JAMES
Duke
of
York
and
Albany
,
Earl
of
Ulster
,
Lord
High
Admiral
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
&c.
Constable
of
Dover
Castle
,
Lord
Warden
of
the
Cinque-Ports
,
and
Governour
of
Portsmouth
,
&c.
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
IN
the
first
place
,
you
are
to
take
care
that
Almighty
God
be
duely
served
on
Board
your
Ship
twice
every
day
,
by
the
whole
Ships
Company
,
according
to
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
of
England
;
and
that
Blasphemy
,
Drunkenness
,
Swearing
,
and
Profaneness
,
be
discountenanced
,
restrained
,
and
punished
,
according
to
the
Rules
establisht
,
and
hereunto
annexed
on
that
behalf
.
II
.
You
are
immediately
to
repair
on
Board
His
MAJESTIES
Ship
.
〈◇〉
whereof
you
are
appointed
Commander
,
and
carefully
to
observe
in
what
condition
she
is
,
and
in
what
time
she
may
be
fit
for
the
Sea
,
whereof
you
are
to
give
an
account
to
My selfe
,
and
the
principle
Officers
and
Commissioners
of
His
Majesties
Navy
;
and
to
continue
to
do
the
same
to
the
said
Officers
and
Commissioners
under
your
hand
once
in
each
week
at
least
,
so
long
as
she
continues
in
Petty
Warrant
Victuals
,
expressing
therein
the
weekly
advance
made
in
the
fitting
of
the
said
ship
,
the
Shipping
of
Provision
and
Stores
,
and
entrance
of
her
Men
:
As
also
whether
there
be
any
neglect
in
any
of
the
Officers
of
the
Yard
,
or
of
the
Ship
,
in
the
dispatch
of
her
,
and
who
are
guilty
of
the
same
,
to
the
end
the
offenders
may
be
punished
,
and
the
service
hastened
,
III
.
You
are
to
demand
and
receive
from
the
Clerk
of
the
Survey
,
a
Survey-Book
containing
the
qualities
and
conditions
of
each
particular
parcel
of
her
running
and
standing
Rigging
,
and
the
most
considerable
of
the
Boat-Swain
Stores
,
viz.
Cables
and
small
Cordage
,
Anchors
,
spare
Canvas
,
and
Sails
;
and
that
immediately
before
your
breaking
ground
,
you
do
,
with
the
assistance
of
the
Master
,
(
who
is
hereby
requierd
to
attend
you
on
that
Service
)
call
over
the
Rigging
of
the
Ship
,
and
carefully
inspect
the
same
,
and
to
observe
distinctly
what
new
Cordage
is
imployed
in
Rigging
of
the
Ship
,
that
so
,
when
the
King
hath
allowed
new
,
the
Ship
be
not
supplied
with
old
.
IV
.
You
are
carefully
to
enquire
after
,
and
observe
,
the
bringing
on
Board
the
several
Stores
and
Provisions
for
the
use
of
the
Ship
,
that
the
same
may
be
done
in
due
time
,
and
no
part
thereof
be
left
behind
,
and
His
Majestie
put
to
an
unnecessary
charge
in
transporting
the
same
after
the
Ship
sets
sail
;
and
,
if
you
find
any
neglect
,
or
abuse
therein
,
to
give
Information
thereof
to
the
Principal
Officers
and
Commissioners
of
his
Majesties
Navy
,
before
you
depart
out
of
the
Limits
of
the
Port
from
whence
your
Ship
is
in
fitting
,
as
being
that
without
which
the
full
proportion
of
your
said
Stores
and
provisions
,
is
to
be
supposed
intirely
and
in
good
quality
put