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L.c.2164

London Aprill the 13 - 93

Sir

Plimouth the 9th the Master of the
ffrench: Vessell lately taken by the
Portsmouth ffriggat say that 4
ffrench Men: of War from 40 to 50
Guns are [l...ing] in the Soundings
That the Privateers of St Mallo
took on the 17 ultimo 6 English & Dutch
Shipps comming from Spain and
Portugall and Carryed them into
Brest that the ffrench: king: had layd an
Embargo on all Shipping & small
Privateers That 20 Men of War
from 40 to 50 Guns are now gon
from Brest for the West Indies That
4 [..ee] Deck Ships & 16 from 50 to 60
Guns are now at Brest That 4
first Rates from 100 to 120 Guns
are now built and ready to Sail
that on the 17 past 2 Vessells were
sent from Haverdegrace as Spies
who Stood [in to] our shoar & discovered
our ffleet at Spithead Landed some
Men for Intellegence & then went
for the Island of the Bass

Mr How one of the Commissioners
of the transport Shipps Dyed yesterday
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the distribucion of the Queens Monney being made to aGreat Number of
poor people in Scotland yard the Crowd was soe Great that an Old woman and
aboy were trode to Death - The Private Letters further say that the ffrench were
Invited to the Enterprize of the burning of the Spannish ffleet at Naples by
by an Abbott and some other Preists who were on Board the Admirall