By the king and the queen.  
ALthough we the queen at our first coming to the crown were given to understand that the notable& heynouse treason, enterprised by the late Duke of Northumberland was supported and furthered by Henry the french king, and his ministers, by him put in trust, and that shortly after in the conspiracy, moved against god, and us, by wyatt and his traitorous bad, the said kings ministers did secretly practise and give their favourable compfort thereunto, contrary to the treatise of peace between both the realms, and al good amity& honor, yet the great love we bear to the peace of christendom and to the quiet of our loving subiectes, moved us rather to impute the same to his ministers whom he used in service, then unto himself, thinking ever by that our patience to haue induced him to bear us true amity, and to use good neighbored towards us, and our Subiectes, for the which respect we were not onely contented to bear such injuries, as to ourself, had been by him done, but also traveled to be a mean of pacification, between Themperour, and the said king, sending our ambassadoures to Callyes for that purpose, to our great charge, as the world knoweth, which our travail and good zeal was not so well employed, and taken of him as of us ment, for not long after that time when the devil had put in the heads of Dudley, Asheton, and others their complices to enter into a new conspiracy against vs. The said kings ambassador was not onely privy thereof, but also received them into his house, there suffering them to assemble and contrive their malicious and devilish enterprise. And although the said king were advertised therof by our ambassador with him resident, and also friendly desired not to support or favour any such doings. nevertheless the same conspiracy being afterwards detected, and sundry of thoffendors confessing it by just order of law executed. Dudley, Asheton,& others flyeng into france, were both received of the king, and also maintained with annual pensions by him given, contrary to his promise which he made unto a parsonage of honour, sent to him from us, giving thereby a most daungerous example, and pernicious unto al princes, whose estate& life cannot be sues yf traitors may be received and supported. The like mind towards us he declared in receiving sundry famous and notorious pirates enemies of christendom, and spoilers of our subiectes, whom he maintained with men money and ships, to exercise their piracy,& to declare that no patience, or good demeanour of our part can move him to bear us good amity, of late he sent Stafford with other rebels whom he had interteyned in that realm, furnished with armor money, municion and ships, to surprise our castle of Scarborough, not contented this long time to haue born with pirates and such as haue robbed our merchants, and other subiects by seas, and to haue used dishonourable practices for the surprising of Callies, and our pieces on that side, the ministers whereof hath been openly known& the spyals taken, for the better maintaining of which ungodly doings and greater annoyance of our realm he hath continually suffered in his countrys, forgers of false moneys, and counterfeiters of our coin, for the which causes, and also for that he hath with al hostility invaded the low countries to the defence& preservation whereof we are bound by special treaty, and considering that neither by demanding redress hereof we can obtain any, neither by good means which we haue hither to used enjoy any amity, or good neighbored at his hand, neither by promise be assured of the same, we haue thought better to haue him known and taken for an open enemy of whom we may beware, then under the pretence of amity a secret worker against us, and a privy enemy, such as we haue hitherto found him, to the great danger of our person, and lose and damage of our subiects. And therfore we give warning to al our loving subiects, fromhenceforth to forbear al traffitque and contracting with any of that realm, and to repute the said French king, and his subiectes as open enemies annoying them by al such means as men may,& are wont to do ther enemies. And although he hath used without just cause ordenouncing any war, to annoy our merchants and subiectes, yet give we unto al his merchants& subiectes forty dayes space after this proclamation to depart this our realm with such goods as they haue here and may by our laws carry away to the which effect we shal give them or any of them our safe conduct and pasporte yf they shal require it. given at our pallyce of westminster the .vii. of june the third and forth years of our Reygnes.  
God save the king and the queen.   

Excusum Londini in aedibus johannis Cawodi, Typographi Regiae maiestatis. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum. Anno. 1557.