By the King. A proclamation for repealing and making voyd of all letters of marque or reprisall, and commissions of that nature, granted before the first of Iuly, in the 18th yeare of His Majesties raigne. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78997 of text R212204 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[17]). 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. 4 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 2017 A78997 Wing C2594 Thomason 669.f.9[17] ESTC R212204 99870848 99870848 161115 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. A78997) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161115) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[17]) By the King. A proclamation for repealing and making voyd of all letters of marque or reprisall, and commissions of that nature, granted before the first of Iuly, in the 18th yeare of His Majesties raigne. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the University, Printed at Oxford : 1644. With engraving of royal seal at head of document. Dated at end: Given at Our Court at Oxford, the 19. day of December, in the twentieth yeare of Our Reigne. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Privateering -- England -- Early works to 1800. Prize law -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A78997 R212204 (Thomason 669.f.9[17]). civilwar no By the King. A proclamation for repealing and making voyd of all letters of marque or reprisall, and commissions of that nature, granted bef England and Wales. Sovereign 1644 731 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. 2008-03 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 royal blazon or coat of arms C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE BY THE KING . ΒΆ A Proclamation for repealing and making voyd of all Letters of Marque or Reprisall , and Commissions of that nature , granted before the first of Iuly , in the 18th yeare of His Majesties Raigne . WHEREAS at severall times before the first day of July in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Raigne , severall Letters of Marque or Reprisall and Commissions of that nature , have been granted to severall Persons under Our Great Seale of England , or under the Seale of Our Admiralty , giving them power thereby to set forth to Sea one or more shippe or shippes Equipped , Victualled and Manned in Warlike manner , and therewith to take , seize , or surprize the Ships Goods and Merchandizes of such Persons , Countryes , or States as are limited or mentioned in the said Commissions , for the satisfaction and reimbursment of such Person or Persons to whom such Commissions were granted , of and for the Losses and Dammage which they had susteined at Sea or in Forreigne Parts ; and in particular such Letters of Marque or Reprizall , or a Commission of that nature , was granted before the said first day of July , unto one Gregory Clements of London Merchant , and his Partners or Associates . And whereas the said Gregory Clements , his Partners or Associates , and others to whom such Letters or Commissions have bin granted as aforesaid , have had sufficient time to recover their losses , and as We are credibly informed , have seised , and taken the Ships , Vessells , Goods , and Merchandizes of diverse Subjects of Our friends and Allies , and have received full satisfaction for their Losses , and do shelter themselves under the power of the Rebells , which are now in Armes against Us , so that there is no meanes open for examination of what Goods , or Merchandizes have come to their hands , or have bin taken or seised by them , and yet still they endeavour to make further use of those Commissions , or Letters of Marque or Reprisall ; Wee do therefore by this Our Proclamation , Publish and Declare Our Will and Pleasure to bee , To Repeale , Revoke , Determine , and make Voyd , all Letters of Marque or Reprisall , and all Commissions of that nature , for letting forth any shippe or Shippes , and taking of Prizes , granted at any time since the beginning of Our Raigne , before the said first day of Iuly , in the said eighteenth year of Our Raigne , to the said Gregory Clements , his Partners or Associates , or to any other person or persons , or to any Corporation or Body-politique whatsoever , upon any pretence or suggestion whatsoever ; And that all such Commissions , and Letters of Marque or Reprisall granted within the time aforesaid , and the force and effect of the same , be from henceforth Revok'd , Repeal'd , and absolutely voyd and determined ; and accordingly We do hereby Revoke , Repeale , Determine , and make voyd the same ; And We do hereby further publish & declare , That all prizes which shall at any time hereafter be taken , & all Acts whatsoever which shall at any time hereafter be done or Acted , by or under colour or pretence of any such Commission , Letters of Marque or Reprisall , granted within the time aforesaid , shall be taken , deemed and adjudged as illegall and voyd , and without warrant or authority , and the person or persons which shall take , act , or doe the same to be punishable , as if such Commissions , Letters of Marque or Reprisall , had never bin made or granted , any Clause , Matter , or thing contayned in any such Commission Letters of Marque or Reprisall to the contrary here of not withstanding . Given at Our Court at Oxford , the 19. day of December , in the Twentieth yeare of Our Reigne . GOD SAVE THE KING . Printed at Oxford , by Leonard Lichfield , Printer to the Vniversity . 1644.