40 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696 / 7-98.

       Lib H. D.   in Our Supream Court of Admiralty or in any other Court of

              Admiralty whatsoever that now are or hereafter shall be, And

              to all other our Officers & Ministers whatsoever and others

           P. 59   whom the prsents do or shall appertain Greeting; Whereas

              our Right Trusty and Rt welbeloved Cousin and Councilir

              Henry Earle of Romney and our Trusty & welbeloved John

              Glover Genii Have humbly represented unto us, that Severall

              Ships Vessells Jewells Sumes of money, goods, wares, mer

              chandizes Comodities or other matters or things have been by

              the Comandrs of Severall of our Ships of Warr, or those

              Serving under them, or by Severall of our Officers or by

              Some other person or persons, Our Subjects as well by Com

              mission from us as without Since our accession to the Crown,

              taken & Seized for Prize as belonging unto the ifrench King

              or some of his Subjects or Some other our Enemies, or from

              pyrates, and the Same have been carryed into Severall ports

              and places in our Colonys or Plantacons in Jemaica, Barbadoes,

              New England, Virga Maryland and Antego, & Severall other

              Ports and places in America, and also into the Port of Lisbon

              in the Kingdom of Portugall, or into Some other port or

              place in the sd Kingdom of Portugall & into Leghorne and

              Severall other ports and places in Italy, of all which Ships

              Vessells Iewells Sumes of money, goods, wares, merchandizes,

              Comodities or other mattrs or things, So taken or Seized as

              Prize, and of the Values of the Same, a true and Just Accot

              ought to have been kept and proceedings, should have been

              had or made for adjudication of the Same, in Some Court of

              Admiralty, and the sd Ships, Vessells, Jewells, Sums of money,

              goods wares, merchandizes, Comodities or other matters or

              things so taken or Seized as Prize, or some proportions or

              parts thereof, or of the Value, or proceed of the Same, ought

              to have been answered paid or delivered to our use; But

              tht the sd Comandrs Officers, or other prson or prsons, who

              have the sd Ships, Vessells, Jewells, Sums of money goods,

              wares merchandizes, Comodities, or other matters or things

              or the Values or proceed thereof, in their hands or are charg

              able therewith or lyable thereunto, Have not answer'd paid

              deliver'd or accompted for the Same to us or our Officers for

              our use, and have hitherto unjustly detain'd and withheld the

              Same, from us, or Secretly Sold or disposed thereof, without

              giving us or any of our Officers (who should take Care on

              owr behalf) any Accot of the Same to our great Injury and

              Damage, we being Resolved that the sd Comandrs Officers or

              other prson or prsons, and all others, chargeable or lyable as

              afsd shall be brought to make true Accots and give us just

              Satisfaction of and for our parts or proportions of the Severall

              Prizes before mencon'd and out of the Same (when received