By the queen.  
❧ A Proclamation against maynteyners of seditious persons, and of traitorous books and writings.  
THe queens majesty considering with herself, howe it hath pleased almighty God at this present to conserve her realm in an universal good peace, and her subiectes in a constant obedience unto her majesty, notwithstanding the sundry secret malicious solicitations of certain fugitives and rebelles, being fled, and now remaining out of the realm, by their seditious messages and false reports sent into the same, tending to provoke others to be partakers of their malicious treasons: Can not but first give the due thankes & praise therof to almighty God, and therwith commend both the loyalty of her good subiectes for their obedience, and allow of this their universal constancy in the conservation of themselves together within the band of common peace. And furthermore also to give admonition and warning, specially to the simplo sort of her good loving subiectes, that they be no wise abused with the wicked practices of the said fugitives and rebelles, by any their adherents secretly remaining or repairing into the realm, and wandring in corners, moving good subiectes to be disobedient to the laws, and scattering false rumors and news, both by speech, and by books and writings, onely of intent to break the common peace of the same, and to procure more partners with them in their treasons and rebellions. And therfore her majesty chargeth and commandeth all maner her good subiectes, to be earnestly ware hereof, and to employ their uttermost diligence in the apprehension of such secret perswadors of disobedience, and breaking of laws, and of the sowers and stirrers of sedition, and specially of such as do or shall bring into the realm any seditious books, writings, or such like traitorous devises against the laws & government of the realm, or any wise prejudicial to the royal state of her majesty. And if any shalbe found willingly to aid or comfort any such seditious persons in their said malicious attempts, or shal receive and keep, or conceal any maner of such seditious books, writings or bulls, in print or written, & shal not presently discover the said persons, and procure them to be apprehended, nor cause the said kind of writings to be speedily presented to the superior officers, as hath ben by Proclamation lately last ordered and devised: her majesty giveth it to be understand, that then al and every such person so offending after this admonition, shalbe taken, reputed, and punished, as abettors & maynteynors of the principal Traytors that were authors of the same: meaning in this behalf, considering this plain admonition, not to be hereafter moved to spare the execution of such offenders, vpon pretence or allegation of simplicity or ignorance, to excuse their defaults.  
given at our honour of Hampton Court the .xiiii. of november. 1570. the twelfth year of our reign God save the queen.   

❧ Imprinted at London in Powles churchyard by richard jug and John Cawood, Printers to the queens majesty.   

Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.