¶
By
the
Queene
.
A
proclamation
to
admonishe
all
persons
to
forbeare
traffique
in
the
king
of
Spaynes
countreys
,
with
other
aduertisementes
for
aunsweryng
of
a
generall
arrest
made
in
the
lowe
countreys
by
the
Duke
of
Alua
.
commaun-dement
of
the
Duke
of
Alua
,
as
gouernour
in
the
low
countreys
belonging
to
her
maiesties
good
brother
the
kyng
of
Spayne
,
al
maner
her
marchaunts
and
other
her
subiectes
inhabytyng
in
the
towne
of
Andwerpe
,
were
arrested
&
put
vnder
garde
of
certaine
companies
of
souldiours
,
and
their
goodes
and
marchaundizes
also
seased
,
about
the
xxix
.
of
the
last
moneth
of
December
,
and
since
that
time
the
like
arrest
is
made
generally
in
the
sayde
low
countreys
:
A
matter
very
straunge
,
and
heretofore
in
no
tyme
vsed
betwixt
the
Crowne
of
Englande
and
the
house
of
Burgondy
,
without
some
maner
of
former
conference
precedyng
,
and
intelligence
had
of
the
myndes
and
intentions
of
the
Princes
them selues
on
both
sydes
.
Wherevpon
her
maiestie
hath
thought
good
,
to
geue
warnyng
to
all
her
subiectes
that
haue
any
cause
to
traffique
in
any
of
the
countreys
of
the
saide
kyng
,
that
they
shal
forbeare
the
same
,
vntyll
further
knowledge
may
appeare
of
the
mynde
of
the
sayde
kyng
hym selfe
howe
he
shall
alowe
hereof
:
whiche
beyng
knowen
to
her
maiestie
,
shal
be
notified
to
her
sayde
subiectes
.
And
in
the
meane
tyme
,
her
maiestie
wylleth
and
commaundeth
all
maner
her
officers
,
of
all
to
wnes
,
burghes
,
cities
,
portes
,
and
all
other
landyng
places
within
any
of
her
dominions
,
that
they
do
cause
all
and
euery
person
borne
vnder
any
part
of
the
obedience
of
the
sayd
kyng
of
Spayne
,
or
lyuyng
in
his
countreys
and
professyng
obedience
to
the
sayd
kyng
,
and
their
goodes
,
marchaundizes
,
stirres
,
and
vessels
,
to
be
arrested
and
stayed
,
to
be
foorth
commyng
and
aunswerable
,
aswell
for
the
indemnitie
of
her
maiesties
subiectes
alredy
,
without
any
iust
cause
deteyned
,
as
for
other
necessarie
consequencies
:
and
that
also
in
all
townes
,
hauens
,
and
dwellyng
places
,
where
any
marchauntes
borne
or
professyng
the
obedience
of
the
sayde
kyng
,
shalle
founde
to
be
suspected
for
conuertyng
or
conueying
of
their
goodes
,
by
any
maner
of
fraude
or
colour
of
bargayne
,
from
the
arrest
and
seasure
therof
:
there
the
principall
officers
of
that
towne
or
place
,
with
assistaunce
of
others
Iustices
of
peace
,
shal
proceede
to
the
inquisition
therof
by
all
maner
good
meanes
,
and
shal
commit
to
warde
aswell
the
parties
,
of
what
nation
soeuer
they
be
,
that
haue
or
shal
be
priuie
or
aydyng
to
any
fraudulent
colouryng
,
except
they
shall
first
confesse
the
same
,
as
also
the
others
that
haue
so
coloured
the
same
,
and
the
goodes
to
be
also
put
in
safetie
.
And
yet
because
her
maiestie
hath
no
other
meanyng
herein
,
but
to
haue
the
persons
of
the
sayde
kynges
subiectes
and
their
goodes
put
in
safetie
by
this
arrest
,
for
the
preseruation
of
her
owne
good
subiectes
and
their
goodes
,
and
to
be
respondent
for
such
other
disordered
actions
as
may
ensue
of
these
so
straunge
and
hasty
attemptes
:
she
wylleth
and
chargeth
all
maner
her
officers
,
ministers
,
and
subiectes
,
that
no
violence
be
vsed
to
the
hurt
of
the
persons
of
any
the
sayde
kynges
subiectes
by
reason
of
this
arrest
,
without
they
shall
by
manifest
wylfull
resistaunce
prouoke
the
same
,
neither
that
any
spoyle
,
waste
,
or
damage
be
done
to
their
goodes
and
marchaundizes
,
but
only
to
cause
them
to
be
put
in
good
garde
and
safetie
.
