The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, vol 3 | Page 8

Cardes, Astrolabes, and, other
instruments prepared for the voyage, at the charge of the companie.
8. Item, that all enterprises and exploits of discouering or landing to
search Iles, regions, and such like, to be searched, attempted, and
enterprised by good deliberation, and common assent, determined
aduisedly. And that in all enterprises, notable ambassages, suites,
requests, or presentment of giftes, or presents to Princes, to be done and
executed by the captaine generall in person, or by such other, as he by
common assent shall appoint or assigne to doe or cause to be done in
the same.
9. Item, the steward and cooke of euery ship, and their associats, to giue
and render to the captaine and other head officers of their shippe
weekely (or oftner,) if it shall seeme requisite, a iust or plaine and
perfect accompt of expenses of the victuals, as wel flesh, fish, bisket,
meate, or bread, as also of beere, wine, oyle, or vinegar, and all other
kinde of victualling vnder their charge, and they, and euery of them so
to order and dispende the same, that no waste or vnprofitable excesse
be made otherwise then reason and necessitie shall command.
10. Item, when any inferiour or meane officer of what degree or
condition he shalbe, shalbe tried vntrue, remisse, negligent, or
vnprofitable in or about his office in the voyage, or not to vse himselfe
in his charge accordingly, then euery such officer to be punished or
remoued at the discretion of the captaine and assistants, or the most
part of them, and the person so remoued not to be reputed, accepted, or
taken from the time of his remoue, any more for an officer, but to
remaine in such condition and place, as hee shall be assigned vnto, and
none of the companie, to resist such chastisement or worthie
punishment, as shalbe ministred vnto him moderately, according to the
fault or desert of his offence, after the lawes and common customes of

the seas, in such cases heretofore vsed and obserued.
11. Item, if any Mariner or officer inferiour shalbe found by his labour
not meete nor worthie the place that he is presently shipped for, such
person may bee vnshipped and put on lande at any place within the
kings Maiesties realme and dominion, and one other person more able
and worthy to be put in his place, at the discretion of the captaine and
masters, and order to be taken that the partie dismissed shalbe allowed
proportionably the value of that he shall haue deserued to the time of
his dismission or discharge, and he to giue order with sureties, pawn, or
other assurance, to repay the ouerplus of that he shall haue receiued,
which he shall not haue deserued, and such wages to be made with the
partie newly placed as shalbe thought reasonable, and he to haue the
furniture of all such necessaries as were prepared for the partie
dismissed, according to right and conscience.
12. Item, that no blaspheming of God, or detestable swearing be vsed in
any ship, nor communication of ribaldrie, filthy tales, or vngodly talke
to be suffred in the company of any ship, neither dicing, carding,
tabling, nor other diuelish games to be frequented, whereby ensueth not
onely pouertie to the players, but also strife, variance, brauling, fighting,
and oftentimes murther to the vtter destruction of the parties, and
prouoking of Gods most iust wrath, and sworde of vengeance. These
and all such like pestilences, and contagions of vices, and sinnes to bee
eschewed, and the offenders once monished, and not reforming, to bee
punished at the discretion of the captaine and master, as appertaineth.
13. Item, that morning and euening prayer, with other common seruices
appointed by the kings Maiestie, and lawes of this Realme to be read
and saide in euery ship daily by the minister in the Admirall, and the
marchant or some other person learned in other ships, and the Bible or
paraphrases to be read deuoutly and Christianly to Gods honour, and
for his grace to be obtained, and had by humble and heartie praier of
the Nauigants accordingly.
14. Item, that euery officer is to be charged by Inuentorie with the
particulars of his charge, and to render a perfect accompt of the
diffraying of the same together with modest and temperate dispending
of powder, shot, and vse of all kinde of artillery, which is not to be
misused, but diligently to be preserued for the necessary defence of the
fleete and voyage, together with due keeping of all instruments of your

Nauigation, and other requisites.
15. Item, no liquor to be spilt on the balast, nor filthiness to be left
within boord: the cook room, and all other places to be kept cleane for
the better health of