2.  That  there  being  many  and  great  disappointments  by  the
present  way  of  sharing  prizes,  all  captains,  seamen,  and  others  that
serve  in  the  State's  own  ships  or  merchants'  ships  employed  in  the
service,  shall  have,  in  lieu  of  all  prizes,  for  every  ship  or  prize  they  shall
lawfully  take,  whether  merchant,  man-of-war,  laden  or  light,  10s.  for
every  ton  the  ship  shall  measure,  and  61.  13s.  'id.  for  every  piece  of
ordnance,  iron  or  brass,  to  be  paid  by  the  Collectors  for  Prize  Goods
within  *  *  days  after  payment  of  the  wages  of  the  seamen,  in  case
adjudication  be  made  of  the  ship  in  the  Admiralty  Court ;  this  to  be
shared  amongst  them  proportionably,  according  to  their  respective
offices  in  the  sship  and  the  custom  of  the  sea.
3.  All  captains,  seamen,  and  others  serving  as  aforesaid  to  take  to
themselves  as  piUage,  without  account,  all  goods  upon  or  above  the
gun  deck,  and  for  every  man-of-war  sunk  or  destroyed  101.  a  gun
only,  to  be  divided  as  aforesaid,  and  also  paid  by  the  Collectors  for
Prize  Goods  within  three  days  after  the  payment  of  the  ship,  upon
certificates  of  the  matter  of  fact  by  the  Council  of  War.  [Damaged.
4  pages.]

[Dec.  20.]        44.  Similar  orders  for  sick  and  wounded  men,  adding : —

That  the  Lord  Admiral's  tenths  of  all  prizes  be  appointed  for
defraying  the  charges,  of  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  for  relief  of
widows,  children,  and  impotent  parents  of  those  slain  in  the  service


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