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C R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE dieu ET MON DROIT  
¶ By the King.  
¶ A Proclamation restraining the withdrawing His Majesties Subjects from the Church of England, and giving scandal in resorting to Masses.  
THe Kings Majesty finding of late that some of His Majesties natural born Subjects, have abused His Majesties Princely goodness, and the ease which they enjoy under His gracious and mild Government, by withdrawing sundry His Subjects to the roman superstition, and to forsake the Church of England; and likewise by resorting to Masses, and Service celebrated according to the Rites of the Church of Rome, expressly contrary to the laws of this Realm, and in contempt of sundry Acts of Parliament, Proclamations, and Orders of the privy council, and to the great scandal of His Majesties Government both in Church and State: For prevention whereof for the time to come, and for preservation of Religion, as it stands established in the Church of England, which His majesty is resolved constantly to maintain; His majesty, in His Princely wisdom, hath thought fit to set forth this declaration of His royal Will and Pleasure; whereby He doth not only straightly charge and command all and every His Subjects to take notice, that the former Statutes, Proclamations, and Orders of the privy council, published and made for reformation of the like misdemeanours, are still in full force, but doth expressly Will and Command, all and every person and persons, Clerks, and Lay, that they from henceforth forbear to attempt or endeavour to withdraw any of His Majesties Subjects from Religion, as it is now professed in the Church of England, or by persuasions, or any other means to distracted them in the same, or to solicit them to adhere to the Church of Rome; under pain of the severest punishments which by the Laws and Statutes in such case are provided. And His majesty doth hereby further declare, that if any of the roman party shall from henceforth, in contempt of this His majesties Admonition, and of the Statutes, Proclamations, and Orders abovesaid, give scandal by telebrating or hearing of any mass or Masses, or any other Service which shall be celebrated after the Rites of the Church of Rome, That then His majesty will cause to be put in execution against such contumacious persons, those penalties which by the laws and Statutes are to be inflicted upon all those that wilfully and scandalously transgress the same. And of this His majesty will expect a better account of His Officers and Ministers whom it shall concern, then heretofore they have made.  
Given at the Court at Whitehall, the twentieth day of December, in the thirteenth year of His Majesties Reign.  
¶ God save the King.   

❧ Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most excellent majesty: And by the assigns of John BILL. 1637.