woodcut of England's coat of arms, 1609 
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  
DIEV ET MON DROIT.   
❧ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation declaring His Majesty's grace to His Subjects for their relief against public Grievances.  
THE Kings most Excellent Majesty, calling to His remembrance the many complaints in the late convention of Parliament, aswell by sundry of the House of Commons, as by others His subjects of several parts of this Realm, not only against Monopolies and other like Patents, but also concerning many other grievances, some touching the administration of justice, and excessive fees taken in His Majesty's Courts, others concerning trade and commerce, and many others of several natures and qualities; And His Majesty (desiring above all things, to yield ease and comfort to His people) by memorable examples of justice, and also by sundry Proclamations, Commissions, and other Acts, and Orders made by himself, and His Privy Council, not only sitting the Parliament, and in the times of the adjournment thereof, but also since the dissolving and breaking up of the same, Hath fully declared His earnest affection and constant resolution to provide fitting remedies for all those evils, which may tend to the hurt of His people. And more especially calling to mind, That by His Royal Proclamation, dated the tenth day of july, in the nineteenth year of His Reign, He did publish and declare, That both His own, and the ears of His Privy Council should be open to the modest and just complaints of His people, aswell concerning Monopolies, and other Patents of evil nature and consequence, as concerning other grievances against the public; His Majesty continuing the same His Gracious and Princely disposition, which is not confined unto Times and Meetings in Parliament, but at all seasons, and upon all occasions watcheth over the public weal of His Kingdoms, hath (for the removing of all ambiguities and doubts, which might discourage and deter His people from taking hold of that His Princely offer, as though in His Majesty's intention it were limited or restrained to any certain times, or to particular grievances) thought fit hereby again to invite His subjects to embrace His gracious and Princely favour, for the relieving of them in whatsoever their just grievances, and that in a more easy and ready way than hath been propounded at any time heretofore; not doubting but His loving subjects (well weighing His abundant goodness and care towards them) will apply themselves unto His Majesty for their relief, in such a modest and temperate course, as may tend to the glory of His government, their own weal and tranquillity, and the utter abolishing of all those private whisperings and causeless rumours, proceeding from particular humour, which, without giving to his Majesty any opportunity of reformation by particular knowledge of any fault, serve to no other purpose but to occasion and blow abroad discontentment. And therefore His Majesty doth hereby publish and declare, That He hath appointed George, marquis of Buckingham, Lord High Admiral of England, Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Martial of England, William, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's household, Lancelot, Bishop of Winchester, and William, Bishop of S. David, select and principal persons, authorising and requiring them, or any two or more of them, to sit once a week, at least, at His Majesty's Palace of Whitehall, to receive the petitions and complaints of His loving subjects concerning their just grievances, and to certify the same to himself, or His Privy Counsel, as shallbe fittest for due redress: Wherein His Majesty doth declare, That as it is not His intent, that matters of ordinary nature or consequence should be drawn thither, but left to the proper Courts of justice, which have conusance thereof: So His Majesty doth not restrain their complaints to any particular sort of grievances, but is well pleased that His subjects may freely resort thither, for any notable oppression, exaction, bribery, or other grievance, where the quality of the offence, or eminency of the person, or office of the offendor may require an extraordinary proceeding. Nevertheless, his Majesty doth admonish, that under colour thereof, no man presume to present there any causeless clamours, which if they shall do, they must expect to be punished with the same severity, which their complaints aimed and endeavoured unjustly to draw on others.  
Given at the Court at Theobaldes, the foureteenth day of February, in the twentieth 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.XXII