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<P>AN ACT For making Ships and Merchandizes Taken, or to be taken from The KING of <HI>PORT&V;GAL</HI> Or any of His SUBJECTS, TO BE PRIZE.</P>
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<P>Die Veneris, 8 Novembr. 1650.</P>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Parliament, That this</HI> Act <HI>be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<P>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Edward Husband</HI> and <HI>John Field,</HI> Printers to the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> 1650.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT For making Ships and Merchandizes Taken, or to be taken from the KING OF PORTUGAL Or any of His SUBJECTS, TO BE PRIZE.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> did lately &s;end forth a Fleet to <HI>Lisbone,</HI> in pur&s;uit of Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> and his Adherents, for Redu|cing of the Revolted Ships (part of the Navy of this Com|monwealth) which the Adherents of the &s;aid <HI>Rupert</HI> Treacherou&s;ly ran away with in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight, and after many Robberies and Piracies by them
<PB N="1082" REF="3"> committed at Sea, put into the Harbor of <HI>Li&s;|bone,</HI> belonging to the King of <HI>Portugal,</HI> for &s;afe|guard and protection.</P>
<P>And whereas upon the arrival of the Parlia|ments Fleet before <HI>Lisbone,</HI> Application was made by the General thereof to the King of <HI>Portugal,</HI> and liberty de&s;ired, That they might a&s;&s;ail Prince <HI>Rupert,</HI> and the &s;aid Revolted Ships, in the &s;aid Port; who denyed to con|de&s;cend thereunto, and profe&s;&s;ed to maintain that Port and Territory as Neutral, and a place of Safety to both parties: Notwith&s;tand|ing which, &s;everal Barbarous Murthers have been committed by the &s;aid <HI>Rupert</HI> and his A&s;|&s;ociates, upon divers of the Parliaments Fleet whom they met on the Shore in the &s;aid Har|bor, and Impri&s;onment enjoyned to others there, for their good affection to this State; be&s;ides divers Spoils and Horrible Offences perpetrated by the &s;aid Revolted Fleet: For all which, no Iu&s;tice hath been executed upon any the Offenders, though often Repre&s;ented and Demanded of the &s;aid King and his Mini|&s;ters, in the Name of this Commonwealth, according to the Law of Nations, to the great Lo&s;s and Damage of this Commonwealth: The Parliament thereupon finding, That (by the Law of Nations) there did ju&s;tly lie Repri|&s;als again&s;t the King of <HI>Portugal</HI> and his Sub|jects, and their Ships and Goods, for Reco|very of the Damages &s;u&s;tained by this State, Did impower the Councel of State to Grant Letters of Repri&s;al again&s;t the <HI>Portugals,</HI> and their Ships and Goods, on behalf of this Com|monwealth; By vertue whereof divers Ships have &s;ince been taken, having Goods therein
<PB N="1083" REF="3"> belonging to <HI>Portugals:</HI> Be it therefore En|acted and Ordained by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That all Ships, Ve&s;&s;els, Tackle, Ordnance, Ammu|nition, Wares, Merchandizes or Goods what|&s;oever, belonging to the King of <HI>Portugal</HI> or any of his Subjects, which are or &s;hall be &s;eized, &s;urpri&s;ed or taken by all or any part of the Fleet or Ships in the Service or Pay of the Commonwealth, or by vertue of Repri&s;als granted again&s;t the &s;aid <HI>Portugals,</HI> &s;hall be pro|ceeded again&s;t according to the cour&s;e of Iu|&s;tice, in the Admiralty Court, and brought to Tryal and Iudgement there: And the Iudges of that Court &s;hall be, and are hereby Enabled to take full Cognizance thereof, and of all the Dependances thereupon, and of all the Cocquets, Books, Bills of Lading, Com|mi&s;sions, Letters and Writings found aboard &s;uch Ships and Ve&s;&s;els; and upon due Exami|nation and Proof to be made or exhibited before them (a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ording to the cour&s;e u&s;ed touching Prizes) That the &s;aid Ships and Goods are of the <HI>Portugals,</HI> or do belong to, or Con&s;igned for the Accompt of the &s;aid King of <HI>Portugal</HI> or his Subjects, or any of them; and upon ob&s;erva|tion of what is Required by the Law of Na|tions therein, to proceed to Sentence and Ad|judication, and Condemn the &s;ame to be good and lawful Prize, and &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed of as in and by this Act is hereafter limited and ap|pointed.</P>
<P>And whereas many Merchants and other per&s;ons have had their Goods and Effects &s;eized upon, and divers have been Impri&s;oned by the King of <HI>Portugal</HI> and his Mini&s;ters,
<PB N="1084" REF="4"> for their Duty and Faithfulne&s;s to this Com|monwealth; The Parliament taking the &s;ame likewi&s;e into Con&s;ideration, do think fit, That &s;ome Reparation be made unto them for &s;uch their Lo&s;&s;es and Sufferings, and do further Enact and Ordain, That the neat Proceed of all the <HI>Portugal</HI> Ships and Goods, that are or &s;hall be &s;eized and adjudged in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Repri&s;als, and of this Act (after all incident Charges of Condemnation, Taking up, and Sale of the &s;aid Prizes, together with the Tenths, and Salary of the Collectors for Prize Goods, which from henceforth is to be onely Three pence in the pound, are deducted) &s;hall be divided into &s;ix equal parts, Three &s;ix parts thereof to the V&s;e of the Commonwealth, towards Satisfaction of their great Charges and Damages &s;u&s;tained as afore&s;aid, to be imployed for the V&s;e of the Navy; One other &s;ixt part to the V&s;e of the Marriners, who have been or &s;hall be imployed in the taking of any of the &s;aid Repri&s;al Ships <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r Goods (where no Imbezlement hath or &s;hall be made) and the two remaining Sixt parts to be di|&s;tributed to, and among&s;t &s;uch faithful and well-affected People of this Commonwealth, who&s;e Goods and Effects have been &s;o unduly &s;eized, or their per&s;ons Impri&s;oned for their Duty and Faithfulne&s;s to this Commonwealth; which di&s;tribution &s;hall be made and proportion|ed (as to the parts thereof) in &s;uch &s;ort as the Councel of State &s;hall think meet.</P>
<P>Provided always, That no proportion at all &s;hall be allotted, nor di&s;tribution made to any other per&s;on, but to &s;uch onely as &s;hall &s;ufficiently appear to the Councel of State to
<PB N="1085" REF="4"> have faithfully adhered to the Parliament, and to have been, and &s;o &s;till to continue well-affected to this Commonwealth; and who &s;hall likewi&s;e make it appear by Proof, That they had really and <HI>bona Fide</HI> Goods and Effects which have been &s;eized upon by that King or his Mini&s;ters, or their per&s;ons Impri&s;oned &s;ince the coming of the Parliament Fleet, and riding before <HI>Lisbone</HI> in pur&s;uit of the &s;aid Re|volters.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Veneris,</HI> 8 <HI>Novemb.</HI> 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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