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Article 17
Des Prises
Seront de bonne prise, tous bâtimens appartenant aux ennemis ou commandés par des pirates ou autres gens courant la mer sans commission en guerre d'aucun prince.
Life lesson:
Enemy ships and unlicensed vessels are fair game — good prize, no questions asked.
Notes:
Good prize: (1) enemy vessels, (2) pirate vessels, (3) vessels without any sovereign's war commission. Three categories of legitimate capture.