❧ By the queen.  
A Proclamation straightly commanding that no corn nor other victual, nor any Ordonance, nor furniture for shipping be carried into any of the king of Spaines countries, vpon pain to be punished as in case of Treason: nor that any of the like kinds be caned out of the Realm● to other Countnes without special l●●ence vpon sundry great p●●●es.  
FOrasmuch as it is manifestly seen to all the world how it hath pleased almighty God of his most singular savour to haue taken this our realm into his special protection these many yeres, even from the beginning of our reign, in the midst of the troubled estate of all other kingdom next adjoining, with a special preservation of our own person, as next under his almightiness supreme governor of the same, against many malicious and violent attempts: for which cause it behoveth us in very duty, first to continue our own perpetual thanks to his goodness for so wonderful a favour, and next to employ all the forces of those his good people which he hath committed to our rule and gouermnent, in defence of themselves and all our Realms and dominions, against such our Potent and violent enemies, as onely for the maintenance of ourselves and our Subiectes in the profession of his holy gospel, haue these many yeeres made open warres against us, and consquently also not to be negligent, but to foresee and provide by all good, politic, and lawful means, that our said enemies bee not aided, strengthened, and made more able to increase and extend their forces against us and our people, by sufferance of provisions for the war, as corn and other uictuall, munition of sundry kindes of artillery, Shot, and Powder, and other furniture for shipping to bee carried out of any our dominions, or from other foreign partes through our narrow Seas by wilful sufferance, into spain, Portingall, and other dominions of the king of spain, who of any Monarch or Prince in christendom, is at this day the onelyenemie to our state, and hath longest continued in mortal war against us, manifestly violating the treaties of Peace, and refusing to live in such peace with us, as hath been by solemn contrats and Leagues anciently established and continued betwixt our Predecessors and his, and specially betwixt the two Princes in this latter age of most noble memory the Emperor Charles, and King henry the eight our Fathers: notwithstanding we even at the beginning of our reign, did offer by a noble Ambassade to haue faithfully observed & confirmed the same, which by the said king was refused. For this purpose cosidering that our realms & dominions are plentifully blessed by Gods singular favour, with the plenty of corn and all other victual, and with furniture of sundry kindes of munition meet for the sustentation and defence of our own people against all foreign enemies, and also for maintenance and furniture of our Armies both by Sea and Land, which we are constrained to prepare and hold against his violence. And that it is most manifest that the said king, though he haue abundance of treasure by his Indian Mines, yet he hath in his own Country great wanes of such kind of victual, specially of corn and munition for the war, and of Mariners and other furniture for his house, a whereof our dominions haue by Gods goodness, plenty, for the recovery whereof he is forced to expend great treasures to get corn, ship, ping, and other necessaries for shipping, yea Mariners out of the East countries of almain, and hath attempted to corrupt some of our Subiects, and some Strangers also inhabiting our Countries, to procure the conveyance of such kindes of his wants, either directly by stealth to known Countries, or indirectly and coulourably first to some other Countries adjacent to his, and from thence to be convyed to his own. We do therefore by our royal authority, and as in Princely providence we are bound to do, most straightly charge and command, and so we will it to be published and known, that no person either naturally born within any of our realms or residing within the same, do from henceforth carry or cause to be carried, or bee assisting to any that shall carry, or that shall bargain or contract for carriage of any kind of some or grain, or of any Ordonance, brass, or Iron, Shot, Powder, or any Cordage, Tackle, or any thing belonging to the surniture of any Shipping out of our realm into spain, or into any Dominions of the king of spain, or to any adjacent countreyes from the which the same may be colourably carried into the king of Spaines Dominions, nor that any person suffer any of the aforesaid kindes which he may say, to be carried to the said countreys of the said king as long as he shall use and exercise any war against us or our subiects: vpon pain that all and every person so offending in any point afore mentioned, shall be taken, used, tried, judged, and executed as traitors to us & our countries. Ind further we will and command, that no maner of corn or grain, nor any ordonance of brass or Iron, be carried out of any our dominions to any other foreign Countries, besides the king of Spaynes countreys, without our special licence, vpon pain that whosoever being owner of the corn or Ordonance shall so do, or shall be assisting thereto, and the Owner and Master of the vessels shalbe committed to dose prison, and there to remain one whole year, and further also, until they haue made fine, and answered the same to the quadruple va●●● of the corn and Ordonance carried. And because it hath pleased almighty God, to grant this year to our country such plenty of corn, 〈◇〉 it is likely, that diuers of our people near the Sea coasts, shall be desirous to haue cause to vent some parte of that which they shall haue of their own growth, for lack of sale within our realm: For remedy thereof, We do first aduise, and earnestly require, the principal persons of wealth, both in towns corporate and other places( in such a time as this is, so needful to restrain carriage of grain to our ene●ies, or out of our realm, whereby our enemies may be relieved) to buy in the markets of the countries near the Sea cost, such quanti●●● of grain as the owners cannot forbear, but shall be constrained to sell for their necessity: And the same to keep in store to serve the mar●ets in the latter end of the year, before the coming of new corn to use.  
And if by such good means( which we desire greatly to be used) the necessity of them that shall be constrained to sell their grain, cannot 〈◇〉 satisfied without such venting out of our realm, vpon certificate to be made to our counsel, from those which shall haue commission as ●ath been accustomend to restrain the carrying of corn out of the realm, of such necessity to haue the same vented out of the realm, There tall be order and power given from our counsel, to the same Commissioners, vpon their certificates, that jointly with the the warrant of our treasurer of England, to the officers of the ports, such as be the proper owners of such corn, and not Marchants, shall pass by sea with such quantity onely as shall manifestly appear, may be spared to be transported in English ships into the Countreys, with whom we are in ●ood amity, and not into any other, with such bonds and conditions as the enemy may not be relieved thereby. And like wise order shall be ●iuen to the foresaid Commissioners, that where any just cause shall be to carry and corn from one port of this our realm to another, for ●eliefe of our people in partes where there is lack of corn, There shall be by consent of the said Commissioners, authority given to our of●●cers of our ports, to suffer such quantity to be carried to the ports of the Countreys where need shall be. And yet with such caution, as if a●y portion shall by colour thereof, be carried out of the realm, besides the forfeiture of the bonds that shall be taken by our officers, the owners ●f the corn, and the Masters and Owners of the Ships shall suffer imprisonment for one whole year, and further until fine be made to us, 〈◇〉 the quadruple value of the corn. And this our order, we command to be duly executed by all maner our officers, ministers, and subiects, there default shall or may be found, vpon pain of our indignation, and of such pain as may thereto belong.  
given at the Castle of Basing, in 〈◇〉 county of southampton, the xvi, day of September, in the xxxiii, year of our reign. 1591. 
 God save the queen.   

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