❧
By
the
Queene
.
A
Proclamation
against
sundry
abuses
practised
by
diuers
lewd
&
audacious
persons
falsly
naming
themselues
Messengers
of
her
Maiesties
Chamber
,
trauelling
from
place
to
place
with
writings
counterfeited
in
forme
of
Warrants
:
As
also
against
another
sort
of
vagabond
persons
that
carrie
counterfeit
Pasports
wherewith
to
begge
and
gather
almes
.
THe
Queenes
most
excellent
Maiestie
being
giuen
to
vnderstand
of
certeine
most
notable
and
lewd
practises
put
in
bre
by
diuers
dissolute
and
audacious
persons
,
to
the
great
slander
of
her
Maiesties
seruice
,
and
abuse
,
charge
,
and
hinderance
of
her
Maiesties
louing
Subiects
:
the
which
deceitfull
persons
falsly
taking
vpon
them
to
be
Messengers
of
her
Maiesties
chamber
,
&
for
that
purpose
vndutifully
wearing
bores
or
scutcheons
of
Armes
,
as
the
Messengers
doe
,
being
associated
with
others
of
like
bad
disposition
,
haue
of
late
time
,
and
still
doe
goe
vp
and
downe
the
Countrey
with
Writings
in
the
forme
of
Warrants
,
whereunto
the
names
of
the
Lords
and
others
of
her
Maiesties
Priuy
Councell
,
and
other
Ecclesiasticall
Commissioners
,
are
by
them
counterfeited
;
by
colour
whereof
they
doe
warne
Gentlemen
,
Ministers
of
the
Church
,
Women
,
Yeomen
,
and
other
her
Maiesties
Subiects
,
that
dwell
in
sundrie
Counties
of
the
Realme
,
to
appeare
before
the
Lords
and
others
of
her
Maiesties
Priuie
Councell
,
and
exact
fees
of
them
for
their
labor
and
trauaile
,
as
though
they
had
beene
expresly
sent
from
the
Court
by
the
order
of
the
sayd
Lords
,
to
those
,
whose
names
are
inserted
in
such
counterfeit
Warrants
.
By
which
slanderous
practise
,
diuers
Gentlemen
,
and
other
honest
persons
are
not
onely
defrauded
of
the
mony
by
this
fraudulent
meanes
extorted
from
them
,
but
to
their
further
charge
and
hinderance
,
do
repaire
from
Countries
farre
distant
vnto
the
Court
,
supposing
they
were
sent
for
by
the
sayd
Lords
of
her
Highnesse
Priuy
Councell
.
And
although
diuers
of
these
shamelesse
counterfeit
persons
haue
(
by
such
meanes
as
the
said
Lords
haue
vsed
)
beene
apprehended
,
and
brought
into
the
Starchamber
,
where
by
iust
sentence
diuers
of
them
haue
beene
condemned
,
and
set
on
the
Pillorie
,
lost
their
eares
,
and
some
also
marked
in
the
face
for
their
notable
abuses
,
yet
such
is
the
audacious
and
wicked
disposition
of
these
most
vile
and
dissolute
persons
,
as
they
continue
more
and
more
this
practise
to
the
notorious
abuse
of
the
Lords
and
others
of
her
Maiesties
Priuie
Councell
,
and
great
hinderance
and
charges
to
the
Subiects
,
which
shew
a
duetifull
regard
in
obeying
the
sayd
Warrants
,
as
they
ought
to
doe
,
supposing
them
to
be
good
.
For
reformation
of
these
foule
abuses
,
her
Maiesties
pleasure
is
,
that
all
Iustices
of
the
Peace
,
and
other
publicke
Officers
,
from
hencefoorth
shall
do
their
best
indeuour
,
vpon
any
notice
,
or
iust
suspition
giuen
them
for
the
apprehending
of
these
audacious
and
wicked
Imposters
,
and
to
see
them
safely
sent
vp
to
the
sayd
Lords
of
her
Maiesties
Priuie
Councell
.
And
because
these
persons
do
practise
this
abuse
especially
to
make
vnhonest
gaine
of
the
same
,
her
Maiesties
pleasure
is
,
that
from
hencefoorth
no
Messenger
of
her
Chamber
,
Groome
,
or
other
person
,
naming
themselues
Pursuiuants
,
shall
exact
or
take
any
fees
of
any
partie
,
that
shall
be
sent
for
to
appeare
before
the
sayd
Lords
,
vntill
they
haue
made
their
appearance
at
the
Court
before
them
,
neither
shall
the
partie
warned
giue
or
make
any
allowance
or
other
consideration
to
the
Messenger
,
vntill
,
vpon
his
appearance
,
order
shall
be
taken
for
the
same
,
which
partie
required
to
appeare
,
is
also
to
come
vp
in
the
companie
of
the
Messenger
,
and
to
be
presented
by
him
to
the
sayd
Lords
,
or
to
the
Clerke
of
the
Councell
attending
:
and
if
the
Messenger
shal
refuse
to
come
in
his
companie
,
pretending
any
fained
cause
or
excuse
,
the
partie
warned
may
forbeare
his
appearance
,
and
if
there
be
many
named
in
one
Warrant
,
their
appearance
shall
be
on
a
certeine
day
,
when
the
Messenger
shall
be
there
also
.