And
yf
any
of
the
sayde
kynges
subiectes
shall
chalenge
to
be
exempted
out
of
this
arrest
by
reason
they
be
denizens
,
her
maiestie
in
dede
hauing
no
meaning
to
impeach
them
therof
,
and
yet
for
the
tyme
not
knowyng
howe
in
lyke
cases
her
subiectes
beyng
naturalized
in
the
sayde
kynges
countreys
,
are
or
shal
be
vsed
:
is
pleased
that
the
sayde
persons
beyng
in
deede
denizens
,
shall
but
fynde
sufficient
suerties
to
be
foorth
commyng
,
with
their
goodes
:
and
yf
they
so
wyll
not
,
then
they
shal
be
committed
to
the
custody
and
garde
of
some
other
Englyshe
marchauntes
,
and
due
inuentories
taken
of
their
goodes
,
vntyll
knowledge
may
be
had
howe
her
maiesties
subiectes
be
or
shal
be
vsed
on
the
other
part
.
And
consideryng
also
her
maiestie
vnderstandeth
that
a
number
of
artificers
and
other
fortes
of
people
,
haue
since
the
begynnyng
of
the
late
inwarde
troubles
in
the
lowe
countreys
,
resorted
hyther
into
her
realme
for
auoydyng
of
the
sayde
troubles
,
aswell
for
their
consciences
,
as
for
the
daungers
that
properly
folowe
such
ciuile
troubles
:
her
wyll
and
pleasure
is
,
that
in
all
places
where
suche
shal
be
founde
to
be
(
beyng
of
honest
and
quiet
conuersation
)
and
except
they
shal
be
participiant
to
the
colouryng
of
other
marchauntes
goodes
,
the
same
shall
not
be
molested
eyther
in
their
persons
or
goodes
,
otherwyse
then
where
to
the
officers
of
the
place
it
shall
so
seeme
nedefull
,
and
there
they
shall
geue
bondes
one
for
another
to
be
worth
commyng
,
and
suffer
inuentozies
to
be
n●●de
of
their
goodes
.
Furthermore
her
maiestie
hearing
by
report
,
that
the
arrest
of
her
subiectes
on
the
other
side
the
seas
,
shoulde
〈◇〉
vpon
a
pretence
,
for
staying
of
one
shippe
and
three
or
foure
small
barkes
,
lately
come
into
certayne
her
portes
of
●e●
Realme
,
wherein
certayne
money
was
:
hath
thought
good
briefely
to
notifie
the
circumstaunce
of
that
pretence
,
wherby
may
be
seene
manifestly
,
that
the
same
is
gathered
without
iust
cause
,
and
the
deuisers
and
promoters
of
the
〈◇〉
,
whosoeuer
they
were
,
to
haue
proceeded
bnorderly
and
vnaduisedly
.
Her
maiestie
was
first
infourmed
by
her
officers
in
certaine
her
portes
in
the
West
countrey
of
this
Realme
,
that
three
or
foure
small
barkes
,
called
Zabras
,
were
come
out
of
Spayne
into
certayne
portes
there
,
hauing
in
them
a
quantitie
of
money
belonging
to
sundry
marchauntes
of
Italie
and
the
lowe
countreys
,
and
that
diuers
shippes
of
Fraunce
in
warlike
maner
were
vpon
the
came
coastes
,
attending
to
surprise
the
sayde
Spanishe
bessels
and
treasure
,
if
they
shoulde
passe
to
the
seas
,
and
that
it
was
also
to
be
feared
,
that
they
woulde
enter
into
the
very
portes
,
and
take
them
away
by
force
.
Wherevpon
her
maiesfie
did
sende
straite
commaundement
by
speciall
letters
,
to
all
the
portes
in
those
West
partes
,
that
the
marchauntes
and
owners
of
those
vessels
shoulde
haue
knowledge
thereof
,
and
that
they
and
all
other
the
kyng
of
Spaynes
subiectes
,
should
be
assisted
and
defended
against
the
attemptes
of
the
Frenche
,
by
all
meanes
possible
.
