❧ A Proclamation set forth by Thearl of Susses, the queens majesties lieutenant general in the North, declaring truly the falsebodes and vain delusions tendency Therles of northumberland and Wes●mer●a●de, and their confederate●, do abuse the queens majesties subiectes, to mayntayn● their rebellious enterprises, the .xxviii. of No●ember 1569.  
WHere Cherles of northumberland and Westmerlande, with their confederates haue most undutifully and unnaturally conspired to levy war against their and our most gracious sovereign Lady the queens majesty, and thereupon haue entred into open and actual rebellion, and to cover their wicked and detestable attempts, haue abused and deluded many of her majesties subiectes in these partes, sometimes commanding them in her highnesse name to repair to them in warlike maner for the defence and surety of her majesties person, when their intent of calling them was in deed to maintain their horrible treasons, and thereby to put in peril her most royal person, whom God long preserve, sometimes affirming their do●nges to be with thaduise and consent of the nobility of this realm, who in deed be wholly bent( as manifestly doth appear) to spend their lives in dutiful obedience against them and all other traitors, sometimes pretending for conscience sake to seek to reform religion, where in deed it is manifestly known many of them never had care of conscience, or ever respected any religion, but continued a dis●olute life, until at this present they were driven to pretend a popish holiness, to put some false colour vpon their manifest treasons, directly against the commandment of God in holy scripture, the laws of this realm, and the ancient prerogative of the imperial crown of england, sometimes declaring that they be driven to take this matter in hand, left otherwise foreign princes might take it vpon them, to the great peril of this realm: where in deed they not contented with the good quiet and public administration of iustice, so long continued under the queens majesty, as the like was never before in any princes time, haue by all the wicked means they could, practised with foreign princes to aid them in this wicked enterprise, and thereby sought not only the manifest pe●●●● of our most gracious sovereign 〈…〉, but also to bring the whole realm to perpetual thraldom and misery, under the subiection and slavery of foreign powers and potentates, hoping thereby to satisfy some part of their licentious and dissolute minds, and sometimes covering their naughty intents with a show of desire to preserve the state of the ancient nobility from destruction, prepared( as they say) against them: where in deed it manifestly appeareth, that in whole twelve yeres past the queens majesty hath had such care of the preserving of that state, as from the beginning of her reign to this hour there hath not perished one of that flock, and they themselves who abuse the people with these slanderous devises, haue most graciously and liberally tasted of her majesties favour, good countenance, bounty, and familiar usage, more then others did of their equals, and far above their deserts, and of whom her majesty had conceived so good opinion, as hardly could she of long time be induced to think that either such lack of duty could enter into their heartes against their sovereign, or such ingratitude against her that had so liberally dealt with them, and so lovingly used them, although she manifestly knew that some of them lived in danger of her laws, whereof she gave them to understand she had good knowledge, and did tolerate with them in hope of their loyalties otherwa●es.  
In consideration whereof, we ●ho●as ●a●●e of Sussex, her majesties lieutenant general in the north partes, seeing howe the ignora●●t people be abused by these delusions, and knowing what constant promises, assertions, & oaths they haue heretofore made by their own mouths to the queens majesty, as also of late by her majesties direction to us to be reported to her highnesse for the continuounce of their truethes a loyalties to her majesty: & seing by the sequel that all which heretofore they haue done, or presently do, or hereafter intend to do, be but fore pretended falshodes, to delude all states ▪ degrees, and persons to serve their wicked purposes: haue thought it convenient hereby to notify to al her majesties subiectes their maner of dealings ▪ whereby they may manifestly see, that their principal intents be to put in peril the person of our most gracious sovereign, whom God long preserve, to sow sedition and rebellion by all the false means they may, to do their uttermost to put her majesty in danger of her most lawful royal crown and dignity, to draw foreign nations into this realm, to the utter subversion and perpetual bondage of this ancient free common wealth, to spoil al kind of people, whereof the whose country feeleth the present smart, and to maintain & continue their li●● 〈…〉 to abuse all kind of states, for the furthering of their wicked intents, and prolonging of their detestable doings, which God of his iustice can not long●u●●er to continue.  
Ill which matters evidently appearing to the whole world, be sufficient to induce all men that haue either reason, duty to their sovereign lady, or love to their native country, and haue ben by these delusions abused, utterly to forsake and detest them and their wicked doings, and al such as haue not hitherto ben abused to forbear to repair to them, or any ways to aid or succour them or any of theirs in these traitorous enterprises, abominable before God, undutiful to their sovereign lady, and most perilous to the quiet and prosperous state of this realm, wherein all honest persons haue lived from the beginning of her majesties reign in freedom of their persons, with surety of life, lands, and goods, which God long continue.  
T. Sussex.  
God save the queen.