❧ By the queen.  
❧ A Proclamation to charge all persons that haue gotten any maner goods into their possession, which haue been taken on the Seas this last year, and haue not been customed, to restore the same vpon pain to bee punished as Felons and Pirates.  
WHere of late by our Proclamation published in certain Counties on the Sea cost Westward, straight commandement was given by us to all maner of persons, that haue bought or exchanged, or by any means received of any maner of person, directly or indirectly out of the fleet set forth this last summer, at the charge of the city of London, and lately returned any maner of commodities from any person, without the consent of the owners of t●● said ships, that they should bring to certain Commissioners at Plymmouth, Dertmou●● Totnes, exeter, Southampton, and Portesmouth, a particular note in writing of the same, vpon pain to be punished as felons and abettors to Pirates, if they should not within a time limited obey the same charge and commandement, as more particularly is expressed in the said Proclamation. now her majesty is informed, that there hath been other notable deceits used by diuers other Captaines, Masters and Mariners in sundry other ships, which haue served on the Seas this last summer, for that many of them haue contrary to the laws broken bulk, and made spoil on the Seas, before the ships and the pryzes came to any port, and haue feloniously embeselled great quantities of goods out of the said Ships, for which custom should haue been paid to her majesty( which hath not been) and out of which the owners and adventurers should haue had also their partes, according to the charge of their adventures, who are also deprived of the value of such goods so embeselled, and the parties that haue so embeselled such goods, are in danger to answer thereto as felons and pirates, and such as haue bought and received any part thereof, in danger to be punished as abettors to pirates, if they shall detain and conceal the same. Therefore to the enlarging of the said Proclamation, being onely directed to the ports of the West country, and for the discovery of the goods taken by the fleet of the city of London: her majesty doth now by these presents generally charge and command all maner of persons in any part of her realm, that haue had, bought, or received by gift, exchange, or by delivery of any maner of goods that haue been taken on the Seas this last summer by any ship whatsoever, for the which, custom hath not been duly paid or compounded for with her majesties Officers of her Ports, that they shall not after, alien, or waste any part of such goods, but shall bring to the head Officers of the custom houses, or other special Commissioners appointed at the ports, or nearest to the places where they bought or received the same goods, a plain declaration in writing, signed with their hands or marks, containing the particular names, quantities, and qualities of the said goods, and shall thereby express names and conditions of the parties of whom they received the same, and of the parcels which they received, and what they delivered in value for the same. And if they haue alyened or dispossessed themselves of any part thereof, in such cases they shall also express in writing, to whom they haue so alyened or delivered the same. And if any person shall not within twenty dayes space the publication hereof, observe this her majesties commandement to all purposes, as before is specified, the same shall be used and proceeded withall as felons and abettors of pirates, according to the laws of this realm.  
given at our palace of Westminster the eight day of Ianuarie, in the four and thirtieth year of our reign. 
 God save the queen.   

❧ Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the queens most excellent majesty. 1591.