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London: 6th Aprill 93

Sir/

The Merchants had yesterday an
accountt from Cadiz that the french
Tholoun squadron had Intention if they had
Not been seperated by a storme to haue
attacqued the Spanish port of Gebralter
being in the Month of the strates -
which had they hapned to haue taken woulde
hinder the English & Dutch Trade to the
Levant Its said they had many land
men onboord but a discouery being made
by one of their vessells driuen into
Leghorne the Spaniards haue reinforced
the place./

the Lord President with some other
persons of Quallity saw yesterday the
performeance of shooteing 10 seuerall
Times a bullett out of a Muskett New
invented tho with a single Barrell
with one discharge & prine as fast as
a Man can prime and cock ..

The Warrant to Constitute -
Sir Iohn Trenchard one of his Maiestys

Soldier was shott to death on Tower hill for deserting his Colloures
aboue 20 vessells are ladeing at Tower wharfe with Materialls
for the Discent. This weeke 800000^l hath been Issued out of the
Exchequer to pay of the army Navey and Transport shipps for the Discent.