❧ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation declaring His majesties pleasure concerning Sir Walter Raleigh, and those who adventured with him.  
WHereas We gave Licence to Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight, and 〈…〉 of Our Subjects with him, to undertake a Voyage to the Cou●●rey of Guyana, where they pretended great hopes & probabilities to m●●e discovery of certain Gold Mines, for the lawful enriching of themselves and these Our Kingdoms: Wherein We did by express limitat●●● and Caution restrain, and forbidden them and every of them, from attempting any Act of hostility, wrong, or violence whatsoever, upon ●ny of the Territories, States, or Subjects of any foreign Prince ●●th whom We are in amity: And more peculiarly of those of our dear Brother the King of ●paine, in respect of his Dominions and Interests in that Continent.  
All which notwithstanding, we are since informed by a Common fame, that they, or some 〈◊〉 them have, by an hostile invasion of the town of S. Thome (being under the obedience of 〈…〉 dear Brother the King of Spain) and by killing of divers of the inhabitants thereof, his Subjects, and after by sacking and burning of the said town, (as much as in them for their own pa 〈…〉 ay; maliciously broken and infringed the Peace and Amity, which hath been so happily established, and so long inviolably continued between Us and the Subjects of both Our Crowns.  
We have therefore held it fit, as appertaining nearly to Our Royal justice and Hou●● eftsoons to make a public declaration of Our own utter mislike and detestation of the s●● insolences, and excesses, if any such have been by any of Our Subjects committed: And for t● better detection and clearing of the very truth of the said common fame; We do hereby s●●●itly charge and require all Our Subjects whatsoever, that have any particular understanding 〈◊〉 notice thereof, upon their duty and allegiance which they own Us, immediately after publication of this Our pleasure, to repair unto some of Our Privy Counsel, and to discover and make known unto them their whole knowledge and understanding concerning the same, vnde●●●…ing of our High displeasure and indignation; that We may thereupon proceed in Our P●●●●●ly justice to the exemplary punishment and coercion of all such, as shall be convicted and found ●●●●ty of so scandalous and enormous outrages.  
Given at Our Palace Manor of Greenwich, the ninth day of june, in the sixteenth year of Our Reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the one and fiftieth. 
 God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and john Bill, deputy Printers for the Kings most Excellent Majesty.  
ANNO. M.DC.XVIII.