❧ By the queen.  
THe queens majesty vpon very weighty and necessary considerations, tending first to the honor of almighty God, and next to the surety of herself and the whole state of her loving subiectes of all degrees: hath with very good deliberation and aduise of her counsel resolved to establish her realms, dominions, and subiectes in strength, as well in civil as in martiall policy, and to the furtherance of some part of necessary things belonging to the state martiall. Her majesty giveth knowledge to all maner her subiectes, that by special persons of good trust, there shal be particular inquisitions made in all partes of the realm, in what sort the statutes and laws of the same are observed, which are provided for maintenance of the breed of horses, and for keeping and having in readiness and duly furnished for service of horses and geldings, and of all maner of armor and weapons. And consequently vpon such inquisitions, her majesty also meaneth speedily to haue perfect musters made of the same, and the errors and lacks which therein shal be found, to be by frequent musteryng and exercise amended and supplied.  
And because her majesty considereth, that the intermission of time hath bread some lack of such furniture as by the laws vpon great pains are required: her majesty being not of a disposition to use severity towards her subiectes, in respect of the penalties already justly due, but to haue all her people, as now the time requireth, to be in strength: chargeth and commandeth all maner of persons of all estates, to provide and furnish themselves, according as by any law or statute, or by any other special tenor it shalbe found to be due, of horses, geldings, armor, and weapons, and of meet persons to serve therwith: so as the same may be fully redy before the first of April next, vpon such penalties as by the laws shalbe by special commissions through all partes of the realm found due. wherein her majesty meaneth, in consideration of this favourable warning, not to spare or mitigate any maner of penalty that shalbe due for any part of the time past. And thus much of her general determination in the mean time her majesty hath thought good to notify by this her proclamation, not doubting but such other things as her majesty intendeth shortly hereafter to propound to al her subiectes for a further strengthnyng of themselves, shal be well allowed, and duly executed, as tending principally to the benefit of themselves, and to the honor and surety of the realm against all events.  
given at Hampton Court the third day of February. 1568. in the eleventh year of her majesties reign. God save the queen.   

❧ Imprinted at London in Powles churchyard, by Richard Jugge and John Cawood, printers to the queens majesty.   

Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.