THe Queenes moſt excellent Maieſtie being giuen to vnderſtand, that diuers, aſwell Souldiours as Mariners employed in the late Portingall voyage, whereunto many Souldiours voluntarilie offered themſelues, to her highneſſe great contentment, and their owne commendation for their willingneſſe to put themſelues into that ſeruice, but yet haue ſince their returne in moſt vndutifull ſort aſſembled themſelues in diſordered troupes, contrarie to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme, & haue alſo preſumed to repaire to her Maieſties Court, contrary to a former Proclamation made in reſpect of the infection of the parts and ſhips from whence they came: Doth therefore ſtraightlie charge and command aſwell Souldiours as Mariners, vpon paine of impriſonment and ſuch further puniſhment as ſhalbe thought meete to be inflicted vpon ſuch diſordered & vndutiful ſubiects, ••• ebeare from henceforth to make any ſuch diſordered aſſemblies. And yet to the end the ſaid parties employed in the ſaid voyage, 〈◊〉 receiue reaſonable contentment after the examining what ſummes of money are due to ſo many of them as haue haue beene im ••• ed either by vertue of her Maieſties Commiſſion, or by Letters from the Lords and others of her highneſſe Priuie councell, it 〈◊〉 beene alreadie ordered: Firſt for the Mariners, that they ſhould repaire vnto the officers of the Admeraltie, and there deliuer 〈◊〉 them their names, the time, and by whome they were impreſted, what they haue receiued, and what is due vnto them: for 〈◊〉 it both was and is ment immediatly vpon the repaire of Sir Iohn Norris & Sir Francis Drake the late Generals, who beſt 〈◊〉 what hath beene payed to them, and what is due to the ſaid Mariners, that there ſhould be ſome preſent order taken for their •••… nable ſatiſfaction. And for the Souldiours, the ſame hauing beene publiquely notified vnto them by the Lord Maior of London by order from her Maieſties Councel, that they ſhould repaire into thoſe Counties where they were impreſted, and other their milling places, and there to deliuer vnto the Iuſtices or any other officers by whome they were impreſted, their names vnder 〈◊〉 they haue ſerued, what ſummes of money they haue receiued by the way of impreſt, and what is due vnto them for the time 〈◊〉 their ſeruice, to the end the ſaid Iuſtices might giue notice thereof vnto the Lieutenants of the ſaid Counties where the ſaid ••••… ours were impreſted, whereby a true certificate might be made to her Maieſtie or her Councell from the ſaid Lieutenants, ••• h of the numbers that haue beene imployed, & what was demanded as due vnto them, which courſe of proceeding, by order from 〈◊〉 Lords and other of the Priuie councell, was publiquely notified to the ſaid Souldiours by the ſaid Lord Maior, for that her Maieſties princely and moſt gracious diſpoſition, both was and is, that ſuch, aſwell Mariners as Souldious that were impreſted 〈◊〉 vertue of her highneſſe Commiſſion, or by vertue of Letters directed by the Lords and other of her Maieſties Priuie councell 〈◊〉 the Lieutenants of the Shires, ſhould receiue reaſonable contentment.

And therefore her Highnes pleaſure is, that aſwell Marryners as Souldiours ſhall ſeeke ſatiſfaction, for ſomuch as ſhalbe found 〈◊◊〉 due vnto them, in ſuch ſort as is aboue ſpecified, and in no other maner. And for others that did offer their ſeruice, and haue 〈◊〉 as voluntary men in the ſayd voyage, and were not impreſted nor commaunded to ſerue in ſuch ſort as is aboue mentioned: •• r Maieſty commaundeth them vpon payne of impriſonment and ſuch further puniſhment as ſhalbe thought meete to bee in •••• ted vpon them, to repayre out of hande to the countreyes and places where they were laſt abyding, and there to imploy themelves in duetifull ſort, according to their ſeuerall vocations and callings. And yet neuertheleſſe, concerning ſuch ſummes of money as a great number of the ſayd Souldiours impreſted by Commiſſion, (though it be affirmed that diuerſe haue beene ouerpayd) ••… tend to be due vnto them: yet there ſhall be due examination taken, what they haue receyued by impreſts, victualles, clothing •• d armes. And for ſuch ſummes as ſhall be found due the impreſted Souldiours, order ſahlbe taken to pay them their due •••••… t of the goods ſeaſed) in the Countreyes from whence their certificate ſhalbe ſent.

Wherefore for the due execution of this preſent Proclamation, Her Maieſtie ſtraightly chargeth and commaundeth all Lieutenants, Deputie Lieutenants, Maiors, Sheriffes, and other inferior Officers, to giue preſent order for the placing of ſtanding ••••… hes, of ſufficient and able men in ſuch Thorowfaires and places, as by them ſhall be thought conuenient, for the intercepting •• d apprehenſion of ſuch as ſhall be founde to commit any thing in contempt of this preſent Proclamation.