parte of them, shall and may weare the same to him licensed or appointed to weare, as ys aforesayed, any thinge in these articles to the contrary notwithstandinge. All which articles, clauses, and premisses her Matie streightly commaundeth to be exactely and duly observed in all pointes, from the xxiiijth day of August next commynge, and the parties offendinge to be further punished as violaters and contempners of her royall and princely comaundement, by this her Highnes Proclamation expressed and published. Given under our Signet at our Mannor of Grenewich, the 23d daye of July, in the xxxixth yere of our Raigne. God Save the Queene. Ro. CECYLL. DEATH OF SIR JOHN ALDRIDGE. ' [On a former påge (244) is inserted the Commission to Sir Arthur Savage recited in the subsequent instrument. Sir John Aldridge was appointed second in command by the same Commission, but between that date, 9th June, 1597, and the date of what follows, 25th July, 1597, intelligence was received of the death of Sir John Aldridge. It was necessary therefore to appoint a successor to him, and Captain Henry Power, as will be seen below, obtained that distinction.] Indorsed by Lord Ellesmere," Rec. 25 Julij, 1597." Comission for the second colonelship of the companies in Picardy, for Captne Henry Power. Her Mats pleasure is, that this comission shall passe the Great Seale of England by emedyat warrant. HOWARD. Ro. CECYLL. ELIZABETH R. ELIZABETH, by the grace of God, &c. beloved servaunt Captaine Henry Power, W. BURGHLEY. To our trusty and welesq., greeting. Where uppon the death of Sir Thomas Baskervile, colonell genrall and chief commaunder of our forces, consistinge of two thousand men, servinge us in Picardy under our good brother the Frenche Kinge, wee did, by our commission under our greate seale of England, made bearinge date at Westminster the tenthe daye of June last past, make choice of our trusty and welbeloved Sir Arthur Savage, Knight, before Lieutenaunt to the sayed Sir Thomas Baskervile, of all our sayed forces under his charge, and than our eldest colonell in those troupes, to take that charge which the sayed Sir Thomas Baskervile before had, and to employe him in manner followenge. That ys to saye, wee did thereby make, constitute, and appointe him to be our chief commaunder of the sayed two thousand men, as well colonels and captaines as others, and did, by the same our comission, give him full power and authority to receive them into his charge, and to use, imploye, and commaund them, and every of them, in all thinge concernynge that our service, accordinge to such directions as he should receyve in writinge by instructions from us or our privy counsell, then at his departure hence, or hereafter from tyme to tyme by any letters or other signification of our pleasure from our self or our sayed counsell. And wee did thereby streightly charge and commaund all colonels, captaines, lieutenantes, and souldiors that should be under his conducte, charge, and comaundement, to give all due obedience and respecte unto him as their chief commaunder; aucthorising him to laye uppon all persones, disobedient and offendinge against the lawes of military discipline accustomed in any other our armyes and forces beeinge in our services, such punishmentes as he shall thinck meete accordinge to the qualities of their offences, usinge therein the advice of such other colonell as wee should appointe, and some convenient nomber of captaines of the regiment of whome the offendor may be a member. And for that purpose givinge him power, for the better guidinge and rule of our people committed to him, to exe CAMD. SOC. 12. 2 L cute marshall lawe, and uppon tryall by an orderly martiall courte, (where necessary cause shall require) to inflict punishment of lyfe or member uppon eny heynous offendor. And further, wee did thereby give him full power and aucthority to imploye all our subjectes, then by us committed to his charge, to invade, burne, spoile, and destroye, and to doe all manner of hostile actes uppon the adversaries of our good brother the French Kinge, in whose aide wee did send the sayed two thousand men, and to leade them to such services as he shalbe requyred by the sayed Kinge, beenge in the field in his owen persone or by his Lieutenaunt Generall of his army, not beenge repugnant to such instructions as he shall have from us or our counsell for his direction in the use of this our Commission. And for as much as these our troupes might be devided, upon occasion of imployement as the Kinge our brother shall direct them, and that wee had and did repose greate truste and confidence in our servaunt Sir John Aldridge, Knight, wee did also by the same our commission ordayne and constitute him our second colonell of all our sayed troupes, as by the same our Commission made