By the King and Queen, a proclamation for recalling and prohibiting seamen from serving of foreign princes and states England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A66311 of text R38094 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2602). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A66311 Wing W2602 ESTC R38094 17186511 ocm 17186511 106122 2240863511

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A66311) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 106122) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1624:37) By the King and Queen, a proclamation for recalling and prohibiting seamen from serving of foreign princes and states England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694. William III, King of England, 1650-1702. 1 broadside. Printed by Charles Bill, and Thomas Newcomb ..., London : 1689. "Given at our court at Hampton-Court the 29th day of April, 1689. In the first year of our reign." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng England and Wales. -- Royal Navy -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702. Great Britain -- History. eebo By the King and Queen, a proclamation for recalling and prohibiting seamen from serving of foreign princes and states. England and Wales. Sovereign 1689 1 507 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2009-04 Sampled and proofread 2009-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the King and Queen , A PROCLAMATION For Recalling and Prohibiting Seamen from Serving of Foreign Princes and States . WILLIAM R.

WHereas We have beén Advertised that great Numbers of Mariners and other Sea-faring Men , being Our Natural born Subjects , have betaken themselves to the Service of Foreign Princes and States ; For Redress thereof for the present , and Preventing the like for the future , We by this Our Royal Proclamation ( with the Advice of Our Privy Council ) do strictly Charge and Command all Masters of Ships , Pilots , Mariners , Seamen , and other Sea-faring Men whatsoever , and wheresoever ( being Our Natural born Subjects ) who are in the Service of any Foreign Prince or State , or do Service in any Foreign Ships or Vessels , that forthwith they and every of them , do withdraw themselves and depart from such Foreign Services , and return home to their Native Countreys ; And further We do hereby strictly Prohibit and Forbid all Masters of Ships , Pilots , Mariners , Seamen and other Sea-faring Men whatsoever ( being Our Natural born Subjects ) from Entring themselves , and do hereby strictly Charge and Command them and every of them , from henceforth , to forbear to Enter themselves into Pay , or otherwise betake themselves to the Service of any Foreign Princes or States , or to Serve in any Foreign Ship or Vessel , without Our special License first had and obtained in that behalf : To all which We expect due Obedience and exact Conformity , and do hereby Publish and Declare , That the Offenders to the contrary , shall not only incur Our just Displeasure , but be proceéded against for their Contempt according to the Vtmost Severities of Law. And further , We do hereby Authorize and Command all Our Officers and Ministers , in Our respective Ports , and all Captains , Masters , and other Officers Serving and Imployed in any of Our Ships or Vessels at Sea , to stop and make stay of all such Person and Persons as shall endeavour to Transport or Enter themselves into the Service of any Foreign Prince or State , contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Our Royal Proclamation , and also to seize upon , take and bring away all such Mariners , Seamen , and other Persons aforesaid , as shall be found to be Imployed or Serving in any Ships or Vessels belonging to any Foreign Prince or State , or to any Merchant or other Person or Persons , being Subjects of any Foreign Prince or State.

Given at Our Court at Hampton-Court the 29th Day of April , 1689. In the First Year of Our Reign . God Save King WILLIAM and Queen MARY .

LONDON , Printed by Charles Bill , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the King and Queen's most Excellent Majesties . 1689.