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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41836	A brief narrative and deduction of the several remarkable cases of Sir William Courten, and Sir Paul Pyndar, Knights, and William Courten late of London Esquire, deceased their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, together with their surviving partners and adventurers with them to the East-Indies, China and Japan, and divers other parts of Asia, Europe, Africa and America : faithfully represented to both houses of Parliament.	Graves, Edward.	1679 (1679)	Wing G1605; ESTC R39444	18,876	18

Pinaces by force of Arms to set upon take and apprehend any of the Ships Goods Moneys and Merchandizes of the said States General or any of their Subjects inhabiting within any their Dominions or Teritories wheresoever the same shall be found and not in any Port or Harbour in England or Ireland unless it be the Ships and Goods of the Parties that did the wrong And the said Ships Goods Moneys and Merchandizes being so taken and brought into some Port of Our Realms and Dominions an Inventory thereof shall be taken by Authority of Our Court of Admiralty and Iudgement shall be given in Our Court of Admiralty by the Iudge or Iudges thereof for the time being upon proofs made before him or them that the said Ships Goods Wares Merchandizes or Money did belong to the States General or any 〈…〉 and George Carew their Executors Administrators and Assigns as aforesaid to retain and keep in their or any of their Possessions and to make fale and dispose thereof in open Market or howsoever else to their and every of their best Advantage and Benefit in as ample manner as at any time heretofore hath béen accustomed by way of Reprisal and to have and in joy the same as lawful prize and as their own proper Goods so that neither Captain Master nor any of the Company that shall serve in his own Person or shall promote and advance the said enterprize in manner and form aforesaid shall in any manner of wise be reputed or challenged for any Offendor against any of Our Laws And that also it shall be lawful for all manner of persons as well Our Subjects as any other to buy the said Ships Goods and Merchandizes so taken and apprehended by the said Captains Masters and others and adjudged as aforesaid without any damage loss hinderance trouble or molestation or incumbrance to befal the said Buyers or any of them in as ample and lawful manner as if the Ships Goods Wares and Merchandize had been come and gotten by the lawful Traffique of Merchants or of just prizes in the time of open War Provided always that all Ships Goods and Merchandizes taken by virtue of this Our Comission shall be kept in safety and no part of them wasted spoiled or diminished or the Bulk thereof broken until Iudgement have first past as aforesaid That they are the Ships and Merchandizes of the States General or some of their Subjects aforesaid And if by colour of this our Comission there shall be taken any Ships Goods or Merchandizes of any of our loving Subjects or the Subjects of any Prince or State in good League or Amity with us except the States General or their Subjects as aforesaid and the Goods therein laden sold imbezelled or diminished or the bulk thereof broken in any place before they shall be adjudged to belong to the States General or some of their Subjects as aforesaid That then this Commission shall be of no sufficient Authority to take the said Ships Goods Merchandizes or to warrant or save harmless such as shall receive buy or intermeddle therein but that the prizes so taken and the said Ship of War shall be confiscated to Our use And further We do hereby declare that it is Our will and pleasure that this Our Commission shall remain in full force and power to all intents and purposes until the said Sir Edward Turnor and George Carew their Executors Administrators and Assignes as aforesaid shall by vertue thereof have by torce of Arms apprehended taken seised recovered and received from the said States General or their Subjects one hundred fifty one thousand six hundred and twelve pounds according to the appraisement to be made by sufficient Appraisers upon Oath nominated and authorised in Our said Court of Admiralty of all such Ships Goods Wares and Merchandizes as shall be taken from the said States General or any of their Subjects by vertue of this Commission or shall otherwise receive satisfaction of the Debt aforesaid by Composition to be made between those of the East-India Company of the Netherlands and the said Sir Edward Turnor and George Carew their Executors Administrators and Assignes as aforesaid Notwithstanding it so happen the present difference between Us and the States General depending upon general Reprisals may be agreed and composed and that in the interim a Peace and good Correspond may be renewed between Us and the said States General In which case nevertheless it is Our will and pleasure that in the execution of this Our Commission no violence shall be done to the Persons of the said Subjects of the said States General but only in case of resistance and that after in cold blood the Subjects of the said States General if hurt or wounded shall be used with all convenient office of humanity and kindness And Further Our will and pleasure is that although it shall happen that all hostility between Us and the States Generall and Our respective Subjects shall cease yet this Our Commission shall remain and be in full force and power to the said Sir Edmond Turnor and George Carew their Executors Administrators and Assigns as aforesaid by vertue thereof to apprehend take and seize by force and Arms so many more of the said Ships and Goods of the States General or any of their said Subjects as besides the said sum before mentioned shall countervail satisfie and pay all such Costs and Charges as the said Sir Edward Turnor and George Carew their Executors Administrators or Assigns as aforesaid shall from time to time make proof to have disbursed and paid towards the equipping manning paying furnishing and victualling of the said Ships so licensed and Authorised as aforesaid by this Our said Commission to be equipped manned furnished and victualled by the said Sir Edward Turnor and George Carew their Executors Administrators and Assigns as aforesaid for the purpose aforesaid And Our Will and pleasure is and We do hereby require Our Iudge or Iudges of Our High Court of Admiralty for the time being and all other Officers of the Admiralty and all other Our Iudge or Iudges Officers Ministers and Subjects whatsoever to be aiding and assisting to the said Sir Edward Turnor and George Carew their Executors Administrators Assigns as aforesaid in all points in the due Execution of this Our Royal Commission and to proceed to adjudication and adjudge all Ships Merchandizes Monies and Goods by vertue hereof to be taken according to our Princely intention hereby signified and expressed and to take care that this Our Royal Comission be duely executed and favourably interpreted and construed in all respects to the benefit and best advantage of the said Sir Edward Turner and George Carew their Executors Administrators and Assignes as aforesaid In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our self at Westminster the 19. day of May in the 17. Year of Our Reign Per ipsum Regem