His Majesty (with the Advice of His Privy Council) doth by this His
Royal Proclamation publish and declare, That all Passes for Ships
Entred out for the East or West Indies, or the parts of Africa beyond
Cape Verde, which were granted before the date hereof, shall determine
upon their return, and being unladen in some Port of England or Wales,
or at the Town of Berwick upon Tweed; And that all Passes by vertue
of any other Treaties then those of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoly,[1]
for Ships Entred for the Mediterranean Sea, or Trading there, granted
before the 25^{th} of March 1675, shall determine at Michaelmas 1676.
And that all such Passes for such Ships, granted after the 25^{th} of
March 1675, and before the date of this Our Royal Proclamation, shall
determine on the 25^{th} day of March 1677. And that if any of the said
Ships shall be in any Port of this Kingdom, or in any Member or Creek
thereof, at the time of the publishing of this Our Royal Proclamation,
their Passes shall be then void; And if any of the said Ships shall
happen to come into any Port of England, after the publishing of this
Our Royal Proclamation, and before the expiring of the said Periods,
and unlade, their Passes shall thereupon determine; And also that
all Passes granted to Ships Entred to any other part of the World, or
Coastwise, such Passes shall determine on the 29^{th} day of September
1676. And hereof all persons concerned are to take notice at their
perils.
Given at Our Court at Newmarket the First day of April 1676. In the
Eight and twentieth year of Our Reign.