RYght trusty and welbeloued , we greete you well . We vnderstande by sundry meanes , that where of late we ordered a proclamation to be publyshed in certeyne Counties vpon the Sea costes , for the licensyng of suche as reside in any portes of the Sea , or others , for theyr defence and safegarde to do theyr vttermost agaynst any the Frenche kynges subiectes , with further alowaunce of prizes of Frenche vesselles taken vpon the Seas , as further in the same proclamation appeareth : Sundrye lyght and lewde persons about our Citie of London , and suburbes of the same , haue by colour and false pretence of the sayde proclamation , beyng neyther proclaymed there at all , nor yet so intended , as by the manifeste wordes of the same proclamation appeareth , haue entred and seased the persons and goodes , not only of dyuers French men and women , lyuyng quietly and orderly without offence of any our subiectes : but also of such as are denizens , and so accompted in a maner our subiectes , and besydes that ( whiche is not to be suffred vnpunyshed ) of sundrye others , beyng in dede Englyshe borne , pretendyng them maliciously to be Frenche , and others beyng borne vnder the obedience of other Princes and states out of the Frenche kynges obeysaunce : By which disorder we perceaue that much disquietnes hath rysen . And therfore we wyll and commaunde you , that you shall notifie in places most notorious within our Citie of London , and suburbes of the same , that all persons , of what sort soeuer the same be , that haue ben thus molested in body or goodes , by pretence aforesayde , within our sayde Citie or suburbes , shal be restored to full libertie , and that the disturbers be arrested and compelled to aunswere for theyr violences and misdemeaners , as breakers of our peace , and trespassers , accordyng to the order of our lawes , eyther at the suite of the parties damaged , or at the suite of you being our Maior and Lieuetenaunt of our sayde Citie , so as some sharpe and euident punyshment folowyng , may geue cause to others hereafter not to vse such outrages , agaynst order and without aucthoritie . And this our letter , or the substaunce therof , you shall publyshe and notifie .

Yeuen vnder our Signet at our Manour of Richmond , the second day of August , the fyfth yere of our reigne .

GOD saue the Quene .