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<HEAD>&para; <HI>By the Queene. A proclamation to admoni&s;he all per&s;ons to forbeare traffique in the king of</HI> Spaynes countreys, with other aduerti&s;ementes for aun&s;weryng of a generall arre&s;t made in the lowe countreys by the Duke of Alua.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THE Queenes maie&s;tie lately vnder&s;tandyng, that by a &s;odaine commaun</HI>-dement of the Duke of Alua, as gouernour in the low countreys belonging to her ma|ie&s;ties good brother the kyng of Spayne, al maner her marchaunts and other her &s;ub|iectes inhabytyng in the towne of Andwerpe, were arre&s;ted &amp; put vnder garde of cer|taine companies of &s;ouldiours, and their goodes and marchaundizes al&s;o &s;ea&s;ed, about the xxix. of the la&s;t moneth of December, and &s;ince that time the like arre&s;t is made ge|nerally in the &s;ayde low countreys: A matter very &s;traunge, and heretofore in no tyme v&s;ed betwixt the Crowne of Englande and the hou&s;e of Burgondy, without &s;ome ma|ner of former conference precedyng, and intelligence had of the myndes and intentions of the Princes them &s;elues on both &s;ydes. Wherevpon her maie&s;tie hath thought good, to geue warnyng to all her &s;ubiectes that haue any cau&s;e to traffique in any of the countreys of the &s;aide kyng, that they &s;hal forbeare the &s;ame, vntyll further knowledge may appeare of the mynde of the &s;ayde kyng hym &s;elfe howe he &s;hall alowe hereof: whiche beyng knowen to her maie&s;tie, &s;halbe notified to her &s;ayde &s;ubiectes. And in the meane tyme, her maie&s;tie wylleth and commaundeth all maner her officers, of all to wnes, burghes, cities, portes, and all other landyng places within any of her dominions, that they do cau&s;e all and euery per&s;on borne vnder any part of the obedience of the &s;ayd kyng of Spayne, or lyuyng in his countreys and profe&s;&s;yng obedience to the &s;ayd kyng, and their goodes, marchaundizes, &s;tirres, and ve&s;&s;els, to be arre&s;ted and &s;tayed, to be foorth commyng and aun&s;werable, a&s;well for the indemnitie of her maie&s;ties &s;ubiectes alredy, without any iu&s;t cau&s;e deteyned, as for other nece&s;&s;arie con&s;equencies: and that al&s;o in all townes, hauens, and dwellyng places, where any marchauntes borne or profe&s;&s;yng the obedience of the &s;ayde kyng, &s;halle founde to be &s;u&s;pected for conuertyng or conueying of their goodes, by any maner of fraude or colour of bargayne, from the arre&s;t and &s;ea&s;ure therof: there the principall officers of that towne or place, with a&s;&s;i&s;taunce of others Iu&s;tices of peace, &s;hal proceede to the inqui&s;ition therof by all maner good meanes, and &s;hal commit to warde a&s;well the parties, of what nation &s;oeuer they be, that haue or &s;halbe priuie or aydyng to any fraudulent colouryng, except they &s;hall fir&s;t confe&s;&s;e the &s;ame, as al&s;o the others that haue &s;o coloured the &s;ame, and the goodes to be al&s;o put in &s;afetie. And yet becau&s;e her maie&s;tie hath no other meanyng herein, but to haue the per&s;ons of the &s;ayde kynges &s;ubiectes and their goodes put in &s;afetie by this arre&s;t, for the pre&s;eruation of her owne good &s;ubiectes and their goodes, and to be re&s;pondent for &s;uch other di&s;ordered actions as may en&s;ue of the&s;e &s;o &s;traunge and ha&s;ty at|temptes: &s;he wylleth and chargeth all maner her officers, mini&s;ters, and &s;ubiectes, that no violence be v&s;ed to the hurt of the per&s;ons of any the &s;ayde kynges &s;ubiectes by rea&s;on of this arre&s;t, without they &s;hall by manife&s;t wylfull re&s;i&s;taunce prouoke the &s;ame, neither that any &s;poyle, wa&s;te, or damage be done to their goodes and marchaundizes, but only to cau&s;e them to be put in good garde and &s;afetie. And yf any of the &s;ayde kynges &s;ubiectes &s;hall chalenge to be exempted out of this arre&s;t by rea&s;on they be denizens, her maie&s;tie in dede hauing no meaning to impeach them therof, and yet for the tyme not knowyng howe in lyke ca&s;es her &s;ubiectes beyng naturalized in the &s;ayde kynges countreys, are or &s;halbe v&s;ed: is plea&s;ed that the &s;ayde per&s;ons beyng in deede denizens, &s;hall but fynde &s;ufficient &s;uer|ties to be foorth commyng, with their goodes: and yf they &s;o wyll not, then they &s;halbe committed to the cu&s;tody and garde of &s;ome other Engly&s;he marchauntes, and due inuentories taken of their goodes, vntyll knowledge may be had howe her maie&s;ties &s;ubiectes be or &s;halbe v&s;ed on the other part. And con&s;ideryng al&s;o her maie&s;tie vnder&s;tan|deth that a number of artificers and other fortes of people, haue &s;ince the begynnyng of the late inwarde troubles in the lowe countreys, re&s;orted hyther into her realme for auoydyng of the &s;ayde troubles, a&s;well for their con&s;cien|ces, as for the daungers that properly folowe &s;uch ciuile troubles: her wyll and plea&s;ure is, that in all places where &s;uche &s;halbe founde to be (beyng of hone&s;t and quiet conuer&s;ation) and except they &s;halbe participiant to the colou|ryng of other marchauntes goodes, the &s;ame &s;hall not be mole&s;ted eyther in their per&s;ons or goodes, otherwy&s;e then where to the officers of the place it &s;hall &s;o &s;eeme nedefull, and there they &s;hall geue bondes one for another to be worth commyng, and &s;uffer inuentozies to be n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">de of their goodes.</P>
