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By the King, a proclamation for recalling and prohibiting sea-men from the service of foreign princes and states and that no prizes taken from the Dutch by vertue of Portugal commissions be brought into His Majesties ports.
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England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
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1662
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Wing C3403; ESTC R213287
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DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King A PROCLAMATION For Recalling and Prohibiting Sea-men from the Service of Foreign Princes and States and that no Prizes taken from the Dutch by vertue of Portugal Commissions be brought into His Majesties Ports CHARLES R. WHereas the Kings most Excellent Majesty hath been advertised that great numbers of Mariners and other Sea-faring men His Majesties natural born Subjects many of them by occasion of the late disbanding and some others before have betaken themselves to the Services of Foreign Princes and States to the great disservice of His Majesty and their native Countreys and whereby His said Majesty and His Realms are unfurnished of men of their sort and calling if there shall be cause to use them Therefore for redress thereof at present and preventing the like for the future the Kings most Excellent Majesty by this His Royal Proclamation with the advice of the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Councel doth Will and strictly Charge and Command all and singular Masters of Ships Pilots Mariners Sea-men Ship-wrights and other Sea-faring men whatsoever and wheresoever being His Majesties natural born Subjects who are in the Service of any Foreign Prince or State or do serve in any Foreign Ships or Vessels That forthwith they do withdraw themselves and depart from such Foreign Services and return home to their native Countreys and lawful vocations And further His Majesty doth hereby prohibit and forbid all and singular Masters of Ships Pilots Mariners Sea-men Ship-wrights and other Sea-faring men whatsoever being His Majesties natural born Subjects from entring themselves and doth hereby streightly Charge and Command them and every of them from henceforth to forbear to enter themselves into Pay or otherwise betake themselves to the Service of any Foreign Princes or States or to serve in any Foreign Vessel or Ship without Licence had and obtained in that behalf To all which His Majesty doth and will expect due obedience and conformity and doth hereby Publish and Declare That the Offenders to the contrary shall not only incur His Majesties just displeasure but be proceeded against for their Contempt by Seizure of their Goods Persons and Estates wheresoever they shall be found and otherwise according to the utmost severities of Law And further His Majesty doth hereby Authorize and Command all and every the Captains Masters and other Officers serving or imployed in any of His Majesties Ships or Vessels at Sea to stop and make stay of all and every such person and persons as shall endeavour to Transport or Enter themselves into the Service of any Foreign Prince or State contrary to the true intent and meaning of this His Majesties Royal Proclamation and also to seize upon take and bring away all such Mariners Sea-men and other persons aforesaid as shall be found to be imployed or serving in any Ships or Vessels of or belonging to any Foreign Prince or State or to any Merchant or other person or persons other then to His Majesty or to His Subjects And whereas His Majesty is advertised from His good Brother the King of Portugal that he hath Revoked and Annulled all Commissions and Letters of Marque or Reprisal by Him given to any persons whatsoever either His own Subjects or Strangers against the States General of the United Provinces and their Subjects Therefore the Kings most Excellent Majesty doth hereby straitly Charge and Command all and singular His Governours Officers and Ministers of His Towns Forts Castles and Ports and other His loving Subjects whom it may any way concern not to suffer or permit any persons whatsoever whether His Majesties own Subjects or Strangers by vertue or pretence of Portugal Commissions to bring into His Majesties Harbours any Ships Vessels or Prizes taken from the said States General or their Subjects upon pain of being severely punished Given at Our Honour of Hampton-Court the Twentieth day of June 1662. in the Fourteenth year of Our Reign God save the King London Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1662.