayde Turke : but also payed and satysfied the sayde pencion . Yet neuerthelesse his hyghnes nowe perceyuing , that the sayde frenche kyng wyll not be induced by any gentle meanes , to honestie and reason , but styll persiste and be obstinate against his leage fydelitie othe and honour , most specially consideryng the common cause of christendom , and next wayeng his maiesties iust tytle to the crowne of Fraunce and other Dukedomes and dominions vniustly withholden by the saide frenche kynge , for recompence whereof the sayde pencion was graunted : Hath therfore entred into a moost christen and strayte leage and amitie with his good brother and perpetual alie the Emperours maiestie , who ioyntly together , as well for the causes aforesayde , as for other good groundes and occasions towchyng their pryuate affaires , haue intimate warre to the same frenche kyng , he fyrst refusyng to receiue their harroldes , whiche were sent to him to offer honorable and reasonable conditions of peace , whiche conditions haue also bene declared to the frenche kynges ambassadour here resident , and no conuenyent nor reasonable aunswere made to the same : by reason wherof the Emperour and kynges maiestyes , beinge assuredly knytte and constantly ioyned togyther , intende ioyntly to procede in the warres against the sayde frenche kynge , and neuer to ceasse the same , vntyll he shall be enforced , not onely to desyste from the Turke and all his factions , but also yelde and render to eyther of them , all suche ryghtes thynges and recompences , as to honour reason honestie and equitie shall apperteyne . Wherfore lyke as the kynges maiestie our soueraigne lord hath thought mete , to notifie the premysses vnto al and singular his most louyng and obedient subiectes : So his hyghnes by vertue of this his maiesties proclamation , doth declare the sayde frenche kyng , to be his highnes ennemie , yeuing licence and auctoritie to euery of his sayde subiectes , to vse the sayd frenche kyng , and all those whiche depende vpon him , to their mooste aduauntage and commoditie , as his maiesties ennemies , as hath in suche lyke case heretofore bene vsed and accustomed .