FOraſmuch as her Maieſtie doeth vnderſtand that the Statutes made heretofore for the maintenance and increaſe of the Game of Pheſants and Partridges, and for the redreſſe of ſuch abuſes, as haue bene and are vſually committed in the waſte and ſpoile of the ſaid Game by diſorderly meanes, haue taken and doe take ſo little effect, as that not onely the obſeruation of the ſaid Statutes is vtterly neglected, but greater boldneſſe, and a further degree of offence in that kinde is commonly vſed and practiſed, by taking & killing the ſaid Game by ſuch vnlawfull meanes neere vnto her owne houſes of reſidence; inſomuch as her Maieſtie is depriued both of the vſe, and of the pleaſure of the ſaide Game: Her Maieſtie therefore ſuppoſing that her ſtraight commandement publiſhed by her Proclamation ſhall take better effect, doeth ſtraightly charge and commaund all and euery perſon and perſons of what degree or eſtate ſoeuer, not to take, or cauſe to be taken with any Netts, Setting dogges or any other Inſtruments or Engins, any Pheſants or Partridges, or any Fowle of the Riuer within ſixe miles of any of theſe her vſuall houſes, viz. Windeſor Caſtle, Whitehall, Hampton Court, Richmond, Greenewich, Datelands, or Noneſuch, vpon paine that euery perſon ſo offending, ſhall for the ſame not onely make ſuch forfeiture, and haue any ſuch other penaltie, as by the ſayd Statutes is preſcribed, but ſuffer ſuch further puniſhment, as by her Highneſſe Priuie Councell either in the Court of Starrechamber, or otherwiſe, for ſuch willfull diſobedience and contempt towards her Maieſtie ſhall bee inflicted. And for the better auoyding and preuention of ſuch abuſe and diſorder, her Highneſſe further pleaſure and Commaundement is, that no perſon or perſons whatſoeuer, inhabiting or abiding within ſixe miles of any of her Houſes afore mentioned, ſhall keepe, or ſuffer to bee kept within his houſe any Setting Dogees, Netts, or other Engies for the taking of Pheſant or Partridge, or of any Fowle of the Riuer, vpon paine of forfeiture of all ſuch Nettes, Engines, Inſtruments, or Setting Dogges, and of ſuch further puniſhment, as by her Maieſties Priuie Councell (as aforeſayde) ſhall for their contempt be impoſed.

And laſtly whereas her Maieſtie both for her exerciſe and for her delight is pleaſed many times to ſee her Hawkes flye, and would more often vſe the ſame, if by the aforeſayd diſorders, and by the ſpoyle and diſturbance of the Game by the common Hawking neere vnto her Houſes, her pleaſure therein were not preuented: Her Maieſtie doeth likewiſe ſtraightly charge and command that no perſon or perſons, of what eſtate or degree ſoeuer they bee, ſhall Hawke ax Pheſant or Partidge, or at any Fowle of the Riuer, within three miles of any her aforenamed Houſes, vnder the degree and qualitie of a Noble man, or of one of her Priuie Councell, vſing the ſame in their owne perſon, for their recreation, vpon paine of forfaiting their Hawkes, impriſonment of themſelues, and as they will auoyd the further danger of her Maieſties heauy diſpleaſure. And her Maieſtie doeth hereby ſtraightly charge all Iuſtices of Peace, inhabiting within or neere to the precincts aboue limitted to any her Highneſſe Houſes, that they do carefully looke to the executing of this her pleaſure now publiſhed, and cauſe the offenders, whom they ſhall chance to finde, to be apprehended and committed, and of their faults aduertiſe ſome of her Highneſſe Priuie Councell, or the Officers of her Greenecloth, for that if it ſhall appeare that any of the ſaide Iuſtices haue vſed negligence, or conniuence herein, her Maieſtie will extend the paine of her diſpleaſure vnto them, and cauſe them to feele the ſmart thereof.