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 Our present Ser­vice: We therefore, by the Advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to Publish this Our 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 Our Service, That they forthwith Render them­selves unto the Principal Officers and Commissioners of Our Navy in Lon­don, or to the Commissioners of the Navy at Chatham, or to the Commissio­ners of the Navy at Portsmouth, or to the Store-keéper and Muster-master for the Navy at Harwich for the time being, or to Henry Greenhill Agent for the Navy at Plymouth, or to Robert Henley at Bristol, or to the respective Collectors of the Customs for the several Ports and Places following, Viz. Ipswich, Wells, Lynn, Boston, Scarborough, Sunderland, Whitby, Southampton, Cowes, Poole, Weymouth, Lyme, Topsham, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Looe, Fowy, Truro, Pembroke, Newcastle, Hull, Leverpoole, and Great Yarmouth, in order to their being Received into Pay and Sent on Board such of Our Ships as shall be found most expedient for Our Service: And if any of them shall hereafter be found out or discoverd to have neglected to Obey this Our Royal Command, they shall be Proceéded against with all Severity. And We 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 Preciners, for the said Seamen and Ma­riners, and to Seize and Secure the Persons of such of them as shall be their found; And also all loose and unknown Persons whatsoever, who may justly be suspected to be Seamen or Watermen, and cause them to be sent to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of Our 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 Our Service; And also send up to Our 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 We 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, or loose and unknown Persons 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 Prosecuted with all Severity according to Law, as Persons Conspiring against Vs and the Safety of Our Kingdom. And we are hereby pleased further to make known, That We have given effectual Orders to the respective Officers and Persons herein above appointed, to Receive the said Men, and for Paying forthwith to the conductors the Imprest and Conduct-Money, disbursed up­on this Service.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the Twenty eighth Day of January, 1691/2. In the Third Year of Our Reign.

God save King William and Queen Mary.