WHereas His Maiestie by His Royall Proclamation, bearing date the one and thirtieth of December, in the first yeere of His Highnesse Reigne, for speciall causes therein at large expressed, did notifie to all manner of persons of all conditions, that should send or carry into Spaine, Portugall, Burgundie, or any other of the King of Spaines Countries or Dominions, any manner of Graine or other Victuals, or any man­ner of Prouisions, to Serue, Build, Furnish, or Arme any Ships of Warre, or any kinde of Munition for the Warre, or materials for the same, being not of the nature of meere Merchandize; That Hee would not onely authorize His owne Admiralls and Captaines of His owne Shippes of Warre, but would also allow and ap­prooue all other His Subiects to Arme their Shippes, and with them to impeach and arrest all Shippes that should Saile, either out of the East parts, or out of the Low-Countries, or from any other Parts, with intention to passe to Spaine, Portugall, Burgundie, or any other of the King of Spaines Countries or Dominions, or to any the said King of Spaines Ships being on the Seas, ha­uing on Board any such Graine, Victuall, Prouisions of Warre, or Furniture for Shipping, or materialls for the same; and the same to bring into the next good Port, there to bee ordered as goods duely forfeited; the causes whereof being not onely notoriously knowne to be most true, but also much conducing to the common good of all His Maiesties Confederates and Allies in Christendome, as in the said Proclamation is set foorth, His Maiestie well hoped would haue produced that good effect which was desired.

But because it is found by experience, that in all States there will be some ill disposed persons with whom priuate and particular gaine and aduantage will more preuaile then any publique respects, of what consequence soeuer; His Maiestie intending to remooue all pretexts of ignorance or other exceptions, which may be taken against the proceedings of His Iudges and Officers, with any the Subiects of His Friends, Confederats, or Allies, who shall hereafter offend in the Premisses, hath thought fit by these Presents to make further declaration aswell of the Species or kinds of the things so Prohibited, as of the penalties to be suffered by the parties delinquent in supplying the Enemies with the same prohibited things. Concerning therefore those kinds wherewith His Maiestie may not suffer His said Enemies to be furnished, His Maiestie doth by these presents publish and notifie, that He holdeth these things following to be of that qualitie and condition; viz. Ordinance, Armes of all sorts, Powder, Shott, Match, Brimstone, Cop­per, Iron, Cordage of all kinds; Hempe, Saile, Canuas, and Dantse-Pouldauis, Cables, An­chors, Masts, Rafters, Boate-Oares, Balcks, Capraues, Deale-board, Clap-board, Pipe-staues, and Vessells and Vessell stuffe, Pitch, Tarre, Rozen, Okam, Corne, Graine, and Victuals of all sorts, all Prouisions for Shipping, and all Munition of Warre, or of Prouisions for the same, ac­cording to former Declarations and Acts of State, made in this behalfe in the time of Queene Elizabeth of famous memory.

And therefore if any Person whatsoeuer after Three Moneths, from the publication of these Presents, shall by any of His Maiesties owne Ships, or the Ships of any His Subiects Autho­rized to that effect, be taken Sayling towards the places aforesaid, hauing on board any of the things aforesaid, or returning thence in the same Voyage, hauing vented or disposed of the said Prohibited goods, His Maiestie will hold both the Ships and Goods so taken for lawfull prize, and cause them to be ordered as duely forfeited; whereby as His Maiestie doth put in practise no Innouation, since the same course hath beene held, and the same penalties haue beene heretofore inflicted by other States and Princes vpon the like occasions, and auowed and maintained by publique writings and Apologies; So now His Maiestie is in a manner inforced thereunto by Proclamations set forth by the King of Spaine and the Archduchesse, in which the same and grea­ter seuerity is professed against those that shall carry or haue carried, without limitation, the like Commodities into these His Maiesties Dominions.

Giuen at Our Court at New-market the fourth day of March, in the second yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France and Ireland.

God saue the King.