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B02947 Anno regni Caroli regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, decimo septimo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the third day of November, Anno Dom. 1640. In the 16 yeer of the reign of our most gracious soveraign Lord, Charles, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c. England and Wales. Parliament. 1641 (1641) Wing E1099A; ESTC R175034 4,172 13

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Blessing unto their enterprises as also for the preventing of the like future dangers unto Your good people their Persons Ships and Merchandizes Do therefore pray Your most Excellent Majestie That it may be Enacted and be it Enacted by authority of this present Parliament That where any Subsidie Custome or other dutie after the nine and twentieth day of September in the yeer one thousand six hundred fourty one and before the four and twentieth day of Iune then next following shall be laid or imposed by authority of Parliament upon any Goods Wares or other Merchandize of what nature kinde or qualitie soever to be Exported out of or Imported into this Your Majesties Realm of England or Dominion of Wales That one other sum of one in the hundred according to the Rates to be established by Parliament within the time aforesaid over and above the said Custome Subsidie or dutie so to be laid or imposed shall be raised levied and paid from and after the tenth day of December in the yeer one thousand six hundred fourty one aforesaid of and from all and every such goods wares and other Merchandize to be imported into or exported out of this Your Majesties said Realm of England or Dominion of Wales the said summe of one in the hundred to be raised levied and paid for the space of three yeers next after the said tenth day of December and no longer And received and taken by the Lord Major and Chamberlain of London for the time being their Deputies or Deputée and by them the said Lord Major and Chamberlain of London for the time being to be layed out payed and imployed for providing and setting out to sea and maintaining of one or more Fleet or Fleets of good and serviceable ships and other necessaries to be used and imploied for the purposes aforesaid in such sort as by Order of a Committee of the House of Lords and a Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament of this Your Majesties Realm of England shall be directed And such Lord Major and Chamberlain of London who shall receive or disburse any the monies aforesaid shall be accountable and account for all and every their receipts and disbursements afore mentioned to the said Committee or to such person or persons as the said Committee shall Order and appoint And be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any goods wares or other Merchandize whereof the sum of one in the hundred aforesaid is or shall be due and paiable by vertue of this Act shall at any time hereafter be shipped or put into any Boat or other Vessell to the intent to be carried into the parts beyond the Seas or else be brought from the parts beyond the Seas into any part of this Your Realm of England or Dominion of Wales by way of Merchandize and unshipped to be laid on land the summe of one in the hundred as aforesaid due or to be due for the same not payed or lawfully tendered and secured to be payed to the Major and Chamberlain of London for the time being or their Deputy or Deputies for the uses aforesaid all the same Goods Wares and other Merchandize whatsoever shall be forfeited and lost The one Moity of the rate or value thereof to be to him or them that will seize or sue for the same and the other Moitie to be imployed to and for the uses before expressed And for the better incouragement of Mariners to undertake the said service and Owners of Ships to let out their Ships for the said imployment Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Ships goods or Merchandize of the said Pirats or of the subjects of any that are or shall be in enmity with your Majestie your Heirs or Successors or the Person of any such Pirates shall be taken by the Ships to be imploied in the service before mentioned that one fourth part thereof shall be to the Mariners that shall take the same and one other fourth part to the Owners of the said Ships over and above their Hire and Wages and the other two fourth parts to and for such uses as the said Committees shall order and appoint and the overplus of the Money to be raised by vertue of this Act and not imployed to and for the service afore mentioned if any shall be shall also be imployed according to the Order of the same Committees And be it further Declared and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that this present Act for the raising of Moneys for the setting forth of Ships for the suppressing of Pirates and safety of Merchants shall not hereafter be drawn into example but that Your Majesty would in time to come be pleased to in trust such Ministers as may faithfully imploy the Moneys raised by Tonnage and Poundage unto the right and proper uses for the guarding of the Seas safety of Merchants which will advance the Honour of Your Sacred Majestie abroad and procure the safety peace and happinesse of Your Highnesse loyall and faithfull subjects at home