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L.c.2127

London January 17^th 1692

Sir

We have an account from a good
Hand that has assured Advice from ffrance
that on the 15^th the king was seized with a ffitt
of an Apoplexy which continued on him 5 hours
during which all the souldiers were called
to their Armes and twas only believed
his Maiestie would have expired but being lett
Blood in both Armes and other Operacions
Administered to him the king recovered from
his Illness that he Laboured under

The Letters add that some of the
Kings Baggage was allready gone from
Mons and his Maiestie would follow to enterprise
some great Accion in flanders before the
Beginning of March

Barbadoes November 7^th here
hath been a grand discovery made that the
Indians designed a Massacre of the English
for which many of the Indians are executed &
the Government there are on their guard and
fforces are getting ready to make some Attempts
on the ffrench Iselands

on Sunday 3 or ffour ffrench
Officers Lately in Mareschall Boufflecs armey
were taken into Custody of a Messenger
and tis said they are come over on some grand
design & had Commissions and other Trea
sonable papers found about them

The Holland Letters say that
a person in the habit of a polander hWas seized
at Helvett here as he Landes out of the
pacquett Boat from England and had threato
nable Letters about him

been all this day upon the Affair of the Lord Banbury and about 5 they came to a previous Question
whether the Judges should be heard and It was Carryed in the Negative, They afterwards came to the
Main Question whether a peer or no peer and Carryed that also in the Negative so his Lordship will be
tryed by the Commoners = the Commons having formed reasons to be offered the Lord at a Conference
Sent Messengers to desire a Conference but they being busy adiourned till to Morrow - the Spy
ffireship is burnt by Accidental Portsmouth