WHereas the Queenes most excellent Maiestie by her Highnesse Proclamation in Nouember last , did appoint and limit the reading of the Lotterie within her Citie of London this x . of Ianuarie . And by the same did giue straight charge and commandement to all and singuler her officers , ministers and subiects hauing therein to do , to prepare themselues accordingly , as by the saide last Proclamation may appeare . Her Maiestie perceiueth , that of some mistrust or doubtfull interpretation of the proceedings in the saide Lotterie , the first intention ( to haue the collection and aduentures to haue amounted to a certains masse & summe of money , ( where with a great number the aduenturers might haue bene largely benefited , according to a Chart thereof published in August , 1567. ) is not , nor can not bee accomplished : Whereupon it is thought meet ( without any further expectation or delay ) to proceed to the publishing of the said Lotterie , for so much as is already collected , and to cause euery Aduenturer to be truely , indifierently , and ratably answered , according to the masse collected , without any indirect dealing towards any person . And to the intent that euery person hauing any interest herein , may vnderstand what in reason to expect for his Aduenture . It is to be vnderstand to all Aduenturers in the same Lotterie , that the very certaine summe of money collected , and chargeable to the same , is a twelfth part of the whole masse first by the said Chart appointed , and no more , as by due certificat and good accompt thereof ( by her Highnesse Commissioners and Treasurers , being persons of speciall credite in that behalfe ) made , her Maiestie is certainely enformed . Whereupon all Aduenturers shall be duely answered of their Prises accordingly after the said rate : That is to say , To him that shall win the best and greatest Lotte , the summe of foure hundreth and sixteene pounds , thirteene shillings and foure pence , which is the iust twelfth part of fiue thousand pounds , before appointed to haue bene giuen , if the whole summe had bene collected . And so consequently euery person to be answered of the seuerall Prises contained in the saide Chart , after the saide Rate .

Giuing also to vnderstand , that for the supplying of the full number first appointed by the Chart , euery person hauing aduentured any one Lotte of the value of ten shillings , shall be admitted to twelue aduentures or hazards , after which aduentures or hazards , the said rate of a twelfth part , shall be duely answered and payed in ready money . And whosoeuer hath aduentured more then one Lot , after the rate of ten shillings , shall be answered and payed in like sort : which seuerall aduentures , hazardes or Prises growing of the said Lotterie , shall be duely answered and payed ( after the Rate of the said twelfth part ) according to the appointment and promise contained in the said first Chart .

And for this purpose , all persons hauing interest herein , shall and may begin to giue their attendance this present tenth day of Ianuary , and so to continue .