¶ By the queen, ¶ A Proclamation to explain the queens majesties meaning, vpon a former made in March last.  
WHere of late vpon diuers great considerations, the queens most excellent majesty, by her proclamation did prohibit the transportation into this realm( until a time, as it appeareth by the said proclamation) of any wears or commodities out of the low Countries, beyond the Seas. For that as it hath appeared to her majesty, by letters and message lately sent to her from her dear cousin the duchess of Parma, Regent in the said low Countries, that it is doubted by the merchants residyng in those countries, if any vessel laden from thence to pass into france, spain, or portugal, should by wind or other necessary cause, be forced to enter into any port of this realm for succour, without dischargyng or putting to vent any of their merchandises, whether in those cases her majesties intention was or is, that the same should be stayed and detained. Her majesty giveth all persons to understand, that although by many hard, unseasonable, and vncurteous proceadynges in these low countries and other where, against the intercourse, and to the purpose of subuertyng of all her Subiectes haunting those countries, she hath ben provoked to do more for her Subiectes, then hitherto she hath done: Yet having no maner of intention to impair the amity betwixt her and the king of spain her good brother, but rather to fortify and increase it, she never ment nor now meaneth, that any maner of person transporting out of the said low Countries, in any vessel, any wears to be discharged in any other country, out of England, and yet by occasion necessary forced to come with the said vessel into any port of this realm, shalbe impeached or molested for so doing, except the same shal also unlade or discharge any their wears or marchaundizes to thintent to be put to sale, or otherwise distributed in this realm by way of traffic or merchandise. And so her majesty willeth her intention and meaning, to be by all maner her subiectes understanden, & favourably interpnted, towards the subiectes of the king of spain, or of any other Prince or Potentate, so occasioned to come into any Port or Creeke of her dominiers.  
given at our manor of Richmone the .xi. day of May, the sixth year of our reign. 1564.  
God save the queen.   

¶ Imprinted by Richard jug and John Cawood, Printers to the queens majesty.  
Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.