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<HEAD>At the COURT at WHITEHALL, the 28^t^h^. of <HI>October,</HI> 1664.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>Pre&s;ent</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>The Kings most excellent Maje&s;tie.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>His Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of</HI> York.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lord Chancellor.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lord Trea&s;urer.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duke of</HI> Albemarle.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duke of</HI> Ormond.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lord Chamberlain.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Earl of</HI> Angle&s;ey.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Earl of</HI> Lauderdail.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Earl of</HI> Middleton.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lord Bi&s;hop of</HI> London.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lord</HI> A&s;hley.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr. Vice Chamberlain.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr. Secretary</HI> Morice.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr. Secretary</HI> Bennet.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mr. Chancellor of the Dutchy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sir</HI> Edward Nicholas.</ITEM>
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<P>_IT was this day Ordered (His Maje&s;tie pre&s;ent in Council) That His Maje&s;ties Declaration, <HI>For Incouragement of Sea|men and Mariners Imployed in the pre&s;ent Ser|vice,</HI> be forthwith Printed by His Maje|&s;ties Printer: And that &s;o many Copies thereof as &s;hall be Commanded by his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>York,</HI> Lord High Admiral of <HI>England,</HI> be di&s;po&s;ed of as his Royal Highne&s;s &s;hall think fit and direct: And &s;o many al&s;o to the Principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;ties Navy Royal, by them to be di&s;tributed to &s;uch per&s;ons and places as in their Judgements &s;hall &s;eem convenient: Some of them al&s;o to the Principal Secre|taries of State, and for the Lords of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Richard Browne.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>His Maje&s;ties DECLARATION For Encouragement of SEA-MEN &amp; MARINERS Employed in the Pre&s;ent Service.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1664.</P>
<P><HI>CUM PRIVILEGIO.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties DECLARATION FOR Encouragement of Sea-men and Mariners employed in the pre&s;ent Service.</HEAD>
<P>_HIs Maje&s;ty with much &s;a|tisfaction taking notice of the great re&s;olution and cheerful forwardne&s;s of the Seamen and Mari|ners in the pre&s;ent Ser|vice nece&s;&s;arily underta|ken for the Honour and Defence of His Dominions, and the Commerce and Trade of His Subjects; and re&s;olving to give due reward and encouragement to their Valour and Faithfulne&s;s, hath thought fit (by the Advice of His Council) to Publi&s;h and De|clare,</P>
<P>That all Captains, Seamen and others, that do or &s;hall &s;erve in any of His Maje&s;ties Own, or Merchants Ships imployed in His Service, &s;hall (for time to come, in lieu of all Prizes) have and receive from His Maje&s;ty for every Ship or Prize they &s;hall lawfully
<PB N="6" REF="4">take, whether Merchant-men, or Men of War, laden or light, the &s;um of Ten &s;hil|lings for every Tun the &s;aid Ship &s;hall mea|&s;ure, according to the ordinary Rule of Shipwrights-Hall; and Six pounds thir|teen &s;hillings and four pence for every Piece of Ordnance, whether Iron or Bra&s;s, the &s;ame to be paid by the Collector for Prize-goods, within Ten days after the payment of the Wages of &s;uch Sea-men (in ca&s;e Ad|judication be made of the Ship in the Admi|ralty-Court) to be &s;hared and divided a|mong&s;t them proportionably, according to the re&s;pective Places and Offices in the Ship in which they &s;erved, and according to the Cu&s;tom of the Seas in that ca&s;e.</P>
<P>And further, That it be lawful for all Captains, Sea-men and others, &s;erving as afore&s;aid, to take and have to them&s;elves as Pillage, without further or other accompt to be given for the &s;ame, All &s;uch Goods and Merchandi&s;e as &s;hall be found by them or any of them, in any Ship (they &s;hall take in Fight as Prize) upon or above the Gun-deck of the &s;aid Ship, and not otherwi&s;e: And for every Man of War &s;unk or de&s;troyed by firing or otherwi&s;e, to have Ten pounds a Gun, onely to be divided as afore&s;aid, to be paid by the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Prize-Goods, within Ten days after the payment of the
<PB N="7" REF="4">Ship, as afore&s;aid, upon Certificate of the matter of Fact &s;tated by the Councel of War.</P>
<P>That care &s;hall be taken for defraying the Charges of Sick and Wounded men, as a|fore&s;aid, and for the relief of Widows, Children, and Impotent Parents of &s;uch as &s;hall be &s;lain in the Service at Sea; and for Meddals, or other Rewards to &s;uch Officers and Sea-men of the Fleet, as &s;hall be found to have done any eminent or extraordinary Service.</P>
<P>And that for &s;upplying of nece&s;&s;ary pro|vi&s;ions for Sick and Wounded men on Board, there &s;hall be allowed by His Maje|&s;ty Five pounds for Six Moneths Service for every Hundred men.</P>
<P>That upon the di&s;charge of Sick and Wounded men from the Ships in His Ma|je&s;ties Service, care &s;hall be taken for the payment of their Tickets and Conduct-money.</P>
<P>That Directions &s;hall be given to all Mayors, Bayliffs, or other Magi&s;trates in any Port-Towns, to take care for all nece&s;|&s;ary accommodations, at the Charge of His Maje&s;ty, for the Relief and Cure of &s;uch Sick and Wounded men as &s;hall be &s;ent on Shore.</P>
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<P>That the Moyety of all Ho&s;pitals in <HI>Eng|land,</HI> employed for the Cure of Wounded and Sick people, be re&s;erved during the time of War at Sea, for &s;uch as &s;hall be Wounded in the Service of the Navy, as they &s;hall become void, from and after the Fir&s;t of <HI>November.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Richard Browne,</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1664.</P>
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