<P><PB REF="2"> Furthermore her maie&s;tie hearing by report, that the arre&s;t of her &s;ubiectes on the other &s;ide the &s;eas, &s;houlde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> vpon a pretence, for &s;taying of one &s;hippe and three or foure &s;mall barkes, lately come into certayne her portes of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> Realme, wherein certayne money was: hath thought good briefely to notifie the circum&s;taunce of that pretence, wherby may be &s;eene manife&s;tly, that the &s;ame is gathered without iu&s;t cau&s;e, and the deui&s;ers and promoters of the
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word">, who&s;oeuer they were, to haue proceeded bnorderly and vnadui&s;edly. Her maie&s;tie was fir&s;t infourmed by her officers in certaine her portes in the We&s;t countrey of this Realme, that three or foure &s;mall barkes, called Zabras, were come out of Spayne into certayne portes there, hauing in them a quantitie of money belonging to &s;undry marchauntes of Italie and the lowe countreys, and that diuers &s;hippes of Fraunce in warlike maner were vpon the came coa&s;tes, attending to &s;urpri&s;e the &s;ayde Spani&s;he be&s;&s;els and trea&s;ure, if they &s;houlde pa&s;&s;e to the &s;eas, and that it was al&s;o to be feared, that they woulde enter into the very portes, and take them away by force. Wherevpon her maie&s;fie did &s;ende &s;traite commaundement by &s;peciall letters, to all the portes in tho&s;e We&s;t partes, that the mar|chauntes and owners of tho&s;e ve&s;&s;els &s;houlde haue knowledge thereof, and that they and all other the kyng of Spaynes &s;ubiectes, &s;hould be a&s;&s;i&s;ted and defended again&s;t the attemptes of the Frenche, by all meanes po&s;&s;ible. After which done, the Spani&s;he amba&s;&s;adour here now re&s;ident, made like reque&s;t to haue newe order for mayntenaunce and a&s;&s;i&s;taunce of the &s;ayde ve&s;&s;els and trea&s;ure again&s;t the &s;ayd Frenche, whiche was al&s;o graunted to hym, and &s;e|uerall letters pattentes to that effect were deliuered to his owne me&s;&s;engers. And a whyle after this, he requiring of the Queenes maie&s;tie, to vnder&s;tande her plea&s;ure, whether &s;he woulde be content that the owners and conduc|ters of the &s;ayde trea&s;ure might be eyther conducted by &s;ea or by lande to Douer, pretending the money to apper|tayne to the kyng his mai&s;ter: her maie&s;tie graunted to him, that whiche &s;oeuer of the&s;e two wayes he would de&s;ire, &s;houlde be foorthwith directed for hym, whereof he thanked her maie&s;tie, &s;aying that he woulde &s;tay vntyll he might &s;ende into the lowe countreys, and haue worde from the Duke of Alua, whiche of tho&s;e two wayes he woulde haue
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">t tran&s;ported. In the meane tyme, her maie&s;tie was infourmed that the Frenche had &s;ecretely in the night entred into one of her hauens in the We&s;t, where the &s;ayde trea&s;ure was, and had attempted the &s;urpri&s;e thereof, but were onlye repul&s;ed by &s;uche force as her maie&s;ties officers had in redine&s;&s;e for that purpo&s;e: a matter notorious to all the partes where the &s;ayde &s;hippes were a&s;&s;aulted, and well reported al&s;o to the amba&s;&s;adour. Wherevpon, con|&s;idering howe doubtfull and there with chargeable a matter it was, from tyme to tyme to pre&s;erue the &s;ame lying a|biode in the hauens: it was thought be&s;t euen for the honour of the Realme, that the &s;ayde trea&s;ure &s;hould be taken en lande, and there &s;afely pre&s;erued in the &s;ight and pre&s;ence of them that had the charge thereof, without touching or withdrawing any part of the &s;ame. And being then certaynely knowen to belong vnto marchauntes, it was al&s;o thought, after the due pre&s;eruation thereof from the perill of the &s;eas, not an vnrea&s;onable motion, nor again&s;t the honorable v&s;age of princes in their owne dominions, to treate with the owners with their good contentation, and not otherwy&s;e, to borowe it or &s;ome part therof, vpon lyke good a&s;&s;uraunce and conditions, as her maie&s;tie hath oftentymes borowed of other marchauntes, &s;ubiectes to the &s;ayde kyng in his owne lowe countreys, and as other princes haue done lately in the very lyke ca&s;es. The lyke maner was v&s;ed to wardes a &s;hip lying neare Southamp|ten laden with wolles, and wherin al&s;o trea&s;ure was, and in apparaunt daunger of Frenchmen houering vpon that coa&s;t, who had made great offers to the officers there, onlye to withdrawe their defence: for whiche purpo&s;e, her ma|ie&s;tie &s;ent her captayne of the I&s;le of Wight for &s;ecuritie, to haue the &s;ame likewi&s;e pre&s;erued from the Frenche, and to be taken on lande: as if it had not ben, the Frenche had taken it within foure and twentie houres after, whiche al&s;o was knowen to belong vnto marchauntes, and &s;o is to be notoriou&s;ly proued. And before the &s;ayde captayne had taken care to &s;ee the &s;ame pre&s;erued, it is knowen what &s;ummes of