❧ By the King.  
WHereas Thomas Percy Gentleman, and some other his Confederates, persons known to be so utterly corrupted with the superstition of the Romish Religion, as seduced with the blindness thereof, and being otherwise of lewd life, insolent disposition, and for the most part of desperate estate, have been discovered to have contrived the most horrible treason that ever entered into the hearts of men, against our Person, our Children, the whole Nobility, Clergy, and Commons in Parliament assembled, which howsoever cloaked with zeal of Superstitious Religion, aimed indeed at the Subversion of the State, and to induce an horrible confusion of all things, In which they and all others of bankrupt and necessitous estate, might have those of better ability for a pray to repair their beggarly Fortunes, and have proceeded so far some of them in their devilish Attempts, as to assemble in Troops in our Counties of Warwick and Worcester, where they have broken up a Stable, and taken out Horses of divers Noblemen and Gentlemen, within our town of Warwick, And no doubt but do proceed further in their purposes, seeking to raise some Rebellion in our Realm, and will with many feigned and false Allegations seek to seduce divers of our Subjects, especially with show of Religion: Although we are by good experience so well persuaded of the Loyalty of divers of our Subjects (though not professing true Religion) that they do as much abhor this detestable conspiracy as ourself, and will be ready to do their best endeavours (though with expense of their blood) to suppress all Attemptors against our safety and the quiet of our State, and to discover whomsoever they shall suspect to be of Rebellious or Traitorous disposition: Yet have We thought good by this our open Declaration, to give warning and advertisement to all our Subjects whatsoever, of that horrible purpose of Percies and his complices, and to distinguish between all others, calling themselves Catholics, and these detestable Traitors: And therefore do denounce and publish all the Persons hereunder named, Adherents to Percy, to be Traitors known, and that all others are in the same case, who shall in any wise either receive, abbette, cherish, entertain, or adhere unto them, or not do their best endeavours to apprehend and take them.  
Wherefore we will and command all our Lieutenants, Deputy lieutenants, Sheriffs, justices of Peace, Mayor, Bailiffs, Constables, and all other our Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects, to take knowledge thereof, and to do their best duties herein, as they will answer the contrary at their uttermost peril: Not doubting, but that they all, without regard of their pretence of Religion, will with one heart and will, employ themselves for the suppressing, apprehending, detecting, and discovering of all sorts of persons any ways likely to be privy to a Treason so hateful to God and men, and implying in it the utter subversion of this Realm, and dignity thereof.  
And where we do hear that many do spread abroad, that this Conspiracy was intended only for matter of Religion, and that foreign Princes our neighbours are interessed therein, which Rumours are divulged by busy persons both to scandalise the Amity wherein we stand with all Christian Princes and States, and to give unto lewd persons hope that they shall be backed in their enterprises by great Potentates: We do declare, that we cannot admit so inhuman a thought, as to conceive that any Prince, of what Religion soever, could give ear to so Savage and Barbarous an imagination: And that by such examinations as hitherto have been taken, we find them all, and their ministers clear from any suspicion of privity thereunto; whereof one infallible argument to us is, that all the Ministers of foreign Princes, which are now here, made earnest suit to us to be present in the place that day. And therefore we do admonish and charge all our Subjects, that they shall not speak of any the Princes our neighbours, or their Ambassadors, otherwise then reverently, upon pain of our displeasure, and to be punished as persons seeking the disturbance of the Peace, wherein we live with our said neighbours.  
Given at our Palace of Westminster, the seventh day of November, in the third year of our reign of Great Britain, France, and Ireland.  
God save the King.   


Thomas Percy Gentleman.  
Robert Catesby Esquire.  
Ambrose Rookwood of Coldham hall in Suffolk Esquire.  
Thomas Winter gentleman, brother of Robert Winter of Huddington in the County of Worcester.  
Edward Grant of Northbrooke in the County of Warwick Gentleman.  
john Wright.  
Christopher Wright.  
Robert Ashfield servant to Robert Catesby Esquire.    

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. ANNO DOM. 1605.