WHereas to moderate and qualifie the Fines, forfeitures and losses, which we in our wisdome did foresee might proue heauy vnto very many of our subiects, that had made Alienations of their lands holden in Chiefe with­out Licence, by priuate Conueyances without Record: Wee did of our Gracious inclination and Royal regard of the quiet, ease, and benefit of all such of our said Subiects (whose Lands or estates were by such Alienations without Licence, made subiect to answere vnto vs any Arrerages, Issues or meane profits) by our Proclamation bearing date the first day of October last past before the date here­of, publish, propound, and offer certaine fauours, remedies and meanes of reasonable and easie Compositions for such Alienations, So as they did come in and take the benefit of our said Princely offers, and fauors, before the end of Hillary Terme then next ensuing the date of our said Proclamation, although such persons making those secret Conueyances, of purpose to defraud vs of our due, deserued no fauour: Forasmuch as wee doe vnderstand that diuers of our subiects whom it concerneth, hauing sithence the publishing of our said Proclamation aduised and considered with their learned Counsel aswel of the losses, forfeitures and damages, which they haue incurred by reason of such Alienations, as also of the great fauour and benefit offered vnto them by our said Proclamation, haue and dayly doe humbly compound with our Officers of our said Alienations, thereby very thankfully and duetifully accepting of our grace and fauour in that behalfe:

And being further giuen to vnderstand, that the knowledge of our said Proclamation did so lately come into diuers parts of our Realme, and to the vnderstanding of many our Subiects, as they could not (through the shortnesse of the time prescribed by our said Proclamation) consider and resolue of their seuerall Cases; Wee haue therefore thought good, according to our Princely and gracious disposition and purpose in this behalfe, not to binde, or confine our fauours to such straitnesse of time, as that our louing Subiects should not be able therein to make vse of the same. And therefore considering the waightinesse of the cause, and well allowing that our subiects should haue conuenient time to take counsell and aduise for the performance of their said Composition; And to the end that they may haue no iust excuse, if they shalbe put to answere vs our due, according to the Law, when they shall haue wilfully refused our fauour: We doe by this our Proclamation, publish, signifie and declare, That all such of our Subiects as shall before the Feast of All Saints next ensuing, offer Composition to our said Officers of the said Alienations, according to the Articles conteined in our said former Proclamation, shalbe ad­mitted to make their Compositions accordingly, and shall haue and enioy all such benefit, profit and fauour, as they might or should haue had, if they had compounded within the time limitted by our said former Proclama­tion, Any thing in our said former Proclamation conteined to the contrary notwithstanding.

Prouided that such as shall not take benefit of this extent of our fauour, are not to expect afterward any fur­ther enlargement of time, nor other dispensation whatsoeuer in that behalfe.

Giuen at our Court at Royston the xviij. day of February, in the sixt yeere of our Raigne of Great Britaine, France and Ireland.

God saue the King.