royal blazon or coat of arms HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ❧ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation, for the suppressing of a Book, entitled, Appello Caesarem, or, An Appeal to Caesar.  
WHereas We, out of Our care to conserve and maintain the Church, committed to Our Charge, in the unity of true Religion, and the bond of peace, and not to suffer unnecessary disputes, which may trouble the quiet both of Church and State, have lately caused the Articles of Religion to be reprinted, as a rule for avoiding of diversities of opinion, and for the establishing of consent in true Religion; We, continuing Our desire to compass this wished effect, and considering that the Book written by Richard Montague, now Bishop of Chichester, then but Bachelor of Divinity, entitled, (Appello Caesarem, or, An Appeal to Caesar,) and published in the year (1625.) was the first cause of those disputes and differences, which have sithence much troubled the quiet of the Church; have thought it fitting to ta● away the occasion by calling in the said Book: And therefore, We do hereby will and straightly command all and singular persons whatsoever, who have, or shall have any of them in their hands or custody, that upon pain of Our high displeasure, and the consequence thereof, they do deliver the same presently upon this publication, to the Lord Bishop of the Didcesse, or his Chancellor, if it be out of the Universities, or if it be in either of the two Universities, to the Chancellor or Vicechancellor there, whom We straightly command to suppersse the same; hoping thereby, that men will no more trouble themselves with these unnecessary questions, the first occasion being taken away: But if We shall be deceived in this Our expectation, and that by reading, preaching, or making Books, either pro or contra, concerning these differences, men begin anew tO dispute, We shall take such order with them, and those Books, that they shall wish they had never thought upon these needless Controversies.  
Given at Our Court at White-Hall, The seventeenth day of january, in the fourth 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.XXVIII.