Reasons for the taking off the Q--s and R--s in the Navy books; together with proposals humbly offered to the honourable House of Commons for the expeditious payment of saylors. Eccles, William, fl. 1700. 1700 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B02977 Wing E131 ESTC R226258 51784520 ocm 51784520 174930 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century 2008-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Paul Schaffner Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Paul Schaffner Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion REASONS FOR THE Taking off the Q — s and R — s in the Navy Books ; together with Proposals humbly Offered to the Honourable House of Commons for the expeditious Payment of Saylors . I Doubt not but the Greivences of Saylors , touching Q — s and R — s have ( In diverse Modes and Formes ) been already represented to this Honourable House , so that I shall touch very Slightly upon the same , I will only add that . First , No Q — s nor R — s can be taken off to advantage of the whole , unless they are all taken off in General by Act of Parliament . For if the Matter be referred to be Examined , by the Admiralty , or Navy , or any other Person , or Persons , the Saylors are still in the same Condition , being to be Judged , by the same Judges ; or others , that may be Equally Prejudiced , or Byased , and can have no other remedy then what they have already . Secondly , With humble Submission I propose , that the taking off all the Q — s and R — s in General , will be an Encouragement to all Saylors , Encouragement for all Persons to trust them , when in Necessity , and will be for the Honour and Credit , of the Nation . And that the Saylors may with Ease be paid , their Creditors satisfyed , and the Money due from His Majesty in Arrears to Saylors with Ease paid , I with all Humillity propose . That Tickets be made out ( if there be none made out already ) for the Saylors who are Q — d and R — d and also for the future , that at any time , or times , when His Majesty's Fleet shall have ended their Summers Expedition , and shall put into Harbour ; the Captain of each Ship shall there together with other Officers on Board , make out Tickets for Saylors then on Board , and also for such Dead , Discharged , Wounded , or Sick Men set on Shore , or sent to Hospitals , for their Wages respectively due to them ; as also Tickets for themselves from time to time , at the end of every respective Expedition , and their coming into Harbour . That those Tickets so made out , or hereafter to be made out , be sent up to Lon , don , or else where , ( according to the direction of this Honourable House ) to an Office , or Offices , to be Erected for that purpose , where each Individual Ticket shall receive a Stamp , and Indorsement , of the Vallue of each Ticket , with an Allowance of Interests thereon , ( that these Tickets be returned to the Parties in whose Custody they now are , ) or to the said Ship , to whom they belong , and paid to the Saylor as ready Mony , that an Act pass to make the same Current as Specie , between Subject , and Subject , and be adjudged a good tender in Law for any Debt by any Persons due , and that these Tickets be paid in payments for duties to His Majesty , and that a Fund be appointed for the taking of them in ; is most humbly proposed , will make the Saylors Easie , all Persons dealing with them happy , the King quiet , the Nation out of Debt ( in this Affaire ) Funds thereby will be converted to the use designed ( procure a Circulation of Mony ) and stop the Mouths of abundance of People , who being ready to Starve for their Money due to them ( their Poverty being so pressing ) Make Continual Exclamations and Murmors against the Government , will bring our Saylors home from Abroad ; And I hope make this a Flourshing and Happy Kingdom . Which is the Prayers of your Honours most obedient Servant , William Eccles.