THat no person shall prynt , or cause to be imprynted , nor shall bryng , or cause , or procure to be brought into this Realme imprynted , any Booke or copye agaynst the fourme and meanyng of any ordinaunce , prohibition , 1. or commaundement , conteyned , or to be conteyned in any the statutes or lawes of this Realme , or in any Iniunctions , Letters patentes , or ordinaunces , passed or set forth , or to be passed or set forth by the Queenes most excellent Maiesties graunt , commission , or aucthoritie .

That whosoeuer shall offende agaynst the sayde ordinaunce , shall not only forfayte all suche Bookes and copies , 2. as shal be so prynted or brought in , but also shall from thence forth neuer vse or exercyse , nor take benefite by any vsyng or exercysyng of the feate of pryntyng , and shall susteyne three monethes imprysonment , without bayle or maynpryse . And yf he be not before such offence bounde , with suerties , in fourme hereafter expressed , then he shall also forfayte for euery offence .x. li.

That no person shall sell , vtter , put to sale , bynde , stytch , or sowe , any such bookes or copyes , so prynted or brought in , contrary to the sayde ordinaunce , vpon peyne to forfayte all such bookes and copyes , and for euerye 3. booke .xx. s .

That all bookes to be so forfayted , shal be brought into the Stationers hall in London , & there the one moitie of all such forfaytures of money shal be reserued to the Queenes Maiesties vse , and the other moitie shal be delyuered 4. to hym or them that shall fyrst seise the same bookes or copies , or make complaynt therof to the Wardens of the sayde companie . And all the bookes so to be forfayted , shal be destroyed or made waste paper , by the discretion of the sayde Wardens .

That it shal be lefull for the Wardens of the sayde company for the tyme beyng , or any two of the sayde companie thereto deputed by the sayde Wardens , aswell in any portes , as other suspected places within this Realme , 5. to open and viewe all packes , dryefattes , maundes , and other thynges wherin bookes or paper shal be conteyned , brought into this Realme : and also to make searche in all workehouses , shoppes , warehouses , and other places , of Prynters , Bookesellers , or such as bryng bookes into this Realme to be solde , or where they shall haue reasonable cause of suspition : And all bookes to be founde agaynst the sayde ordinaunce to seise and carry to the sayde Hall , to the vses abouesayde , and the parties therin offendyng to leade and present before the Queenes Maiesties hye Commissioners in causes ecclesiasticall .

That euery Stationer , Prynter , Bookeseller , Marchaunt , and other person vsyng any trade of bookes pr●●tyng , byndyng , sellyng , or bryngyng into this Realme , shall before the sayde Commissioners , or before any o 〈…〉 6. persons thervnto to be assigned by the Queenes Maiesties most honorable priuie Councell , entre into seuerall Reconisaunces of reasonable summes of money to her Maiesties vse , with sureties or without , as to the sayde Commissioners shal be thought expedient , that he shall truely obserue all the sayde ordinaunces , well and truely yelde and pay all such forfaytures , and in no poynt be resistyng , but in all thynges aydyng to the sayde wardens & their deputies , for the true execution of the premisses .

We vnder written thynke these ordinaunces meete and necessary to be decreed and obserued .

Vpon the consideration before expressed , and vpon the motion of the Commissioners , we of the priuie Councell haue agreed these to be obserued and kept , vppon the paynes therein conteyned . At the starre Chamber the .xxix. day of Iune . Anno. 1566. & the .viii. yere of the Queenes Maiesties raigne .