At the Court at Whitehall, this 26th day of March 1686. : Present, the Kings most excellent Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark... Mr. Chancellor of the Dutchy. Whereas it has been represented to His Majesty, that by reason of the frequent abuses of a lewd sort of people, called spirits, in seducing many of His Majesties subjects to go on shipboard | Collections | The Huntington