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<FIGDESC>arms of Charles II</FIGDESC>
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<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
</FIGURE> By the King. A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas the Safeguard and Protection We owe to &s;uch of Our own Subjects, and to all others in League and Amity with Vs, as pa&s;s and repa&s;s the Seas belonging to the&s;e Our Kingdoms, hath been always a Prin|cipal part of Our Royal Care and Concern; And We <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">nding that the Freedom and Security of Navigation and Commerce to and from Our Ports in times of Ho&s;tility between Our Neighbour Princes hath been much di&s;turbed, nay the Reverence due to Our Ports, Harbours, and other Places under Our immediate Protection, hath been violated by the Piratical Practices, Depredations, and In&s;olencies of Private Men of War, and others pretending Commi&s;&s;ion for the pre&s;ent Ho&s;tilit<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">es; We have thought fit, by the Advice of Our Privy Council, after an exact view fir&s;t taken of the Rules, Ordinances, and Provi&s;ions made upon the like occa&s;i|ons by Our Royal Progenitors, and Our Self, to Revive, E&s;tabli&s;h, Ratifie and Publi&s;h to all the World, the&s;e Rules and Ordinances following. Our Royal Will and Plea&s;ure therefore is;</P>
<P N="1"><HI>I.</HI> That within Our Ports, Havens, Roads and Creeks, as al&s;o in every other Place or Tract at Sea, that may be rea&s;onably con&s;trued to be within any of tho&s;e Denominations, Limits, or Precincts, there &s;hall be an Inviolable Truce and Ce&s;&s;ation of all Ho&s;tilities between all Per&s;ons and Parties what&s;oever, and that no Force, Violence, Surprize or Offence &s;hall be done therein, either from Man of War to Man of War, or from Man of War to Merchant, or from Merchant to Mer|chant, that happen to be in Ho&s;tility the one again&s;t the other; but that all, of what Nation or Party &s;oever, &s;o long as they &s;hall be with|in Our Ports, Harbours, or other Places reputed to be within Our more immediate Protection, and where Our Commanders and Offi|cers are accomptable for the Publick Peace, &s;hall be under&s;tood to be under Our Special Safe-Conduct, and mu&s;t keep the Peace inviola|bly each with other. And We do further Declare, and hereby Denounce, That the Ships and Goods of all Aggre&s;&s;ors, Actors, and Of|fenders what&s;oever again&s;t the true meaning of this Our Ordinance and Proclamation, are and &s;hall be <HI>ip&s;o facto</HI> Confi&s;cate, and pro|ceeded again&s;t in Our High Court of Admiralty, to Sentence and Condemnation, according to Law, notwith&s;tanding any Commi&s;&s;ion of War, or Letters of Reprizals &s;uch Offenders may have, or pretend to have for their ju&s;tification.</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II.</HI> We Will and Command, That all Our Officers and Subjects by Sea and Land, do as much as in them lies, Prohibit the Roving and Hovering of Men of War &s;o near the Entry of any of Our Harbours, or Our Coa&s;ts, as that Merchant-men home-ward or out|ward-bound, to or from any of Our Ports, &s;hall apprehend their Pa&s;&s;age to be un&s;afe, or their danger of being Set upon and Surprized apparent, to the hindring and diverting of Trade and Commerce from Our Ports. And We do &s;traitly Charge and Require Our &s;aid Of|ficers and Subjects to Re&s;cue, Succour and Defend all Merchant-men, and others that &s;hall happen to be Set upon or Surprized &s;o near Our Coa&s;ts, or the Entry of Our Harbours, as may be ea&s;ily con&s;trued to be under Our more &s;pecial Care and Protection, and that they Apprehend and Seize all Offenders in this kind, in order to bring them to Condign Puni&s;hment, for Di&s;turbing and Hindring the Trade and Commerce between Our Subjects, and tho&s;e of Our Neighbours and Allies.</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III.</HI> That where it happens that a Man of War of the one Party come into any of Our Ports where there &s;hall be a Merchant-man (one or more) of the other Party, &s;uch Merchant Ship or Ships, if they de&s;ire it, &s;hall be &s;uffered to depart the Port two Tides before the Man of War, to the intent they may get them&s;elves out of his reach and pur&s;uit; And if it happen that any Man of War (one or more of the one Party do come in while any Man (or Men) of War of the other Party are in Our Ports or Roads, none &s;hall be &s;uffered to go out to Sea the &s;ame Tide with his Enemy, but tho&s;e that are mo&s;t likely to Pur&s;ue and Engage a&s;&s;oon as they are out of Our Ports, &s;hall be &s;tay|ed and detained two Tides after tho&s;e of the adver&s;e Party are put to Sea.</P>
