depiction of England's coat of arms, 1618 
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DIEV ET MON DROIT  ¶ By the King. ❧ A Proclamation declaring His majesties Royal grace, to confirm to his Subjects their defective Titles or Estates.  
THe King's most Excellent Majesty, taking notice that there are sundry Manors, Lands, Tenements, and other Hereditaments in the actual possession of divers of His loving Subjects, either by descent from their ancestors, or by their own purchases, which nevertheless do in truth and right belong unto His Majesty, as His own proper inheritance, The pretended owners thereof, either having no Grant at all from the Crown, whereby to derive good titles to themselves, or else such grants as have been surreptitiously gotten upon false suggestions, or by other deceitful courses, or are otherwise defective and insufficient in Law; So as His Majesty might by His royal prerogative and right, take advantage thereof, to seize the same Manors and Lands into His hands, and so leave the said pretended owners without relief: Which might upon just reason be done, considering that both the late Queen Elizabeth in Her time, and His Majesty sithence, have by several Commissions of Grace awarded for confirmation of all such defective titles, and by former public proclamations, as by so many solemn warnings, summoned and invited all persons, whom the same might concern, upon easy and honourable compositions to prevent their own dangers in this behalf; which hitherto they have contemned, or neglected to do.  
Notwithstanding, His Majesty, out of His Princely clemency and unwillingness to take any strict courses against His loving Subjects, hath been graciously pleased, once more to renew His said Commission to sundry of His Privy Council, and others of His judges & Council learned, authorizing them to treat & compound with any person or persons on His majesties behalf, for confirming & making good of their defective Titles or Estates, according to the course heretofore used in like Commissions: But with this expectation, that as it pleaseth His Majesty, in his gracious well-wishing to the peace and quiet of His loving Subjects, thus to incline to them, and forbear to take notice of their former negligences, So now they will be advised upon this renewed offer of his Grace to neglect the same no longer; lest after so many warnings, the same be justly taken from them.  
And therefore His Majesty doth straightly charge and command all persons whom it may concern, by this public declaration of His Will and Pleasure, to take such notice thereof, that voluntarily, or upon letters to them directed from His majesties Commissioners, with a draft of the particular case, whereupon their Title shall be questioned, they fail not at their perils to attend the said Commissioners, for such moderate and reasonable compositions, as shall be found fit and equal for confirmation of their estates, and cleared all doubts of the same: Letting them all to wit, that in case they shall neglect this offer of his Princely goodness and favour towards them, in not appearing, or not compounding for the settling of their lands and possessions in peace; As His Majesty intends not to make any second or new treaties, with those that shall show themselves wilful and refractory in this behalf, So they shall have no just cause to complain of any but themselves, if contrary to His majesties princely inclination, he be enforced to more severe courses, for recovering and maintaining the Revenues of His Crown, against all intrusions, and unlawful usurpations and possessions whatsoever.  
Given at Whitehall, the thirteenth day of February, in the sixteenth year of our Reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the two and fiftieth.  
God save the King.   

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