CHarles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith etc. To all and singular Mayors, Recorders, Customers, Comptrollers, Surveyors, Searchers, all Farmers, Deputies of and within all and singular the Port Towns, Ports, Havens, and Creeks, within this our Realm of England, and the Dominion of Wales, now being, and that hereafter shall be. And to all and singular our justice of the peace, having or which shall have authority within the said port Towns, Ports, Havens, and Creeks, and every and any of them, for the time being, Greeting.  
Whereas, our late dread and Royal Father, King james, of happy memory by his Proclamation dated at Westminster, the ninth of july, in the fifth year of his Reign of Great Britain, France and Ireland, did straightly prohibit, and forbidden all manner of persons being natural borne Subjects of this our Realm, or any of the Dominions of the same, of what estate or degree soever they were, that they or any of them (other than such persons as were excepted, in and by an act of Parliament made in the fift year of the Reign of King Richard the Second, in the said Proclamation mentioned, and other, than Soldiers, Merchants, Mariners, and their Factors, and Apprentices should not at any time thereafter, without special licence of our said Father, or of any four or more of his privy Council whereof his principal Secretary for the time being to be one, pass or departed out of our Realm of England, or any the Dom●nions of the same Into the Kingdoms, Countries, Territories, or Dominions of any foreign King Prince of State or Potentate, upon corporal & their great & heavy pains & penalties, as by the Laws of this our Realm, might be inflicted upon such as shall offend therein, for their so heinous, and unnatural offences, against their natural Liege Lord, and Country, in that behalf, As by the said Proclamation, amongst other things morefully and plainly appeareth And our said Father, taking into his consideration, that there were diverse persons, aswell Women and Children under the age of one and twenty years as others, besides the persons not restrained by his said proclamation, whereof some had good and necessary occasions to pass beyond the Seas, who nevertheless could not lawfully pass out of the same without such Licence as in his said Proclamation was appointed in that behalf. In which cases for every such of his said Subjects, to obtain Licence from our said Father, or four of his Council whereof his principal Secretary to be one, was very inconvenient. And that diverse of his Subjects being persons unknown, and evil affected to the State of this Kingdom, did oftentimes convey themselves out of this Realm, into the Ports beyond the Seas, and combine themselves with foreign Enemies, thereby to make trouble, and disturbance, to our said Father and his people, did by several Commissions under his great Seal of England, give power and authority to the Chief officers within the Ports of this Kingdom, to administer an Oath unto such persons as should desire, to go over beyond the Seas, and to examine them, and such as they shall find to go over, upon any good or lawful occasion to allow and s●ffer to pass with diverse provisions therein. Nevertheless for the restraint of such as should be suspected, or discovered to be persons, dangerous or fit to be made instruments of desperate attempts, which Commissions have taken good effect to the purpose to which they were intended. Know yet therefore that we having well weighed the premises, and for the expedition of such our Subjects, as shall have good and necessary occasion to pass into our Realm of Ireland, or into any other place or places elsewhere beyond the Seas And to quit and ease ourselves, and our Privy Council, of that continual suit and trouble, which thereby would happen unto us, and them to the hindrance of other our weighty affairs, and also to prevent (as much as we may) all danger that may happen to us, or our Estate in the cases aforesaid. And reposing trust and confidence in your fidelities, wisdoms, and circumspections, having assigned and apppointed, and by these presents do assign and appoint you to be our Commissioners And we do hereby give unto you, or any two or more of you, full power and authority within the several jurisdictions, Ports, Creeks and Places respectively, where you and every of you, are to execute your several offices and places or to attend from time to tim● (except the Ports of London, Dover, Sandwich, Bristol, Beawmorris, Chester and Leverpoole.) to minister an Oath to all & every person & parsons, as well Women and Children v●der ●he age of one and twenty years, being of convenient age to take an Oath, as other Person and Persons, other than the persons not restrained as aforesaid, as sh●ll offer or d●si●e to go over the Seas, to our said Realm of Ireland, or into any other place or places elsewhere beyond the Seas, at any of the said Ports, Havens or Creeks, respectively as aforesaid (except before excepted) to answer truly to such questions, as you or any two or more of you shall ask of them. And upon such their Oath to