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      time to time be Lawfully issued or made forth and shall do or Lib. H. D.

      Cause to be done all other Lawfull Acts, matters and things

      as shall be Necessary conducable or Convenient for the inquir

      ing into, finding out & for the effectual recovery of our parts

      shares or proporcons of all every or any of the sd Ships,

      Vessells, jewells Suffis of money, goods wares, marchandises

      Comodities or other matters and things taken & Seized as

      Prize as aforesd or of the Values or proceeds of the same, or

      for bringing the said respective Comanders, Officers or persons

      or any of them or any others lyable as aforesd to just true &

      ffaithfull Accots of the Same, And lastly Our will and pleasure

      is and we do hereby authorize & Comand you the Comma of

      our Treasury now being & the Treasurer and under Treasurer

      of our Excheq or Commrs of our Treasury for the time being p. 62

      to cause one full moyety or halfe part of whatsoever shall be

      due received and recovered for our parts or proportions of

      the said, Ships, Vessells Jewells, Sums of money goods wares,

      merchandizes Comodities or other matters and things taken

      and Seized as aforesd or of the Vallues or proceeds of the

      same to be delivered over or issued to the sd Henry Earle of

      Romney and John Glovr or their assigns in reward and for

      their charges as aforesd to their own use and behoofe without

      any Accot Intrest or other charge to be set upon them for

      the Same, and these our Letters of the Entry or Enrollmt

      thereof shall be to you and every of you a Sufficient Warrt

      and discharge in this behalf Given under our Privy Seal at

      our Palace at Westminster the one and Twentieth day of

      March in the Seaventh year of our Reign.

                                      C: Bickerstaff.

      Mr Thos    Know all men by these prsents, That we Henry

      Robinson Lettr of Attorney Earle of Romney and John Glover of London

      from the Earl gent. for the Trust and Confidence which we have

      of Romny abt

      Prizes &ca and repose in Thomas Robinson of London

      Attested by a Mercht Have made and Constituted and by these

      Notary Publick

               presents do make and constitute the sd Thomas

      Robinson to be our Attorney and Substitue Irrevocable;

      Giving and by these prsents granting unto him all such full

      power and Authority as to us is given & granted by his Mats

      most gracious grant to us in that behalf made dated the 27th

      day of March in the Seaventh year of his Mats Reign whereof

      a True Coppy is above written; To ask demand and Receive

      of and from all Comandrs of his Mats Ships of Warr or those

      Serving under them or of the Severall Officers or other prsons,

      True and ffaithfull Accounts of his Mats parts and proportions

      of all and every or any the Ships, Vessells, Jewells Sums of

      money goods wares Merchandizes Commodities or other