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<HEAD>A Declaration of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, For the &s;peedy &s;etting forth of a Fleet of Ships to Sea, for the Defence of the Kingdome.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 13. Martii, 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, fore-&s;&eacute;eing the great inconveniences, Di&s;tractions, and Troubles, that mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity befall the&s;e King|domes of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> by the Approaching of Foraigne Forces now in preparation, again&s;t the well affected Subiects of both the &s;aid Kingdomes, and that the wofull ef|fects thereof doe begin to appeare by the Narrow Seas being already infe&s;ted, not onely by Sea Rovers, by Commi&s;&s;ions from the Rebels in <HI>Ireland,</HI> but al&s;o by Pirats of our own Na|tion, lately come forth of <HI>Falmouth</HI> in Engli&s;h bottomes, to de|&s;troy their owne Countrymen, and in all probability to Ioyne with our Foraine Enemies, and &s;o hinder all the good endea|vours of the Parliament for reliefe of di&s;tre&s;&s;ed <HI>Ireland,</HI> and in|terrupt all Trade and Commerce in the&s;e Seas.</P>
<P>Wherefore the &s;aid Lords and Commons for the prevention of the&s;e great mi&s;chiefes, doe once more Declare and Ordeine, That the Fleet now in Preparation to goe forth, and al things thereunto conducing, may ha&s;ten to Sea with all po&s;&s;ible Expe|dition; And that for the better encouragement of the Officers, and Seamen, who &s;hall be imployed in the &s;aid Fleet, there &s;hall be allowed unto tho&s;e in the Kings Ships be&s;ides their pay, one full third part of all Prizes that they &s;hall take in this their im|ployment, the other two thirds to be re&s;erved to the State; and to tho&s;e in the Merchants Ships, one full third part for the Of|ficers and Seamen, and another third part to the Owners, in re&s;pect of their hazarding their Ships, and the other third part re&s;erved to the State as afore&s;aid, which divi&s;ions are to be ac|cording to the Cu&s;tome of Men of Warre.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 13. Martii, 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this Declaration &s;hall be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>March 14. Printed at London for John Wright in the Old-bailey. 1642.</P>
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