❧ By the King.  
FOrasmuch as the Kings majesty, in his Princely disposition to Iustice, having ever a special care and regard to haue repressed the slaughters, spoils, robberies, and other enormities which were so frequent and common vpon the Borders of these realms, and to haue reduced and settled the said Borders unto a perfect obedience, to the comfort of his Highnesse peaceable Subiects: The course whereof hath been heretofore impeded by the difference of the Borders, English and Scottish, till it hath now pleased Almighty God, in his great blessing to this whole I stand, by his majesties lawful succession to the imperial crown of England, not onely to remove this difference, but also to furnish his Highnesse with power and force sufficient to prosecute that his majesties royal and worthy resolution, as his Highnesse hath already begun, intending that the bounds possessed by those rebellious people, being in fertilitic and all other benefits nothing inferior to many of the best parts of the whole Ile, shall be no more the extremities, but the middle, and the Inhabitants thereof reduced to perfect obedience: Yet notwithstanding, as his majesty is informed, certain disordered and wicked persons of both Marches, Enemies to Peace, Iustice, and quietness, pretending ignorance of his majesties resolution for the union of the two realms, already settled in the hearts of all his good Subiects, and feeding themselves with a smister conceit and opinion, that no such union should be established and take effect, still continue in all hind of robbery and oppression, whereunto they are encouraged by the receipt and harbour granted unto them, their wives, children, goods and geir in the Inland and peaceable parts of both the realms, highly to his majesties contempt, and frustrating of his Highnesse Commission granted to the effect aforesaid.  
And therefore his majesty for the better satisfaction of all his good Subiects, who may stand in any doubt of the said union, and to take away all pretence of excuse from wicked and turbulent persons, hath hereby thought good to publish and make known to all those to whose knowledge these presents shall come, That as his majesty hath found in the hearts of all the best disposed Subiects of both the realms of all qualities, a most earnest desire, that the said happy union should bee perfected, the memory of all preterite Discontentments abolished, and the Inhabitants of both the realms to be the Subiects of one kingdom: so his Highnes will with all convenient diligence with the advice of the Estates and Parliament of both the kingdoms make the same to be perfited. And in the mean time till the said union be established with the due solemnity aforesaid, his majesty doth hereby repute, hold, and esteem, and commands all his Highnes Subiects to repute, hold, and esteem both the two realms as presently united, and as one realm and kingdom, and the Subiects of both the realms as one people, brethren and members of one body: And in regard thereof, that every one of them abstain and forbear to commit any kind of Robbery, Bloodshed, or any other insolence or disorder, or to receive and harbour the Persons, wives, Children or Goods the fugitives and outlaws of either of the realms, but to contain themselves inpeace and quietness, and all such dutiful behaviour as becometh good and loyal Subiects, certifying all and every person who shall do, practise, or attempt any thing to the violating of these Presents, that they shall incur the punishment due to the said Rebels, and that the same shall be executed against them with all rigor and extremity to the terror of others.  
given under our Signet at our manor of greenwich, the nineteenth of May 1603. 
 God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent majesty. Anno Dom. 1603.