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his Maiyestyes altering his resollution
of not coming home till the middle of
the next month
Sheelds the 13^th There is
Come into this port the margret of
London & Sheeld of Stockholme both
from Virginea & full Laden with tobbaco
The Prize belonging to the
Burdiaux & bound for Dunkirke & Lately
brought into Plymouth proves to be 120 tunns
8 Gunns & 10 Pattereeroes
Great Endeavours are made
for the Choice of a new Lord mayor of London
at micklemass, printed papers being throwne
about by both partyes that they Call the
Church party put vp Sir Johnathon
Raymond & Sir Peter Daniell, the Candidat^^e
on the other side Sir John ffleet & Sir
John Hubland & a great strugling there
is Like to be for it ~
The Tinn ffarthings and
halfe pence being much Counterfitted
wilbe be called in & Copper ones Coyn'd
in their Roome -
Twenty men of warr
are ordered to Convoy the Turkey ffleet
through the straights ~
By a master of a ship -
arrived since my Last from Ostend
advice is brought that before he came
away the Boates Loaden with stones &c
were gone from thence for Dunkirke
to be sunk at the Entrance of that port
that all things were ready for attacquing
the strong fort of 100 peeces of Cannon
that stands upon the mole & that 200
transport Ships are gone for new=

castle to fetch the 20000 Chaldron of
out of the possession of the ffrench haue sent deputies to the King in his
Campe at Grammen together with 3 Engeneers to desire his Maiesty not to
breake vp his Campe, but if possible to beseige or at Least to Blockade
Dunkirke both by sea & Landes their high & mightinesses assureing that
their owne ships of war shall performe it by Sea & Land & they will
provide all necessaryes for the souldiers by Land dureing the winter season

Coales mentioned in my Last & that
not withstanding the vigillency of
our men of war some shipps haue
stolne out of Dunkirk Harbour & that
the ffrench: takeing the opportunety of
the absence of our ships when they
were forct to put to Sea in the Late
Storme gott some provissions &c into the
Garrisson which he saies Consists now of
a 11000 men
He adds that his Maiesty
is resolued soe to post the fforces in
winter quarters that in 48 houres
they may be actually in a body to
oppose any designe of the ffrench
& that his Maiesty Endeavors very
much to haue the Lunenburg
fforces troopes in the neighbouring
places for that what the seige of
Namure was to haue been raised
it was objected in a grand Councell
of war that for want of the
Lunenburg fforces our army was
Inferior to the Enemy &c: -
The Duke. of Savoys Envoy
in a Late memoriall presented to
the States Gennerall signified to their
high & mightinesses that his masters
sickness did not hinder the progress of
his armes but that if their Lordshipps
would afford him timely assistance
his Royall: Highness would winter quarter
his troopes in ffrance soe as to be Early
Enough in the ffeild next Campaigne
to obleige the ffrench King. to except of such termes for a Generall peace
as the Confederate princes should think fitt to impose upon him, ???
we want a Holland maile which was due yeasterday soe that we are
in the Darke as to the fforraigne proceeds, but a Gentleman Comeing
ouer in one of the transport ships saies that the states Gennerall being
senceable of what great import it would be to them to haue Dunkirke