AN ORDINANCE OR PROCLAMATION BY THE Prince of ORANGE and States OF Holland, In Her majesty's behalf, and at Her request.  
Wherein is expressly commanded, that no Fugitive or Delinquent fled from the Parliament in England, shall presume to come within ten miles of Her majesty's Court, upon peril of their apprehension, and being sent over into England to answer their accusers.  
Wherewto is added the manner of situation and settling of Her majesty's Court at the Hage, the great and most sumptuous entertainment of the Lady Elizabeth towards Her, with many other things of worthy note.  
London, Printed for Andrew C. and Marmaduke B. 1641.   


An Ordinance.  
UPon Her majesty's going over into Holland with the Princess Mary, to visit the most noble Prince of Orange, in congratulation of those many and Honourable favours, conferred upon this Kingdom, during his residence in England; Divers Delinquents that were fled from the English Parliament, upon accusation of their injustice in the State, and abuse of the trust reposed in them, and imposed upon them, for the administering of equity to the subjects, made their repeal into Holland: Whereof the Lord Finch, formerly Lord Keeper of the great Seal of E●g●and, Secretary Windebank, chief Secretary o● State to His majesty, and the Lord Digby, with divers others. All of which humbly desired and emplored Her majesty's Favour towards them, for to entertain them into Her Court; as those which would apply themselves in all obsequious duty to repair their lost credit in England, by their good humble and diligent endeavours towards Her majesty: which Petition of theirs, Her majesty taking into serious and mature deliberation, considering with herself what an ill aspersion it might justly cast upon Her, if she should so much forget herself if she should encertain those into favour, who were formerly disfavourd for their misdeamenours by her Parliament, she forthwith requested the Prince of Orange who likewise moved the states therein for the publishing of a speedy severe and authorised Ordinance or Proclamation therein to command the absence of all delinquents to the Parliament in England from her majesty's Court, which was accordingly effected; The contents whereof follow.   

The Proclamation or Ordinance by the Prince of Orange and the States of Holland to command absence of delinquents from Her majesty's Court.  
WHereas we have connected and knit ourselves in the bounds of Amity and a most filial and reciprocal friendship with our most royal Father the King of England and his most Honourable Parliament now conjoined for removal of grievances in the said kingdom we are bound in all due respect, and more especially, by the mutual duty I owe his most sacred majesty, not to harbour or detain any enemies to that state or his royal person in this kingdom, whereas therefore there are certain pernicious and ill meaning persons here found with us, who have been and still are Delinquents to the said houses of Parliament, who have boldly undertaken to intereede by Petition to Her Majesty, to be entertained into her majesty's service at her Court now holden at the Hage, it being contrary to the respect she hath and doth continually owe to her majesty, and that honourable assembly, as also so far from her most real intentions, as she hath requested us, to show thus much by Proclamation and Ordinance unto them as shall be contained in these ensuing particulars.  
1. That her majesty doth not, nor will not by any means accept, no nor so much as countenance their proffered service towards her until such time as shall have satisfied the just and condign censure of of the Parliament by clearing themselves of these misdemeanours whereof they are accused by that honourahle assembly.  
2. That She hath not, nor cannot ascribe unto herself, the power of acceptance of any one into Her majesty's service, without His majesty's leave, licence, and condiscent.  
3. That for these Reasons abovenamed, to show Her due obeisance to His majesty, and love to the Parliament; She commands that none of the Delinquents to the said Parliament, whatsoever shall presume to intrude himself within the circute of ten miles of Her Court.  
We therefore out of the love we bear unto that illustrious King our Father, His Queen our Mother, and their famous Parliament our friends, Do declare that if any of the Delinquents to the said Parliament should transgress this Her majesty's command ratified by us, by their coming within the aforementioned bounds, they be forthwith apprehended for breach of our commands, contrary to our Proclamation, and sent into England, to receive such censure as they have deserved.  
Given under our hands at Delft this seventh of March. 1461.    

The manner of Her majesty's Court now settled at the Hage in Holland.  
HEr majesty at Her landing at Flushing, took Her journey immediately towards the Hage, passing through Dorte, Middleborough, and divers other Town●: in their way there was the Lady Elizabeth, and divers of Her caroches to give Her the more honourable entertainment. Thus with great solemnity was she transported to the Hage, where she took up a station for Her Court, at a place called the new palace, in the star Street, with the Lady Elizabeth; the Prince of Orange to show his most obsequious respect, gave especial order for a most accurate guard of his best and most able men, to begirt the town for Her majesty's safety: There be infinites of the Dutch, that daily resort thither to view Her majesty's most royal Person; and nothing seems so welcome as Her majesty's presence amongst them▪ The eyes of both nobility and communality waiting with much fervency and advency of affection, to take a view of those perfections by, and through which this Kingdom of England hath been blessed by the famous issue of such royal stock, and posterity. For the which our Land before Her, longtime mourned, and which since hath been graciously multiplied by the blessing of God through the branches, proceeding from this royal Vine.  
FINIS.