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to Kensington & Congratulate his maiestyes happy
returne -

The same day the Earle of Danby
presented an address of [his thancks] to his
Maiestye on behalfe of himselfe & ships Crew
for his Maiestyes resolution to keep them in
pay all the winter will be a leading Carde
to all the [men of warr] -

Yesterday a woman was sei-
zed in peters street westminster & Committed
to the Gate house there being found with her a
great quantity of Clippings & the Implements
proper for Clipping

Edinborough october 20^th the per-
sons lately mentioned to be Committed to the
Gate house for Drinking the late Kings health
are admitted to Backe the Rebells in the
Bass made a great Bonfire on the Top
of the Rocks vpon King Jameses birth
Day and made them selves merry great
ffire workes are preparing here by a ffa-
mous Engineer to be played the 4^th of
November his present Maiestyes Birth Day

Yesterday Mr How one of the cheife
of the Presbiterian Ministers went to Kensing-
ton to know his Maiestyes pleasure when he
will be attended by the rest of the fraterni-
ty & this day being appointed be at the head
of them Congratulated his Maiestyes safe return
& happy Deliverance -

Yesterday Mr Pitts of Grays Inn
having an appeall of Murther brought
[recto:]
against him for killing Councellor Hoyle of the
Temple appeared at the Kings bench barr &
desired a Coppy of the appeall & 5 dayes tyme
to plead to it both which were granted vpon
baile to appear at the tyme prefixed

Letters from paris since
my last say that severall men of Warr are
preparing at Brest to goe a privateer-
ing & some are already gone vpon Con-
dition agreed vpon between the ffrench: King
& the Commanders the former being oblei-
ged to provide the ships & Ammunition the
other to provide the Equipages and in case
the ships be sunck burnt or taken the
loss must be the Kings who is to have 3^d
part of all prizes taken -

The new Measures which
we had laid vpon the supposition of the Duke
of Savoys being Dead are like to be ffrus-
trated the last Currier from Piedmont ap-
pearing by advice that his Royall Highness
was on the mending hand -

His most xtian Maiestye is pro-
viding a new apartment for King. James the
Moveables whearof will be the richest
that have been seen -

Hague 30^th 8ber his Maiestye of
great Brittaine before his Departure from
hence desired the Confederates would
[recto:]
{be expeditious in their preparations for the next Campagne promising to be here
againe in ffebruary - This being the day appointed by their Maiestyes for [allianc] beginning in
London the same was observed with great decorum the shops being Every where shutt -
At night many Bonfires & illuminacions were in the street the standard displayed & the Tower Guns
discharged their Maiestyes dined publickly att whitehall the Archbishop of Canterbury preached}
[verso:]
{at the Chappell Royall - Yesterday the Common Councill of the Citye mett & Continued sit-
ting till 11 att night & passed an act of Common Councill that noe Inhabitant being a fforeig-
ner should have a vote at any Election = Sir Samuel D- told the [Commoners] they were both ffooles and
knaves for which he was reprimanded it being a scandle to the Assembly - Letters Yesterday from
Scotland further of a Fleete of Merchant Men arrived at Leith vnder convoy of 2 Dutch men of war}