WHereas divers Seamen and Mariners have lately left their usual and ordi­nary Places of Abode, and have removed themselves into some private and obscure Places, endeavouring thereby to avoid or escape from Their Ma­jesties present Service: Their Majesties therefore, by the Advice of Their Privy Council, have upon the present Extraordinary Occasion, thought fit to Publish this Their Royal Proclamation; And do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Seamen and Mariners remaining in any County of England or Wales, and not Listed in Their Majesties Service, That they forthwith render themselves unto the Principal Officers and Commissioners of Their Majesties Navy in London, or to the Commission­ers of the Navy at Chatham, or to the Commissioners of the Navy at Ports­mouth, or to Joseph Fownes Store-keeper and Muster-master for the Navy at Harwich or to John Addis Store-keeper and Muster-master for the Navy at Plymouth, or to the Bailiffs of Great Yarmouth, or to the Mayor of Hull, or to the Mayor of Newcastle, or to Robert Henley at Bristol, or to [...] Arkinson at Highlake and Leverpoole, in order to their being re­ceived into Pay, and sent on Board such of Their Majesties Ships as shall be found most expedient for Their Majesties Service; And if any of them shall hereafter be found out or discovered to have neglected to obey this Their Majesties Royal Command, they shall be Proceeded against with all Se­verity. And Their Majesties do hereby Require all Mayors, Bayliffs, Sheriffs, Iustices of the Peace, Constables and other Officers to whom it doth or may appertain, That they cause diligent Search to be made within all and every of their Precincts, for the said Seamen and Mariners, and to Seize and Secure the Persons of such of them as shall be there found; And also all loose and un­known Persons whatsoever, who may justly be suspected to be Seamen or Watermen, and to cause them to be sent to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of Their Majesties Navy in London, or to such other of the Persons and Places aforesaid, to which they may most conveniently be sent, in or­der to their being Employed in Their Majesties Service; And that they send up to Their Majesties Privy Council a List of the Names of all such Seamen and Mariners as they shall procure for the Service aforesaid, together with the Names of the respective Persons to whom, and Places to which they shall send them. And the said Principal Officers and Commissioners, and other Persons afore­said, shall give Receipts in Writing for the several Seamen and Mariners delivered to them in pursu­ance hereof. And Their Majesties do hereby straitly Charge and Command, That no Person or Per­sons whatsoever, do presume to Conceal, or to further or favour the Escape of any Seamen or Mari­ners as aforesaid, upon Pain that all and singular Persons offending herein, be forthwith Commit­ted to Prison by the next Iustice of the Peace or other Magistrate, and with all Severity Prosecuted, as Persons Conspiring against Their Majesties and the Safety of the Kingdom. And Their Majesties are hereby pleased to make known, That Money is already lodged in the Hands of the Persons above named, for Repaying the Conduct Money, and other Charges incident to this Service.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Fifth Day of July, 1690. In the Second Year of Our Reign.

God save King William and Queen Marry.