WHereas of late time there hath beene great disorders by Incursions into our Realme of multitude of Scottishmen dwelling vpon the Borders of our Realme towards Scotland, committing both murthers, taking of pri­soners, burning of houses, and taking of goodes and cattell, whereof our Wardens haue made complaints to the opposite Wardens and Officers, and thereof the King of Scots, our good brother hath beene aduertised, and hath answered, that he very willingly would giue order for redresse thereof, And to that purpose hath by his Proclamation charged all his Wardens and Officers upon the Borders, and other his Subiects whawtsoeuer, to obserue and keepe the peace, and in no wise to inuade, molest, or doe any iniury to any of our subjects, adding thereto very honorable directions for obseruing thereof vpon great paines, as by the saide Proclamation fur­ther hath appeared vnto vs: He for our part being of the same good mind for maintenance of common peace, doe straightly charge and commaund all our Wardens of the three Marches, and all other our Officers and doe straightly charge and commaund all our Wardens of the three Marches, and all other our Officers and subiects within the said Marches, to liue in peace and quietnesse, and in no wise to make any incursion into Scotland priuately or publikely: But if any offence shall be done vnto them it their bodies, lands, or goods by any Scottish man, that then they forbeare to reuenge the same by any open hostilitie, but make their com­plaints and pursutes to the opposite Wardens, according to the lawes of the Frontiers: And if redresse shall not be made vnto them, then wee will that our Warden, where the offence shall be committed, shall giue knowledge thereof to the King our good brother by our Ambassadour there resident, hoping thereby both that our Subiectes damnified shall be relieued, and the Kings Officers refusing to giue Iustice, shall be chastised and corrected, the like whereof vpon complaint of any Scottish men against our Subiects or our Wardens, we minde to see seuerely redressed.

And though this present order now giuen by these our mutuall Proclamations, may by good likelihood stay any further disorders from this time forward, yet considering the multitude of offences, that haue beene committed by the Scots, against our Subiects, is so great and lamentable for our Subiects to suffer, either vnredressed (as farre foorth as the same may be) or vnreuenged, as might haue beene, if our subiectes had not beene prohibited to seeke the same by force: Yet we would haue our subiects that haue beene so iniured with­out redresse, to vnderstand, that as the king of Scots offereth to haue Commissioners authorized for his part to repaire to the Borders, to meete with some to be appointed by vs, amicably and peaceably to heare the complaints both of ours and his subiects, and to giue speedy redresse and satisfaction, according to the lawes and customes of the Borders, and agreeable with the treaties of amitie betwixt vs & the said King, for mutu­all iustice and continuance of peace: so also we meane therein to doe the like, & to make choise of some speciall men of knowledge & good disposition to peace, to repaire to the Frontiers, and there to ioyne with such as the Ring of Scots shall appoint for his part: Willing and commaunding our Wardens and other our Officers in the meane time, to cause all persons subiects, hauing iust cause of complaint, and that haue had no re­dresse, to make ready their complaints in writing, with the due proofes thereof, to be deliuered to our seuerall Wardens, whereby the same may be in more readinesse, to be heard and ordered mutually by our said Com­missioners. And this our commandement and determination wee will and command our Wardens to cause to be published in all places publike within their Offices, and like wise to giue knowledge thereof to the War­dens opposite of Scotland, and other publike Officers vpon the Scottish Frontiers, thereby to moue them to be correspondent in their actions, agreeable to this common determination of vs and the King our good brother.

Giuen vnder our Signet at our Mannor of Greenewich, the xx, day of August in the xxxviii. yeere of our Reigne.

God saue the Queene.