ask & learn of them thei● Names and Substances, the place of their birth and abode, their state, degree, vocation, trade, mystery or occupation, and the true cause or causes of their going over, together with the place or places, whether they intent or are to go, and the time that they intent, and are like to stay and tarry before they return, all other questions that your discretions, according to the occasions ●ou shall think fit All which persons and their answers in the points aforesaid, or what else ●n your discretions, you shall think fit to be demanded of them and the time of their pass●ge●. We will that you cause an orderly and perfect entry to be made in a Book, by such Clerk or Clerks, as we have nominated and appointed, or shall nominate and appoint thereunto under our great Seal of England or his or there Deputy or Deputies, whi●h book may be extended upon all occasions. And we do also by these presents give full power and authority unto yo● or any two or more of you respectively, within all and every the said Ports, Havens and Creeks, (except before excepted) to tender the Oath mentioned 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 act o● Parliament, made in the third year of our said late Father's Reign of England Scotl●nd, France and Ireland, Entitled an act, for the discovering and repressing of Popish re●●s●nts, unto any such person or persons, as you or any two or more of you in your discretion shall think fit, except such persons, as are not restrained by the said Proclamation, which shall be ●●es●●●us to pass over the Seas, into our said Realm of Ireland, or into any other pl●ce or places elsewhere, beyond the Seas, at the s●id Ports, Ha●ens or Creeks respectively (except before excepted) upon which examination so by you or any such two or more o● 〈◊〉 be taken and entered in mann●r aforesaid, and the said Oath so ●endered, in case where you or any two or more of yo● sh●ll think it fit, as aforesaid. Such of the said ●erso●s intending to go over the S●a● into our said Realm of Ireland, or into any ●ther place or places, elsewhere beyond the Seas, as ●ou or any such two or more of yo● shall fi●de to go o●er, for a●y good or lawful occasions, & w●ich you sha●l no● discover, by suc● their examination or otherwise, or learn to be gentlemen or are nor value, or publicly noted of any disloyal ●r dangerous action or ●ff●ction, and shall also willingly take the said Oath, mentioned u … e said ●et● o● Parliament, mad● in the said third year of our said Fathers Reign of En●la●d Scotland, France ●nd Ireland, in case where you or any two or more of you shall thi●ke go●d to minister, the same as aforesaid you or any such two or more of you, may and shall allow and suffer to pass, and thereupon you or a●y two or more of you shall signify v●de● your hands ●nd seals the same persons to be allowed to pass over the Seas, into our said Realm of Ireland, or into any other pla●e or places elsewhere beyond t●e Seas at ●ny of the P●r●s, H●uens or Creeks respectively as aforesaid (except before excepted) of which your said testimonials, you shall cause to be entered into the sai● Book, a short R●membrance v●on which your testimonial, or t●stimonialls so made, these our letters patents shall be unto the persons themselves So by you or two or more of you, ●nder such your testimonials allowed a s●ffi●●ent warrant to pass a●d go over the Seas, or any of the said Ports, Havens or Cre●kes aforesaid, (except before excepted.) And ●o all, and every the Customers Com●●●o●lers and Searchers and ot●er Officers of the said Ports, to let them pass there without other Licence to be had or other entry of the names, of such passengers by them or any o● them to ●e m●de or taken A●d to all owne●s of Ships, or vessels, to carry and convey them from thence over the Seas. T●e said Proclamation, made the ninth of july, in the said first yea●● o● our said Father's Reign of great Br●ttaine, France and Ireland, or any Statute, Ordinance, Laws, Proclamations, Restraynt or ●ther things to the contrary Notwithstanding, Provided nevertheless, and our will and pleasure is that such as upon examination, you or any two or more of you shall find or otherwise Discover or Suspect, to be Persons dangerous, or fi● to be made instruments of desperate Attempts, or which shall refuse to take the said Oath mentioned in the said Act of Parliament made in the said third year of O●r said Father's Reign, when you shall according to your discretions think fi●, to tender the same, to such you shall not only deny Passage but also commit them to Ward and shall forthwith certify Our Privy Counsel of them and all things that you shall understand concerning them. whereupon such directions as you shall receive from Our said Counsel, Our will is that you do in all things follow and observe: Provided also that if any the Persons so Passing, over as aforesaid, shall after his departure out of this Realm, so commit or put t● ure, attempt or consent, unto any act, devise, plot, or thing against Us, or any of Our Kingdoms and Dominions, or any Our Laws or Statutes, that every Person so offending