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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22350	By the King a proclamation for better furnishing the nauy, and shipping of the realme, with able and skilfull mariners.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1625 (1625)	STC 8762; ESTC S122658	2,138	2

DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ❧ By the King ¶ A Proclamation for better furnishing the Nauy and Shipping of the Realme with able and skilfull Mariners WHereas the most Excellent High and Mighty Prince King Iames of most noble and blessed memorie Our most deare and royall Father out of his princely and prouident care of the safety and honour of His Kingdomes and people and for the continuance and maintaining of the Nauigation of this Realme and to the intent that skilfull Mariners and Sea-faring men might be alwaies in readinesse to furnish as well His owne Royall Nauie as the shipping of His louing subiects did by Proclamation dated the sixth day of August in the twentieth yeere of His Raigne straitly inhibite and forbid That no Mariner or Sea faring man Ship-wright or Ship-carpenter whatsoeuer beeing His subiect should without expresse licence of Himselfe or His Admirall of England enter or attempt or goe about to enter into the seruice of any forraine Prince or State or be employed out of this Realme in any seruice whatsoeuer vnlesse it were in the seruice of the said late King Our most deare Father or of some of His liege subiects And did afterwards by a later Proclamation dated the seuen and twentieth day of February then following further straitly charge and command That no Mariner or Sea faring man should absent hide or withdraw himselfe from His late Maiesties seruice or prests and that all such persons hauing prest-money giuen or tendered vnto them should duetifully and reuerently receiue the same and repaire aboard the ships appointed and continue in that seruice as to the duty of good subiects appertained and not withdraw themselues or depart there-from without speciall licence And did lately by another Proclamation bearing date the twentieth day of this instant moneth of March likewise straitly inhibite and forbid That no Owner or Master of any ship or vessell nor any other setting foorth any vessels of Trade fishing or otherwise should hire or entertaine any Mariner or Sea-faring man knowing him to haue offended against either of the said Proclamations and if such Owner or other person not knowing of the said offences should hire or entertaine any such offender or offenders did will and command That foorthwith vpon notice of any the sayd offences they should deliuer such offenders ouer vnto the next Iustice of Peace Maior Bailiffe Constable or other Officer to be imprisoned vntill the sayd offenders should giue sufficient bond and caution for their foorth-comming and appearance in such Court or place of Iustice vnto which it might appertaine to haue them proceeded against and punished according to their demerits and withall that the sayd Masters Owners and other persons should forbeare to pay to the sayd offenders any wages And did further thereby straitly charge and command all Lieutenants Deputy-Lieutenants Iustices of Peace Maiors Bayliffes Constables Customers Comptrollers searchers and officers aswell of the Admiralty as of the Ports and also all and euery person and persons to whom any Commission Deputation or Letters of Assistance should be directed for the presting of Mariners and Seafaring men for publique seruice that they should from time to time vse all possible diligence and indeauour to apprehend and cause to bee apprehended aswell all such Mariners and Sea-faring men offending as aforesaid as also all such Owners Masters and others as should entertaine or hire them or pay them any wages or otherwise helpe them to escape the hands of Iustice and such as they should apprehend they should with Certificate of their names and offences binde ouer to appeare before the Commissioners of His Maiesties Nauie in London to be by them committed and deliuered ouer to the ordinary course of Iustice either in the Court of Starre-chamber or of the Admiralty or otherwise as the quality of the offence should require with speciall charge and commandement to all Prest masters and their Assistants that they should publish the names of all such as should bee prested by them in the Ports where they should be taken as also deliuer a note of their names to the officers of the Ports and others who were fittest to discouer them if they should faile in the performance of their duties As in and by the said seuerall Proclamations more at large appeareth Now we hauing taken the premisses into Our Princely consideration and aduised seriously thereof with Our Priuy Councell finding how necessary it is both for the safety and honour of this Our Kingdome and State That all the seuerall Proclamations before mentioned should bee put in due execution for preuenting and suppressing the manifold abuses contempts and neglects heretofore committed in seruices of so weighty consequence Doe hereby straitly charge and command that all the said Proclamations and euery branch and article therein conteined bee continued at all times hereafter and be from time to time hereafter carefully obserued and put in exact execution as fully and effectually as the same should or might haue bene in the life time of Our said deare Father vpon the paines and penalties specified in the said Proclamations and such further punishments as by Our Lawes or Prerogatiue Royall may be inflicted vpon the offenders Letting all Our louing Subiects hereby know That as Our said most deare and Royal Father in the publishing of the last of the said Proclamations had a gracious eye vnto the special seruice then intended and to be now shortly performed So we rest assured that none of Our said Subiects in the aduancement thereof so much concerning the safety of Our Kingdomes and Our Imperiall Crowne and Dignity wil be wanting to doe their vttermost in making Us such a supply as may giue testimony of their extraordinary care faithfulnes and dutifull affection towards Us who had much rather haue cause to expresse Our gracious acceptance thereof at their hands then be enforced to any other course which the necessity and importance of Our seruice will otherwise require Giuen at Our Court at Saint Iames the one and thirtieth day of March in the first yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland God saue the King ¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie M.DC.XXV