❧ By the King.  
❧ A Proclamation touching Passengers.  
WHereas in the first Session of our Parliament holden at Westminster the nineteenth day of March in the year of our reign of England, France and Ireland the first, and of Scotland the seven and thirtieth; It was amongst other things Enacted, That no woman nor any child under the age of one and twenty years (Except Sailors or Ship-boys or Apprentice, or Factor of some Merchant in trade of Merchandise) should be permitted to pass over the Seas, except the same should be by licence of us, our Heirs or Successors, or some fix or more of our privy Council, thereunto first had under their hands, upon pain that the Officers of the Port that should willingly or negligently suffer any such to pass, or should not enter the names of such Passengers licensed, should forfeit his Office, and all his goods and Chattels, And upon pain than the owner of any Ship or Vessel, that should wittingly or willingly carry and such over the Seas, without licence as is aforesaid, should forfeit his Ship or Vessel, and all the Tackle, And every Master or Mariner, of or in any such Ship or Vessel, offending as is aforesaid, should forfeit all their goods, and suffer imprisonment by the space of twelve months without Bail, or mainprize, As by the said Act of Parliament amongst other things may more at large appear:  
And whereas many such our Subjects, That is to say, women and persons under the age of twenty and one years, have from time to time just and necessary causes and occasions to go and pass over the Seas, In which cases for every such women and persons under the age of twenty and one years to obtain such licence, either from ourselves, or from six of our said Privy Counsel according to the said Law, is very inconvenient, and almost impossible; We have therefore thought convenient, for the case aswell of ourself and our said Counsel, as of such of our Subjects as are of the condition mentioned in the said Act of Parliament, to grant our Commission to persons of trust in certain Ports of our Realm, lying most apt and convenient for passage, That is to say, London, the Cinque Ports, Harwich, Yarmouth, Hull, and Waymouth, to licence such women and persons under the age of twenty and one years, as shall have just cause to pass out of our Realm, upon due examination had of them, to pass without peril to themselves, or the Officers of our said Ports, Notwithstanding the said Statute or any thing therein contained. And we have thought it fit to give public knowledge hereof to alour Subjects, and to all our Officers whom it may concern, to the end they may know what shall be lawful for them to do in those cases.  
Given at the Castle of Farneham the twenty-three. day of August, in the fourth year of of our Reign of Great Britain, France and Ireland. 
 God save the King.   

❧ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1606.