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conquering Party shall reconquer or regaine the said Prizes, before 

 the conquering Party shall have brought his said Prizes within 

 any of his Ma*y es harbours, or when after they shall have departed 

 with the said Prizes homewards, or elsewhere from the said harbours, 

 the right of Warre and Law of Nations giving like allowance to either 

 of the said hostile actions, Provided always, that his Maty doth 

 not mean hereby to derogate from the Jurisdiction of his Court 

 of Admiralty, but if any action (in forme of Law) shall be lawfully 

 instituted and duly presented in the Admirall Court ag* the said 

 Prizes and the Takers thereof, his Ma*y will cause Justice to be 

 administred in that behalfe with all possible expedition. 



5. Whereas mention is often made in the premisses of his Ma^ 68 

 Protection within the aforesaid bounds and limits, his Maty is now 

 pleased further to expresse his Intention and meaning to that effect, 

 viz. That he shall readyly give his Letters of Safe Conduct 

 under the Great Seale of his Admiralty to any the Subjects of 

 the Princes or States in league and Amity with his Maty desiring 

 the same from the Lords Commiss rs of the Admiralty, to whom 

 his Ma^ will referre the Consideration and allowance of such Petitions, 

 the said Letters of Safe Conduct to be conceived in the best forme. 

 And if any man of Warre or other Person whatsoever shall assault 

 or use any violence to any ship or vessell, or the persons therein, 

 within the limits aforesaid his Maty will hold such offender being 

 lawfully convicted thereof for a Pirate, and will cause his Officers 

 to inflict such punishment thereupon, as in Cases of Piracy is 

 usuall, if the said offenders can be apprehended within any his 

 Maty 68 Countrey or Dominions, or any other, or any other ships 

 or goods belonging to them, To w ch purpose his Ma*y will cause 

 notice to be given from the Court of his Admiralty to all his 

 Officers in Ports and Vice-Admiralls and Captaines of his Forts and ships, 

 But if all this notwithstanding, the said offenders cannot be attached 

 or apprehended, then the Party wronged, upon sufficient testimonyes 

 to be recorded in the Court of Admiralty may take out of the said 

 Court Processe, conteining a Monition for the said pretended offenders, 

 to appeare in the Court of Admiralty within 4 moneths next after 

 the date of the said Processe, there to answer for the pretended 

 wrong or violence, the said Processes to be affixed openly in some 

 eminent place of the Royall Exchange, London. And if the said 

 offenders shall not render their bodyes to Justice, then upon faith 

 made, that the said Processe was duly taken out, and the next day 

 after the date thereof was publiquely affixed as is aforesaid, his 

 Maty will by his Letters of Request under his Privy Seale to the 

 Soveraignes of the said offenders, or otherwise, pursue such further 

 proceedings ag* the said offenders, as is agreeable to the Custome 

 amongst Sovereigne States and Princes and the Law of Nations in 

 like Cases. 



