By the Queene, a proclamation for bringing into the realme of vnlawfull and seditious bookes England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21708 of text S2591 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A21708 STC 8014.5 ESTC S2591 24350476 ocm 24350476 27551

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 eng Censorship -- Great Britain. Proclamations -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603. eebo By the Queene, a proclamation for bringing into the realme of vnlawfull and seditious bookes England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) 1618 1 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the Queene . A Proclamation for bringing into the Realme of unlawfull and seditious bookes .

WHereas diuers bookes made or translated by certayne the Queenes Maiesties subiects , for the more part remayning on the other side of the sea , without lawfull licence , contayning sundry matters repugnaunt to trueth , derogatorie to the soueraigne estate of her Maiestie , and stirring and nourishing sedition in this Realme , are commonly in secret sort here dispearsed by malicious persons among sundry her Maiesties subiects , to thintent to drawe them to errour , and withdraw them sediciously from their dueties and allegiance due to her Maiestie , as their onely soueraigne . For redresse hereof , like as of late tyme some mylde example hath ben made in the starre chaumber at Westminster , in correction of certayne persons found faultie in the secret dispearung , buying , & allowing of sundry of the sayde seditious bookes : So her Maiestie meaning of her clemencie , neither to haue any aduantage taken for things herein already past , nor any her honest and quiet subiectes to be entangled with the like hereafter for lacke of admonition in due tyme : willeth and earnestly chargeth all manner of persons , to forbeare vtterly from the vse or dealing with any such seditious bookes , made or translated by any person , contayning matter derogatorie to the Soueraigne estate of her Maiestie , or impugning the orders and rites established by the lawe for Christian religion and deuine seruice within this Realme , or otherwyse stirring and nourishing matter tending to sedition : and that such as alredy haue any of the sayde bookes , shall present , or cause to be presented the sayde bookes , within twentie and eyght dayes after the publishing of this proclamation , to the byshop of the diocesse , or ordinarie of the place , and to receaue of him a testimoniall of the tyme of the deliuery thereof : and without expresse licence in wryting of the sayde byshop or ordinary , or some archbyshop , or other byshop of the Realme , not to kepe or reade any seditious bookes , vpon paine of her Maiesties grieuous indignation , and to be punished seuerely , as the qualitte and circumstaunces of the offence shall require and deserue .

Gyuen at her Maiesties pallaice of Westminster , the first day of March . 1568. the eleuenth yeere of her Maiesties raigne . God saue the Queene .

❧ Imprinted at London in Powles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge and Iohn Cawood , Printers to the Queenes Maiestie .

Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis .