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be admitted under the Scotts staple-court without the knou-
ledge and consent of the magistratts.
14 1). And for the better encuradgement of the naviga
tion and trade of the Scotts nation it is by this article agreed
thatincase "any ship or ships, belonging to them, be robbed,
spoiled or taken at sea by any inhabitant or others, holding
tkemselfs under the jurisdiction of the province of Zealand,
the magistratts of this toun shall hereby be oblidged to endea
vour according to their pour that all such shipps or goods be
againe restored with their intire loadnings or what shall be so
robbed or taken, or els caus full satisfaction be given to the
persone or persones so wronged, propportionallie to the right
value thereof, and shall caus the delinquents be punished ac
cording to the nature of the offence: but if so that the offen-
dar duell under another jurisdictionthen the magistratts shall
be obliged by their pentionary or others to require the re
stitution and satisfaction for the said damnageand that at the
coast and charge of the toun. And furder that all goods of
ships cast away, belonging to the merckand and factors of the
Scotts staple, that shall be saved by any inhabitant or other
persone, holding themselfs under the jurisdiction of this toun,
or any way concealed or made away be them in any sorte,
then the magistratts are hereby holden to use their pouer and
authoritie, to the end the saids goods or value thereof might
be furthcomeing to the right owners, and the persones so of
fending to be severly punished for such their concealment and
unjust detention; and also incase the saids goods shall happen
to be taken upconcealed or embazled be any persone or per
sones, liveing without the jurisdiction of this toun, the ma
gistratts shall use their best endeavour to gett the saids goods
or their value againe restored to the right owners. And in
case any shipp or shipps shall be in danger to be cast away
in the passage, leading to this toun, that then all possible
Vgl. 1612 art. 21; 1668 artt. 24, 30.
