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HONI SOIT QVI MAY Y PENSE  
DIEV ET MON DROIT  
C R  ❧ By the King. ¶ A Proclamation to declare, that all Ships carrying Corn, or other Victuals, or any Munition of War, to, or for the King of Spain, or any of his Subjects, shall be, and aught to be esteemed as lawful Prize.  
FOrasmuch as the many injuries and indignities, obtruded upon the Kings most excellent Majesty, and his most dear and only sister, and her children, and His royal father, of ever blessed memory, deceased, by the King of Spain, under colour of treaties and alliances; the many violences offered by him, to diverse of His Majesty's Subjects, in taking, slaying, and ransoming diverse of them in a hostile manner, whilst they intended only their Merchandise at Sea; The king of Spain's restless ambition to aspire to an universal Monarchy, discovered to the whole world, to the disquieting of that peace, which other Princes, and States his neighbours, would gladly rest in and enjoy; Have, out of an unavoidable necessity, drawn His most excellent Majesty, to take up Arms against the said King, for the defence of Himself, His Dominions, and Subjects, and of other Princes and States, His Confederates and Allies, there being none other safe means for the obtaining of an assured Peace to Himself, and His Subjects, and to His Confederates, and Allies, which His Highness shall be ever most ready to embrace, when with safety, and honour it may be had: His majesty in His Princely wisdom and providence, foreseeing, that, whilst the said King of Spain continueth in these terms and courses of Hostility, it is neither agreeable with the rules of policy, or Law of nations, to permit the said King, or his subjects, to be furnished and supplied with Corn, Victuals, Arms, or provision for his Shipping, Navy, or Arms, if the same can be prevented. For although these violent hostilities of the said King of Spain, to the trouble of a great part of the Christian Dominions, are mightily maintained by the abundance of his treasure from the Indies, wherein he trusteth, and with the opinion whereof he is puffed up: Yet it is manifest, that to maintain his Arms, and renew his Shipping, his moneys, in their proper nature, would not suffice, if he were not continually supplied with Corn, & other Victuals, and furnished with Munition, and materials for Arms, and Shipping from foreign country's, whereof, neither his Indies, nor Spain, nor any other part of his own Dominions are able to serve; but the same are known to be brought into Spain, Portugal, Burgundy, and other his countries, from other foreign parts, not in his own subjection, and that especially, from the Hans-townes, and Merchants of the North East Countries, who for the desire of gain, are contented to furnish the said King, though to their own extreme hazard, and prejudice of their neighbours, with all things requisite, to maintain his unjust Wars: For this cause, His Majesty being, amongst other Princes and States, herein principally interessed, for the defence of Himself, His Countries, and Subjects, against the said King of Spain's great preparations of his Navies, and Armies by Sea, and by Land; and His Majesty being persuaded, that if such his provisions for hostility, to be brought unto him by Sea from foreign parts, might be stayed, or interrupted, until the said King might be disposed to live in peace, His Majesty might the sooner forbear to continue His charge, in maintaining His forces, both by Sea and Land, which He is now constrained yearly to renew, only for the just defence of himself, and His Dominions, and of His Confederates, and Allies:  
Doth by these presents, by the advice of His Privy Counsel, notify to all manner of persons of all conditions, that shall send or carry into Spain, Portugal, Burgundy, or any other the said King of Spain's Countries or Dominions, any manner of Grain or other Victuals, or any manner of Provisions, to serve to build, furnish or Arm any Ships of War, or any kind of Munition for the War, or Materials for the same, being not of the nature of mere Merchandise, that, as it is lawful for His Majesty, being a Monarch and Prince Sovereign, and as other Kings in like cases have always used to do, He will not only authorise His own Admirals, and Captains of His own Ships of War, serving on the Seas, but will also allow and approve all other His Subjects, to Arm their Ships at their will, and with them to impeach and arrest all Ships, that shall Sail, either out of the East parts, or out of the Low-countrieses, or from any other Parts, with intention to pass to Spain, Portugal, Burgundy, or any other the King of Spain's Countries or Dominions, or to any the said King of Spain's Ships, being on the Seas, having on Board any such Grain, Victual, or provisions of War, or Furniture for shipping, or Materials for the same, and the same to bring into the next good Port, there to be ordered, as Goods duly forfeited for the benefit of His Majesty, where His Majesty's Ships shall arrest the same, and to the benefit of such others, as being not in his Majesty's Wages, shall by their travail and adventure have stayed and arrested such Ships and Goods prohibited: Provided, that all others, besides the Captains of His Majesty's own Ships, that shall be disposed to Arm their Ships for this purpose, shall first notify their intent to the Lord high Admiral of England, making declaration of their condition, of their manner of shipping, of the Furniture thereof, of the number of men requisite to serve therein, with their quantities of Victual and Munition, and of all other things requisite to be certified to the Lord Admiral, which being by him allowed, thereupon the Owners of the said Ships, and the Captains and Conductors thereof, to be bound, to His Majesty's use, in good sums of money for themselves, and, as cause shall require, to the Lord Admiral, with sufficient Sureties, that they do their best endeavour, without fraud, for gain or composition, to arrest such Ships, having, as is abovesaid, Grain, Victual, Arms, Munition, or Furniture for shipping, or any Materials for the same, intended to be carried to any of the said King of Spain's Dominions, or Countries, as aforesaid, and likewise to be bound, as is aforesaid, that with the said Ships, no harm shall be wittingly done to any person on the Seas, being in friendship with his Majesty, and that shall not be privy to the carriage of any such Grain, Victual, Provision, Furniture or Materials, into any the said King of Spain's Dominions, or towards any of his Countries, or to any the King of Spain's Ships being on the Seas: And in case any shall be found to have committed any such offence, whereby their Bonds shall be forfeited, the parties damnified shall be fully recompensed for all their Losses and Damages, with the sums of money forfeited, and otherwise, as there shall be cause, and the offenders also severely punished, according to their offences, by due course of Law.  
Given at Our Honour of Hampton Court, the 31. of December, in the first year of Our Reign.  
God save the King.   

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