an ordinance for the bettter [sic] raysing and levying of marinors, saylors and others for the present guarding of the seas, and necessary defence of the realme and other his majesties dominions. die veneris . die feb. . england and wales. parliament. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing e ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing e estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) an ordinance for the bettter [sic] raysing and levying of marinors, saylors and others for the present guarding of the seas, and necessary defence of the realme and other his majesties dominions. die veneris . die feb. . england and wales. parliament. browne, john, ca. - . sheet ([ ] p.). printed for i. wright in the old baily, london, : febuary [sic], . [i.e. ] caption title. signed: j. browne cler. parliamentorum. reproduction of original in the henry e. huntington library. eng england and wales. -- royal navy -- recruiting, enlistment, etc. impressment -- great britain. great britain -- history -- civil war, - . broadsides -- england -- th century. a r (wing e ). civilwar no an ordinance for the bettter [sic] raysing and levying of marinors, saylors and others for the present guarding of the seas, and necessary d england and wales. parliament a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion an ordinance for the bettter raysing and levying of marinors , saylors and others for the present guarding of the seas , and necessary defence of the realme and other his majesties dominions . die veneris . die feb. . whereas it hath beene thought fit by both houses of parliament to appoint great fleets this yeare to be prepared for service with all possible expedition for the guarding the narrow seas , preservation of trade and for the necessary defence of this kingdome , and other his majesties dominions , which at this time is of more necessity then ever considering not only the home-bred distractions of this kingdome and of ireland , but the great preparations which are marching already in forraigne parts in aide and incouragement of the papists , and il-affected party amongst our selves , now up in armes against the parliament : and whereas the said fleets now in preparation to be set forth cannot timely enough be expedited unlesse the same be furnished with fit , and sufficient men for that service . be it therefore ordained by the lords and commons in this present parliament assembled , that the committees of the admiralty appointed by both houses or any three of them shall , and may at any time or times , between the first of febuary , . to the last of december next comming by themselves their commissioner , or commissioners or their officer , or officers or any of them shall rayse leavy and impresse such , and so many mariners , saylers , watermen , chirurgions , gunners , caukers , shipcarpinters and whoymen , as also carmen for the said carriage of victualls as shall be requisit , and necessary for this present expedition , or for any such further defence of this realme , or any other of his majesties dominions , which said marines , saylors and other such persons so to be levied , and impressed as aforesaid , and every of them shall have payed and delivered unto him upon such his impressing by the person that shall so impresse him , for conduct money for every mile from the place where he shall be so impressed , to the ship or place where he shall be appointed to make his repaire the some of one penny , and the like some of one penny for every mile from the place of his discharge unto the place of his aboade , and shall be allowed for this service , the best wages and intertainement which have , or hath been allowed by his majesty to any such person or persons respectively at any time within three yeares last past ; and to the end that the common sea-men may be the better encouraged , with alacrity and cheerefullnesse to undertake this service ; be it further ordained that an addition of wages be allowed from s. per mencem unto s. per mencem to every common sea-man , as also unto such water-men as have been already at sea in his majesties ships or others , and can doe their labors as sea-men and not otherwise ; and if any marinor , saylor , waterman , chirurgion , gunner , ship-captenter , canker , whoy-man , or carman shall wilfully refuse to be impressed in or for the said service or shall voluntarily , hide and absent himselfe at the time of such presse to avoid the said service , or receaving his said conduct monies doe not appeare at such places and times as by his ticket he is appointed , that then any such person so offending shall suffer imprisonment by the space of three moneths without bayle or mayneprise . provided alwayes and be it ordained , that no money or other reward shall be taken , or any corrupt practice used by any the persons authorised by this ordinance , in or for the pressing , changing , spairing or discharging of any person or persons to be impressed as aforesaid as they will answer such offence in parliament ; and all deputy lieutenants , majors , bayliffs , constables and all other inferior officers , are hereby required and injoyned to be aiding and assisting , from time to time the persons authorized by this ordinance , according to the true intent and meaning thereof . provided , alwayes that this ordinance shall not extend , to the pressing of any master or masters-mate , gunner , carpenter , or boate-swaine of any ship or vessell that is or shall be in imployment . die veneris . febuary . . ordered by the lords and commons assembled in parliament , that this ordinance shall be forthwith printed and published . j. browne cler. parliamentorum . london , printed for i. wright in the old baily , febuary , . . an ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled giving sir tho. fairfax power to prest men in all townes, and places where his army shall march. and to continue for the space of one moneth. england and wales. parliament. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing e thomason .f. 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) an ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled giving sir tho. fairfax power to prest men in all townes, and places where his army shall march. and to continue for the space of one moneth. england and wales. parliament. sheet ([ ] p.) printed for edward husband, london : iune the . . order to print dated: . junii. and signed: hen. elsynge, cler. parl. d. com. