Reasons humbly offered against some clauses in the present bill for encouragement of privateers This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A92245 of text R42387 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing R525B). 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 A92245 Wing R525B ESTC R42387 36273463 ocm 36273463 150197 2240872039

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A92245) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150197) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2236:13) Reasons humbly offered against some clauses in the present bill for encouragement of privateers 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [London? : 1695?] Place and date of printing from Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Privateers -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800. France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo Reasons humbly offered against some clauses in the present bill for encouragement of privateers. [no entry] 1695 1 457 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. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
REASONS humbly offered against some Clauses in the Present Bill for Encouragement of Privateers .

WHEREAS It is the Intent of this Honourable House , That Privateers shall pay no Tenths for any Prize Ship or Goods except French Goods , yet in Page 37. where all Goods except French are exempted from Tenths , the word Ship is left out , and nothing in any other place to help it .

Therefore it 's prayed the word Ship may be there added .

That it often falls out , that Enemies Ships are driven into our Ports , Rivers or Havens by contrary Winds , and other times they come in as Spies and to Trade with ill affected persons contrary to Law , and get out again unmolested by any but Privateers ; wherefore His Majesty by His Commission to Privateers , as an Encouragement to them to annoy the Enemy , hath given them what Prizes they shall take in Ports , &c. as well as at Sea , which Encouragement is by this Bill in Page 38 taken from Privateers , and not only so , but a further discouragement added , for by this Clause , if a Privateer Chases a French Ship into any of our Harbours and there seize her , Their Majesties shall have the sole benefit thereof .

Page 43. By this Bill its Enacted that if an English Ship retaken , shall appear to have been , after the taking by the Enemy , by them set forth as a Man of War , she shall be restored to the former Owners , paying one Moyety for Salvage , whereas before by the Law of Nations , such a Ship retaken belong'd wholly to the retaker as a Lawful Prize , and therefore this Clause will discourage English Privateers from Engaging French Privateers , which above all ought to be encouraged .

And in Page 45 this Bill gives but one half of such Owlers and Wooll Boats as the Privateers shall take , to them , whereas before they had the whole .

Wherefore it 's humbly prayed that the said three Clauses may be left out of the said Bill .

And Whereas by this Bill , the selling and disposal of French Prize Goods is given to the Commissioners of Prizes , It 's humbly prayed that , that part of the Bill may be altered , so that the parties concerned in Privateers may have the management and disposal of their own Estates , for few will be willing to run the risque and charge of Privateering when what they take , shall be put into other peoples hands and management .