Section XI Officer or other Person willfully destroying Ship.

Death.

And whereas it often happeneth that Masters and Marriners of Shipps haveing ensured or taken upon Bottomary greater summes of money then the value of their Adventure, doe wilfully cast away, burne, or otherwise destroy the Shipps under their Charge to the Merchants and Owners great losse. For the prevention thereof for the future Bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any Captaine, Master, Mariner or other Officer belonging, to any Shipp shall wilfully cast away, burne or otherwise destroy the Shipp unto which he belongeth, or procure the same to be done he shall suffer death as a Felon.