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A69345 By the King. A proclamation against pirats; Proclamations. 1609-01-08 England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 1609 (1609) STC 8426; ESTC S116759 1,311 1

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❧ By the King ❧ A Proclamation against Pirats THe Kings Maiestie hauing bene informed through the manifolde complaints made to his Highnesse by his owne Subiects as others of the many depredations and Piracies committed by lewd and ill disposed persons accustomed and habituated to spoile and rapine insensible and desperate of the peril they draw vpon themselues and the imputation they cast vpon the honour of their Soueraigne so precious to him as for redresse thereof he is inforced to reiterate and inculcate his loathing and detestation not onely of the crimes but also to manifest to the world his sinceritie and exceeding desires for the due speedy suppressing of the delinquents And hauing lately found by many pregnant circumstances that most of these great faults are continued by the conniuence or corruption in many the subordinate Officers especially such as are resident in and neere the Ports and Maritine Counties In his Princely care to preserue Iustice as one of the maine pillars of his Estate for the speedy preuention of such fowle crimes the seuere punishment and extirpation of such enormious offendors most hatefull to his minde and scandalous to his peaceable gouernment and for the preseruation continuance of amitie and good correspondencie with all other Princes and States hath with the aduise of his Counsaile thought it necessary at this present to publish these Articles Ordinances insuing Wherein if any shall be found culpable refractory or contemptuous his Maiestie is resolued and hereby declareth that such punishment shal be inflicted on him or them so offending that others may be exemplarily forewarned from committing so odious factes and be deterred from ayding relieuing comforting or abetting such and so enormious malefactors IF any person whatsoeuer shall vpon the Seas or in any Port or hauen take any Ship that doth belong to any of his Maiesties Subiects friends or Allies or shall take out of it by force any goods of what nature or qualitie soeuer he or they so offending shall suffer death with confiscation of lands and goods according to the Law in that case prouided IF any person or persons so offending do at any time hereafter come into any Port or place of his Maiesties dominions his Maiestie expresly chargeth all his Officers foorthwith to apprehend him and them and to commit them to prison without Baile or Mainprize and that the name of the person and cause of his imprisonment be foorthwith certified into the Admiraltie that speedy order may be taken for further proceeding and execution according to Law and the contents of his Maiesties former Proclamations ALl his Maiesties Subiects shall forbeare from furnishing Victualing ayding receiuing relieuing comforting or abetting any Pirate or Sea-rouer or any person not being a knowen Merchant by contracting buying selling bartring or exchanging with him or them vpon peril of his Maiesties heauy indignation and the grieuous paines by Law belonging to the same ALl Admirall causes shal be summarily heard by the Iudge of the Admiraltie without admitting any vnnecessary delay and no Appeale from him shal be allowed to the defendant or defendants in cases of depredations or spoyle either for the Offenders or their accessaries before or after the offence commited or those in whose possession the goods spoyled are found vnlesse first by way of prouision the summe adiudged be payd to the plaintife vpon Suerties to repay it if the Sentence shal be reuersed And no Prohibition in such causes of depredation and spoyle and their accessories and dependants shal be hereafter granted against the Admiraltie NO Ship or goods taken from any his Maiesties friends shal be deliuered vpon any other order then vpon proofe made or certificate exhibited in the said Court of the Admiraltie to the end that a Record may be kept of all such restitutions made to strangers to serue if occasion shall require