shall lose the benefit of this Warrant, and of this Our Letters Patents, and shall to all intents and purposes be taken and adjudged to be as one, that maliciously and contemptuously did P●sse, or departed out of this Realm contrary to the tenor and effect of the said Statute & of the said Proclamation and without any Licence obtained from Vs. And therefore, We do hereby straightly charge and command, all Masters of Ships or Shippers and other Persons whatsoever, that they or any of them, do not presume or attempt to take into their Ships, Hoys or other Vessels at any time: from henceforth any Passengers whatsoever, to the intent to Pass out of this Realm other than the Persons not restrained or to be licensed to Pass according to the said Proclamation, without permission and Warrant of Our said Commissioners or any two or more of them, under their hands, first obtained, as aforesaid, upon such pains and penalties as may be inflicted upon the offenders, for contempt of Our Royal command, And to the intent that the Clerk and Clerks and their Deputies appointed to make, a true and perfect entry of the Names of Passengers, and other things herein before appointed to be Registered and to keep a Book thereof to be extant, according to Our pleasure, herein before declared, may be the better approved to be Our faithful Subjects, and truly to execute their places, in all things as shall be most fit, We, do hereby ordain, constitute and appoint, That all and every the said Clerk and Clerks and their Deputies, in each several Port of their several attendance, Respectively before they or any of them be admitted to the execution of the said Office or place of Clerk, or deputy Clerk shall before two more of Our said Commissioners residing of in or near that Port respectively, where the said Clerk or deputy Clerk shall attend, not only take the several Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, but also shall take a corporal Oath, upon the holy Evangelist, for the due and faithful execution of the said Office or place of Clerk, or Deputy Clarke of the purport and effect following, viz.  
YOu shall diligently attend and faithfully execute the Office or place of Clerk or deputy Clerk (if he be a Deputy) of the Passengers over the Sea, whereunto you are appointed in the Port of R. (naming the Port) you shall make and keep a perfect entry in a Register Book, to be kept of purpose of the names and surnames of all such as shall be licensed by the Commissioners, in that behalf appointed to pass the Seas, with their places of birth and abode, their state, degree, vocation, trade, mystery or occupation, and the true cause or causes of their going over, together with the place or places whither they intent or are to go, and the time they are like or intent to return according as they shall answer the same, upon Oath before his said Majesty's Commissioners, with the date of their Passes, and such other things as the said Commissioners shall direct you to enter and Register, that the same may be extant upon all occasions, you shall do your best endeavour, to discover and find out all fraud and counterfeiting used or attempted, by any Passengers for the concealing of his true Name, quality or estate. or occasion or end of his going over, and thereof acquaint the said Commissioners, that such suspected Persons may be stayed according to their Commission, you shall not draw up or make any Pass or Licence for any Passenger, but such only as shall be first examined upon Oath before the said Commissioners, and have before them taken the Oath of Allegaence according to the said Commission, nor shall give any Ticket or Note under your hand, to any Searcher, Ship-master, or other Officer, for the Shipping away of any Passenger, but such only as shall be first licensed and allowed by the said Commissioners, by Pass under their hands and in all things else to the said Office belonging Well & duly behave yourself as an honest, diligent, and faithful Officer ought to do, So help you God.  
And for the better performance hereof, We do by these presents give and grant unto you Our said Commissioners, or any two or more of you within or near the several Ports or Places where you shall be resident, to administer the said Oath to the said Clerks and their deputies, and every of them Respectively, without any farther or other Warrant or Commission from us in that behalf, to behad, procured or obtained. And We also command by Authority hereof, all and singular justices of Peace, Mayor, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constable's, headboroughs▪ Customers, Comptrollers, Searchers, Surveyors, ●nd all other our Officers and Ministers, that they and every of them be diligent, & careful in the execution of this Our Commission, and to the uttermost of their powers, to cause Our pleasure herein expressed to be from time to time performed with all convenient expedition. In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents,  
Witness Ourselves at Westminster the Nineteenth day of November, in the Sixth year of Our Reign. Per breu. privato Sigillo, WILLIS.