An ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Aſſembled in PARLIAMENT Containing certaine INSTRUCTIONS To be iſſued by the Committee for the Admiralty and Cinque-Ports, to ſuch fit Perſons as ſhall deſire to ſet forth Ships as private men of Warre.
ORdered by the Lords and Commons Aſſembled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and publiſhed.
LONDON, Printed for Iohn Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 1645.
WHereas the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Admiralty and Cinque Ports, are by an Ordinance of both Houſes of Parliament authorized and enabled to doe and execute all ſuch things as appertaine to the Office of Lord High Admirall of England. And whereas it is Ordained by another Ordinance of Parliament, dated 30 November 1643. That it ſhall and may be lawfull for any his Majeſties good Subjects, that ſhall be approved and thereunto apointed by the Lord High Admirall of England, appointed by both Houſes for the time being, in warlike manner to Equipp, arme, furniſh, Man, and ſet out to Sea, ſuch and ſo many Ships as they ſhall thinke fitting, and2 with the ſame to ſeize, ſurprize, and take all and all manner of Ships, and Veſſels, which they ſhall meet withall, in or outwards bound from any Port, or place within any his Majeſties Dominions, being in Hoſtility againſt the Parliament, or comming from, or returning to any ſuch Port or place; or that ſhall be found to have Traded with the Inhabitants of any ſuch Port or place, ſince their defection from the King and Parliament; and alſo to ſeaze, ſurprize and take all, and all manner of Pyrats, and Sea-Rovers of what Nation ſoever, and their Ships and Goods whatſoever; And that the Ships to be ſo employed ſhall have liberty to ſeeke, and take their purchaſe where, and how they pleaſe, according to ſuch inſtructions as ſhal from time to time be given them by the Lord High Admirall of England, or the Commiſſioners of the Admiralty appointed by both Houſes for the time being. And whereas this Committee hath been Petitioned, by_____Owners of the Ship the__________for our approving of them, to employ the ſhid Ship under Command of Captaine_____in execution of the powers granted by the ſaid Ordinance; We do hereby ſignifie and declare, That we have approved and appointed, and do hereby approve, and appoint the ſaid Petitioners in warlike manner to Equipp, furniſh, and arme the ſaid Ship, the_____and to place in her a competent number of Souldiers, Marriners, and Gunners, with neceſſary Armes and Proviſions, and the ſame ſo Manned, Equipped, Armed, and provided to ſet forth to3 Sea, under command of the ſaid Captaine__________And the ſaid Captaine_____to employ the ſaid Ship, for doing and performing the Services hereafter mentioned; That is to ſay, For the ſeazing, taking, and ſurprizing of all Ships, and Veſſels belonging to any of his Majeſties Subjects, which the ſaid Ship ſhall meete withall, in or outwards bound from any Port or place, within any of his Majeſties Dominions being in Hoſtility againſt the Parliament, together with all the Ordnance, Ammunition, Victuals, Goods, Commanders and Souldiers therein; as alſo for the ſeazing, ſurprizing, and taking of all and all manner of Ships, and Veſſels whatſoever, with the Ordnance, Ammunition, Victuals, and Goods therein belonging to any Rebell or Rebels in Ireland; and alſo the Ships and Goods of any other Perſon whatſoever, Forraigner or other, which ſhall be going to or comming from any Port or place in Ireland in Hoſtility againſt the Parliament; as alſo for the ſeazing, ſurprizing, and taking of all and all manner of Ships, and Veſſels belonging to any Forraigner or forraigne Nation, going to any Port or place in Hoſtility againſt the Parliament, with Armes, Ammunition, or other Contrabando Goods for ſupply of the Forces raiſed againſt the Parliament, and adjudging and condemning the ſame, together with the Goods themſelves, and all ſuch other Goods as belong to the Maſters, or Laders of ſuch Contrabando Goods as alſo for the ſeazing, ſurprizing, and taking of all Pyrats, and Sea-Rovers of what Nation ſoever, and their Ships and Goods whatſoever, according to the authority, meaning, and true intent of the ſaid Ordinance of the 30. of November, 1643. Provided that before the going forth of the ſaid Ship, the ſaid Captain_____together with the Maſter, and principall Officers thereof, or ſuch4 other ſufficient perſons in their behalfe, as ſhall be accepted of by the Judge of the Admiralty for the time being, doe and ſhall enter into Bond of two thouſand pounds in the Admiralty Court, with condition, That neither the ſaid Commander of the ſaid Ship, nor the Maſter or Company, or any of them, ſhall (under pretext of the ſaid Ordinance, or of theſe Inſtructions) ſpoile or damage any of the Kings Subjects, nor any of the friends or Allies of this Kingdome, other then ſuch as are intended by the ſaid Ordinance and theſe Inſtructions; As alſo, that for juſtification of the prize or prizes that the ſaid Commander ſhall take, he ſhall bring into the Regiſtry of the High Court of Admiralty, all ſuch Cocquets, Bills of Lading, and other Documents and Writings, as he or any of his Company ſhall take or find in any ſuch Ship or Veſſel, and ſhall bring in with every ſuch Ship or Veſſell, two or three of the principall Officers thereof taken in the ſame, to be examined by the Judge of the Admiralty, or ſuch as he ſhall appoint, concerning the property of the ſaid Ship, Veſſel or goods therein, and to ſuch other queſtions and Interogatories, as he ſhall thinke fit to adminiſter in that behalfe: And alſo that neither he, they, nor any of them, ſhall breake Bulke, ſpoile, waſt, or diminiſh any of the ſaid Ships, or Goods, untill they ſhall be adjudged in the High Court of Admiralty to have been lawfully taken, according to the true intent and meaning of the ſaid Ordinance, and theſe Inſtructions; and a true and juſt Inventory and appraiſement be taken and made of the ſame: And the Judge of the Admiralty is hereby prayed and required to take Bond accordingly, and to certifie the ſame under the Seal of the Admiralty Court, without which no benefit is to accrue to the ſaid Commander, Officers, Marriners, or any5 others intereſſed in the ſaid Ship, by any thing done in purſuance thereof; And the ſaid Captaine_____ſhall truly pay and deliver to ſuch Collectors or Receivers as both Houſes of Parliament, the Committee of the Admiralty, or the Lord High Admirall for the time being, appointed by both Houſes of Parliament, have or ſhall appoint the full Tenthes of every ſuch prize, as ſhall be taken by vertue of the ſaid Ordinance, or theſe Inſtructions.
ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament aſſembled, That the Committee for the Admiralty, do give Inſtructions to ſuch fit perſons as ſhall deſire to ſet forth Ships as private men of War, according to the tenor aforeſaid, notwithſtanding any former Order or Ordinance to the contrary.
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