money were offred to hym, to haue only left the &s;hip wherin the woolles were, after the money taken on land, remayning to be vndefended: which the &s;ayd captayne woulde not &s;uffer, but armed certayne &s;ouldiers to very great charges by &s;ea, whiche pre&s;ently yet do continue to garde the &s;ayde &s;hip. And during this time, whyle&s;t this was in ordering, the Spani&s;he amba&s;&s;adour came to her ma|ie&s;tie about the .xxix. of December, bryngyng with hym from the Duke of Alua a &s;hort letter, only of credence, &amp; ther|vpon required, that the ve&s;&s;els and money &s;tayed in the portes might be put to libertie, as belonging to the uyng his mai&s;ter. To whom her maie&s;tie aun&s;wered, that &s;he had in her doynges (if it were the kynges) &s;hewed hym great plea&s;ure to &s;aue it from the Frenche, &s;he wing hym therin &s;ome particularities of the diligence of her officers, but &s;he was infourmed that it belonged to marchauntes, and herein within foure or fiue dayes &s;he &s;houlde vnder&s;tande
<PB REF="3"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> be herein done, that in rea&s;on &s;houlde mi&s;content <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span">
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">er good
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> or &s;iue dayes at his next commyng. And &s;o be
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word">, not
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> but to alowe of the a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">were. And her maie&s;tie in the meane tyme hauyng accordyng to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> expectation
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> from the we&s;t countrey, wherevpon &s;he intended to haue &s;ati&s;fied the amba&s;&s;adour at his
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> (which &s;he
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> to her appoyntment) not only for the deliuery of the &s;ayde &s;hippes and trea|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">, for &s;uch portion <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> myght appeare to belong to the &s;ayde kyng: but al&s;o to haue perfourmed her fir&s;t o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">e to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">uct for the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">me by lande or by &s;ea. The fir&s;t intelligence brought to her maie&s;tie (without any
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> of the ambe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">adour) was, that all her &s;ubiectes, goodes, marchaundizes, and &s;hippes, were arre&s;ted, taken, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> at
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> as
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word">, the very &s;ame pre&s;ent xxix. day that the amba&s;&s;adour was with her maie&s;tie, &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;alleth out to euery mans vnder&s;tandyng, that howe&s;oeuer her maie&s;tie had then &s;ati&s;fied the amba&s;&s;adour <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ame xxix. day, all her &s;ubiectes and their goodes had ben neuerthele&s;&s;e arre&s;ted, as they were at Indwerpe the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> day. Wherevpon her maie&s;tie nowe leaueth it to the indgement of all the worlde, to con&s;ider not only whether
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> a pretence was &s;ufficient to cau&s;e &s;o &s;odaine, &s;o violent, and &s;o generall arre&s;t to be made with force, in &s;uch ma|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">, and at the tyme it was: but al&s;o in whom any default &s;halbe founde, what&s;oueuer may folowe hereof, her ma|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters"> hauyng had no intention to mi&s;content the kyng of Spayne, nor to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e any thyng belongyng to di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ub|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">s, otherwi&s;e then with their good wyll, vpon iu&s;te, rea&s;onable, and v&s;uall con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">tions. And thus much<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> her <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> hath thought conuenient to notifie to all per&s;ons, for te&s;timonie of her &s;inceritie, and for maintenaunce of tractions, what&s;oeuer they &s;halbe, whervnto &s;he may by this meanes be prouoked.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>At Hampton Court
<DATE>the vi. of January, the xi. yere of her maie&s;ties raigne, and the yere of our Lorde.
<HI>1568.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the Queene.</CLOSER>
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<P>&leaf; Imprinted at London in Powles Church <HI>yarde by Richarde Jugge and John Cawood, Printers to the</HI> Queenes Maie&s;tie.</P>
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<P><HI>Cum priuilegio Regiae Maie&s;tatis.</HI></P>
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