After
which
done
,
the
Spanishe
ambassadour
here
now
resident
,
made
like
request
to
haue
newe
order
for
mayntenaunce
and
assistaunce
of
the
sayde
vessels
and
treasure
against
the
sayd
Frenche
,
whiche
was
also
graunted
to
hym
,
and
seuerall
letters
pattentes
to
that
effect
were
deliuered
to
his
owne
messengers
.
And
a
whyle
after
this
,
he
requiring
of
the
Queenes
maiestie
,
to
vnderstande
her
pleasure
,
whether
she
woulde
be
content
that
the
owners
and
conducters
of
the
sayde
treasure
might
be
eyther
conducted
by
sea
or
by
lande
to
Douer
,
pretending
the
money
to
appertayne
to
the
kyng
his
maister
:
her
maiestie
graunted
to
him
,
that
whiche
soeuer
of
these
two
wayes
he
would
desire
,
shoulde
be
foorthwith
directed
for
hym
,
whereof
he
thanked
her
maiestie
,
saying
that
he
woulde
stay
vntyll
he
might
sende
into
the
lowe
countreys
,
and
haue
worde
from
the
Duke
of
Alua
,
whiche
of
those
two
wayes
he
woulde
haue
●t
transported
.
In
the
meane
tyme
,
her
maiestie
was
infourmed
that
the
Frenche
had
secretely
in
the
night
entred
into
one
of
her
hauens
in
the
West
,
where
the
sayde
treasure
was
,
and
had
attempted
the
surprise
thereof
,
but
were
onlye
repulsed
by
suche
force
as
her
maiesties
officers
had
in
redinesse
for
that
purpose
:
a
matter
notorious
to
all
the
partes
where
the
sayde
shippes
were
assaulted
,
and
well
reported
also
to
the
ambassadour
.
Wherevpon
,
considering
howe
doubtfull
and
there
with
chargeable
a
matter
it
was
,
from
tyme
to
tyme
to
preserue
the
same
lying
abiode
in
the
hauens
:
it
was
thought
best
euen
for
the
honour
of
the
Realme
,
that
the
sayde
treasure
should
be
taken
en
lande
,
and
there
safely
preserued
in
the
sight
and
presence
of
them
that
had
the
charge
thereof
,
without
touching
or
withdrawing
any
part
of
the
same
.
And
being
then
certaynely
knowen
to
belong
vnto
marchauntes
,
it
was
also
thought
,
after
the
due
preseruation
thereof
from
the
perill
of
the
seas
,
not
an
vnreasonable
motion
,
nor
against
the
honorable
vsage
of
princes
in
their
owne
dominions
,
to
treate
with
the
owners
with
their
good
contentation
,
and
not
otherwyse
,
to
borowe
it
or
some
part
therof
,
vpon
lyke
good
assuraunce
and
conditions
,
as
her
maiestie
hath
oftentymes
borowed
of
other
marchauntes
,
subiectes
to
the
sayde
kyng
in
his
owne
lowe
countreys
,
and
as
other
princes
haue
done
lately
in
the
very
lyke
cases
.
The
lyke
maner
was
vsed
to
wardes
a
ship
lying
neare
Southampten
laden
with
wolles
,
and
wherin
also
treasure
was
,
and
in
apparaunt
daunger
of
Frenchmen
houering
vpon
that
coast
,
who
had
made
great
offers
to
the
officers
there
,
onlye
to
withdrawe
their
defence
:
for
whiche
purpose
,
her
maiestie
sent
her
captayne
of
the
Isle
of
Wight
for
securitie
,
to
haue
the
same
likewise
preserued
from
the
Frenche
,
and
to
be
taken
on
lande
:
as
if
it
had
not
ben
,
the
Frenche
had
taken
it
within
foure
and
twentie
houres
after
,
whiche
also
was
knowen
to
belong
vnto
marchauntes
,
and
so
is
to
be
notoriously
proued
.
