WHereas by an act of Parliament made in the fifth yere of the Queenes Maiesties raigne, it was among other thynges enacted, that from the first day of Aprill in the yere of our Lorde God. 1564. it should be lawfull to all and euery of her highnesse Subiectes, at his & their wyll and plea­sure to carry & transport out of this Realme, in the ships or other vessels of any the Subiectes of the same, all and euery kinde of herryng & other sea fishe, to be taken vpon the seas by any of the Subiectes aforesayde, and all and euery person and persons which shoulde by vertue of that act transport or carry any herrynges, or other sea fishe from or out of any Port or Harborough of this Realme, to any place out of the dominions of her Maiestie, shoulde be free from payment of any Custome, Subsidie, or Pondage money for the same fishe so carried or transported, duryng the space of foure yeres then next folowing, and so further duryng her Maiesties pleasure, as by the same act appeareth: Her Maiestie hauing ben well infourmed of the great benefite which ther­by hath ensued to her Subiectes, is well pleased, and doth by these presentes geue her louyng Sub­iectes to vnderstand, that it shall be lawfull for them and euery of them, to continue & enioy the whole effect and benefite of the sayde prouisions in the sayde act, in such sorte as is before expressed, vntyll such tyme as vpon further cause her Maiestie shall thinke meete to repeale or alter the same.

And whereas it was at the same tyme further enacted for the benefite & commoditie of this Realme, as is in that act diuersly expressed, that the fishe dayes in euery weeke, aswell those which of auncient tyme were by lawe alowed and continued, as also the wednesday in euery weeke then limitted by the sayde act to be obserued and kept as a fishe day, shoulde be well and duely kept as fishe dayes, whereof none of her Maiesties Subiectes can pretende any ignoraunce: Which ordinaunces, namely that for the wednesday, haue not ben, nor be so well in most partes of the Realme obserued, as for the benefite of the common weale were meete, but rather broken, to the manifest contempt of the lawes: Therfore her Maiestie straytly chargeth & commaundeth, aswell all her louyng Subiectes to haue due regarde to the ordinaunces of the sayde acte for kepyng of those fishe dayes, vpon the payne that may folowe, as also all and euery the Iustices of the peace, and other Iustices, officers, and ministers, to whom the ex­ecution therof apparteyneth, to be diligent to enquire and punishe the offendours in that behalfe, as they and euery of them wyll aunswere for the contrary.

Yeuen at her Maiesties Manour of Grenewich the xxiiii. day of Iune. 1568. the tenth yere of her highnesse raigne.

God saue the Queene.