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<HEAD>INSTRUCTIONS and RULES To be duly ob&s;erved by each and every Ma&s;ter-Gunner entertained upon any Ship, Friggot, or Ve&s;&s;el of War, which either now, or hereafter &s;hall be in the Service of His MAJESTY, by Order of His Royal Highne&s;s, <HI>JAMES,</HI> Duke of <HI>York</HI> and <HI>Albany,</HI> Earl of <HI>&V;l&s;ter,</HI> Lord High Admiral of ENGLAND and IRELAND, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
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<HEAD>For Regulating the Ceremony of Honour in Salutes.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. _THAT no Commander of a Ship of the Second Rank, (being neither Admiral, Vice-Admiral, nor Rear-Admiral,) at his fir&s;t coming and &s;aluting his Admiral, give to his Admiral above Eleven Pieces, his Vice-Admiral Nine, and Rear-Admiral Seven; and the re&s;t proportionably le&s;s by Two, according to their Rank: And the Commander of any Ship is not to &s;alute his Admiral after he hath done it once, except he hath been ab&s;ent from the Flag two Months.</P>
<P N="2">II. That when any Admiral of a Foreign Nation is met withal, he be an&s;wered by the like number by all the Ships that he &s;alutes.</P>
<P>If a Vice-Admiral, then the Admiral to an&s;wer him with Two le&s;s, but the Vice-Admiral, Rear-Admiral, and as many of the re&s;t as he &s;hall &s;alute, are to give him the like number.</P>
<P>If a Rear-Admiral, then the Admiral and Vice-Admiral to an&s;wer him with Two le&s;s; but if he &s;alute the Rear-Admiral, or any other Ship, they to return the like number.</P>
<P N="3">III. That in ca&s;e a Ship of the Second Rank carry any Amba&s;&s;adour, Duke, or Nobleman, he &s;hall fire the Ordnance following, <HI>viz.</HI> at his coming on Board Eleven Guns, and at his Landing Fifteen.</P>
<P>When they &s;hall carry a Knight, Lady, or Gentleman of quality, at their coming on Board Seven Guns, and at their Landing Eleven.</P>
<P>And the other Ships by Two le&s;s, according to their Ranks and number of Ordnance.</P>
<P N="4">IIII. That when any Man of War, or Merchant-Man of another Nation, or of our own, &s;alute any of the King's Ships, he is to be an&s;wered by Two le&s;s.</P>
<P N="5">V. That when any of His Maje&s;ties Ships &s;hall have occa&s;ion to &s;alute any of the King's Ca&s;tles, they are to give Two Guns le&s;s then they are directed to give when they &s;alute their Admiral as afore&s;aid.</P>
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<HEAD>Rules for preventing the unnece&s;&s;ary wa&s;te and expence of Stores.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. After the Ordnance in any Ships &s;hall be Laden fit for Service, the Powder and Shot not to be &s;caled oftner than once in &s;ix Months, unle&s;s upon extraordinary occa&s;ion.</P>
<P N="2">II. That for the fir&s;t Month the Men be exerci&s;ed Twice every Week, to the end they may become good Fire-men, allowing &s;ix Shot to every Exerci&s;ing.</P>
<P>That the &s;econd Month they be exerci&s;ed once every Week, and after that only once in two Months, allowing &s;ix Shot each time of Exerci&s;ing.</P>
<P N="3">III. That no Gunner be allowed by his Captain upon his Account for the wa&s;te of any Iron-work, Beds, Coins, Copper-Ladles, Sheet-Lead, Tan'd-Hides, or other natures of Stores not peri&s;hable; but that the Gunner be obliged to make them good, unle&s;s it &s;hall really appear to the Captain, and &s;uch other Officers of the Ship as &s;hall &s;ign to his Accompt, that the &s;ame were lo&s;t or wa&s;ted in Service.</P>
<P N="4">IIII. That the Gunner and Armourer in each Ship be obliged diligently to look to the keeping-oyled, clean and well-fixed all Mu&s;quets, Pi&s;tols, Pikes, Blunderbu&s;&s;es, Swords, Halberts, Hatches, Brown-Bills, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And to return the &s;ame in like condition as they were received (unle&s;s there be a &s;ufficient cau&s;e to the contrary:) And to that end, that no Armourer or Gun-Smith be taken into any Ship, but &s;uch as &s;hall be approved of by the Office of the Ordnance for &s;ufficient Workmen, and not to receive their Pay but upon Certificate from that Office, that they have well di&s;charged their Duty.</P>
<P N="5">V. That after an Engagement, an exact Survey be taken by the Captain and principal Officers of the Ship (if ab&s;ent from the Flag, but if with the Flag, by &s;uch as the Commander in Chief &s;hall appoint) of all the Powder under the Gunner, whether in Barrels, Cartridges, Guns laden, Collers of Bandeliers, or otherwi&s;e, and that the &s;aid Survey be affirmed under his or their Hands, that from thence the expence of Powder during the Fight may be a&s;certained.</P>
<P N="6">VI. That every Commander and Gunner do certifie unto the Ma&s;ter of His Maje&s;ties Ordnance from time to time what Ordnance, Powder, Shot, or other Gunner-Stores &s;hall come into his or their charge out of any Ship taken as prize, and that the &s;ame be charged by the Gunner upon his Accompt, and atte&s;ted by the Commander and other principal Officers under their Hands.</P>
