THe Quenes Maiestie strayghtly cōmaundeth all maner her Admirals, Uiceadmirals, Captaynes, and maisters of her Shippes, that nowe be, or that hereafter shall go to the Seas, and lykewyse all other her Sub­iectes beyng rulers of any Shippes of warre vpon the Seas, to permit & suffer al maner of Subiectes of her good brothers the king of Spaine tradyng the Seas, eyther for marchaundize or fyshyng of Herryng or other Fyshe, to vse and folowe the accustomed trade of theyr marchaun­dize and fyshyng, without any trouble, vexation, or molestation. And yf any of the French kynges Subiectes hauntyng the Seas as Pirates or men of warre, shall (as of late it is vnderstanden they haue) spoyle or molest any of the sayde kyng of Spaynes Subiectes: Her Maiesties lyke pleasure and commaundement is, that the Captaynes as well of her owne proper Shyppes, as of others, shall employ theyr whole force, to ayde, defende, and rescue the same, out of the handes of the sayde Frenche Pirates or men of warre, in lyke maner as the case were properly belongyng to her owne naturall Subiectes. And yf any shall eyther of set pur­pose or negligence do to the contrary: her Maiestie meaneth to cause the same to be seuerely punished▪ as the good amitie betwixt her Maiestie and her sayde good brother, doth and ought to require.

Yeuen at her hyghnes castell of Wyndsor the fyrst day of September, the fyfth yere of her Maie­sties reigne.

God saue the Quene.