FOraſmuch as his Maieſtie vnderſtandeth, that there be diuers ancient & other good and neceſſary Lawes and ſtatutes of this his Kingdome of England, which do inflict and impoſe diuers grieuous Corporall and pecuniary paines & puniſhments, extending in ſome caſes to ſentence of death (the laſt and greateſt puniſhment,) and in ſome caſes to final exile & baniſhment out of their naturall Countrey for euer, vpon ſuch as vnlawfully hunt or enter into any Forreſt, Parke, Chaſe, or Warren, to kill or deſtroy any Deere or Game with any Dogs, Nets, Gunnes, Croſſebowes, Stonebowes or other Inſtruments, Engines, or meanes whatſoeuer, or by any ſuch vnlawfull meanes or deuiſes to ſpoile or deſtroy the Game of Pheaſants, Partridges, Hearne, Mallard, & ſuch like, And alſo diuers other good Lawes and Statutes, prouided for the preuenting of the ſaid offences, and therefore doe prohibite vpon great paines and penalties aſwel the hauing or keeping, as the vſing of any Deere hayes, Buckſtalles, Dogs, Gunnes, Croſſebowes, Nettes and other Engines, as by the ſame Lawes and Statutes appeareth: And yet his Maieſtic vnderſtandeth withall, that the ſame good Lawes and Statutes haue had (eſpecially of late time) little or no effect, in reſpect there hath not bene any due execution (the life of all Lawes) of the ſame, by ſuch to whom the care and charge thereof apperteined: by meanes whereof, ſuch boldneſſe and diſobedience hath growen, ſpecially in the vulgar ſort, as that of late peeres, the ſeuerall Games aboue mentioned, haue bene more exceſſiuely and outragiouſly ſpoilet & deſtroyed, then hath bene attempted & practiſed in former ages. His Maieſtie intending a due and ſpeedy reformation of the ſaid abuſes and offences, And that the ſaid good Lawes and Statutes be hereafter put in due execution. And yet of his Princely Clemencie and Benignitie, now in the beginning of his moſt happy and proſperous Reigne towards all his louing Subiects, is graciouſly pleaſed, and doeth by theſe preſents vouchſafe to publiſh to all his Subiects his intention and determination therein, to the end that none of them, (which his Maieſtie deſireth) might hereafter incurre the ſeueritie and puniſhment of the ſayd Lawes and Statutes: but like good and naturall Subiects for their owne ſafetie and good, obey and obſerue the ſame. And therefore doeth ſtraightly charge and command all and euery perſon and perſons, of what eſtate and degree ſoeuer, not to Hunt, Kill, Take, or deſtroy, by any of the wayes or meanes aboueſayd, or by any other vnlawfull meane, deuice, or inuention whatſoeuer, any of the Games aboueſaid, contrary to any of the aforeſaid Lawes or Statutes: Nor that they haue, keepe, or vſe any of the ſayd Deere hayes, Buckeſtalles, Dogges, Gunnes, Croſſebowes, Nettes, and other things aboue mentioned, or any of them, contrary to any of the ſaid Lawes or Statutes. And that if any perſon or perſons, ſhall, after this Proclamation made and publiſhed, oftend in any of the premiſes, againſt any of the ſaid Lawes and Statutes, that then he ſhall not onely vndergo and ſuffer the ſeuere ſentence and puniſhment of the ſame, aſwell for ſuch offences hereafter to be attempted or done, as for the like offences formerly committed, but alſo ſuch paines and penalties as may be inflicted vpon ſuch as wilfully contemne and diſobey his Commandement Royal. And his Maieſtie doeth further charge and command al Iuſtices, Officers and Miniſters whatſoeuer, to whom in theſe caſes it doth appertaine, that they from henceforth diligently and carefully looke to the due executing, aſwel of the ſaid Lawes and Statutes and euery of them, as of his Maieſties pleaſure and Royal Commandement, ſignified and declared by theſe preſents, And that without reſpect of any perſon or perſons of what eſtate or degree ſoeuer, as they wil anſwere the contrary at their vttermoſt perill.