And
before
the
sayde
captayne
had
taken
care
to
see
the
same
preserued
,
it
is
knowen
what
summes
of
money
were
offred
to
hym
,
to
haue
only
left
the
ship
wherin
the
woolles
were
,
after
the
money
taken
on
land
,
remayning
to
be
vndefended
:
which
the
sayd
captayne
woulde
not
suffer
,
but
armed
certayne
souldiers
to
very
great
charges
by
sea
,
whiche
presently
yet
do
continue
to
garde
the
sayde
ship
.
And
during
this
time
,
whylest
this
was
in
ordering
,
the
Spanishe
ambassadour
came
to
her
maiestie
about
the
.xxix.
of
December
,
bryngyng
with
hym
from
the
Duke
of
Alua
a
short
letter
,
only
of
credence
,
&
thervpon
required
,
that
the
vessels
and
money
stayed
in
the
portes
might
be
put
to
libertie
,
as
belonging
to
the
uyng
his
maister
.
To
whom
her
maiestie
aunswered
,
that
she
had
in
her
doynges
(
if
it
were
the
kynges
)
shewed
hym
great
pleasure
to
saue
it
from
the
Frenche
,
she
wing
hym
therin
some
particularities
of
the
diligence
of
her
officers
,
but
she
was
infourmed
that
it
belonged
to
marchauntes
,
and
herein
within
foure
or
fiue
dayes
she
shoulde
vnderstande
〈…〉
be
herein
done
,
that
in
reason
shoulde
miscontent
〈…〉
●er
good
〈…〉
or
siue
dayes
at
his
next
commyng
.
And
so
be
〈◇〉
,
not
〈◇〉
but
to
alowe
of
the
a●●●were
.
And
her
maiestie
in
the
meane
tyme
hauyng
accordyng
to
〈◇〉
expectation
〈…〉
from
the
west
countrey
,
wherevpon
she
intended
to
haue
satisfied
the
ambassadour
at
his
〈◇〉
(
which
she
〈…〉
to
her
appoyntment
)
not
only
for
the
deliuery
of
the
sayde
shippes
and
trea●●●
,
for
such
portion
〈◇〉
myght
appeare
to
belong
to
the
sayde
kyng
:
but
also
to
haue
perfourmed
her
first
o●●●e
to
〈…〉
con●●uct
for
the
s●me
by
lande
or
by
sea
.
The
first
intelligence
brought
to
her
maiestie
(
without
any
〈◇〉
of
the
ambe●●adour
)
was
,
that
all
her
subiectes
,
goodes
,
marchaundizes
,
and
shippes
,
were
arrested
,
taken
,
〈…〉
at
〈◇〉
as
〈◇〉
,
the
very
same
present
xxix
.
day
that
the
ambassadour
was
with
her
maiestie
,
so
〈…〉
salleth
out
to
euery
mans
vnderstandyng
,
that
howesoeuer
her
maiestie
had
then
satisfied
the
ambassadour
〈◇〉
same
xxix
.
day
,
all
her
subiectes
and
their
goodes
had
ben
neuerthelesse
arrested
,
as
they
were
at
Indwerpe
the
〈◇〉
day
.
Wherevpon
her
maiestie
nowe
leaueth
it
to
the
indgement
of
all
the
worlde
,
to
consider
not
only
whether
〈◇〉
a
pretence
was
sufficient
to
cause
so
sodaine
,
so
violent
,
and
so
generall
arrest
to
be
made
with
force
,
in
such
ma●●●
,
and
at
the
tyme
it
was
:
but
also
in
whom
any
default
shal
be
founde
,
whatsoueuer
may
folowe
hereof
,
her
ma●●●
hauyng
had
no
intention
to
miscontent
the
kyng
of
Spayne
,
nor
to
possesse
any
thyng
belongyng
to
di●●ub●●●s
,
otherwise
then
with
their
good
wyll
,
vpon
iuste
,
reasonable
,
and
vsuall
con●●tions
.
And
thus
much●
her
〈◇〉
hath
thought
conuenient
to
notifie
to
all
persons
,
for
testimonie
of
her
sinceritie
,
and
for
maintenaunce
of
tractions
,
whatsoeuer
they
shal
be
,
whervnto
she
may
by
this
meanes
be
prouoked
.
At
Hampton
Court
the
vi
.
of
January
,
the
xi
.
yere
of
her
maiesties
raigne
,
and
the
yere
of
our
Lorde
.
1568.
God
saue
the
Queene
.