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng fairfax, thomas, -- baron, - -- early works to . impressment -- great britain -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no an ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled, giving sir tho. fairfax power to prest men in all townes, and places where hi england and wales. parliament. a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion an ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled , giving sir tho. fairfax power to prest men in all townes , and places where his army shall march . and to continue for the space of one moneth . be it ordained by the lords and commons in parliament assembled , that sir thomas fairfax shall have power by virtue of this ordinance , to imprest men in all townes , parishes and places , as his army shall march through , or quarter in , during the space of one moneth after the passing of this present ordinance . provided that this ordinance shall not extend to the pressing of any clergyman , scholler , or student in any the vniversities , inns of court or chancery , or houses of law , or of any person rated in the last subsidies granted by parliament , or the sonne of any person rated at five pound goods , or three pound lands in the subsidie books , or of any person of the ranke , or degree of an esquire or upwards , or the sonne of any such person , or the sonne of the widdow of any such person , or to the pressing of any person under the age of eighteene , or above the age of fifty , or of the members or officers of either house of parliament , or of their meniall servants , or any the assistants or attendants of the lords house , or any of their meniall servants , or of any marryner , seaman , waterman , or fisherman , or any officer imployed in the office of excize , or in the office of customes for tunnage or poundage . . junii . . ordered by the commons , that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published . hen. elsynge , cler. parl. dom. com. london , printed for edward husband , iune the . . an act for reviving an act for impresting of seamen. public general acts. . england and wales. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing e a). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing e a estc r 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) an act for reviving an act for impresting of seamen. public general acts. . england and wales. england and wales. parliament. proceedings. . aut sheet ([ ] p.) printed by john streater, and john macock, printers to the parliament, london : . caption title. wing gives / as publication date. order to print dated: wednesday, march . . last word in first line of text: 'parliament,'; first word under initial: 'presting'; last word in last full line of text: 'and'. reproduction of the original in the harvard university library. eng impressment -- early works to . great britain -- history -- commonwealth and protectorate, - -- early works to . great britain -- history, naval -- stuarts, - -- early works to . a r (wing e a). civilwar no an act for reviving an act for impresting of seamen. england and wales a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - paul schaffner sampled and proofread - paul schaffner text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion seal of the commonwealth an act for reviving an act for impresting of seamen . be it enacted by this present parliament , and by the authority of the same , and it is hereby enacted , that one act of parliament , entituled , an act for impresting of seamen , which was to continue in force till the first of december , one thousand six hundred fifty and nine , and no longer , be , and is hereby revived , and all the powers and authorities therein granted are , and shall stand in full force , power and vertue , to all intents and purposes , from the twelfth day of march , one thousand six hundred fifty nine , until the twenty fourth of june , one thousand six hundred and sixty , and no longer . passed the th of march , . wednesday , march . . ordered by the council of state , that this act be forthwith printed and published . london , printed by john streater , and john macock , printers to the parliament , . a proclamation, discharging the levying or transporting of souldiers vvithout licence scotland. privy council. approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : - (eebo-tcp phase ). b wing s b estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. b ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) a proclamation, discharging the levying or transporting of souldiers vvithout licence scotland. privy council. gibson, alexander, sir, d. . scotland. sovereign ( - : charles ii) sheet ([ ] p.) printed by andrew anderson, printer to the king's most excellent majesty, edinburgh : . caption title. royal arms at head of text; initial letter. intentional blank spaces in text. dated at end: given under our signet at edinburgh, the first of october, one thousand six hundred, and seventy four years. signed: al. gibson cl. sti. concilii. imperfect: creased and stained with slight loss of text. reproduction of the original in the national library of scotland. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; 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whereof a third part to be applyed to the use of the informer . likeas , we do hereby authorize and require any one of our privy councellors , upon information given , that any of our subjects of this kingdom , souldiers or others are taken on to serve in any forraign countrey , without warrand , as said is , to cause stop them in their passage , and imprison them , and to cause seize upon and secure the persons who have ingaged them , or who shall be known to have been dealing with , and seducing them thereto , until they find caution to answer for the same , and that they shall not levy or transport any of our subjects to any forraign service ; with power to any privy councellor to give such orders as shall be necessary for that effect to the magistrats of burghs , or any of our standing forces , who are hereby required to put these orders in execution , as they will be answerable at their highest peril . and it is hereby declared , that such persons as have already contraveened the former proclamation , shall be proceeded against , and censured conform to the tenor thereof . the which to do we commit to you conjunctly and severally our full power by thir our letters , delivering them by you duely execute and indorsat again to the bearer . given under our sig●●● a● edinburgh , the first of october , one thousand six hundred , and seventy four years . al. gibson cl. s ti . concilii . god save the king. 