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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B27204	A placat of the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Netherlands; conteining a sharp prohibition to the inhabitants of these lands, and also concerning the navigation and commerce of the neutrals to the havens of France and England, and also goods of contrabande, and assurances of ships and goods belonging to the subjects of the Kings of France and Great Brittany.; Placcaet van de Hooge Mogende Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenichde Nederlanden. English and Dutch	United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.	1672 (1672)	Wing N489; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.21.f.1[50e]; ESTC R20102	12,140	17

A PLACAT Of the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Netherlands Conteining a sharp Prohibition to the Inhabitants of these Lands and also concerning the Navigation and Commerce of the Neutrals to the Havens of France and England and also Goods of Contrabande and Assurances of Ships and Goods belonging to the Subjects of the Kings of France and Great Brittany THe States General of the United Netherlands to all those who shall see or hear read these Presents Greeting Do make it known that since the Kings of France and Great Brittany have found good to declare and begin a War against us contrary to all right and reason we are therefore necessitated according to the Law of Nature and the Right of Nations to take up Arms as well for the necessary Resistance of the aforesaid hostile proceedings as for Redress and Reparation of the damages and losses thereby unjustly susteined and consequently on our side likewise to enter into an open Rupture against the aforesaid Kings And further we to the aforesaid end and especially for so much as in us is to prevent all further mischief from that side are obliged and holden according to our power and as far as it may be without prejudice to our Allies Friends and Neutrals according to the Law of Nations to intercept and hinder the aforesaid Kings from the Commodities and Provisions with which they might be able to do further injury to the State of these Lands and the good Inhabitants of the same SO IT is that we have found good and judge it necessary to Ordein and sharply to forbid all those who are under our Obedience and friendly to advertise and warn all other Nations who are in Alliance Friendship or Neutrality with this State And we do Ordain forbid and warn respectively by these I. FIrst That from this time forward none of the Subjects of these Lands shall transport out of these Lands or out of any other Lands Kingdoms Places or Towns carry or transport directly or indirectly to any Havens Islands Towns or Places of France England Scotland or Ireland or others under the Obedience of the aforesaid Kings of France and Great Brittany any Wares Goods or Merchandize of what sort quality or nature the same may be none excepted or also to hold in any manner any correspondence and communion with the Inhabitants of France and England aforesaid or those that belong to them by Letter or otherwise tending to the Prejudice of these States and also that no man in the World although Stranger and no Inhabitant of these Lands shall without these Lands transgress that which is aforesaid upon pain to be punished therefore without any connivence as an Enemy of these States and further upon the Forfeiture of all the Ships and Goods which we can find that have been designed to be conveyed to France or England aforesaid or other Places aforesaid or the value thereof in case they be already carried out or cannot otherwise be come at II. And whereas according to the duty of all lawful Superiors we are obliged to protect and defend our good Inhabitants and Subjects with all possible means against Force and Oppression we cannot according to common Right and the Practice of all Nations be obliged to suffer that the aforesaid Kings or their Subjects should be supplied by any one in the world with such Necessaries and Materials wherewith they may apparently be enabled to offend us and our Inhabitants therefore we would by these have all our Allies Friends and Neutrals and generally all People and Nations to be advertised and seriously intreated and warned that during the present Differences between this State and the aforesaid Kings of France and Great Brittany that they will not send out carry or transport from any Lands Kingdoms Places or Towns directly or indirectly to any Havens Towns or Places of France England Scotland or Ireland or others under the obedience of the said Kings any Ammunition of War or other Materials useful to the setting out of Ships of what name sort quality condition or nature soever they may be none excepted because our meaning is to take and confisque for good Prize the aforesaid Materials for War and Ships which shall be found to be laden to be carried thither contrary to this our Advertisement and Ordinance III. And to prevent the aforesaid Transportation with the better security and to provide in special that no Victuals Materials for War or Ships may be carried out of these Provinces under false pretences So shall no man from henceforward lade in these Lands or cause to be ship'd any kind of Victuals or any of the aforesaid Materials to be carried or transported to any of the Lands Towns or Places of the Allies Friends or Neutrals of this State without having first obtained the special consent of the Court of Admiralty in whose District such Lading or Shipping shall be done and over and above the payment of the Lands Duty shall have put in sufficient Caution of twice the Value of the Goods to be transported that they shall be carried and unladen in no other place than in the Kingdoms Havens Towns and Places of the aforesaid Friends and in no manner directly or indirectly at any Places of France England Scotland and Ireland or others under the obedience of the aforesaid Kings and that within a certain convenient and sufficient time to be expressed in the Pass-port according to the Condition and Distance of the Places to deliver over Certificate or other sufficient Evidence to make it appear that all the aforesaid Victuals or Materials have been unladen and landed in the whole at the Place for which they were declared and entred to be carried to or in case of faileur and that the aforesaid expressed time shall be passed the Surety for the aforesaid double value of the exported Victuals or Materials of War and Shipping shall be presently taken in Execution for the Sums they were taxed and valued at at the Time of giving the Caution IV. Further we do order all our Inhabitants and Subjects and do advertise and warn all our Allies Friends or Neutrals and generally all People and Nations that will sail from this State to any Kingdoms Lands Towns or Places lying East West or Northward or would come from thence hither to keep the Open Sea because we understand and declare by these that all the Ships that shall be found upon the Coast of France England Scotland or Ireland or other Lands Islands or Places under the Obedience of the Kings of France and Great Brittany and especially within the Banks and shallow Waters along their Coasts and whereas they cannot but be suspected to have designed something against this our Ordinance and Advertisement therefore if they shall be laden either in whole or part with any Ammunition of War or Materials for Ships they shall be taken by the Captains and Officers of War and Privateers of these Lands and sent in to

