¶ A proclamation devised and made by the kings highness, by th'advise of his majesties counsel, the xvi day of May, in the xxxvi year of his highness reign, that all frenchmen (not being denizens) shall departed this his realm within twenty days next after this proclamation published and proclaimed, except such as in the mean time, shall upon special suit to his highness, be made denyzens. 16. May 1544  
THE KINGS most royal majesty being informed, that where by a statute made in the parliament, holden at Westminster, in the xxxii year of his most noble reign, it was ordained and enacted amongs other things, that such of his subjects as be rehearsed in the same, may retain and keep in their service, certain number of strangers, which statute extendeth only to strangers borne in such realms dominions and countries, as be in league and amity with his highness, divers of his graces said subjects, notwithstanding his proclamations heretofore made, touching the wars and hostility at this time moved, between his majesty and the french king, by reason whereof, all frenchmen, not being denizens, may and aught to be reputed and taken for his graces enemies, the retaining and nourishing of whom in this case, weieth to no less, then to the nourishying and meintenance of his majesties enemies: do still keep and entertain great multitudes of frenchmen, not being denizens, which for many respects and considerations, were meet to be expelled and avoided out of this realm: His majesty therefore, by the advise of his most honourable counsel, straightly chargeth and commandeth, that all manner of persons, borne under the french kings obeisance (not being denizens) shall depart and go out of this his highness realm of England, within twenty days next after this present proclamation made: Except such, as in the mean time, shall upon special suit to his highness, be made denizens: Upon pain that every one of them, doing contrary to this proclamation, shallbe forth with apprehended, and either sent to his graces galleys, there to be ordered as shall appertain, or to be otherways used, as the case shall require.  
¶ FURTHERMORE his highness, considering the danger of his laws, which his loving and obedient subjects may incur, by entreteining of any frencheman, not being denizen, during the time of the wars between his majesty and the french king, straightly chargeth and commandeth, all and singular his subjects of this his realm of England, that they and every of them, within twenty days next after this his majesties proclamation shallbe made and published, shall expel and put out from their service families and wages, all manner of frenchmen (not being denizens) and in no wise, or by any colour respect or means, shall after the said twenty days next after this present proclamation, retain, succour, aid, comfort or meintein within this his highness said realm of England, any of the said frenchmen, upon pain that every one of them, doing or attempting contrary to this present proclamation, or any part thereof, shallbe accounted taken accepted and reputed, as an aydour fautour and succourer of the kings enemies, and shall have and suffer such punishment for the same, as the laws of this realm do in such cases appoint and determine accordingly.  
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