〈…〉 to the kings most excellent majesty . . a proclamation discharging the levying and transporting any men for the warrs beyond seas scotland. privy council. approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. b ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) a proclamation discharging the levying and transporting any men for the warrs beyond seas scotland. privy council. gibson, alexander, sir, d. . scotland. sovereign ( - : charles ii) sheet ([ ] p.) printed by the heir of andrew anderson, printer to his most sacred majesty, edinburgh : . caption title. royal arms at head of text; initial letter. intentional blank spaces in text. dated at end: given under our signet at edinburgh, the . day of january, . and of our reign the twenty eighth year. signed: al. gibson. cl. sti. concilii. imperfect: stained and creased with some loss of text. reproduction of the original in the national library of scotland. created by converting tcp files to tei p using tcp tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between and available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the , texts created during phase of the project have been released into the public domain as of january . anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. % (or pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng scotland. -- army -- recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- law and legislation -- early works to . impressment -- scotland -- early works to . broadsides -- scotland -- th century. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a proclamation discharging the levying and transporting any men or the warrs beyond seas . charles by the grace of god , king of great britain , france and ireland , defen●●● of the faith , to macer or messengers at arm , our sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute , greeting : forasmuch , as it being represented to vs th●● a number of men are l●vyed in this kingdom for the service of france , whe●●of some are landed there and moe are expected for the same purpose ; and t●● men are clapt up in pri●ons , and detained untill there be an opportunity to se●● them away to france , and as we are confident that our privy council of t●●● kingdom have not given the least authority for making levyes contrair to o●● treaties , and to that neu●rality , which , as mediator , we are resolved to keep : 〈◊〉 we have thought fit , upon this occasion to renew our positive commands , t●a● our council be careful tha● no men be levyed or sent out of scotland by any conivance whatsoever . like●●●● we , with advice of the lords of our privy cou●●il , do command and charge , that none of our subjects or others within this kingdom presume to levy or transport any men out of our said kingdom upon any pretence whatsoever , unto the service of any beyond the sea now in war. and we strictly require all the magistrates and officers of our customs in all the sea-ports of this kingdom , to be careful in their several jurisdictions , that this our command be punctually obeyed . and further , we , with advice foresaid , do command and require the magistrates of burghs immediately to set at liberty any men whom they shall find to be keeped in prison in order to their transportation , and to return to our co●●●●d the names of any persons so imprisoned , and the names of these who ap●reh●●ded them . and ordains these presents to be printed and published at the mercat-cross of edinburgh , and other places ●●●●ful , that none pretend ignorance . given under our signet 〈◊〉 e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the . day of january , . and of our reign the twen●● eighth y●●● . god save the king. edinburgh , p●●●●●● 〈…〉 andr●● anderson , pri●●●● to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 d●● . . encouragement for seamen and mariners in two parts : being a proposed method for the more speedy and effectual furnishing their majesties' royal navy with able seamen and mariners, and for saving those immense sums of money, yearly expended in attending the sea-press : in order to prevent those many mischiefs and abuses daily committed (by disorderly press-masters) both at sea and land, to the great prejudice of their majesties, and injury of the subject / by george everett, shipwright. everett, george, shipwright. approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) encouragement for seamen and mariners in two parts : being a proposed method for the more speedy and effectual furnishing their majesties' royal navy with able seamen and mariners, and for saving those immense sums of money, yearly expended in attending the sea-press : in order to prevent those many mischiefs and abuses daily committed (by disorderly press-masters) both at sea and land, to the great prejudice of their majesties, and injury of the subject / by george everett, shipwright. everett, george, shipwright. vi, - p. 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whereby their majesties , and the publick , may save those immense sums of money yearly expended on such occasions ; the seamen be happy and easy in such service ; the merchants enjoy a free trade , without interruption ; the whole nation be happy under the present influence of a war , many grievances attending thereon be redress'd , vice punish'd , vertue promoted , our enemies terrified , and our selves encouraged , by the blessing of the almighty , to prosecute this so great and glorious vndertaking , and thereby regain our former honour of being master of the british seas , to the glory of their majesties , the peace and happiness of the whole nation : most humbly begging your honours to pardon this my vndertaking , to pass by my errors with patience , and to correct all that is amiss with prudence , and to consider my former proposals , humbly offered for the saving l . per annum in building and