<P N="4"><HI>IV.</HI> And We do hereby Charge and Require all Vice-Admirals, Cu&s;tomers, and other Our Officers in Ports and Maritime Places, That they Vi&s;it all Ships and Ve&s;&s;els belonging to Our Subjects, that &s;hall Victual, Furni&s;h, or Recruit them&s;elves for Voyages at Sea, and that they &s;tay and detain all &s;uch as they &s;hall &s;u&s;pect by the Provi&s;ion or Furniture to be de&s;igned for any other than Trading or Fi&s;hing Voyages, until further Order from Vs, or Our Lord High-Admiral, or Our Commi&s;&s;ioners for Executing the Office of Lord High-Admiral for the time being in that behalf.</P>
<P N="5"><HI>V.</HI> And We do further &s;traitly Command and Require all Governours and Officers in Ports, and other Maritime Places, not to &s;uffer any Private Man of War Sailing by a Foreign Commi&s;&s;ion, and having any Prize or Prizes (that he may have taken) in his power and po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion, to &s;tay above Twenty four hours in any of Our Ports or Harbours, unle&s;s he be thereto con&s;trained by contrary Winds, Blocking up by Enemies, or other Di&s;tre&s;s; Yet &s;o that during his &s;tay, he do not break Bulk, Sell, Barter, or leave behind him any of his Prize-Goods, upon any terms or pretence what&s;oever. And We further Require Our Officers and Subjects not to interpo&s;e or meddle in the Affairs and Proceedings of &s;uch Men of War as put into Our Ports upon any Di&s;tre&s;s, with Foreign Commi&s;&s;ions, but to &s;uffer them to carry away their Prizes whither them&s;elves think fit; Provided they have not the Goods or Merchandizes of any of Our own Subjects on Board &s;uch Prizes: Which if they happen to have, Our meaning is, That they be upon due proof taken out and re&s;tored to the true Proprietors.</P>
<P N="6"><HI>VI.</HI> We do &s;traitly Require and Command, That none of Our Subjects, of what degre&eacute; or condition &s;oever, do pre&s;ume to Buy, Con|tract, or Deal with any Foreign Men of War, their Officers, or Company, or with any other per&s;on coming from Sea, not being a known Merchant, for any Wares, Merchandizes, Victuals, Ammunition, Tackle, Furniture, Provi&s;ions or Goods what&s;oever, not brought in by the Cour&s;e of Merchandize, and the Cu&s;tom and Duties upon them fir&s;t paid, upon pain of forfeiting all &s;uch Wares and Goods as <HI>Bona Piratarum</HI> ought to be, and of being further Proce&eacute;ded again&s;t and Puni&s;hed in Our High Court of Admiralty, as Abetters and Com|plices of Pirats, and as Receivers of Pirats and their Goods ought to be by the Laws and Cu&s;toms of the Sea in that behalf.</P>
<P N="7"><HI>VII.</HI> And whereas divers of Our Subjects out of their inclinations to Rapine, and Licentious Cour&s;es, rather than to Trading Voy|ages, and other hone&s;t Employments at home, do engage &s;ome of the one &s;ide, and &s;ome of the other, in the Quarrels of Our Neighbour Princes now in War, without Our Leave or Permi&s;&s;ion; We do hereby &s;traitly Command and Require, That no Officer or Mariner what&s;oever, being Our Subject, do pre&s;ume to put him&s;elf into the Martial Service of any Foreign Prince or State, or accept of and exe|cute any Commi&s;&s;ion of War, or Letter of Marque, or Reprizal, from any &s;uch Prince or State, or go in any Merchant or Fi&s;hing Voyage, in any other Ship or Ve&s;&s;el than &s;uch as belong to Our own Subjects, without leave from Our Self, or Our Lord High Admiral, or Our Commi&s;&s;ioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, in due form fir&s;t obtained. And We do hereby Charge and Command all Officers, Mariners, and Sea-faring Men what&s;oever, that are now in any &s;uch Service, to leave the &s;ame forthwith, and to get their Appearance, and Return to their Native Countrey Recorded in Our High Court of Admiralty, or before &s;ome of Our Officers thereunto Impowered, upon pain of being Reputed and Puni&s;hed as Pirats. And in ca&s;e any Officer or Mariner neglecting to return upon the&s;e Our Summons, happen at any time hereafter to come into any Port or Place of Our Dominions, We do hereby Charge and Require all Vice-Admirals, and Our Officers in Ports and Maritime Places, to Apprehend and Seize &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, and him or them &s;o Seized, to Commit to the next Gaol, there to remain until further Order, and the Certificate thereof to return with all &s;pe&eacute;d into Our High Court of Admiralty, to the end that the Offender or Offenders may be Proce&eacute;ded again&s;t according to the Laws of this Our Realm in that behalf provided.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Newmarket</HI></HI>
<DATE><HI>the Twelfth day of <HI>March,</HI> In the &s;ix and thirtieth Year of Our Reign, 1683/4.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD SAVE THE KING.</CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, Printed by the A&s;&s;igns of <HI>John Bill</HI> Deceas'd: And by <HI>Henry Hills,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Newcomb,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1683/4.</P>
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