unto the sayed Sir Arthur Savage more at large yt doth and may appere. For as much as yt hath pleased God lately to call to his mercy the sayed Sir John Aldridge, uppon the special confidence wee have in your judgement, experience, and fidelity, wee have made choice of you, Captayne Henry Power, and by these presentes do ordayne and constitute you to be our second colonell of all our sayed troupes, in the rome and place of the sayed Sir John Aldridge deceased, from whose decease wee ar pleased that ye shall receive the entertaynement for the sayed rome and place. And in the absence of the sayed Sir Arthur Savage, either by sicknes or death or any other employment elswhere, wee do give you full power and authority to comaunde and execute all thinges for our service, as the sayed Sir Arthur Savage may doe by vertue of our sayed commission to him made. And do also hereby will and comaunde all and every persone and persones in our sayed service to obey you in all your directions in as ample manner as they did before to the sayed Sir Thomas Baskervile, and are appointed by our sayed comission to doe to the sayed Sir Arthur Savage. In witnes whereof, &c. J. WOOD. WARLIKE STORES, &c. FOR SPAIN. [A new fleet was fitted out against Spain in the Spring of 1597, which returned to England in October. The following Proclamation was issued not long before the return of the fleet, and the title sufficiently explains its object. It was sent to Lord Ellesmere by Sir Robert Cecyll with this brief note: "I pray you cause this Proclamation to be printed," and no doubt it passed the press accordingly.] Indorsed by Lord Ellesmere " Proclamation, 27 Sep. a 39 Eliz." ELIZABETH R. By the Queene. A Proclamation publishing certain just causes for prohibition and staye of caryage of victuall and other provisions of warre by seas into Spayne, for contynuance of the King of Spaynes purposes to invade most unjustly her Maties Dominions; with authoritie for the staye thereof by sea. FORASMUCH as it is manyfestly seen that the King of Spayne, notwithstanding his manie losses by ruyne of his navie at sondry tymes of late yeares, not only by her Mats forces on the sea, but specially by the ordynance of Almightie God with tormentes of wynde and forcible tempestes at tymes and places unlooked for: yet upon the contynuall relief he hath of yearly treasures out of both his Indies, farre exceeding in value all such as his father the Emperor Charles had in his tyme from thence, or that he himself had untill he conquered the Kingdome of Portugall, doth nothing the lesse increase his preparations of warre both by lande and sea, and specially by building of new and more mightie shippęs, attempting most unjustly the invasion both of the domynions of the French King in divers coastes, and the realmes of England and Irland, and not forbearing with good sommes of money and other corrupt rewardes, also to move some principall noblemen of Scotland to rebellion there against theire King, and mainteyning the Duke of Savoye with men and money to invade the French Kinges domynions in Province and the partes adioyning; and further more, by the abundant meanes of his said Indian treasures, he hath manie yeares kept and mainteyned in the same countries mightie armies compounded of unnaturall straungers, specially of Spaniardes and of Italians from Naples, Milan, and other his territories there, to the lamentable oppression, impoverishing, and depopulation of the naturall people of the said Lowe Countries, so as there is to be seen no maner of hostillitie at this daie in anie part of Christendome, saving in Hungarie, but by his great armies by sea or land, wherewith he doth wilfully invade his neighbors, that would lyve in peace yf he would forbeare to invade them, they being yet constrayned for their defence to maintaine armies to withstand his invasions. And though these his vyolent hostillities, to the trouble of a great part of Christian domynions, are mightely mainteyned by reason of the abundance of his said treasures from the Indies, yet it is manyfestly seen, that to maintain his said armies, and to renew his shipping, his monies would not in their proper nature suffice, yf he were not contynually mainteyned with victuall, and furnished from forrain countries with munytions, whereof neither his Indies, nor Spayne, nor any other parte of his owne countries are hable to serve him; but the same is knowne to be brought into Spayne and Portugall from other forraine parts not in his subjection, and that specially from the north-east partes by sea, where the said King, by abundance of his money, with his factors for that purpose in the most part of the port townes of Eastland, doth buy and provyde the most part of his victualls, wherewith he feedeth and mainteynith his armies, and all kynde |