repairing the royal navy ; which by his majesty's order of the d of march last , was referred to the right honourable the lords commissioners of the admiralty , and at the writing hereof is yet lying under their lordships consideration . all which ( out of a hearty and zealous inclination of serving their majesties and the publick ) i do most humbly recommend to your honours consideration ( as the only physicians under god , from whom a redress of all our grievances are desired and expected ) in hopes of your favourable acceptance and encouragement thereof , for the service of their majesties , the benefit of the subject , and the good and welfare of the whole nation , most humbly praying that a committee may be appointed to examine and consider the same ; and that i may be admitted to give reasons , and answer to all objections . i humbly submit my self , your honours most faithful and obedient servant , geo. everett . proposals ▪ consisting of two parts , most humbly offered for the encouragement of seamen , and for supplying their majesties royal navy with able seamen and mariners on all occasions . part the first . forasmuch as it is altogether needless to give an account of the particular charge of the nation in impressing of seamen for their majesties service , that being already performed by others ; and it being well known that after all the charge and trouble therein , many of the most able and fittest for sea-service do lie lurking and conceal'd , taking an opportunity to make a voyage or two to newcastle , or otherwise , as theysee most convenient for their own advantage , to the great hindrance of their majesties service , the discouragement of others belonging to the fleet , and great prejudice of many , who being unfit for sea-service , are forced to supply in such case : proposal . for remedy thereof ( upon the especial approbation of the honourable admiral russel , and several other eminent persons of known experience in maritime affairs ) it is humbly proposed , that in every seaport-town ( according to the greatness thereof ) an office and officers ( being persons of known integrity and good repute ) may be erected and settled , for taking and keeping a register of seamen and mariners : and to that end the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of every parish within ten miles of any sea-coast ▪ or navigable river , within this kingdom , shall within fourteen days after notice given ( by proclamation ) be sworn duly to enquire and take a list of all seamen and mariners , inhabiting and residing within their respective parishes , being between the age of and , whether at home or abroad , and shall deliver the same under their hands to the sheriff of the county to which they do belong ; which said sheriff shall within twelve days after the receipt thereof , transmit a copy of the same to the next port-office , where the same shall be carefully entered alphabetically , for every parish and county distinctly , in a book or books for that purpose to be provided . ☞ this cannot be accounted any great trouble , there being in every parish four or six such officers at least , who dividing themselves , with their beadle , who is generally acquainted with all the parishioners , may perform the same effectually in one day . ☞ neither can it be accounted troublesom to the sheriffs , it being not expected to be more than once a year at most ; and may , by their directions , be perform'd by their servants : and , being a national concern , ought to have a national assistance , which will partly be effected by such officers changing places every year . prop. . and that all masters of ships and other vessels using the sea , or trading from port to port coast-wise , ( except such vessels as are or shall be employed in the home trade of fishery for supplying the several markets of this kingdom ) shall , at the beginning of their voyage , and before they depart the first port , give into that port-office a true list of the names of all seamen and mariners retained to serve on board their said ships or vessels , together with their age , and what outward marks may be found , as also their place of residence or habitation , if any such they have : which being performed , the said masters ( if not restrained by imbargo or other order ) may with their company have liberty to proceed on their intended voyage , both out and home , without danger of being impress'd , one of the said officers first giving a certificate under his hand and seal , as a protection for the use of each seaman thereunto belonging , being between the age of and years , as aforesaid ; and also a duplicate thereof to the master , for which he shall pay unto the said officer , if a coaster , s . and d . and if a trader to foreign parts , s . per head for every person therein nominated ; which said monies may be allowed for and towards the maintenance and encouragement of such officers . ☞ by the aforesaid means it may be possible to obtain a full register of all the seamen of england , and thereby know who is in service and who is not , whereby the royal navy , upon all occasions , may be ready manned with able seamen , and no hiding-place left for deserters or others : and the head-money proposed will be gladly paid to avoid those great perils and losses which too often happen , to the great prejudice of their majesties , and all others concern'd at sea , by means of the sea-press . prop. . and upon return of the said ship or vessel to her port of delivery or unlading , that then the said master thereof shall be further obliged ( if belonging to a ship or vessel using the coast-trade ) within four days , or if a merchant-ship trading to foreign parts , within ten days or more ( as may be thought convenient ) to pay such his ship 's company in the presence of one of the aforesaid officers at a place and day prefix'd . and if it happen that any change or alteration hath been made amongst the said company during the said voyage , that then the said master do give an account to the said officer , who may be impowered to make inquiry therein ; and whosoever of the said company , shipped outward or homeward , appeareth not in person to receive his wages at such time and place prefixed ( without some lawful cause or let shewed to the contrary , being such as may be allowed by the directors of such