¶ At Whitehall the four and twentieth of October 1627.  
Present 

Lo: Keeper.  
Lo: Treasurer.  
Lo: Precedent.  
Lo: Steward.  
Lo: Chamberlain.  
E: of Suffolk.  
E: of Exeter.  
E: of Dorset.  
E: of Bridgewater.  
E: of Totnes.  
E: of Kellie.  
Lo: Visc. Conwey.  
Bishop of Bath and Wells.  
M. Treasurer.  
M. of the Wards.  
M. Secretary Coke.  
M. Chancellor of the Exchequer.  
M. of the Rolls.  
M. Chancellor of the Duchy.    
THeir Lordship this day taking into serious consideration, aswell the Letters Patents from His Majesty to Matthew de Questor, for the constituting of him Postmaster, for the conveying of all Letters and Dispatches from hence into foreign Parts without the King's Dominions; as likewise well weighing that the due ordering and governing of the same, was very considerable, in relation to His Majesty's Service and reason of State, especially as the condition of affairs now stand, both at home and abroad; and knowing well that most of the Foreign Posts were heretofore well settled, by the labour and industry of the said de Questor, did think fit and order, that he being a person well approved of for his experience, fidelity, and industry, for diverse years together in the discharge of the said employment, should be continued and quietly established in the execution of the same, according to his said Letters Patents. And upon review now taken of their Order, of the two and twentieth of November 1626. wherein liberty was given, as well to all other Companies of Merchants, as to the Merchant's Adventurers, to send their Letters and Dispatches by Messengers of their own choosing;  
Their Lordships upon weighty reason of State, do hereby revoke and annul the said Order, and do give liberty only to the Company of the Merchant's Adventurers (and not to any other Companies of Merchants) to convey their own Letters and Dispatches only by a Messenger of their own choosing into Foreign Parts, viz. to the City of Hamborgh and Town of Delft, where the Staples of Cloth are now settled, or to such other place or places whither the same shall hereafter happen to be removed: Which Messenger is likewise to enter into sufficient Bond with good sureties, to His Majesty's use, to be taken by the Clerk of the Council attendant, not to carry or convey any other Letters, but those only which concern the said Company of Merchant Adventurers.  
And that the said Messenger shall not keep any public Office, or hang up any Tables, or wear any Badge which are the Characters and Marks of a public Postmaster, and which are to be allowed only to the said Matthew de Questor, as being Postmaster General for foreign Dispatches, by approbation of the State, and Letters Patents from His Majesty, as aforesaid.  
And it is further hereby thought fit, and ordered, that all other Companies of Merchants, and every of them, shall send their Letters and Dispatches by the said Matthew de Questor only, as heretofore they have been accustomed; Hereof as well the said Merchants Adventurers, and all other Companies of Merchants, and every of them, are to take knowledge, and to conform themselves, as they will answer the contrary at their perils.  
Provided nevertheless, according to the aforesaid Order of the two and twentieth of November last, that the said Company of Merchant Adventurers, do acquaint His Majesty's Secretaries of State, from time to time, what person they shall make choice of to be their Messenger, that in case they shall find just cause to except against the choice made by the said Company, that then the Company should proceed to the election of such other as may be without exception. And provided also, that in times of War, and danger to the State, the said Company of Merchant Adventurers, and all other Companies of Merchants, do acquaint the Secretaries of State, from time to time (if they shall require it) with their said Letters and Dispatches into foreign parts.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and john Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1627.