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 others of Our Subjects with him, to undertake a voyage to the Country of Guyana, where they pretended great hopes and probabilities to make discovery of certain Gold Mines, for the lawful enriching of themselves, and these Our Kingdoms: Wherein We did by express limitation and Caution restrain, and forbid them and every of them, from attempting any Act of hostility, wrong, or violence whatsoever, upon any of the Territories, States, or Subjects of any foreign Princes, with whom We are in amity: And more peculiarly of those of Our dear Brother the King of Spain, 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 of them have, by an hostile invasion of the Town of S. Thome (being under the obedience of Our said 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 parts lay) 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 Honour, eftsoons to make a public declaration of Our own utter mislike and detestation of the said insolences, and excesses, if any such have been by any of Our Subjects committed: And for the better detection and clearing of the very truth of the said common fame, We do hereby straightly charge and require all Our Subjects whatsoever, that have any particular understanding and notice thereof, upon their duty and allegiance which they owe 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, under pain of Our High displeasure and indignation; that We may thereupon proceed in Our Princely justice to the exemplary punishment and coercion of all such, as shall be convicted and found guilty of so scandalous and enormous outrages.  
Given at Our 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.