office , or officers ) shall lose and forgo his whole wages , one half to the use of their majesties , and the other to the chest of chatham , or otherwise , as may be thought convenient . ☞ and the said officers ( being impower'd to make inquiry as aforesaid ) will cause masters to be more cautious how they do imprison and pack their seamen off in foreign countries ; an abuse too much practised , even to the ruin of many families , which brings much poverty on the nation , especially about rivers and sea-port-towns . prop. . and if it should happen that any of the said ships or vessels should deliver or unlade at any other port within this kingdom , that then the officer of such port may , by the master's duplicate , ( he being obliged to produce the same , or otherwise by a copy of the register from the other first officer ) be enabled to procede in all respects as aforesaid . ☞ for conveniency a copy of all registers may be transmitted from all ports to yarmouth and portsmouth , for the ready dispatch of all such affairs ; but more especially to the port-office of london . prop. . and that every officer , in his respective place , ( at the time of paying such seamen as aforesaid ) shall then cause all such as are fit for their majesties service to be forthwith sent on board some ship belonging to the fleet , as occasion shall require ; the charge thereof to be paid by their majesties : and all such as are so sent on board their majesties ships shall have equal benefit with those seamen who do or shall enter themselves as volunteers . ☞ by such means there will be a constant supplying of the royal navy with able seamen : and by this means such who use to steal a voyage or two , will unavoidably be brought into their majesties service without prejudice to any ; which will be an encouragement to others belonging to the fleet , and will prevent the pressing of tradesmen from their business . prop. . and as every merchant-ship or vessel hath a carpenter or two belonging unto it , who for great wages go voluntarily to sea , their majesties ships may by the means aforesaid , be plentifully supplied with able shipwrights , the most experienced and fittest for sea-service . prop. . and at the end of every year the said officers shall present their majesties with a general list of all seamen and shipwrights so sent on board of every particular ship ; and , if thought convenient , shall have an additional allowance from their majesties of two shillings and sixpence per head , as an encouragement and maintenance for such their service . prop. . and whatsoever officer or ship-master offendeth herein , contrary to the true intent and meaning thereof , shall forfeit pounds to the use of their majesties , pounds whereof may be allowed to the informer . ☞ this charge cannot be accounted great , for by this means the prodigious expence of hiring smacks and ketches to attend the press will determine ; and men and boys commonly imployed therein may be at liberty to serve their majesties on board the fleet , besides the charge allowed and expended by captains and lieutenants on such occasions . ☞ and the seamen and shipwrights belonging to merchants ships , being so secured for their majesties service , may enjoy the benefit of selling and disposing what they have as an adventure on board their respective ships , together with the happiness of receiving their wages , and providing themselves with apparel , and other necessaries fit for sea-service , and be sent on board the fleet like men , who otherwise , after a long and tedious voyage , without recruit or money , are forced on board their majesties ships in a poor and ragged condition , which is one main occasion of sickness and distempers on board the fleet ; and for such reasons many refuse to go to sea , and others forsake their ships in foreign nations . ☞ and by such means as aforesaid merchants ships at sea , and under convoy , may be secure from the rage and ill usage of some commanders ; who , if denied their unreasonable demands for light or convoy-money , do often cause the seamen to be impress'd , whereby such ships or vessels are too often disabled , and the ship and goods , with the small and helpless number of men left on board , do often miscarry or perish at sea ; whereby the merchants lose their goods , their majesties lose their customs , the subjects lose their lives , the owners their ship or vessel , and many become widows and fatherless thereby ; which brings great complaints and poverty throughout the nation . proposals . part the second . prop. . ; and as the honour and glory of the english nation doth so much depend upon the strength and good conduct of the royal navy , so it may be highly necessary , at such time when the common enemy is so potent and powerful , that all due encouragement be given to seamen and mariners . and to that end it is most humbly proposed , that no offices belonging to the fleet be bought or sold , but that every person may be preferred according to his deserts and merits . prop. . that the said seamen be allowed their full share of all prizes that shall be taken , and that some law be passed to prevent imbezlements therein ; and that those persons , in what station soever , that shall endeavour to defraud them of such parts and shares as have by custom , or may hereafter be allowed , shall ( being convicted thereof ) forfeit his said office or employment . prop. . that if any seamen be dismembred in their majesties service , such smart-money as hath been formerly allowed may be advanced , and be forthwith duly paid . and further , that there may be an additional allowance made for all such pensioners as shall be dismembred in their majesties service . prop. . that if any seamen be killed in their majesties service , that the bounty-money generally allowed on such occasions be forthwith paid to those who shall produce a just right to receive the same . prop. . that all profaneness , which having by long custom gotten the ascendant on board the fleet , be forthwith suppress'd and abolished , and all offenders ( being officers ) may be displaced , and others receive such punishment as may be appointed by authority of parliament . prop. . and that no seaman or mariner that hath served twelve months in any of their majesties ships , shall be turn'd over to serve on board any other of their