WHereas divers Seamen and Mariners have lately left their usual and ordinary Places of Abode , and have removed themselves into some private and obscure Places in the Inland Countreys , endeavouring thereby to avoid the Search that is now made for Men of that Calling and Condition , and to escape the Press that is gone out for Their Majesties present Service ; Their Majesties therefore , by the Advice of Their Privy Council , have thought fit to Publish this Their Royal Proclamation , and do hereby straitly Charge and Command all Seaman and Mariners remaining in any County of England or Wales , and not Listed in Their Majesties Service , that they forthwith Render themselves unto the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy in London , or to the Commissioners of the Navy at Portsmouth , or to the Mayor of Newcastle , or to the Mayor of Hull , or to the Bayliffs of Yarmouth , or to Mr. John Addis at Plymouth , or to Robert Henley Merchant at Bristol , or to Captain Greenhill at Leverpoole , in order to their being received into Pay , and sent on Board such of Their Majesties Ships as shall be found most expedient for Their Majesties Service : And if any of them shall hereafter be found out or discovered , who have neglected to obey this Their Majesties Royal Command , they shall be Proceeded against with all Severity . And their Majesties do hereby Require all Mayors , Bayliffs , Sheriffs , Iustices of Peace , Constables and other Officers to whom it both or may appertain , That they cause diligent Search to be made within all and every of their Precincts , for the said Seamen and Mariners , and do Sieze and Secure the Persons of such of them as shall there be found ; And also all loose and unknown Persons whatsoever , who may justly be suspected to be Seaman or Watermen , and to cause them to be sent to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of Their Majesties Navy in London , or to such other of the Persons and Places aforesaid , to which they may be most conveniently sent , in order to their further Employment . And they are hereby further Required to take notice of , and Certifie to Their Majesties in Council , the Names of all such Persons as shall refuse or neglect to give Assistance in the Premisses , or shall contribute to the Concealing or Escape of any Seamen or Mariners , as aforesaid ; And hereof they are not to fail , as they will Answer the contrary at their Peril .