HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  
DIEV ET MON DROIT  ❧ By the King.  
WHereas We for the continuance, and maintaining of the Navigation of this Realm, and to the intent that skilful Mariners and Seafaring men might be always in readiness to furnish, aswell Our own Royal Navy, as the Shipping of Our Subjects, by Our Proclamation, dated the sixth day of August last passed, did straight inhibit and forbidden, that no Mariner or Seafaring man, Shipwright, or Ship-carpenter whatsoever, being Our Subject, should without express licence of Us, or of Our Admiral of England, enter, or attempt, or go about to enter into the service of any foreign Prince or State, or be employed out of this Realm in any service, (unless it were in the service of Us, or of some of Our Liege Subjects;) Nevertheless, We have received Information, that notwithstanding the strictness of that Our Commandment, great numbers of Mariners and Seafaring men, contrary to their duty and allegiance, and against the Laws of this Realm, have presumed without such licence to go abroad, and serve other Princes and States in foreign parts, to the great prejudice of Traffic and dishonour of Our own service, And that very great and unsufferable abuses are committed by such Mariners and Seafaring men, as do purposely withdraw, or wilfully refuse to perform those urgent and important services, wherein We have occasion to make use of them: We have thought good to signify Our pleasure, that Our said former Proclamation be hereafter carefully observed and put in exact execution, Willing that all men should take knowledge, and that We shall esteem the offenders therein, as Fugitives and Runagates, forgetting their natural allegiance and duty to Us and Our Laws, and accordingly shall proceed against them with all severity. And furthermore We do straight charge and command, that no Mariner or Seafaring man, absent, hide, or withdraw himself from Our service or priests, and that all such persons, having Our Prest-money given or tendered unto them, do dutifully and reverently receive the same, and repair aboard Our Ships at the times to them limited and assigned, and thencefoorth continue in Our service, as to the duty of good Subjects appertaineth, and do not withdraw themselves or departed therefrom without especial licence, upon pain to incur the uttermost severity of Our Laws, which We resolve shall be extended to them as Malefactors in very high degree, to the hazard of Our Royal Navy and service. And We do further charge and straight Command, that no person or persons that shall be trusted or employed for the presting of any Mariners, or other persons to be employed in Our service at Sea, do at any time for favour, reward, or other sinister respect, forbear to pressed the ablest and fittest men for such Our service, or having pressed them, do discharge them again, or change them for persons less able and sufficient; And that no Lieutenants, Masters, Pursors, Gunners, Boteswaines, or other inferior officers in any of Our Ships, nor any other, but such only, as by the due orders of Our Navy are allowed so to do, do at any time hereafter presume to discharge any Mariners, or other person pressed to serve in any Our Ships, it being Our full resolution, that Our Navy being by Our Princely providence and care restored to as good and serviceable estate, as any former time hath known it, the Officers, Mariners and other persons appointed to serve therein shall be so regulated and kept in order in their several services and employments, as may best agree to Our Honour, and the public safety of this Our Realm. And therefore if any person or persons whatsoever, after this Our admonition and warning, shall presume to offend in any thing before remembered, they shall not only incur Our Indignation and high displeasure, but shall be subject to the severest punishment that Our Laws or Royal Prerogative may inflict upon them.  
Given at Our Court at Newmarket the seven and twentieth day of February, in the twentieth year of Our Reign of Great Britain, France and Ireland.  
God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and john Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. M.DC.XXII