A proclamation set forth by the kings majesty with the aouise of his highnes most honourable privy counsel, concerning casters, and spreaders abroad of slaundetous and seditious bills. the .xx. day. of May in the .v. year of his most prosperous reign.  
Orasmuche as diuers lewd and seditious persons, minding to sow contention in diuers partes of this realm, haue of their malicious and cankered affections, forged and made many staunderous and wicked bills, as well against the kings majesties most honourable counsel, as against other noble personages within this realm. And the same bills hath spread and cast abroad in streets and in diuers other places. and hath fastened the same, at such privy corners where they thought they might best publish their conceived malice: The authors where of( because they haue wrought their malice so covertly) cannot casely be found out to be punished according to the laws, statutes and proclamations made in that behalf. And yet nevertheless their devilish devise taketh place and effect for that the said bills haue not been broken, de faced and destroyed immediately, after they haue been found, not only to the staunder and infamy of many godly and weldisposed persons and defacing of their weldoinges in the common wealth, but also to the maintenance and encouraging of such malefactors to persever and continue in their lewdness: Therefore the kings Matestie with the aduise of his most honourable counsel straightly chargeth and commandeth al and singular his loving subiectes to whose hands any such staundetous bills or writings shall come, or that shall find theun cast abroad, or se theun fasteued to post, pillar, or other place, the same shall by the auothoritie of this proclamation forthwith with out further de'ay, break, burn, destroy or deface without showing them to any other person or persons, that the effect and meaning of thesaide bill may not appear and be conserved thereby. And whosoever after his or their sight, reading or knowledge therof, shall suffer the same bills to stand still or remain not destroyed, nor defaced, as is beforesaid, or shall publish the same to any other by any maner of means, the same shal be taken and punished as the author, maker and deuisor of the same, and being brought before a Iustice of the peace leefully convicted, shal suffer imprisonment and make fine at the kings majesties pleasure.  
God save the King   

richardus GRAFTON typographus Regius excudebat.  
mensae Maij.  
A. M. D. LI.  
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