3

the Captain saith he saw 4 ffrench men of
Warr at sea and has heard that they have
2 whole Squadrons abroad

Portsmouth ye 1st Instant ye
Loyalty of London riding at [......] in Cowes Road
was yesterday driven from the same &
Ioyned a [s....] in Stoaks Bay

Severall Inn keepers
will suddenly be taken up for high
way men upon ye Informacion of
Holland who was condemned last
sessions but is to haue his pardon for ye
discovery

on Sunday Last Sr Iohn Morsham
departed this Life and Left his son an
estate of 4000li per Annum and 40000li in
money

on Sunday last 2 highway were
seized in St Martins Church & committed

The Letters from ffallmouth
further Advise that they haue an accot from St Ives
that Last week a ffrench privatier within sight
of ye place took an Engish ship of 100 Tunns Laden
with Linnen Cloath and other Commodities and the
Master of her Agreed with the Captain of the
privatier to haue his ship again paying 255
but the said Master going Ashoar and not
returning again the ffrench after having
taken out all the best goods sett the
ship on fire and the people of ye Town
sat her burn down to ye water

On Sunday Evening

Mr Bridgman kissed the Kings hand to succeed Mr Dives in his place of Clerk of
ye Councell and tis said Dr [Irwin] under secretary in the Reign of K James will be
made secretary of ye privie office - This day the Spanish Embassador received an Express by a vessell
hired on purpose from Ostend with an accot that the Appearing of the ffrench before Huy
was onely a Counterfeit shew to drain our fforces Thitherwards whilst another