❧ By the queen.  royal blazon or coat of arms ❧ A true copy of the Proclamation lately published by the queens majesty, under the great seal of England, for the declaring of the Sentence, lately given against the queen of Scottes, in form as followeth.  
ELizabeth, by the grace of God, queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of the Faith, &c.  
Whereas we were given to understand very credibly,( though to our great grief,) that diuers things were, and of late time had been compassed, imagined and resolutely intended, tending directly to the hurt and destruction of our Royal person, and to the subversion of the Estate of our realm, by foreign invasions, & rebellions at home, as well by the queen of Scottes, remaining in our realm under our Protection, as by many diuers other wicked persons with her privity, who had freely confessed the same, and had th●reupon received open trial, Iudgement and Execution according to the laws for their deserts: And though, in very truth we were greatly and deeply grieved in our mind, to think or imagine that any such unnatural & monstrous Acts should be either devised, or willingly asseted unto against us, by her being a princess born, and of our sere and blood, and one also whose life & honor we had many times before saved and preserved: Yet were we so directly drawn to think all the same to be true, by the sight and understanding of such proofs, as were manifestly produced afore us, vpon matters that had as well proceeded from herself, as from the conspirators themselves, who voluntarily and freely without any coercion had confessed their conspirations, both jointly with her, and directed by her, against our Person and our realm, and therfore also we saw great reason, to think the same over daungerous, to be suffered to pass onwarde to take their full effect. Wherefore, we were by sundry lords of our nobility, and others our loving subiectes, earnestly moved and counseled, to take vndelaied order, for the inquisition and examination of all these dangerous enterprises, and conspiracies by sundry ways directly avowed to be by the said queen of Scottes, against us and our realm certainly intended, and also to use all present means with expedition, to withstand, or rather to prevent the same. And for that we were very unwilling to proceed against her, considering her birth and Estate, by such usual sort as by the common laws of the realm, we might haue lawfully done, which was, by inditement and arraignment by ordinary Iuries: therefore, in respect both of our own honour, and of her person, we yielded, by good aduise given to us, to proceed in the most honourable sort that could be devised within our realm to the examination hereof, according to a late act of Parliament made the xxiii. day of november, in the xxvii. year of our reign. Whereupon by our Commission under our great seal of england, bearing Date at our Castle of Windsor in our county of berkshire, the sixth day of October now last past, we did for that purpose, according to the said Statute, assign, name, and appoint all the lords and others of our privy counsel, and so many other earls and Barons lords of Parliament, of the greatest degree and most ancient of the nobility of this our realm, as with the 〈◇〉 lords and others of our privy counsel, made up the number of forty and two, adding also thereto a further number, according to the tenor of the foresaid act of Parliament, of certain of the chiefest and other principal Iudges of the courts of record at Westminster, amounting in the whole to the number of forty and seven, to examine all things compassed and imagined, tending to the hurt of our royal person, as well by the said queen of Scottes, by the name of mary, the daughter and heir of james the fifth, late King of Scottes, commonly called the queen of Scottes & Dowager of France, as by any other by her privity, & all the circumstances thereof, and thereupon, according to the tenor of the said Act of Parliament, to give sentence or iudgement, as vpon good proof the matter unto them should appear, as by the same Commission more fully appeareth.  