majesties ships before he be paid all wages due to that time . prop. . that when and so often as their majesties ( by their royal proclamation ) shall require the service of such seamen on board the royal navy by such a day or time prefix'd , that all able seamen who shall in obedience thereunto voluntarily enter themselves , by applying to the next port-officer or officers , shall be allowed , during the whole voyage , s . per month , according to the course of the navy ; and that so often as any of their majesties ships shall arrive into any harbour to lay up for any time , that then the seamen and mariners thereunto belonging shall be forthwith discharged ; and that all wages to them then due for such service be fully paid , not in tickets , but in money : and if the voyage be long , that then their wives or friends , having a lawful power to receive the same , may be paid six months wages out of every nine months that such ship shall be abroad . prop. . that all such sea-men now belonging to the royal navy as shall be continued on board the fleet at such time as the service of others shall be required by proclamation as aforesaid , may have and receive the full benefit of such as shall then enter themselves as volunteers . prop. . that there be one clerk at the navy-office to attend all accidental business that may happen touching the premises , and that he be allowed by their majesties l. per annum , to answer and receive money for all such persons as shall employ him on such occasion ; and that he may be allowed d . or d . per pound , as shall be thought fit , for all such money as he shall so receive : and the said clerk making default therein , to be displaced , and suffer such fine or other punishment as the parliament shall think fit . ☞ by such payments as aforesaid seamen may be enabled to provide for themselves and families , and to pay their debts , which is one means to make money plenty throughout the nation , and will encourage them , when occasion shall require , freely and gladly to enter themselves into their majesties service , without the charge of being pressed or continued in pay for the whole year . and being certain of such provision made for the maintenance of themselves and families , it will make them bold and daring , not being afraid to look death in the very face of their enemies . ☞ it is to be observed , that for want of such payment as aforesaid , the seamen are greatly injured and discouraged ; first especially when instead of money they are put off with tickets , whilst many of them and their families wanting food and rayment , are compelled to sell such tickets at one third parr , and sometimes one half loss ; so that thereby the seamens pay is very small and insignificant , who after having exposed themselves to the greatest dangers , are so cut off , being but as slaves and drudges to the common ticket-buyers and their upholders , who for supplying them so with money do carry away the greatest part of their labour , when many of their poor families are ready to perish . secondly , the paying such their wages on board the fleet at such time as they are ready to sail , is very injurious both to seamen and others ; for by such means they have not the opportunity to serve themselves or families , but are obliged to buy all their necessaries on board the common higlers or boomboats , ( and they not many ) who , making it their business to attend the fleet , do , by their extortion , bring away the greatest part of the seamens wages . so that a great part of the treasure of the nation , which ought to be divided amongst all , falls into the hands of a few private persons ; whereas , if such payment were to be made on shore , as aforesaid , they may have the benefit to buy all they want at the best hand , to pay their debts and relieve their families . and by this means all such money would , as from a fountain , pleasantly distil it self into so many silver streams , until it returns again to its first rise : which would be a great encouragement to seamen and all other their majesties good subjects , who being now obliged to give them and their families credit , are forc'd to sit down by loss , which is one great cause of the decay and detriment of trade . ☞ if it should be objected , that paying the seamen their wages on shore ( upon the discharge of their service as aforesaid ) will cause them to desert their majesties service , 't is humbly answered , that there being in england a sufficient number to serve both their majesties royal navy and merchants ships at one time , as by sufficient testimony did appear this last summer , it is impossible to believe the royal fleet should ever want seamen , if good payment was to be made , and encouragement given as aforesaid , for these reasons following . first , they being in such service are more secure from the enemy than in merchants ships . secondly , being allowed thirteen months to the year , without after-claps , or paying damages , which ( in merchants ships ) often cuts off one months pay in three . thirdly , if a ship of their majesties happen to be lost , the seamens wages stand good . fourthly , being out of all danger of being impress'd , during the whole voyage ; by means whereof in merchants ships they often lose both their wages and adventure . fifthly , having a prospect in making advantage by taking of prizes . sixthly , if loss of members happen , smart-money is allowed , with a yearly pension during life . seventhly , if killed in fight , a considerable bounty-gift is bestowed on their families , according to the greatness thereof ; when seamen in merchants ships , running all risques as aforesaid , fall far short of these so great advantages . prop. . furthermore it is proposed , that if any difference should happen within the term of the said voyage between the master of such merchant's ship or vessel , and any of the seamen belonging thereunto , for or by reason of any wages due , or goods damaged by leekage of the ship or vessel , such differences may be determined by such officer as aforesaid , who may be impowered to call to his assistance two , three or more honest and indifferent men , being sufficient house-keepers , who may have power to hear and determine all such differences as aforesaid , which would be of great advantage to poor seamen ; who , by reason of poverty