Reasons for granting letters of mart to trading ships humbly offered to the honourable House of Commons.
1695
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Reasons for granting letters of mart to trading ships humbly offered to the honourable House of Commons.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
1 sheet ([1] p.).
s.n.,
[London? :
1695?]
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Privateering -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800.
France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century.
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REASONS
For
Granting
Letters
of
Mart
to
Trading
Ships
.
Humbly
offered
to
the
honourable
House
of
Commons
.
THAT
the
French
King
forces
his
Subjects
Merchant
Ships
to
take
Commissions
instead
of
denying
them
,
and
Spain
and
Holland
grant
them
freely
;
being
of
Opinion
,
That
they
are
serviceable
to
themselves
and
Allies
,
and
hurtful
to
none
except
their
Enemies
.
That
the
French
Letter
of
Mart
Ships
have
done
us
more
damage
in
our
Trade
than
their
Men
of
War
;
and
such
of
our
Merchant
Ships
and
Gallies
that
have
been
so
lucky
to
obtain
Commissions
,
have
done
very
good
Service
,
by
taking
in
the
Mediterranean
only
many
rich
Prizes
from
the
French
,
to
the
Value
of
at
least
One
hundred
thousand
Pounds
within
these
last
Six
Months
.
That
upon
the
Incouragement
of
having
Letters
of
Mart
,
which
were
not
denied
till
lately
,
the
Merchants
have
built
many
very
fine
Frigats
and
Gallies
,
the
better
to
annoy
the
Enemy
,
and
secure
their
own
Trade
,
which
was
before
in
a
great
measure
lost
in
several
Places
,
and
now
thereby
partly
regain'd
;
but
should
not
the
Commissions
already
granted
,
which
are
expired
or
expiring
(
for
they
last
but
for
one
Voyage
,
which
is
also
esteemed
hard
)
be
removed
,
and
new
Ones
granted
to
the
Frigats
and
Gallies
lately
built
,
it
will
be
a
great
Hinderance
to
their
hopeful
way
of
recovering
our
Trade
,
and
also
a
Discouragement
to
the
Merchants
and
Marriners
.
That
in
regard
Merchant
Ships
of
all
other
Nations
in
War
have
Commissions
,
our
Commanders
and
Sea-men
are
unwilling
to
go
to
Sea
without
being
upon
equal
Terms
with
them
:
For
without
Commissions
they
dare
not
seize
a
French
Ship
,
though
she
falls
in
their
way
,
for
fear
of
being
afterwards
retaken
by
the
French
,
and
hanged
for
Pirates
.
Besides
,
Commissions
encourage
the
Men
the
better
to
defend
their
Ships
;
For
who
will
fight
,
when
if
they
should
overcome
they
dare
not
seize
?
That
such
Ships
as
have
Commissions
are
obliged
to
give
1500
or
2000
l.
Security
to
perform
their
Instructions
,
and
particularly
to
carry
one
half
of
their
Compliment
Land-men
,
which
raises
a
great
Number
of
Sea-men
for
his
Majesties
Service
;
and
their
Prizes
pay
considerable
Customs
and
Fifths
to
the
Crown
,
besides
the
Gain
it
brings
to
the
Concerned
and
Nation
in
general
;
for
each
Prize
is
a
double
Gain
to
us
,
in
regard
the
Enemy
looses
as
much
as
we
get
.
The
Objection
that
hath
been
made
against
granting
Commissions
is
,
That
some
of
these
Commission
Ships
have
committed
Irregularities
.
To
which
is
answered
,
That
there
hath
been
several
hundred
Commissions
granted
since
the
War
,
and
it
s
believed
there
never
was
fewer
Irregularities
committed
by
such
a
great
Number
of
Ships
as
by
those
,
if
any
at
all
.
But
with
submission
,
suppose
One
in
a
Hundred
of
them
have
broken
their
Instructions
,
(
though
we
know
of
none
)
it
would
be
severe
for
all
the
rest
to
suffer
for
their
Faults
,
when
they
may
be
so
easily
punished
for
it
.