¶ A proclamation for the merchants adventurers.  
ELizabeth dei gratia Angliae Fraunciae,& Hiberniae, Regina fidei defensor &c. Maion et 'vice comitibus civitatis sue Londoniensis, salutem.  
Vobis mandamu quod statim visis presentibus●a singulis locis, infra civitatem predictam& Subarb, eiusdem, tam infra libertates quam extra, ubi magis expedire videritis ex parte nostra, solemniter& publicae pro●amari fac. in haec verba.  
WHERE in the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the first day of March, in ●●e seventh year of the reign of our dearest brother king Edward the sixth, and there continued till ●●e last day of the same month of March. It is there resited by one act of Parliament, then& ther made ●●●ituled an act reviving a Statute made in the .xvii. year of our most noble progenitor, king Edward ●he fourth, amongst other things it was then ordained and enacted by authority of the same Parly●ment, that no person should carry or make to be carried out of this realm or Wales from no part of the ●●me, any manner of money of the coin of this realm, nor money of the coin of other realms, lamdes, ●● Lordshipes, nor plate, vessel, bullion or Iuell of gold, garnished or vngarnished, or of silver, without 〈◇〉 kings licence, but such persons as be dispensed with in the statute made in the second year ●four ●ost noble progenitor king Henry the Sixte, and other diverse Statutes made vpon painc of felony. ●he which statute and ordinance so made in the time of our said most noble progenitor King Edward 〈◇〉 forth, was made to endure from the feast of Easter in the .xviii. year of the said king Edward the fort●●nto th'end of seven yeares then next ensuing, which said statute& ordinance so before rehearsed 〈◇〉 ●ucthoritie of Parliament, holden in the fourth year of the late king of famous memory, Henry th● ◇〉 ●●nth, was confirmed& established to be good& effectual from the feast of the purification of our Lady ●n the year of our lord God a thousand fore hundreth, four score& nine, to th'end and term of twenty ●earess then next ensuing, as by the same Statute also more plainly appeareth. And where also at the ●●id Parliament holden at Westminster, in the seventh year of our said dearest brothers reign, it is ●nacted by authority of Parliament, that the said statute& ordinance before rehearsed, made in the ●vij. year of our most noble progenitor, king Edward the forth, and every clause, article, sentence or prouy●ion therein contained, is by authority therof confirmed and enacted, to be good& effectual from the first ●ay of May, then next ensuing, and to endure unto th'end of twenty year then next following. As by the ●aid act made in the seventh year of our said dearest brothers reign plainly appeareth.  
nevertheless vpon good and reasonable considerations us moving, we be pleased and ●ontented, that from and after the publication of this our proclamation, it shalbe lawful unto al notorious merchants, and all and every other person and personnes passing by our special licence out of this ●ealme, into any outward parties beyond the Seas, to carry with them for their reasonable costs ●nd expenses, the somme of four pounds of any money currant within this realm or under and not ●bove, or any rings or Signettes of gold or silver vpon their fingers. without any loss of life, ●andes, or goods or any other pain, for●eyture, imprisonment, or penalty to be to them or any of them for the same. The said statutes or any other Statute, ordinance or lawe heretofore made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Et hoc sub periculo incumbenti nullatenus omittatis.  
Teste me ipsa apud Westminster primo die Maij. Anno Regni nostri primo.  
God save the queen.   

Imprinted at London by richard jug and John Cawood, Printers to the queens majesty. Anno. M.D.LIX.  
Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.