WHereas by Our Royal Proclamation of the Thirteénth of December last, We did (amongſt other things) Promiſe and Declare, That all Seamen and able-bodied Landmen, who ſhould, on or between the Twentieth day of the ſaid Month of December, and the Twentieth day of this Inſtant January, voluntarily Enter themselves, and Remain on Board any of Our Ships of War or Fire-Ships, or any Preſs-Veſſels or Tenders belonging to Our Fleet, ſhould Receive as of Our Free Gift and Royal Bounty, the reſpective Allowances or Rewards therein mentioned, viz. Each able and ordinary Seaman Three Months Pay, and each able-bodied Landman One Months Pay, to be paid to them by or before the Twentieth day of March next; and if any Ships ſhould be ſent abroad, the Men ſo Entred on Board the ſaid Ships, ſhould be paid before they Sailed; And did alſo Graciouſly Declare, That Conduct-Money according to the Practice of the Navy, ſhould be Allowed to ſuch Seamen and Landmen as ſhould Voluntarily Enter themſelves, and Remain on Board any of Our ſaid Ships, according to the true Meaning of that Our Proclamation; And did thereby further Declare Our Pleaſure, That all Warrants for Preſſing of Seamen ſhould be Suſpended in their Execution, between the ſaid Twentieth Day of December, and Twentieth Day of January. And it being Represented unto Us by Our Commiſſioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England, That it will be for Our Service, if the Time for the Allowing of the ſaid Bounty-Money ſhould be Enlarged, but that the Preſs for Seamen ſhould nevertheleſs go on from the Twentieth of this Inſtant January: We have therefore thought fit, by the Advice of Our Privy Council, to Publish this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby Promiſing and Declaring, That all ſuch Seamen and able-bodied Landmen, as ſhall, on or before the Tenth Day of Februry next, Voluntarily Enter themſelves, and Remain on Board any of Our Ships of War, Fire-Ships, Preſs-Veſſels or Tenders belonging to Our Fleet, ſhall reſpectively have and Receive the like Allowance or Reward of Bounty-Money and Conduct-Money, as in and by Our ſaid Proclamation is Promiſed or Declared to be paid or allowed to ſuch Seamen and Landmen, as have or ſhall, on or before the Twentieth Day of this Inſtant January, voluntarily come into Our ſaid Service, the ſame to be paid at ſuch Times, and in ſuch Caſes as in and by Our ſaid Proclamation is Expreſſed. And We do hereby Command and Require the ſaid Seamen and Landmen, who ſhall, purſuant to this Our Proclamation, Voluntarily Come in and Enter themselves as aforeſaid, That they Repair on Board the reſpective Ships on which they ſhall belong unto. And We do hereby Direct, Declare, and Command, That ſuch Seamen or Landmen, as ſhall Leave any of the Ships or Vessels to which they belong, and Enter themſelves on Board any other of Our Ships, in order to the obtaining of the ſaid Bounty-Money, ſhall not only loſe the Wages Due to them in the Ship which they ſhall to leave, but alſo be ſeverely Puniſht according to their Demerits. And Our Will and Pleaſure is, and We do hereby Publiſh and Declare, That the Preſs for Seamen ſhall Commence and Go on from the Twentieth Day of this Inſtant January, not withſtanding the Liberty that any may have of coming in Voluntarily before the Tenth Day of February next; and that none that ſhall be Taken upon the Preſs, ſhall, under any Pretence whatſoever, be Intituled to any Bounty-Money. And we do further Publiſh and Declare, That all Protections whatſoever Made or Granted before the Six and twentieth Day of December laſt paſt, Whereby any Perſons heve been or mey pretend to be Protected or Excuſed from being Preſſed for Our Sea-Service, ſhall be, and are hereby Declared to be Null and Void, and the reſpective Offices and Perſons, to whom it belongs to make any ſuch Protections, ſhall make and renew ſuch and so many only, as ſhall be abſolutely neceſſary for Carrying on the reſpective Services for which they are to be Granted. And We do alſo hereby Determine and Make Void all Tickets of Leave, except ſuch Tickets of Leave Only as hereafter ſhall be Given by Our Commiſſioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England or the Lord Berkely Admiral of the Blue.