WE being desirous to give all due Encouragement to all such able Seamen as have not been in Our Service the last year , or being in the Service have been regularly Discharged therefrom , and also to able-bodied Landmen , who shall Voluntarily Enter themselves in Our Service , and Remain on Board Our Ships of War in Our Royal Navy , Have thought fit , by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council , to Publish this Our Royal Proclamation : And We do hereby Promise and Declare , That all Seamen and able-bodied Landmen , who shall after the Date of this Our Royal Proclamation and before the Fifteenth Day of March next , Voluntarily Enter themselves Remain on Board any of Our Ships of War , or Fire Sips , or on any Press-Vessels or Tenders belonging to Our Fleet , shall Receive as Our Free Gift and Royal Bounty , the respective Allowances and Rewards following , ( Viz. ) Each able and ordinary Seaman Three Months Pay , and each able-bodied Landman One Months Pay , to be Paid to them before the Ships they are to Serve in shall go to Sea . And We do hereby Command and Require the said Seamen and Landmen to Repair on Board the respective Ships on which they shall so Enter themselves , and give their constant Attendance , for Fitting out to Sea such Ships as each of them do belong unto . And We are also Graciously Pleased to Declare , That Conduct-Money , according to the Practice of the Navy , shall likewise be Allowed to such Seamen and Landmen as shall Voluntarily Enter themselves and Remain on Board any of Our said Ships , according to the true Meaning of this Our Royal Proclamation . And for the Prevention of any Deceit and Abuses that may happen by any Person or Persons leaving the Ships , to which they belong , and Entring him or themselves on Board any other or Our said Ships , as aforesaid , in order to the Obtaining of the Bounty-Money herein before Granted , We do hereby likewise Direct , Declare and Command , That such Seamen and Landmen belonging to any of Our Ships or Vessels whatsoever , as shall Leave any of the Ships or Vessels to which they belong , and Enter themselves on Board any of Our Ships in order to the Obtaining of the said Bounty-Money , shall not only lose the Wages Due to them in the Ship which they shall to Leave , but also be severely Punished according to their Demerits .