Sweden, or the Kingdom of the Swedes

invented. Therefore, among the Senators of the kingdom, they decreed the third place of dignity to the Architalassus, whom we call Rycks Admiral in imitation of foreigners. His duty is to be the leader of the Royal Fleet and to have charge of the entire naval battle, that suitable ships be faithfully built, diligently prepared, and equipped with the necessary war machines, and that experienced ship captains, masters, pilots, and all suitable prefects of nautical affairs, workmen, and ministers be chosen, maintained, and preserved, and that fortifications of harbors be built in suitable places and dangerous reefs be marked. He has as colleagues a Vice-Admiral and the Admirals and Captains of the particular fleets; and to his tribunal belong all causes in which one transgresses against the Classical or Nautical Constitutions.

But because for the good constitution of the Republic it is not enough only to administer justice between private individuals and to defend the fatherland from the incursions of foreigners; but it is also highly necessary and useful that diligent thought be given to how the body of the republic, which consists of many and diverse members, [may be] equably