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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95988	Mysteries and secrets of trade and mint-affairs with several reasons against transporting treasure; and waies set down for preventing the same : formerly presented to the Right Honorable the Lord Bradshaw, (at whose desire I undertook this pains,) and presented it to the late Council of State : and now enlarged, and humbly presented to this present Parlament of the Common-wealth of England, in Aug. 1653. / By Tho. Violet of London, goldsmith.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1653 (1653)	Wing V583; Thomason E1070_3; ESTC R203958	7,972	22

and goods London Hendrick Martines Vnto the said Mr and Comp a Novem. 29. 52 Childrens Plea and goods Simon Fox Vnto the said Mr and Comp a Decem. 1º 52 St Sebastian and goods John Geest Vnto the said Mr. for the use of the owner Signed THO. VIOLET A TRUE NARRATIVE OF SOM Remarkable Proceedings Concerning the Ships Samson Salvador and George and several other Prize-ships depending in the High Court of Admiraltie most humbly presented to the PARLAMENT of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND and to the Right Honorable the COUNCIL of STATE by Autoritie of PARLAMENT and to the Honorable the Council of Officers of his Excellencie the LORD GENERAL By THO. VIOLET of London Gold-smith Who most humbly desire's them to take the same into their due Consideration it beeing for the securitie and safetie of the Nation LONDON Printed by William Du-Gard An. Dom. 1653. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Major General HARRISON Major General DESBOROW Collonel PHILIP JONES and Collonel BENNET All of the Right Honorable the Council of State RIGHT HONORABLE WHen God by his Providence had dissolved the late Parlament and Council of State the 20 of April 1653 and most of those Honorable Members of the Council and Parlament to whom I made formerly my humble Addresses in the behalf of the State against several Prize-ships and Silver depending the 20 December 1652 in the Court of Admiraltie ceasing from their publick emploiments and reduced into the condition of private persons It pleased God to put it into my heart to make my addresses to Col. Weeton and Lievtenant Col. Joice whom I had observed in all their actions to bee publick spirited men and such as daily sought the honor and welfare of the Common-wealth When I had acquainted them with my business and how far I had proceeded in the Court of Admiraltie and the present condition and posture of the Common-wealth's Silver-prises and other affairs in that Court They were pleased when they understood my desires freely to present the state of this weightie affair unto your Honors desiring your care of the business even so far as your Honors saw it did conduce to the profit safetie and honor of the Common-wealth thereupon I made my humble addresses to your Honors Major General Harrison beeing pleased to give mee thanks for my pains and care I had taken about the staying the Prize-Silver and Ships and Collonel Bennet and Col. Jones sending for mee upon the Lievtenant of the Tower's information to them about mee They desired mee to give them informations for the carrying on the business of the Silver Prizes and that I should set down several rules for the managing the Coining of the silver for the State 's profit and for keeping an account of all the particular parcels which I did and delivered it to Col. Jones and Col. Bennet Major General Desborow procured mee a new Warrant from the Council of State these great favors of your Honors for giving mee encouragement to proceed in this business of the Prize-ships and Silver I humbly conceiv was onely in relation to the service and prosperitie of the Common-wealth and your love to Justice that every one should have his right May it pleas your Honors The Court of Admiraltie in time of VVar is like a private Postern to a strong Castle that is besieged the passage is narrow you can com in but one by one but if the Garrison neglect to put a Sentinel at that door that little Postern shall in short time through the vigilancie of the Adversaries let in so many enemies that the Castle will bee taken Your Court of Admiraltie is a dangerous Back-door of the Common-wealth if the State watch not carefully to see what goe's and to have a good account of what Prizes com in either for the State or for private men of VVar. May it pleas your Honors there is a great deal of difference between the judgment of any Court of Justice in Westminster which are between man and man and the Judgments and Acts of a Court of Admiraltie for maritime causes for if an error in judgment or any undue practices in the proceedings of the Chancerie Upper-Beuch common-Common-Pleas and Checquer doth fall out if it bee for the State the Common-wealth may have a review and trie their Title again and the like it is between partie and partie if they pleas the Lands remain the people are here to give a respons to any such actions But your Court of Admiraltie hath such a Postern door called the Sea that an error in judgment there is a damage irreparable in this conjuncture of time for the Ships and Merchandize may bee and have been in your enemie's power to bee imploied against you in 40 hours after as in case of several Ships discharged the Court of Admiraltie This Postern of your Court of Admiraltie was made so wide by the industrie of several Merchants and no doubt but it was by means of monie that will cut through the Pirenean mountains that twelv Ships passed out of the Court of Admiraltie at one time the 17 of November 1652 and seven Ships the 19 Nov. and five the 16 Dec. 1652. 4 Ships 18 Dec. 1652 quick judgments in such weightie businesses whereas the safetie of the Common-wealth and every particular person was concerned to have every Prize-ship strictly examined before their Discharge and this was don after they were brought as Prize at a vast charge of your Fleet and loss of blood a sad thing to think that the State 's business should bee so managed May it pleas your Honors about the 16 December 1652 seventeen Ships were to bee discharged by the Court of Admiraltie conteining 3400 Tuns all laden with rich Commodities and silver had not I com into the Court of Admiraltie and protested against the Deliverie of them as appear's on Record in the said Court for my doing thereof I had a verbal VVarrant from the Committee of Forreign Affairs If you will bee pleased to enquire what became of many of these Ships so discharged this Narrative following will acquaint you Som of them went to Holland Captain Bishop's Letters from Holland will tell you the same of many of these Ships May it pleas your Honors The Court of Admiraltie was about Christ-tide last ruled by three men of different affections One that knew much of the Law and the practice of that Court which hee did daily shew openly but it was in that waie of bitterness against the State 's Interest in their several Prizes that no Counsel at the Bar said half so much for their Clients as hee beeing a Judg declared against the Common-wealth's Title about som of the Prizes and Silver The Other just and would have been glad to have don the Common-wealth's business but that hee was not grounded in the Proceeding of that Court A Third grown suddenly rich by the common rule that all Judges that grow suddenly rich must walk by May it pleas your Honors When I was