"Henry etc...
Be it known unto you that we have granted and given licence, and do by these presents grant and give licence on behalf of Ourselves, and Our Heirs unto Our Chancellor, Masters and Scholars, beloved in Christ, of Our University of Cambridge.
That they themselves and their successors forever may by writing under the seal of the Chancellor of the said University, impressed from time to time appoint, choose and for all time have abiding and dwelling among them and within Our said University, three Stationers and Printers or sellers of books, whether foreigners and born beyond Our dominion, or Our countrymen and born within Our dominion, occupying and holding either their own or rented houses.
Which Stationers or printers of books, appointed as aforesaid, and any one of them, shall be entitled lawfully and with impunity both to print books of every kind which have been approved by or submitted for approval to the aforesaid Chancellor or his vice-gerent and three doctors at the same time, and also to offer for sale, both those books and other books wheresoever printed, outside or inside Our realm, which have been as aforesaid approved by or submitted for approval to the said Chancellor or his vice-gerent and three doctors either in the same University or elsewhere within Our realm, wheresoever they please. And that the same stationers or printers, born outside Our dominion, as aforesaid, and any of them, so long as they or any of them remain in the said University and carry on the said business, shall in all things be held considered and treated as faithful subjects and lieges of Ours; and shall be able to enjoy and use each and every liberty usage law and privilege in freedom and quietness, so far as any faithful subject and liege of Ours can in anyway use and enjoy them, and shall pay and contribute Lot and Scot, Taxe and Tallage and other usages and impositions whatsoever; any statute, act, regulation or provision relating thereto made, given or provided in any way to the contrary notwithstanding.
Provided always that the said Stationers or printers born, as has been set forth, outside Our dominion shall duly pay from time to time all and every kind of customs, dues, subsidies and other moneys (? tithes) for their goods and merchandise exported or imported outside or inside Our realm unto us in like manner as foreigners pay them unto us and not otherwise.
In witness whereof we have caused to be made these our letters patent at Westminster the twentieth daty of July in the twentysixth year of our reign.