WHere as Thomas Stafforde , and others maliciouse and euell disposed subiectes his adherentes , hauinge conspyred to perpetrate dyuers heynous treasons agaynst the moste royall persons of theyr maiesties , and therevpon fearynge to receaue iust punyshment for his and theyr desertes , fled into the partes of beyonde the seas , and there remaynynge for a tyme , haue , persisting in their said malyce , deuysed & attempted dyuers tymes to styrre seditions and rebellions within this realme , to the great disturbaunce of the quietnes , peace , and tranquillitie therof , by sendyng hether into the realme , diuers bokes , letters , and wrytynges , both printed and wrytten , farced and filled full of vntruthes , and seditious and most false surmises , of thinges sayde to be done and deuysed by the kynge our soueraigne Lorde and his seruauntes , whiche were neuer ymagined or thought . And to shew theyr vtter malyce with more effecte , the same Stafforde dyd lately , with certayne of his said complices vnnaturall English men , & some straungers , entre into this realme , and by stealth toke theyr maiestyes Castell of Scarborough , in the countye of Yorke , and set out a shamefull proclamation , wherein he trayterousely calleth , nameth , & affyrmeth our said soueraigne Lady that quenes highnes , to be vnryghtful and moste vnworthy Quene , and that the kynges maiestie oure sayde soueraygne Lorde , hath induced and broughte into this realme the number of . xii . M. straungers and Spanyardes , and that into the sayde Spanyardes handes . xii , the strongest holdes of this realme be delyuered . In whiche proclamation also the sayd traytour Stafforde , dyd name and take hym self to be protectour and gouernour of this realme by these most false and vnnaturall meanes myndynge to allure the good subiectes of theyr maiesties , to withdraw theyr dutye of allegiaunce from theyr sayd maiesties , and to adhere to hym the sayd Stafford , to theyr confusion . Albeit the sayd Stafforde and other traytours his complices , be by the helpe of God , and dylygence of the earle of Westmerland and other noble men and gentlemen , good subiectes of those parties , repressed , apprehended , and forth comynge , to receaue iust punyshment accordyng to theyr desertes , and that it may be wel thought , that no wyse nor honest man thinketh , or can iustly gather any cause to thinke that the kinges maiestie myndeth any other thynge vnto the quenes maiestie and the realme , but onely to be carefull , and studious of all thinges , tendinge to the benefyt , surety , honor , and defence of the same , and in this part most louinglye and dayly bestoweth the great trauayle of his royall person , besydes the large expences of his goodes & treasure , yet to thintent none of theyr sayd louyng subiectes shuld by simplicitie be seduced and deceaued throughe the deuelysh deuises of the aforesayde , or anye other lyke traytours , theyr maiesties of theyr great clemency and tender zeale towardes theyr sayd subiectes , haue thought good to warne and admonysh them of the premysses , exhortyng and chargyng them , to geue no eare or credite to the sayd false proclamations and bruytes , set out or spred by the sayd traytours , or hereafter to be set out by any others , wherby they shal the better auoyd the daungers which they may otherwyse incurre by adhearynge or resorting vnto the sayd traytours , and that also theyr sayd louynge subiectes do vse them selues quietlye without styrre or rysinge , tyll they be commaunded in the name of theyr maiesties , by the lieutenaunt of the county where the sayd subiectes dwel or inhabit , or by the Sheriffe or such Iustices as shal haue aucthoritie from their highnesses in that behalfe to rayse and leuy theym . And that the sayd subiectes , and euery of them , shal endeuer them selues to apprchend and take , and before the same lieutenaunt , Sherif , or Iustices of the peace of the sayd county , bryng all and euerye suche person or persons as they suspect , or know to be of the company of the sayd traytours , or to fauour and ayde them , and all suche other also as shall procure the people vnlawfully to styrre , or shal sediciousely , or maliciously , spred or tel any seditious newes concerning the doynges of the sayd traytours or otherwyse . Strayghtly chargyng and commaundinge all Iustices of peace , Mayers , Sheriffes , bayliffes , Constables , and al other their maiesties officers and ministers , to se this proclamation put in execution , as theyr maiesties specially trust them , and as the sayd officers and ministers wyl aunswer to the contrarye at theyr vttermost perylles .