and the press , being not in a capacity to maintain or attend a suit of law , are often ruined and undone . ☞ if it should be objected that this may prove prejudicial to the government , it is humbly answered , that the seamen in general , by such injuries , and for such reasons as aforesaid , are not in a capacity to go to law ; so that where nothing is , nothing can be expected . ☞ so that by thus civilly impressing of some , and paying and encouraging of others as aforesaid , it may be presumed their majesties royal navy may at all times be readily and plentifully provided with the most able seamen and mariners on all occasions , and all extraordinary charge of impressing and maintaining them on board the fleet the winter-season ( which by captain st. lo was computed at l . for one winter-season , besides l . expended for conduct , bounty , and impress-money ) avoided , and saved , as well now as in former times . and to this all the seamen and faithful people of england will say , amen . ☞ if any objection should be made , that in manning the royal navy according to the methods of this second proposition , their majesties affairs may be prolonged or prejudiced thereby , then it is humbly proposed , that a recourse may be had to the aforesaid register , as followeth . prop. . that the right honourable the lords commissioners of the admiralty calling to the port-officers of london for a general list of all seamen in each county ( taken as aforesaid ) may direct their warrants to the several sheriffs of the counties aforesaid , requiring them to direct their precepts to the several constables of each parish as aforesaid , who with the assistance of the church-wardens and overseers of the poor shall forthwith ( to the utmost of their power ) cause such and so many as are required ( by an equal quota ) to appear before the next port-officer who shall dispose of them on board their majesties ships , as shall be most meet and convenient for their majesties service : and such as press men to be allowed but s . per month. and what seamen soever shall abscond from their habitation , or usual place of being , at such time as the service of their majesties shall require them on board the fleet , shall suffer imprisonment , or as the parliament shall think fit . and that the port-officer do then forthwith pay unto the said constables , for travelling and other necessary charges , the sum of s . d . per head , for every person by them delivered or produced as aforesaid ; and that the said port-officer be allowed the same ( with other necessary charges for sending such on board the fleet ) out of their majesties treasury . by what hath been proposed i hope it will appear , that the impressing of seamen and others by sea-officers may be wholly laid aside , which hath hitherto been very chargeable to their majesties , and injurious to the subjects , as is briefly summed up as followeth . . that several vessels imployed in that service , after having laid twelve or fourteen days in the river of thames on that occasion , have by the ill management of some lieutenants thereunto belonging , been sent on board their majesties ships with twenty or thirty men at one time , who being not fit or useful in such service , have been often discharged and turned ashore , by which means their majesties treasure hath been vainly expended ; and many land-men and tradesmen have been often carried from their habitations to the downs , portsmouth and plimouth , to their great charge and prejudice . . that the impressing and detaining seamen in their majesties service on such hard terms as before specified , causeth many to desert their majesties service , who by such means come to an untimely exit . and many seamen there be , who having families , will rather expose themselves to such vile and shameful ends , than leave their families to perish for want of food and raiment . . many other inconveniences there be attending the present discipline of the navy , as paying the fleet at portsmouth , &c. whereby their majesties affairs are often retarded , and the seamen whose wives or friends are very populous about the river of thames , do , by travelling and attending at such remote parts , often expend more than they receive , whereby many families are ruined and undone : and many others there be , who for want of money are obliged to take up all they want upon trust , paying one shilling for the value of nine pence , losing thereby l . per cent. and by selling their tickets , as aforesaid , they generally lose , , or l . per cent. so that by a modest computation their whole loss amounts to l . per cent. out of their small wages . . the turning of seamen over from one ship to another , after having been in such service one , two , or three years without money , produceth the same effect as the former . . for the aforesaid reasons the seamen , their wives and friends , are at a great charge and trouble by petitioning and attending the admiralty and navy-board , ( on such occasions ) who spend great part of their time in hearing and examining these and such like grievances . . whereas if seamen were paid and encouraged as aforesaid , these mischiefs and disorders , with many others , occasioned by several indirect practices of the clerks of the navy , &c. would soon cease and be abolished . . and for promoting the same it is further proposed , that a sutable fund of money be raised and set apart for such uses and purposes : and if the same should fail , or fall short of what is intended , that then they may be supplied with such funds as shall be appropriated to pay merchant-dealers and tradesmen , who being under no compulsion in making agreement for their commodities , are in a capacity to help themselves . . and if a sufficiency of money cannot be raised as aforesaid , that then it may be borrowed ; and suppose at l . per cent. per annum , yet will be of so great use in answering these ends , that its presumed their majesties will thereby save l . per annum , or more : but if the late ingenious proposals to supply their majesties with money at l . per cent. per annum , be put into practice , the advantages accruing to their majesties by this proposed method will be much greater , and the doubts and objections that may arise touching the insufficiency of making such orderly payments as aforesaid , will