And where afterwards the more part of the said counsellors, Lords and Iudges in our said Commission name, that is to say, the number of xxxvi. did in the presence & hearing of the said queen of Scots, where she remained at our Castle of ●oderinghaie, at diuers dayes and times in public place, very exactly, uprightly, and with great deliberation, examine all the matters & offences, whereof she was charged and accused, tending to the dangers afore rehearsed and mentioned in our said Commission, and all the circumstances thereof, & heard also at large in all favourable maner, what the same queen did, or could say for her excuse and defence in that behalf: whereupon afterwards on the xxv. day of October now last past, all the said counsel, Lords, and Iudges that had heard and examined the same cause in the said queens presence, as afore is mentioned, with one assent and consent, after good deliberation, did give their sentence and iudgement in this sort following:  
That after the first day of june, in the seven & twentieth year of our reign, and before the date of our said Commission, diuers things were compassed and imagined within this realm of England, by anthony Babington and others, with the privity of the said Mary, pretending title to the crown of this realm of England, tending to the hurt, death and destruction of our royal person:  
And likewise, that after the same first day of june, and before the date of our said Commission, the said Mary, pretending title to the same crown, had compassed and imagined within the same realm, diuers things tending to the hurt, death and destruction of our royal person, contrary to the form of the said Statute: which sentence and iudgement, the same Lords and Commissioners haue with one full consent caused to be put in writing, and duly engrossed, with the whole process of their proceedings thereto belonging, and haue subscribed the same with their hands, as by a record thereof shewed to us, more fully and largely doth appear.  
And whereas also, sithence the same sentence and Iudgement so given & recorded, the lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, haue also at sundry times in open Parliament, heard and considered the principal evidences, proofs, and circumstances, whereupon the same sentence and Iudgement was grounded, and haue by their public assent in Parliament affirmed the same to be a just, lawful and true sentence, and so haue allowed and approved the same in writing presented unto us: and haue also notified to us, howe deeply they did foresee the great and many imminent dangers, which otherwise might and would grow to our person, and to the whole realm, if this sentence were not fully executed: and consequently therefore, they did by their most humble and earnest petitions in that behalf, of one Accord, having access unto us( vpon their sundry requests) most instantly vpon their knees, pray, beseech, and with many reasons of great force and importance, move and press us, that the said sentence and Iudgement so justly and duly given, and by them approved, as is aforesaid, might( according to the express tenor of the said Act of Parliament by our Proclamation under our great seal be declared and published, and the same also finally executed.  
But after such most earnest request, so made to us from all the said lords and Commons in Parliament, they perceiving by our own speeches & answers, howe deeply we were grieved to hear of these horrible and unnatural attempts and actions of that queen, whose many former offences, manifestly and dangerously committed against us, our crown and realm, we had overpassed with our over great clemency, contrary to the many advices and requests of our Subiects, as well in Parliament as otherwise: and therefore they also, understanding from ourself, howe desirous we were to haue some other means devised by them in their several places of Parliament, to withstand these mischiefs intended both against ourself, and the public quiet state of our realm, & surety of our good subiects, then by execution of the foresaid sentence, as was required: they did after their sundry consultations apart, and conferences jointly with one accord, in the names of all the lords of Parliament, even by the particular votes of them all assembled, and also of the Commons with one universal assent, representing the State of all our realm, at their several times of access unto us, allege, declare, & protest, that vpon their long, many, & advised consultations & conferences by our commandement, and for our satisfaction in that behalf had, they could not by any means find or devise, howe the surety of our royal person, and the preservation of themselves and their posterity, with the good state of the realm, might be provided for and continued, without the publication and due execution of the said sentence.  
Whereupon, being not onely moved to our grief, but also overcome with the earnest requests, declarations, and important reasons of all our said Subiects, the Nobles and Commons of our realm, whose iudgement, knowledge, and natural care of us, and the whole realm, wee know doth far surmount all others being not so interested therein, and so justly to bee esteemed: and perceiving also the said sentence to haue been honourably, lawfully and justly given, agreeable to Iustice and to the laws of our realm: we did yield, and do according to the said Statute by this our Proclamation under our great seal of england, declare, notify, and publish to all our loving Subiects, and other persons whatsoever, that the said sentence and Iudgement is given in maner aforesaid, to the intent, that they and every of them, by this our Proclamation may haue full understanding & knowledge thereof. We do also will you, that you do return this our Proclamation into our Court of chancery, as speedily as you may conveniently, with the place & time of the proclaiming thereof thereupon endorsed, whereof fail you not.  
In witness whereof, we haue caused this our Proclamation to bee made Patent, and sealed with the great seal of England. At our Manor of Richmont the iiii. day of December, the xxix. year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord God, 1586.  
God save the queen.   

Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the queens most excellent majesty.