By
the
King
.
A
Proclamation
declaring
His
Maiesties
pleasure
concerning
Sir
Walter
Rawleigh
,
and
those
who
aduentured
with
him
.
WHereas
We
gaue
Licence
to
Sir
Walter
Rawleigh
,
Knight
,
and
others
of
Our
Subiects
with
him
,
to
vndertake
a
Uoyage
to
the
Countrey
of
Guyana
,
where
they
pretended
great
hopes
and
probabilities
to
make
discouery
of
certaine
Gold
Mines
,
for
the
lawfull
enriching
of
themselues
,
and
these
Our
Kingdoms
:
Wherein
We
did
by
expresse
limitation
and
Caution
restraine
,
and
forbid
them
and
euery
of
them
,
from
attempting
any
Acte
of
hostility
,
wrong
,
or
violence
whatsoeuer
,
vpon
any
of
the
Territories
,
States
,
or
Subiects
of
any
forraine
Princes
,
with
whom
Wee
are
in
amitie
:
And
more
peculiarly
of
those
of
Our
deare
Brother
the
King
of
Spaine
,
in
respect
of
his
Dominions
and
Interests
in
that
Continent
.
All
which
notwithstanding
,
We
are
since
informed
by
a
common
fame
,
that
they
,
or
some
of
them
haue
,
by
an
hostile
inuasion
of
the
Towne
of
S.
Thome
(
being
vnder
the
obedience
of
Our
said
deare
Brother
the
King
of
Spaine
)
and
by
killing
of
diuers
of
the
inhabitants
therof
,
his
Subiects
,
and
after
by
sacking
and
burning
of
the
said
towne
,
(
as
much
as
in
them
for
their
owne
parts
lay
)
malitiously
broken
and
infringed
the
Peace
and
Amitie
,
which
hath
beene
so
happily
established
,
and
so
long
inuiolably
continued
betweene
Us
and
the
Subiects
of
both
our
Crownes
.
Wee
haue
therefore
held
it
fit
,
as
appertaining
neerely
to
Our
Royall
Iustice
and
Honor
,
eftsoones
to
make
a
publique
declaration
of
Our
owne
vtter
mislike
and
detestation
of
the
said
insolences
,
and
excesses
,
if
any
such
haue
beene
by
any
of
Our
Subiects
committed
:
And
for
the
better
detection
and
clearing
of
the
very
trueth
of
the
said
common
fame
,
Wee
doe
heereby
straitly
charge
and
require
all
Our
Subiects
whatsoeuer
,
that
haue
any
particular
vnderstanding
and
notice
therof
,
vpon
their
duety
and
alleagiance
which
they
owe
Us
,
immediately
after
publication
of
this
Our
pleasure
,
to
repaire
vnto
some
of
Our
Priuy
Counsell
,
and
to
discouer
and
make
knowne
vnto
them
their
whole
knowledge
and
vnderstanding
concerning
the
same
,
vnder
paine
of
Our
High
displeasure
and
indignation
;
that
Wee
may
thereupon
proceede
in
Our
Princely
Iustice
to
the
exemplary
punishment
and
coertion
of
all
such
,
as
shal
be
conuicted
and
found
guilty
of
so
scandalous
and
enormous
outrages
.
Giuen
at
Our
Mannor
of
Greenwich
,
the
ninth
day
of
Iune
,
in
the
sixteenth
yeere
of
Our
Raigne
of
England
,
France
and
Ireland
,
and
of
Scotland
the
one
and
Fiftieth
.
God
saue
the
King
.
¶
Imprinted
at
London
by
Bonham
Norton
,
and
Iohn
Bill
,
deputie
Printers
for
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Maiestie
.
ANNO
M.DC.XVIII
.