WHere Cherles of Northumberlande and Westmerlande, with their confe­derates haue most vndutifully and vnnaturally conspired to leuie warre against their and our most gratious soueraine Lady the Queenes Maiestie, and thervpon haue entred into open and actuall rebellion, and to couer their wicked and detestable attemptes, haue abused and deluded many of her Maiesties subiectes in these partes, sometymes commaun­ding them in her highnesse name to repayre to them in warlike maner for the defence and suretie of her Maiesties person, when their intent of calling them was in deede to mainteine their horrible treasons, and ther­by to put in perill her most royall person, whom God long preserue, sometymes affirming their do­ [...]nges to be with thaduise and consent of the nobilitie of this Realme, who in deede be wholly bent (as manifestly doth appeare) to spende their lyues in dutifull obedience against them and all other tray­tours, somtimes pretending for conscience sake to seeke to refourme religion, where in deede it is mani­festly knowen many of them neuer had care of conscience, or euer respected any religion, but continued a dis [...]olute lyfe, vntyll at this present they were driuen to pretende a popishe holynesse, to put some false colour vpon their manifest treasons, directly against the commaundement of God in holy scripture, the lawes of this Realme, and the auncient prerogatiue of the imperiall crowne of Englande, sometymes declaring that they be driuen to take this matter in hande, left otherwyse forraine princes myght take it vpon them, to the great perill of this Realme: where in deede they not contented with the good quiet and publique administration of iustice, so long continued vnder the Queenes Maiestie, as the lyke was neuer before in any princes tyme, haue by all the wicked meanes they could, practised with forrayne princes to ayde them in this wicked enterprise, and thereby sought not only the manifest pe­ [...] of our most gratious soueraigne [...], but also to bryng the whole Realme to perpetuall thraldome and miserie, vnder the subiection and slauerie of forrayne pow­ers and potentates, hoping therby to satisfie some part of their licentious and dissolute myndes, and sometymes couering their naughtie intentes with a shewe of desire to preserue the state of the auncient nobilitie from destruction, prepared (as they say) against them: where in deede it manifestly appea­reth, that in whole twelue yeres past the Queenes Maiestie hath had such care of the preseruing of that state, as from the beginning of her raigne to this houre there hath not perished one of that flocke, and they them selues who abuse the people with these slaunderous deuises, haue most gratiously and libe­rally tasted of her Maiesties fauour, good countenaunce, bountie, and familier vsage, more then others dyd of their equalles, and farre aboue their desertes, and of whom her Maiestie had conceaued so good opinion, as hardly coulde she of long tyme be induced to thinke that either such lacke of duetie coulde enter into their heartes agaynst their soueraigne, or such ingratitude against her that had so liberally dealt with them, and so louingly vsed them, although she manifestly knewe that some of them liued in daunger of her lawes, whereof she gaue them to vnderstande she had good knowledge, and dyd tollerate with them in hope of their loyalties otherwa [...]es.

In consideration whereof, we [...]ho [...]as [...]a [...]e of Sussex, her Maiesties Lieutenaunt generall in the north partes, seeyng howe the ignora [...]t people be abused by these delusions, and knowyng what con­staunt promises, assertions, & othes they haue heretofore made by theyr owne mouthes to the Queenes Maiestie, as also of late by her Maiesties direction to vs to be reported to her highnesse for the continu­ounce of their truethes a loyalties to her Maiestie: & seing by the sequel that all which heretofore they haue done, or presently do, or hereafter intende to do, be but fore pretended falshodes, to delude all states▪ degrees, and persons to serue their wicked purposes: haue thought it conuenient hereby to notifie to al her Maiesties subiectes their maner of dealinges▪ wherby they may manifestly see, that their principal intentes be to put in perill the person of our most gracious soueraigne, whom God long preserue, to sowe sedition and rebellion by all the false meanes they may, to do their vttermost to put her Maiestie in daunger of her most lawfull royall crowne and dignitie, to drawe foreyne nations into this Realme, to the vtter subuertion and perpetuall bondage of this auncient free common wealth, to spoyle al kind of people, wherof the whose countrey feeleth the present smart, and to mainteyne & continue their li­ [...] [...] to a­buse all kinde of states, for the furthering of their wicked intentes, and prolonging of their detestable doinges, which God of his iustice can not long [...]u [...]er to continue.

Ill whiche matters euidently appearing to the whole worlde, be sufficient to induce all men that haue either reason, duetie to their soueraigne Ladie, or loue to their natiue countrey, and haue ben by these delusions abused, vtterly to forsake and detest them and their wicked doinges, and al such as haue not hitherto ben abused to forbeare to repayre to them, or any wayes to ayde or succour them or any of theirs in these traiterous enterprises, abhominable before God, vndutifull to their soueraine Ladie, and most perilous to the quiet and prosperous state of this Realme, wherein all honest persons haue ly­ued from the beginning of her Maiesties raigne in freedome of their persons, with suertie of lyfe, landes, and goodes, which God long continue.

God saue the Queene.