ABSTRACT
If we look at the list of perils which by Lloyd’s form of policy the underwriters were "contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage", we find that prominence is given to the warlike and hostile acts which might befall the adventure. Those perils were:
" . . . of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all Kings, Princes and people, of what nation, condition, or quality so ever, barratry of the Master and Mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes, that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises, and ship, etc., or any part thereof". 1