be sentenced by the Lords of the Admiralty in such manner as is expressed in the second Article unless the aforesaid Ship were forced thither by Storm or other great Necessity and shall be so judged by the Lords of the Admiralty from the Circumstances which shall be made to appear to them V. And further the better to prevent and defend against all deceit which may be designed against this Ordinance and Advertency We charge and command by these all Skippers and Merchants being Inhabitants of these Lands or who sail their Ships and Goods from these Lands and we advertise and warn all others of what Nation soever they be or from whencesoever they shall come not to lade or cause to be laden any Goods Wares and Merchandize in their Ships or to carry or cause them to be carried otherwise than with one sort of Sea-Brief due Pass-port full Charter-party Bill of Lading Freight-Advice and Convoy-Brief or such other Dispatches as are required to the Lading and Exporting of the same according to the Laws and Placats of the places where the Goods Wares and Merchandize shall be laden because we shall hold for forfeited and do from this time forward declare for good Prize all the Ships together with the Goods Wares and Merchandize laden in them in which there shall be found more than one Sea-Brief Charter-party Double Freight-Briefs Bills of Lading or other Dispatches and likewise all the Ships and Goods which shall not be furnished as they ought with the aforesaid required Dispatches VI. To the end that all the Officers and Commanders of the Ships of War as well of the States as of particulars set out by our Authority may be assured that the Ships which they shall meet at Sea may be intended for none of the aforesaid Havens Towns and Places of France England Scotland and Ireland or others under the obedience of the aforesaid Kings of France and Great Britain with Ammunition of War or Materials for Shipping the aforesaid Captains may seize all Ships in Sea of whom they have any Suspicion and require of them their Sea-Briefs Pass-ports Charter-parties and Bills of Lading for evidence to what Place the Ship belongs where and at what Place the Lading was made whereof the Lading consists and at what Place it was to be unladen which having been shewn them and it being found that the aforesaid Ships were not intended with any Materials of War or Shipping for any Haven or Place under the Command of the aforesaid Kings of France or Great Brittain they shall let the said Ships pass free without hinderance but if the contrary shall be found by the dispatches or otherwise they shall bring up such Ships with their Lading in sure Custody and take into their hands all the Dispatches they found in the said Ships and which shall be shewn them shall cause to be put in writing in the best form also what the Ships and Sea-men shall have at that time declared both in regard of the intended Voyage and also concerning the condition of the Ship and Lading and shall cause the Ships to sign it that it may be sent up and delivered over together with the aforesaid dispatches found and the Ship and her Lading to the Lords of that Admiralty from whence the taker was set forth VII Further it is also our meaning that all the penalties here before decreed shall take effect and be executed against our Inhabitants Offenders whether they be Merchants Shippers or others whoever they may be with Confiscation of the Ships and the Goods laden in them or a part of them in the case afore recited or otherwise if they be not to be come at with a pecuniary Fine to the value of them each in their respect in case of their return into these Lands or if otherwise the opportunity shall happen that it shall be understood and made appear that they have acted contrary to this our Advertisement and Order in any point they shall be punished as if they had been taken in the fact and brought in from the Sea by the aforesaid Ships of War or otherwise arrested and taken here at Land by other of the Land Officers VIII And to the end that no just reason of Complaint may be given to any Kings Republicks Princes Potentates or Towns in alliance with these States by the Execution of this our Ordinance and Advertisement We do charge and command very expresly by these all our chief and other Officers at Sea as well of Ships of War of the State as of particular Ships set out for War by our direction to regulate themselves punctually according to the Obligations and Treaties concerning this thing which are already made or shall be made by us with other Kings Republicks Princes Potentates and Towns ordering to that purpose our Lords of the Admiralty particularly to advertise and instruct as they ought to do all the Captains of War thereof that do sail out their respective Districts IX The Judicature of the Transgression of this our Ordinance shall belong to the Court of Admiralty in whose District the Offence shall be discovered or from whence the Captain that took the Ship in Sea did set forth X. But in case the said Transgressors shall not be found in the fact but may afterwards be accused thereof then the Cognisance thereof shall belong to the Lords of the Admiralty or the ordinary Judges before which the Suit shall be first commenced and to the end that all the Officers and also all others who lay the welfare of this State to heart and are enemies to such Contraventions may the more actually endeavour that this Ordinance may every where and by every one be punctually observed and the Offenders punished according to the Contents hereof to the example of others all the Moneys that shall come to be raised by Confiscation or otherwise out of this our Ordinance shall be applyed as usually all Fines Mulcts and Confiscations by the Placats of their respective Provinces of these United Netherlands are applyed and distributed to wit one third part to the profit of the taker or Informer whether he be a sworn Officer of the Land or not one third part to the profit of the Officer who shall make the Challenge and Execution and the remaining third part to the profit of the Publick XI But what concerns the Ships and Goods which shall be taken at Sea by any of the Ships of War of this State or by any particulars with Commission of Reprisal and by them brought up upon account of Transgression against this our Ordinance and Advertisement and upon the Prosecution Confiscated and declared good Prize by the Lords of the Admiralty the sharing of that shall be according to the Instructions Placats and Ordinances thereof heretofore made or to be made XII To the end that all Ships and Goods which for the Offences committed against these our Ordinances and Advertisements shall be taken kept and sent up may be duely deliverd