¶
By
the
Queene
.
❧
A
Proclamation
declaryng
the
vntrueth
of
certaine
malitious
reportes
deuised
and
publisshed
in
the
Realme
of
Scotlande
.
THE
Queenes
Maiestie
of
this
Realme
of
Englande
,
vnderstanding
that
there
are
publicshed
sundry
matters
lately
in
Scotlande
,
contrary
to
all
trueth
and
meaning
of
the
sayde
Queene
,
as
it
appeareth
maliciously
deuised
to
blemishe
the
honour
and
sinceritie
of
her
Maiestie
,
and
to
bryng
Th
erle
of
Murrey
in
hatred
with
his
owne
friendes
beyng
natiue
good
Scottishe
men
:
hath
thought
it
good
to
let
it
be
openly
notified
to
all
persons
,
both
Englishe
and
Scottishe
that
are
disposed
to
heare
the
trueth
,
that
howsoeuer
it
be
sayde
or
written
by
any
person
of
what
state
soeuer
the
same
be
,
that
any
secrete
practise
hath
ben
made
betwixt
her
Maiestie
&
Th
erle
of
Murrey
,
wherby
it
should
be
conuented
&
accorded
that
the
Queene
of
Scottes
sonne
shoulde
be
deliuered
into
her
Maiesties
handes
,
to
be
nourished
in
Englande
as
she
should
thinke
good
,
and
that
the
Castels
of
Edenburgh
and
Stryueling
shoulde
be
in
Englishe
mens
keping
,
and
that
the
Castell
of
Dumbretton
shoulde
be
besieged
and
taken
,
and
rendred
to
her
Maiesties
behoofe
,
and
that
Th
erle
of
Murrey
should
be
declared
legittime
to
succeede
to
the
crowne
of
Scotlande
after
the
deceasse
of
the
young
prince
or
kyng
without
barnes
,
and
in
that
case
Th
erle
of
Murrey
should
acknowledge
to
holde
the
Realme
of
Scotland
in
fee
of
her
Maiestie
as
Queene
of
Englande
:
Her
Maiestie
as
she
is
and
by
Gods
grace
intendeth
during
her
lyfe
to
be
a
prince
of
honour
,
and
a
maintayner
of
trueth
,
doth
in
the
worde
of
a
Queene
,
let
all
persons
to
know
,
that
all
and
euery
these
foresayde
thinges
aboue
specified
,
are
altogether
false
and
vntrue
,
and
are
deuised
by
persons
of
inere
malice
and
rancour
,
beyng
disposed
to
nourishe
factions
and
discordes
,
and
hating
the
good
quietnes
and
concorde
betwixt
the
two
Realmes
of
Englande
and
Scotlande
.
For
this
her
Maiestie
likewise
assureth
all
persons
,
that
as
of
these
vntruethes
and
falshoods
there
was
neuer
conuention
nor
accorde
betwixt
her
Maiestie
and
the
saide
Earle
,
nor
betwixt
him
and
any
her
ministers
to
her
Maiesties
knowledge
:
So
was
there
not
at
all
any
conuention
or
pact
,
eyther
by
worde
or
wrytyng
,
made
betwixt
her
Maiestie
and
the
sayde
Earle
,
for
any
thing
,
since
his
last
comming
into
this
Realme
,
although
it
is
true
that
some
motions
haue
ben
made
,
aswell
by
Th
erle
of
Lennox
and
the
Ladie
his
wyfe
,
beyng
,
as
it
is
knowen
,
parentes
to
the
late
murthered
father
of
the
prince
,
as
by
others
,
that
if
hereafter
it
shoulde
be
scene
that
the
sayde
prince
could
not
continue
in
safetie
in
Scotlande
from
thattemptes
of
the
murtherers
of
his
father
,
and
other
his
mortall
enemies
,
that
then
he
might
be
nourished
in
Englande
vnder
the
custodie
of
such
as
nowe
haue
the
charge
of
hym
,
and
are
knowen
to
haue
most
tender
care
of
hym
.
But
hereof
was
there
neuer
any
maner
of
conuention
or
accorde
,
neither
yet
was
there
heard
by
her
Maiestie
any
worde
of
the
Earle
of
Murrey
,
or
of
any
in
his
company
,
to
alowe
of
any
remouing
of
the
same
prince
out
of
Scotlande
,
or
out
of
the
charge
of
them
that
nowe
haue
the
custodie
of
hym
.
And
likewise
her
Maiestie
assureth
all
maner
of
persons
,
that
she
esteemeth
all
other
reportes
false
,
that
are
sayd
also
to
be
made
of
any
league
and
intelligence
betwixt
the
Earle
of
Murrey
and
the
Earle
of
Hertforde
,
with
other
such
like
improbable
false
deuises
and
slaunders
.
All
whiche
her
Maiestie
woulde
haue
to
be
of
all
honest
persons
both
Englishe
and
Scottishe
that
loue
trueth
and
hate
falshood
,
to
be
esteemed
for
false
,
and
to
haue
ben
sediciously
and
maliciously
inuented
,
deuised
,
and
publisshed
.
Finally
,
this
her
Maiestie
willeth
all
persons
to
vnderstande
,
that
in
this
cause
betweene
the
Queene
of
Scottes
and
her
sonne
,
there
hath
lacked
no
good
meaning
,
nor
yet
doth
,
to
haue
had
the
same
well
ended
with
quietnes
for
the
whole
nation
of
Scotlande
,
and
without
any
preiudice
to
the
crowne
of
Scotlande
,
or
to
the
dignitie
thereof
:
The
let
and
impediment
of
whiche
good
ende
,
her
Maiestie
woulde
all
persons
to
vnderstande
,
not
to
haue
come
of
her
or
her
counsell
,
as
hereafter
shall
more
manifestly
appeare
.
Gyuen
at
Hampton
Court
the
xxii
.
of
Ianuary
.
1568.
the
xi
.
yere
of
her
maiesties
raigne
.
God
saue
the
Queene
.