By the King, a proclamation for regulating the colours to be worn on merchants ships England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1674 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A32500 Wing C3414 ESTC R35882 15565883 ocm 15565883 103848 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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WHereas by ancient Vsage no Merchants Ship ought to bear the Iack , which is for Distinction appointed for His Majesties Ships ; Nevertheless , His Majesty is informed , That divers of His Majesties Subjects have of late presumed to wear His Majesties Iack on board their Ships employed in Merchants Affairs , and thinking to evade the Punishment due for the same , bear Iacks in Shape and mixture of Colours , so little different from those of His Majesty , as not to be without difficulty distinguished therefrom ; Which practice is found attended with manifold Inconveniences : For prevention whereof for the future , His Majesty hath thought fit , with the Advice of His Privy Council , by this His Royal Proclamation , strictly to Charge and Command all His Subjects whatsoever , That from henceforth they do not presume to wear His Majesties Iack , ( commonly called , The Union Jack ) many of their Ships or Vessels , without particular Warrant for their so doing from His Majesty , or the Lord High Admiral of England , or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the time being ; And His Majesty doth hereby further Command all His Loving Subjects , That without such Warrant as aforesaid , they presume not to wear on board their Ships or Vessels , any Iacks made in imitation of His Majesties ; or any other Flags , Iacks , or Ensigns whatsoever , then those usually heretofore worn on Merchants Ships , viz. The Flag and Iack White , with a Red Cross , ( commonly called , Saint George's Cross ) passing quite through the same ; And the Ensign Red , with the like Cross in a Canton White , at the upper Corner thereof next to the Staff. And His Majesty doth hereby require the principal Officers and Commissioners of His Navy , Governours of His Forts and Castles , the Officers of His Customs , and Commanders or Officers of any of His Majesties Ships , or upon their meeting with , or otherwise observing any Merchants Ships or Vessels of His Majesties Subjects wearing such a Flag , Iack , or Ensign contrary hereunto , whether at Sea , or in Port , not onely to cause such Flag , Iack , or Ensign to be forthwith Seised , but to Return the Names of the said Ships and Vessels , together with the Names of their respective Masters , unto the Lord High Admiral , Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , or the Iudge of the High Court of Admiralty for the time being , to the end the persons Offending may be duely Punished for the same . And His Majesty doth hereby Command and Enjoyn the Iudge and Iudges of the High Court of Admiralty for the time being , that at the several Sessions to be hereafter held by His Majesties Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Admiralty , they give in Charge , that strict enquiry be made of all Offences in the Premisses , and that they cause all offenders therein to be duely punished : And all Vice-Admirals , and Iudges of Vice-Admiralties , are also to do the same , and to attend the due observation hereof within the several Ports and places of their respective Precincts . Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Eighteenth day of September 1674. in the Six and twentieth Year of Our Reign . By His Majesties Command . God save the King. LONDON . Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1674.