By the King. A proclamation. Charles R. Whereas the safeguard and protection we owe to such of our own subjects ... hath been violated by the... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"WHereas the Safeguard and Protection We owe to such of Our own Subjects, and to all others in League and Amity with us, as pass and repass the Seas belonging to these Our Kingdoms, hath been always a Principal part of our Royal Care and Concern: And We finding that the Freedom and Security of Navigation and Commerce to and from our Ports in times of Hostility between Our Neighbour Princes hath been much disturbed, nay the Reverence due to Our Ports, Harbours, and other Places under Our immediate Protection, hath been violated by the Piratical Practises, Depredations, and Insolencies of Private Men of War, and others pretending Commission for the present Hostilities; We have thought fit, by the Advice of our Privy Council, after an exact view first taken of the Rules, Ordinances, and Provisions made upon the like occasions by Our Royal Progenitors, and Our Self, to Revive, Establish, Ratifie and Publish to all the World, these Rules and Ordinances following. Our Royal Will and Pleasure therefore is," This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.