THe Queenes Maiestie beyng infourmed , that where the last yere in the moneth of August , by her speciall proclamation geuen at Otelande , her Maiestie directed sundry good orders to her Portes , for the remouyng and expellyng of all Pirates out of the narowe Seas vpon the coastes of her Realmes , wherupon it folowed that sundry euyl persons hauyng ben apprehended in her Portes , by meanes of the sayde Proclamation , haue ben ( as it is notorious ) of late tyme executed as Pirates , so as though no manyfest Pirates are knowen at this present to resort to any her Maiesties Portes , yet it is supposed that by the fraude and greedinesse of some negligent officers in some smal Portes or Creekes of the Realme , certayne goodes & Marchandize are secretly brought into the sayd Portes ( as it is sayde ) from some Shippes of warre of other countreys , beyng vpon the hygh Seas , and out of the daunger of her Maiesties Castles or Bulwarkes to be stayed , and are thought to be there taken by the sayde Shippes of warre by force of armes from Marchauntes passyng through the narow Seas : a matter much mislyked by her Maiestie . For remedie wherof , her Maiestie doth eftsones most straytly charge & commaunde al maner persons , to haue a more earnest regarde to the obseruation of all thinges contayned in the foresayde Proclamation , vpon the seueral paynes therin contayned : and that the same Proclamation be in euery Port of her Realme newly published & obserued .

And therunto this her Maiestie presently addeth , that yf any officer in any Port or Creeke , shall haue any knowlege or information geuen of any person , that directly or indirectly shall bye , or any wyse attayne to any maner goodes or Marchaundize brought in , otherwyse then ordinaryly and publiquely by Marchauntes Shippes , as lawfully tradyng Marchaundize : that the sayde officers for not apprehendyng the offenders , and for not withstandyng such fraudes , shal be both depriued of their offices , and committed to prison without bayle , yf their offices be of her Maiesties gyft . And yf they haue continuaunce of their offices or iurisdictions by graunt of corporation , the whole liberties of the corporation for such misuses shal be seased into her Maiesties handes , and be extinguished . And whosoeuer shall geue any true information to her Maiesties priuie Counsell agaynst any such officers so offendyng , the same shal be duely and largely rewarded to his comfort and satisfaction , and to the encouragyng of others to detect such offences and fraudes .