Extract 1. Draft government proclamation, 1588 (SP 12/211)
This extract has been translated into modern English with line numbers added.
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Although the Queen's Majesty does assure herself, that the |
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greatest number of her good and faithful subjects specially such |
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as are endowed with knowledge to discern of her Majesty's intentions |
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and actions in public causes, do truly condone, allow and |
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embrace as most necessary, those her actions, which have been put |
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in execution of late years for the reducing of her people into |
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warlike order, through her whole realm, for defence of the same, as |
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a matter most necessary, to conserve all her good subjects, from the |
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highest to the lowest in surety against all attempts of enemies and |
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rebels: ... |
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