By the queen.  
WHereas by the ancient treaties of entrecourses, which from time to time haue been renewed between the queens majesty our most gracious sovereign Lady, and diuers of her highnes most noble progenitors, Kings of this realm, and the Princes and lords of the low Countries, it hath been always agreed and thought meet, for the wealth and profit of them both, that there should be a mutual and free traficke & trade between the marchants of both the Countries: And thereupon hath ensued between them, and the marchants of the Staple of England, in their staple merchandises, a continual traficke, and namely in wool and wool fells, for the drapery of sundry of their Towns there, which through the great troubles, and civil warres lately had in the said low Countries, hath been of late something discontinued, all passages being either stopped by the enemy, or so full of danger, as no trade could be conveniently had into those partes, without great peril of loss of the whole adventures, which impediments are now removed( thanks be to God) in the best and most commodious places of the said Countries, for the said traficke the countries of Holland and Zealand being in good peace and quiet, without any fear or danger of new troubles to fall amongst them, And therefore the people of the said countries are desirous to renew their former old trade, for the which the States of those countries haue solicited and sued to her majesty by their letters and messengers: The queens most excellent majesty, of her great clemency and godly disposition, having great commiseration and pity of the afflictions and miseries of the subiects of those parts, and in respect thereof, and of the said humble request, and being credibly informed, that it is commodious and not unprofitable for the state of this her majesties common weal, to recontinue the annent anutie and entrecourse with her said neighbours of the low Countries. And that through and by the discontinuance of the said trade of the marchants of the Staple of late yeeres, all wool fells, as well merchantable as others, haue been and are altogether pulled and the wool thereof for the most part, wrought by strangers here in England, into sundry new and unnecessary devises not profitable for the realm: Her majesty therefore by the aduise of her most honourable privy counsel, intending to prevent those mischiefs, and to provide remedy for the premises, as also being willing to satisfy and relieve the said subiects of the low Countries, and to avoyde diuers other inconveniences that may grow and ensue, if the inordinate pulling of merchantable wool fells should not be restrained, straightly chargeth and commandeth, that from shrove Tuesday next coming after the date hereof, and so yearly from that day commonly called shrove Tuesday, as it shall fall, until the last day of june yearly following, no maner of person of persons, vpon pain of her majesties indignation, displeasure and imprisonment, and further punishment at her Highnesse pleasure, by any ways, arte, or means, directly or indirectly, shall pull or clip, or cause to be pulled or clipped, any maner of wool fell, commonly called merchantable or Staple fells, accustomend heretofore to be dried for the marchants of the Staple, but that all the same merchantable and Staple fells, falling by slaughter or otherwise, from the said shrove Tuesday until the last day of june yearly bee dried, according to the form and true meaning of this Proclamation. And for the better execution hereof, her majesty by the aduise aforesaid, straightly chargeth and commandeth all and singular her Iustices of the peace, Maiors, sheriffs, bailiffs and other head officers, of any Counties or Shires within the realm, as well within liberties as without, not onely as much as in them lieth, to see this present Proclamation truly executed, but also if any person bee justly accused before him or them, for contemning or breaking this Proclamation, or any part thereof, they shall commit such party to ward, there to remain without bail or mainprize, till her majesties and her most honourable Counsels pleasure be further known. provided always, that if before the first day of August, every year yearly, all such merchantable wool fells be not bought by the marchants of the Staple, that then it shall be lawful for the Felmongers, glovers, and other persons, to pull all such fells as shal be then remaining and vnbought of the former yeeres growth, any thing in this present Proclamation to the contrary notwithstanding, And this Proclamation to continue during her majesties pleasure.  
given at her majesties Palace of Westminster, the xxviii. day of February, in the one and twentieth year of her reign. 
 God save the queen.   

Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queens majesty.