<P N="7">VII. That if any Gunner &s;hall receive any Additional &s;upplies unto his Stores from any Fort or Garri&s;on belonging to His Maje&s;ty at Home or Abroad, or from any Ve&s;&s;el or Ship, by order from the Admiral or Commander in Chief of a Squadron or otherwi&s;e, he be obliged to give his Hand to the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons from whence he &s;hall receive the &s;aid Stores, and forthwith to advertize the Ma&s;ter of His Maje&s;ties Ordnance by Letter, expre&s;ly &s;etting down therein the Name of the Per&s;on, and place from whence, and the quantity and quality of the Stores &s;o received, and forthwith charge the &s;ame upon his Accompt.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. That in ca&s;e of the death of any Gunner at Sea, the Commander of the Ship do immediately cau&s;e a Remain of all his Stores to be taken; atte&s;ted under his own, and other the principal Officers of the Ships Hands, and tran&s;mit the &s;ame by the fir&s;t opportunity unto the Ma&s;ter of His Maje&s;ties Ordnance to remain in the Office of the Ordnance, as a charge upon the &s;ucceeding Gunner in pa&s;&s;ing his Accompts.</P>
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<HEAD>Rules for Keeping and Re<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="2+ letters">ring the Gunners Accompts.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. That the Captain or Commander do every Week, or at lea&s;t every M<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters">h, call his Gunner to Accompt, and Weekly or Monthly &s;ign to the &s;ame, which is likewi&s;e to be atte&s;ted by the other principal Officers of the Ship, and nothing to b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters">eved of contrary to the foregoing Articles; And if the Captain or Commander &s;hall neglect to call for the Gunners Accompts as afore&s;aid, the Gunner is then to give <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter">n his Accompts unto him Weekly or Monthly at the farthe&s;t.</P>
<P N="2">II. That every Captain upon his approach into Harbour do &s;end up timely notic<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter"> thereof, that &s;o Warrant may be &s;peedily directed to the Ma&s;ter of the Ordnance, that the Remain may be taken as &s;oon as the Ship &s;hall come into Harbour, and that before he leave his Ship he cau&s;e the Powder-Room to be made fa&s;t and lock'd up, and other the Gunners Stores to be &s;ecured until the Remain be taken, and that the Gunner before his Remain be taken, do deliver to the Officer or Clerk appointed to take the &s;aid Remain, his Accompt &s;igned as afore&s;aid, for the better preventing any &s;urreptio<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter">s, additions, or alterations for the after-levelling his Expence with the Remain.</P>
<P N="3">III. That every Gunner be obliged to take care that the Guns and Carriages left o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter"> Board his Ship be pre&s;erved without any Embezelment of Trucks, Beds, Coynes, Extrees, Cap-&s;quares, Ring-bolts, or other Iron-work, under the penalty of Repa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter">ring them at his own charge, and putting them into a good condition as when they were fir&s;t i&s;&s;ued forth, rea&s;onable wear only excepted.</P>
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<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my Hand and Seal at <HI>White-hall,</HI> <DATE>this Twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> 1663</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>JAMES.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To Sir <HI>THOMAS CHICHELEY,</HI> Knight, Ma&s;ter General of His Maje&s;ties Ordnance.</TRAILER>
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<P>WHereas it hath plea&s;ed his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of York, <HI>Lord High Admiral of</HI> England, to make and ordain the &s;everal Rules and Con&s;titutions abovementioned for the better management of the Stor<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="2 letters"> of War relating to His Maje&s;ties Navy; The&s;e are therefore in pur&s;uance of his Royal Highne&s;s &s;aid Order to me directed, to will and require <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter">ou to take effectual care, that the &s;ame be by you duly ob&s;erved from time to time in each particular relating to the &s;ervice under your charge, to the int<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="2+ letters"> a true Accompt may be rendred thereof at the end of your Voyage; And hereof you are not to fail, as you will an&s;wer the Contrary at your Peril.</P>
<TRAILER>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Ma&s;ter Gunner of His Maje&s;ties <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"></TRAILER>
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