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.
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             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.
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           ENCOURAGEMENT
           FOR
           
             Seamen
             &
             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
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           MDCXCV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Honourable
           THE
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           AND
           COMMONS
           of
           England
           ,
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           With
           Submission
           ,
        
         
           IN
           humble
           Respect
           to
           his
           Majesties
           most
           gracious
           Speech
           ,
           I
           do
           most
           humbly
           offer
           these
           following
           Proposals
           ,
           for
           the
           encouraging
           of
           Seamen
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           furnish
           their
           Majesties
           Royal
           Navy
           on
           all
           Occasions
           :
           Wherein
           is
           briefly
           set
           forth
           
           the
           great
           Hardships
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           those
           imployed
           in
           Sea-Service
           ,
           together
           with
           proper
           Remedies
           to
           prevent
           the
           same
           ;
           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
           
             100000l
             .
             per
             Annum
          
           in
           building
           and
           repairing
           the
           Royal
           Navy
           ;
           which
           by
           his
           Majesty's
           Order
           of
           the
           22d
           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
               1.
               
            
             
               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
                 16
                 and
                 60
                 ,
                 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.
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 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
                 16
                 and
                 60
                 Years
                 ,
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 ;
                 and
                 also
                 a
                 Duplicate
                 thereof
                 to
                 the
                 Master
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 he
                 shall
                 pay
                 unto
                 the
                 said
                 Officer
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 Coaster
                 ,
                 2s
                 .
                 and
                 6d
                 .
                 and
                 if
                 a
                 Trader
                 to
                 foreign
                 Parts
                 ,
                 
                   5s
                   .
                   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.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               7.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               8.
               
            
             
               
                 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
               1000
               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.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 ;
                 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.
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               7.
               
            
             
               
                 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
                 ,
                 
                   28s
                   .
                   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.
               8.
               
            
             
               
                 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.
               8.
               
            
             
               
                 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
                 6d
                 .
                 or
                 
                   12d
                   .
                   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.
               9.
               
            
             
               
                 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
               504000l
               .
               for
               one
               Winter-Season
               ,
               besides
               60000l
               .
               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.
               10.
               
            
             
               
                 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
                 
                   24s
                   .
                   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
                 
                   2s
                   .
                   6d
                   .
                   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
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               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
               
                 25l
                 .
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               and
               by
               selling
               their
               Tickets
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               they
               generally
               lose
               30
               ,
               40
               ,
               or
               
                 50l
                 .
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               so
               that
               by
               a
               modest
               Computation
               their
               whole
               Loss
               amounts
               to
               
                 60l
                 .
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               out
               of
               their
               small
               Wages
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               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
               .
            
             
             
               6.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               And
               if
               a
               Sufficiency
               of
               Money
               cannot
               be
               raised
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               that
               then
               it
               may
               be
               borrowed
               ;
               and
               suppose
               at
               
                 10l
                 .
                 per
                 Cent.
                 per
                 Annum
                 ,
              
               yet
               will
               be
               of
               so
               great
               Use
               in
               answering
               these
               Ends
               ,
               that
               its
               presumed
               their
               Majesties
               will
               thereby
               save
               
                 200000l
                 .
                 per
                 Annum
              
               ,
               or
               more
               :
               but
               if
               the
               late
               ingenious
               Proposals
               to
               supply
               their
               Majesties
               with
               Money
               at
               
                 3l
                 .
                 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
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               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
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               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
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               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
               ?
            
             
               3.
               
               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
               ?
            
             
             
               4.
               
               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
               ?
            
             
               5.
               
               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
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               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
               .