be removed . . thus by preferring frugality , and abolishing extravagancy , their majesties , with the usual funds generally raised and allowed for such occasions , will soon be in a capacity of paying and providing with ready money all things useful and necessary for carrying on the war ; and the enemy taking notice of our industry and abilities , the usual forerunners of great actions , will be thereby discouraged , as they are certain presages of their approaching downfal . . and that by such means the general trade of the nation will be better supplied at home , and secured abroad ; and the subjects thereby inabled and encouraged to give supplies to carry on the war , and their majesties thereby be the better supported to prosecute and continue the same . . thus having , as i humbly conceive , proposed a sure and certain method to prevent those evils occasioned by the sea-press , which ( if put in practice ) i dare affirm , will be a useful instrument to vanquish and overcome all our enemies both foreign and domestick ; it being observable , that since my former proposals made for performing of shipwrights work , the impressing of workmen for that service hath been little practised . in all that hath been most humbly offered i have studied brevity more than curiosity , my design being to serve my country rather than to shew my skill in learning ; and therefore do present the same , not as the labour of my spare minutes , but as the fruit of a labourious brain , that hath and will be always ready to serve their majesties and the government upon all occasions . i shall only offer these following queries , most humbly praying they may be considered . . whether the nation under the present circumstances of a war , can long continue a sutable supply of money to carry on the same , under the pernicious effects of extravagancy ? . whether money raised in parliament with care , collected with trouble , and paid with tears , requires not the most serious thoughts and endeavours of all its disposers , for converting the same , in all circumstances , to the most useful and advantagious purposes ? . whether the king exposing his royal person in so many dangers abroad , for promoting the happiness and well-being of the nation , doth not expect the due assistance of all other his officers and subjects , indispensibly to use their utmost endeavours for the full accomplishing his royal purposes ? . whether the saving those immense sums of money , as aforesaid , will not settle the minds of their majesties good subjects , and stop the mouths of the most disloyal and restless spirits , who raise animosities amongst us , and instil wicked notions into the minds of their majesties subjects , representing the government as under an unsettled condition , and groaning under oppression , by reason of great taxes , and a lingring and expensive war , and a want of trade , and raising their expectations of a speedy change , who finding their hopes defeated by an unanimous resolution of rooting out the evils occasioning the same , can have no future pretence to such calumniating reflections on the government for bringing to pass their evil purposes ? . whether the buying and selling of publick places be not an undoubted inlet to bring their majesties enemies into such stations , being of dangerous consequence to the government ? . whether it will not be for their majesties and the nation 's interest to advance persons to places of trust according to their merits , and not permit those to be discountenanced , and to labour under difficulties , who expose frauds and extravagancies , and propose proper remedies for the cure of those evils ? and whether the brow-beating and discouraging those who endeavour to make such discoveries , is not an effectual means to prevent all others from appearing in such like cases ? much more might be added , which for brevity sake is omitted . i shall humbly conclude with the following admonition of king henry the ivth , who upon his death-bed spake to his son as followeth ; so long as english-men have wealth , so long shalt thou have obedience from them ; but when they are poor , they are then ready for commotions and rebellions : from which , and all other evils , good lord deliver us both now and for evermore . finis . friday, the th of june, . resolved, that the parliament doth declare, that the several persons named commissioners in the several acts of parliament for the militia's in the several cities and counties of this commonwealth ... england and wales. parliament. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing e ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing e estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) friday, the th of june, . resolved, that the parliament doth declare, that the several persons named commissioners in the several acts of parliament for the militia's in the several cities and counties of this commonwealth ... england and wales. parliament. sheet ([ ] p.). printed by john field, printer to the parliament of england., london, : . title from caption and first lines of text. reproduction of original in the henry e. huntington library. eng impressment -- great britain -- early works to . great britain -- politics and government -- - . england -- militia -- early works to . broadsides -- england -- th century. a r (wing e ). civilwar no friday, the th of june, . resolved, that the parliament doth declare, that the several persons named commissioners in the several acts england and wales. parliament a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion friday , the th of june , . resolved , that the parliament doth declare , that the several persons named commissioners in the several acts of parliament for the militia's in the several cities and counties of this commonwealth , be the persons intended by the act , entituled , an act for the impresting of soldiers for the service of the commonwealth in ireland , to have power to impress soldiers within the said several cities and counties by force of the said act , and that they do act accordingly , notwithstanding the determination of the several acts for the militia's . resolved by the parliament , that this vote be forthwith printed and published . hen : scobell , cleric . parliamenti . london , printed by john field , printer to the parliament of england . .