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Compare 1577 edition: 1 [...] Adrian P [...]ings.The fiue and twentith of March, sir Adrian Poi|nings knight, marshall of Newhauen departed from thence, and returning into England, remained there still. Whereas monsieur de Beauuois had by the admerall Chatillions commandement, charged by publike proclamation, [...] French appointed to depart out of Newhauen. all strangers, forreners, and French souldiers to depart the towne, by the 23 of March last past, and that all other hauing their wiues and families should depart with them, within foure daies after the same proclamation, to giue aid for the conseruation and keeping of the townes of Hunflue, Caen, Baieulx, Faleise, S. Lo, and other places, latelie brought into the obedience of the king, vnder the authoritie of the prince of Conde, vnder paine for making default, to be taken as good prisoners of warre to those that should appre|hend them.Proclamation for the lawfull taking of pri|soners. Proclamation was also therevpon made in the lord lieutenants name, the six and twentith of March, being fridaie, that it should be lawfull to the quéenes maiesties subiects and fréends, to apprehend and take as their good and lawfull prisoners, all such as contrarie to the former proclamation, should re|maine in the towne of Newhauen, after fiue of the clocke after noone of the daie then next following being saturdaie; those persons onelie excepted, whose names had beene presented and inrolled in bils re|maining with the lord lieutenants secretarie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Prouided, that no person seizing vpon the bodie of anie such offendor, should by vertue or colour ther|of spoile anie of their houses, meddle with their goods or mooueables, without order and meane of iu|stice vpon paine of death. On the sundaie yet being the eight and twentith of March,Another pro|clamation in the behalfe of strangers. another proclama|tion was made, to giue respit to the said strangers, forreners, and French souldiers, vntill foure of the clocke in the afternoone of the same daie. And fur|ther there was another proclamation published this sundaie, that none should seize vpon anie of those strangers, forreners, or French souldiers, by colour of the two former proclamations, vntill the lord lieutenants pleasure should more fullie be knowen therein.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The thirtith of March being tuesdaie,Another pro|clamation for the lawfull ap|prehending of prisoners. proclamati|on was eftsoones made, that whereas all forreners, being not anie of the burgesses, or proper inhabi|tants of the said towne of Newhauen, nor of the garrison or armie of the Englishmen in the same towne, had béene warned by seuerall proclamati|ons to depart the towne; and yet the same proclama|tions notwithstanding, a great number made their abode still in the towne, in contempt of those pro|clamations: the lord lieutenant by this proclamati|on gaue full power and authoritie to the said prouost marshall of the garrison of the Englishmen in that towne, to apprehend and take as good and lawfull pri|soners, all such forreners, as well souldiers, and ma|riners, as other without exception, which should be found in the towne at anie time after fiue of the clocke in the afternoone on saturdaie then next com|ming: monsieur Beauuois and his familie,Exceptions against the foresaid pro|clamation. and all ministers then being within the towne, being ne|uerthelesse cléerelie excepted; and diuerse prouisions also included in this selfesame proclamation, for the mitigating of extremities, by wrong interpreting thereof, in behalfe of them that were to depart, as also that the gaine that should come by euerie parti|cular prisoner so arrested by the prouost marshall, should returne to anie of the quéenes maiesties sub|iects, by whose meane and procurement the same pri|soner was detected, and caused to be apprehended.

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