HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
❧ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation against Seditious, Popish, and Puritanical Books and Pamphlets.  
FOR that the printing, importing, and dispersing of Popish and seditious Books and Pamphlets, and seditious Puritanical Books and Pamphlets, scandalous to Our person, or State, such as have been lately vented by some Puritanical spirits, is grown so common, and practised so licentiously, both to the traduting of Religion, and the State, as that great inconueniencies may grow thereby, if they be not prevented and punished: Therefore, We do straight charge and command, That from henceforth no person or persons Whatsoever, presume to print any Book or Pamphlet, touching, or concerning matters of Religion, Church government, or State, within any Our own Dominions, which shall not first be perused, corrected, and allowed, under the hand of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Vicechancelour of one of the Universities, of Oxford, or Cambridge, for the time being, or one of them, or of some other learned person or persons, to that purpose appointed by them, or one of them; And that no Merchant, or other person whatsoever, from henceforth presume to import, or bring into this Kingdom any such Book or Pamphlet, and set, or offer the same to sale, or otherwise dispose thereof, before the same be first perused and allowed by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Archbishop of York, or Bishop of London, for the time being, or by some other learned person or pesons, to that purpose appointed by them, or one of them, who shall testify their allowance thereof, under his or their hands: And that no Booke-binder, or Bookseller, or other person whatsoever, shall from henceforth presume to sell, or offer to sell, or otherwise disperse or dispose any such Book or Pamphlet, not so perused and allowed, upon pain of Our high displeasure and such other severe punishment, as by Our Laws, or by Our Prerogative Royal, can, or may be inflicted upon them for such their contempt. And We do straight charge and command all Majors, justices of the Peace, Shiriffeses, and all other Our officers and ministers whatsoever, and all other Our loving Subjects, whom it shall, or may appertain, and especially the Master and Wardens of the Company of Stationers of London, that from time to time they do their utmost endeavours, for the due observance of the Premises, and for the discovery and searching out of all Offences and Offenders against this Our Royal command.  
Given at Our Court at Nottingham the fifteenth day of August, in the two and 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. ANNO DOM. M.DC.XXIIII.