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11. A true and credible report, of a great and very daungerous fight at sea, betwene certaine ships belonging to sundrye merchants of England, and fiue well approoued ships of warre of the King of Spaines: which fight hapned the 25. of May last past 1600. within the straightes of Gibraltare. The truth thereof beeing faithfully sent from one friend to an other..

12. By the Queene. Whereas the Earle of Essex, accompanied with the Earles of Rutland and Southampton and diuers other their complices, gentlemen of birth and qualitie, knowing themselues to be discouered in diuers treasonable actions, into which they haue heretofore entred, aswell in our realme of Ireland ...

13. Orders conceiued by the Lords of her Maiesties Priuie Counsel, and by her highnesse special direction, commanded to be put in execution for the restraint of killing, and eating of flesh this next Lent, and to be executed aswell by the Lord Maior within the citie and suburbs of London, and by the officers of the liberties and exempt places in & about the same, as by order to be prescribed by the Lords Lieutenants of al the counties of the realme, to the iustices of peace, Lords of Liberties, and officers of corporate townes. 9. Febr. 44. yeere of her Maiesties reigne..

14. 1602. 1603. A true report of al the burials and christnings within the citie of London and the liberties thereof, from the 23. of December, 1602. to the 22. of December, 1603. Whereunto is added the number of euery seuerall parish, from the 14. of Iuly, to the 22. of December, aswell within the city of London, and the liberties thereof, as in other parishes in the skirtes of the citty, and out of the freedome adioyning to the cittie, according to the report, made to the Kinges most excellent Maiestie

16. By the King. A proclamation for reformation of great abuses in measures, published by the Kings commandement. Whereas for the auoiding of varietie and deceits of weights and measures, diuers statutes, acts and good ordinances haue heretofore beene made, that one weight, and one measure should bee vsed throughout the realme ...

22. By the King At our first entrance into this our realme, and in al the way as we haue passed, we tooke no small contentment in the resort of noblemen, gentlemen and other our subiects comming to visit vs, holding their affectionate desire to see our person, to bee a certaine testimony of their inward loue

23. By the king. Forasmuch as His Maiestie vnderstandeth, that there be diuers ancient and other good and necessary lawes and statues of this his Kingdome of England, which do inflict and impose diuers grieuous corporall and pecunarie paynes and punishments, extending in some cases to sentence of death (the last and greatest punishment,) and in some cases to finall exile and banishment out of their naturall countrey for euer, upon such as vnlawfully hunt or enter into any forest, parke, chase, or warren, to kill or destroy any deere or game with any dogs, nets, gunnes, crossebowes, stonebowes or other instruments, engines ...

24. By the King forasmuch as the Kings Maiestie, in his princely disposition to iustice hauing euer a speciall care and regard to haue repressed the slaughters, spoyles, robberies and other enormities which were so frequent and common vpon the borders of these realmes ...

26. By the King forasmuch as the Kings most excellent Maiestie is graciously minded to make his speedy repaire from Barwick to his Highnesse citie of London, in which his iourney hee is to passe from thence through diuers shires of this realme, these are to notifie unto all sheriffes of the seuerall counties through which his Maiestie shall so passe ...

32. By the King wee haue by our late proclamation, published for the apprehension of one Anthony Copley, signified what griefe it was vnto vs, that any subiect of this realme,of how meane condition soeuer, should giue us iust cause to put in vse the power of our lawes for any offense against vs in matter of loyaltie

34. By the King whereas wee are giuen to vnderstand, that since our entrie into this kingdome many of our subiects of our realme of Scotland, and some also of England ... doe not obserue our lawes, but to the intent to defraud vs of our sayd customes, doe goe with their goods and merchandizes ouer the Fells ...

40. To all maiors, shiriffes, iustices of the peace, post-masters, bailiffes, constables, hedboroughs, and all other the Kings Maiesties officers and subiects whatsoeuer, to whom it shall or may appertaine, and to euery of them. Forasmuch as there is present occasion of speedy dispatch of pacquettes by poste, for the speciall and important seruice of our soueraigne Lord the Kings Maiestie to and fro betweene London and Berwick ...

45. The seuerall proclamations lately published by the King of Spaine, and the French King: wherein are concluded certaine articles of amitie and commerce betweene the two kingdomes. : Wherein also by the King of Spaine is vtterly reuoked and forbidden, all maner of traffique and trade betwixt his said subiects and the inhabitants of Holland and Zealand, &c.

48. By the King. Whereas one Thomas Percy a gentleman pensioner to his Maiestie, is discouered to haue bene priuy to one of the most horrible treasons that euer was contriued, that is, to haue blowen vp this day, while his Maiestie should haue bene in the vpper house of the Parliament, attended with the Queen, the Prince, all his nobilitie and the Commons, with gun powder ...