And
if
the
partie
warned
shall
haue
any
suspition
of
the
Messenger
or
of
the
Warrant
to
be
counterfeit
,
in
that
case
he
may
cause
the
Constable
of
the
Parish
,
where
he
dwelleth
,
or
the
next
publicke
Officer
,
to
bring
the
supposed
Messenger
before
the
next
Iustice
of
Peace
,
where
the
Warrant
may
be
viewed
,
and
the
partie
thorowly
examined
.
And
if
the
Iustice
of
Peace
shall
finde
apparant
cause
of
suspition
,
her
Maiesties
pleasure
is
,
he
shall
deteine
the
said
Messenger
in
some
Prison
,
vntill
the
Warrant
be
sent
vp
to
her
Maiesties
Priuy
Councell
,
and
the
trueth
may
be
discouered
:
or
els
he
shall
send
the
party
vnder
safe
custody
to
the
Court
,
as
he
shall
thinke
good
.
Where
also
these
base
and
shamelesse
kinde
of
people
the
better
to
colour
their
lewd
dealing
,
and
abuse
her
Maiesties
Subiects
,
do
offer
to
compound
with
the
parties
,
whose
names
are
inserted
in
the
counterfeit
Warrants
,
and
to
dispense
with
them
for
a
summe
of
mony
,
not
to
make
their
appearance
before
the
sayd
Lords
;
whereunto
the
parties
warned
to
auoyd
expenses
in
comming
vp
to
the
Court
,
or
further
cause
of
trouble
,
do
often
yeeld
:
Her
Maiesties
pleasure
is
,
most
straitly
to
charge
and
enioyne
all
and
euery
person
and
persons
that
shall
be
serued
with
any
Warrant
,
requiring
his
or
their
appearance
before
her
Priuie
Councell
,
not
to
offer
or
yeeld
to
any
such
agreement
with
any
Messenger
,
Groome
of
the
Chamber
,
or
other
,
calling
themselues
by
the
name
of
Pursuiuants
,
to
be
forborne
for
his
sayd
appearance
,
vpon
paine
of
imprisonment
,
and
her
Maiesties
further
displeasure
.
And
all
Messengers
are
hereby
charged
,
and
specially
forbidden
to
make
or
take
any
such
composition
with
any
partie
sent
for
,
vpon
paine
to
loose
their
place
,
and
to
be
imprisoned
,
and
seuerely
punished
for
their
misbehauiour
.
Moreouer
where
there
are
another
sort
of
vagabond
persons
that
either
themselues
doe
make
,
or
cause
counterfeite
Pasports
to
be
made
,
and
licences
to
begge
and
gather
Almes
,
pretending
that
they
haue
beene
hurt
and
maymed
in
her
Maiesties
seruice
,
or
receiued
some
other
great
losse
or
hinderance
by
casualty
,
and
vnto
those
licences
doe
counterfeit
the
hands
and
seales
of
the
said
Lords
,
and
others
of
her
Maiesties
priuy
Counsell
,
or
of
some
of
them
,
or
of
some
Iustices
of
the
Peace
,
or
of
the
Generals
of
her
Maiesties
forces
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
of
the
Captaines
of
companies
and
other
Officers
,
thereby
to
defraude
her
Maiesties
subiects
,
and
sometimes
repaire
to
the
Churches
at
the
time
of
Diuine
seruice
,
to
make
and
gather
collection
by
coulour
of
these
counterfeit
licences
:
of
which
sort
,
there
are
a
great
number
dispersed
in
diuers
Counties
of
the
Realme
,
conspiring
also
,
and
combyning
themselues
together
in
very
tumultuous
sort
to
euill
purposes
:
For
the
auoyding
of
which
abuses
,
and
iust
punishment
of
such
wicked
and
base
people
,
her
Maiesties
pleasure
is
,
that
all
Parsons
or
Vicars
of
Parishes
,
Churchwardens
,
or
other
her
Maiesties
Officers
,
and
louing
subiects
,
to
whom
these
kinde
of
euill
disposed
persons
may
resort
,
shall
consider
well
of
the
said
licences
,
and
finding
cause
to
suspect
the
same
,
they
shall
bring
them
before
the
next
Iustice
of
the
Peace
to
be
strictly
by
them
examined
,
and
vpon
further
cause
of
suspicion
,
he
shall
commit
them
to
some
Prison
vntill
hee
may
be
certainely
informed
from
such
,
whose
names
are
subscribed
to
the
said
Pasports
or
licences
,
whether
the
same
bee
true
or
counterfeite
.
And
because
these
latter
sort
being
kind
of
Rogues
and
loose
people
,
do
often
assemble
in
diuers
Counties
of
the
Realme
in
great
numbers
together
,
and
commit
robberies
,
spoyles
&
other
outrages
,
and
doe
threaten
further
hurt
,
as
hath
bene
manifested
by
the
confessions
of
some
of
them
that
haue
bene
lately
apprehended
.
An
Iustices
of
the
Peace
and
other
publike
Officers
are
hereby
further
commaunded
to
vse
all
good
and
possible
meanes
for
the
apprehension
of
these
malefactors
,
that
they
may
receiue
seuere
punishment
according
to
the
qualitie
of
their
offences
,
and
that
thereby
also
all
such
further
inconuenience
,
as
is
by
them
intended
,
may
be
auoyded
.
Giuen
at
the
Court
at
Greenewich
the
third
day
of
May
,
in
the
xxxviii
.
yeere
of
her
Maiesties
raigne
.
God
saue
the
Queene
.