By
the
Queene
.
A
Proclamation
for
the
restitution
of
thentercourse
betwixt
the
kingdomes
,
countreys
,
and
subiectes
of
the
Queenes
maiestie
and
the
king
of
Spayne
.
WHere
of
late
yeeres
there
hath
ben
an
intermission
of
the
late
auncient
entercourse
of
merchantes
betwixt
the
Kyngdomes
&
Countreys
of
the
Queenes
Maiestie
of
Englande
,
and
of
the
Kyng
of
Spayne
,
by
reason
of
certayne
stayes
,
&
arrestes
made
of
diuers
subiectes
on
both
partes
,
with
their
goodes
and
shippes
,
without
any
intention
of
eyther
the
sayde
Princes
to
breake
or
violate
the
auncient
amities
&
confederations
continuyng
in
force
betwixte
them
,
or
to
discontinue
the
sayde
entercourse
:
but
that
as
it
appeareth
the
same
arrestes
hath
ben
occasioned
by
persons
not
vnderstandyng
the
benefite
,
or
not
wyllyng
to
fauour
the
necessarie
continuaunce
of
such
an
auncient
amitie
,
nouryshed
and
maynteyned
by
the
free
entercourse
of
the
subiectes
on
eyther
part
.
So
it
is
,
that
both
their
Maiesties
good
meanynges
towardes
the
continuaunce
of
their
mutual
amitie
,
and
the
restoryng
of
the
sayde
entercourse
,
beyng
made
knowen
from
the
one
to
the
other
,
by
such
their
good
ministers
as
haue
ben
herein
vsed
:
Therefore
it
is
in
their
names
accorded
,
that
all
maner
the
subiectes
of
both
the
sayde
Princes
,
of
what
kyngdome
or
countrey
so
euer
the
same
be
,
from
the
begynnyng
of
the
first
of
Maye
nowe
instant
,
shall
and
may
haue
and
enioy
the
same
ryghtes
and
liberties
,
as
they
had
in
any
of
the
dominions
of
eyther
of
the
sayde
Princes
:
and
that
they
may
from
the
sayde
tyme
vse
the
lyke
mutuall
entercourse
for
merchandizes
,
as
they
were
lawfully
accustomed
before
the
sayde
arrestes
.
And
for
that
it
is
meant
that
all
occasions
of
controuersies
or
differences
that
hath
happened
betwixt
the
subiectes
on
eyther
part
synce
the
tyme
of
the
sayde
arrestes
shoulde
be
hearde
and
determined
:
it
is
ordeyned
that
this
restitution
of
the
entercourse
,
shall
remayne
from
the
sayde
first
day
of
Maye
,
duryng
the
space
of
two
yeeres
,
to
the
intent
that
Commissioners
to
be
appoynted
by
the
sayde
Princes
within
two
monethes
after
the
sayde
first
of
Maye
,
may
speedyly
heare
,
order
,
and
determine
suche
differences
:
Which
yf
they
shoulde
not
be
able
to
do
,
yet
at
the
ende
of
the
sayde
two
yeeres
,
yf
by
the
sayde
Princes
in
the
meane
tyme
it
be
not
otherwise
prouided
for
continuaunce
of
the
sayde
entercourse
,
no
new
arrestes
should
be
made
of
any
thynges
brought
into
the
countreys
of
eyther
of
the
sayd
Princes
duryng
the
tyme
of
the
sayde
two
yeeres
,
but
that
all
thynges
shall
remayne
to
the
owners
,
without
any
disturbance
to
be
vsed
within
the
Realme
,
or
caryed
out
of
the
same
,
at
any
tyme
within
three
monethes
after
the
ende
of
the
two
yeeres
.
Wherefore
the
Queenes
Maiestie
hath
thought
it
necessarie
,
lyke
as
it
is
agreed
that
the
sayde
Kyng
of
Spayne
shal
do
the
lyke
,
to
notifie
to
all
her
subiectes
the
premisses
,
to
thintent
they
may
,
as
they
shal
fynde
meete
and
conuenient
,
resort
to
the
countreys
of
the
sayde
Kyng
,
and
there
vse
the
lawfull
entercourse
of
merchandize
,
as
before
the
late
restraynt
was
lawfully
by
them
vsed
:
Chargyng
them
to
geue
no
occasion
of
offence
to
the
sayde
Kyng
,
or
his
Countreys
,
but
to
behaue
them selues
in
such
sorte
,
as
the
amitie
betwixt
the
sayde
Princes
,
and
the
entercourse
betwixt
their
subiectes
,
may
continue
to
the
honour
and
comfort
of
the
Princes
,
and
to
the
mutuall
concorde
and
benefite
of
their
people
.
The
lyke
wherof
it
is
accorded
shal
be
perfourmed
on
the
sayde
Kynges
part
for
hym selfe
,
and
his
subiectes
resortyng
into
any
of
her
Maiesties
dominions
,
to
whom
also
shal
be
shewed
lyke
fauour
,
for
maynteynaunce
of
their
entercourse
and
trafficque
,
as
in
tyme
past
before
the
arrest
hath
ben
.
Yeuen
at
her
Maiesties
manour
of
Grenewich
the
last
day
of
Apryll
.
1573.
in
the
fyfteenth
yeere
of
her
hyghnes
raigne
.
God
saue
the
Queene
.