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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The Mo&s;t Chri&s;tian Kings Edict or Proclamation, Concerning <HI>Scoti&s;h, Engli&s;h,</HI> and <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Ships that &s;hall be met at Sea by his &s;aid Maje&s;ties Ships, or <HI>By Privateers Acting by His Commi&s;sion,</HI> Tran&s;lated out of the French, and Publi&s;hed by Authority.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By the King.</HEAD>
<P>_HIS Maje&s;ty being informed of divers Complaints made by the <HI>Scoti&s;h, Engli&s;h,</HI> and <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> that the Ve&s;&s;els belonging to them are &s;topt in their Voyages, and brought into the Ports of this Kingdom under divers pretences, by his Maje&s;ties Ships, or tho&s;e of his Subjects acting as Pri|vateers again&s;t his Enemies; and that although they do obtain the Relea&s;e of their &s;aid Ships, yet neverthele&s;s their Commerce is thereby extremely retarded, by rea|&s;on of the long &s;tay of their Ships in Port, before they have their Orders of Relea&s;e: His Maje&s;ty being willing to provide again&s;t the &s;ame, and like|wi&s;e to evidence upon all occa&s;ions the particular con&s;ideration He hath for the Subjects of the King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> hath prohibited and forbidden, and doth &s;traightly prohibit and forbid all His Officers Commanding His Ships of War, and all Captains of Ships and Ve&s;&s;els of His Subjects acting as Pri|vateers, that they do not Stop or Detain any <HI>Scoti&s;h, Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Ve&s;&s;els met by them at Sea, which &s;hall be furni&s;hed with Pa&s;-ports &s;igned by the King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> or by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Admiralty at <HI>London,</HI> and with Pa&s;s-ports or Sea-Briefs &s;igned by the Majors and other Chief Magi&s;trates, or the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Cu&s;toms of the Maritime Towns of <HI>Scotland, England,</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI> And His Maje&s;ty doth require, that when the &s;aid Ships of War or Privateers &s;hall meet at Sea any the Ships of the fore&s;aid Nations, they &s;end their Boat on board them to demand the &s;aid Pa&s;s-ports; Which when they have &s;een, they are to leave them at liberty to continue their cour&s;e, without giving them any mole&s;tation or hindrance: And all this under pain of being puni&s;hed according to the rigour of the Laws. And His Maje&s;ty doth require and command the Count of <HI>Vermandois</HI> Admiral of <HI>France,</HI> the Vice admirals, Lieutenants General, Intendants, Commanders of Squadrons, Commi&s;&s;aries General, and Captains of His Ships at Sea, that they &s;ee this pre&s;ent Order put in execution. And His Maje&s;ty doth enjoyn the Officers of the Admiralty to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be read, publi&s;hed, and affixed in all places requi&s;ite, to the end no one may pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at S^t. <HI>Germain en Laye,</HI> <DATE>the 16th day of <HI>November,</HI> 1676.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Signed, LOUIS.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>And Counter&s;igned, COLBE<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">T.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred <HI>Maje&s;ty:</HI> Anno DOM. 1676.</P>
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