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         William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
      
       
         
           1688
        
      
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             A declaration, whereas we have been given to understand, that several untrue and groundless reports, have been of late industriously spread among the seamen of the fleet
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by Edward Jones,
             In the Savoy [London] :
             1688.
          
           
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             Broadside.
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             At head of title: By the Prince of Orange.
             At end of text: Given at St. James's, this sixteenth day of January 1688/9.
             Signed: W.H. Prince of Orange.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           England and Wales. -- Royal Navy -- Pay, allowances, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
           Desertion, Naval -- Great Britain -- Sources.
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           BY
           THE
           Prince
           of
           ORANGE
           ,
        
         
           A
           DECLARATION
           .
        
         
           WHEREAS
           VVe
           have
           been
           given
           to
           understand
           ,
           That
           several
           untrue
           and
           groundless
           Reports
           ,
           have
           been
           of
           late
           industriously
           spread
           among
           the
           Seamen
           of
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           touching
           the
           incertainty
           of
           their
           Receiving
           the
           VVages
           due
           to
           them
           for
           their
           Service
           therein
           ,
           to
           the
           occasioning
           great
           Discontents
           and
           Disorders
           within
           the
           said
           Fleet
           ;
           VVe
           out
           of
           the
           just
           Regard
           ,
           which
           VVe
           do
           and
           shall
           always
           bear
           ,
           to
           the
           Satisfaction
           and
           Encouragement
           of
           the
           Seamen
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           have
           thought
           fit
           hereby
           to
           declare
           ,
           That
           as
           well
           the
           Arrears
           already
           due
           ,
           as
           the
           growing
           VVages
           of
           all
           and
           every
           Officer
           and
           Seaman
           ,
           serving
           Us
           in
           the
           said
           Fleet
           ,
           shall
           be
           fully
           made
           good
           to
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           known
           Methods
           of
           the
           Navy
           ;
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           Ships
           whereon
           they
           have
           or
           shall
           respectively
           Earn
           the
           same
           ,
           shall
           be
           brought
           in
           and
           laid
           up
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           among
           other
           the
           ill
           Effects
           of
           the
           Reports
           beforementioned
           ,
           One
           is
           ,
           That
           several
           Seamen
           have
           been
           thereby
           misled
           to
           the
           Absenting
           themselves
           from
           their
           Ships
           ,
           without
           Leave
           ,
           and
           thereby
           Subjecting
           themselves
           to
           the
           Penalties
           ,
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           provided
           on
           that
           behalf
           :
           VVe
           do
           hereby
           further
           Declare
           ,
           That
           all
           such
           Absenters
           ,
           who
           shall
           Return
           to
           their
           Duties
           ,
           on
           Board
           their
           Respective
           Ships
           ,
           within
           the
           space
           of
           Fifteen
           Days
           after
           the
           date
           hereof
           ,
           shall
           be
           by
           Us
           Pardoned
           their
           said
           Offence
           ,
           and
           Exempted
           from
           the
           Punishment
           by
           Law
           due
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           And
           be
           moreover
           entitled
           to
           the
           full
           Benefit
           of
           this
           Our
           Declaration
           ,
           in
           Reference
           to
           their
           VVages
           ;
           But
           so
           as
           that
           whoever
           of
           them
           shall
           be
           found
           either
           Refusing
           or
           Neglecting
           to
           lay
           hold
           of
           this
           Our
           Gracious
           Offer
           ,
           by
           a
           timely
           Return
           to
           their
           Duties
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           shall
           be
           diligently
           sought
           after
           ,
           and
           (
           being
           Apprehended
           )
           strictly
           proceeded
           against
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           Deserters
           ,
           according
           to
           Law.
           
        
         
           
             
               Given
               at
            
             St.
             James's
             ,
             
               
                 this
                 Sixteenth
                 Day
                 of
              
               January
               1688
               /
               9.
               
            
          
           
             W.
             H.
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             In
             the
             Savoy
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Edward
             Jones
             .
          
           MDCLXXXVIII
           .
        
      
    
  

