And in reguard there are at present great want of Harpinieres and Seamen skilled and exercised in the Trade of Whale-fishing Bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That it shall and may be lawfull for any Shipp or Vessell truely belonging to England Wales or the Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede, and whereof the Master shall bee an English man and inhabiting within the places aforesaid from and after the first of May which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred seaventy and three and untill the five and twentyeth [X1Day] of March which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred eighty and three employed for the catching of Whales dureing such Voyage to bee navigated with one moyety of the Harpinieres, and one moyety of the rest of the Marriners onely English, and yet to pay noe further or other Custome for the Oyle, Blubber or Finns caught and imported in such Shipp or Vessell, then if such Shipp or Vessell had beene navigated with three fourths of the Marriners English, Any Law, Statute or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
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X1 O. omits.