P.S. — Tell  Capt.  Lynes  if  he  sees  me  boarded,  I  expect  he  will
board  them  that  board  me.  I  suppose  you  and  the  Dutch  vice-
admiral  will  try  a  pluck  for  it,  and  although  he  is  a  great  boar,  yet
he  is  but  a  boar,  and  who  knoweth,  being  the  game  of  this  country,
he  may  be  hunted  as  well  as  others.    [1  page,  copy.]

March  2.        Committee   for    Trade   and    Foreign    Affairs.     Day's   Pro-
ceedings.
1.  Mr.  Barnardiston  and  Penning  to  attend  this  Committee  on
Friday.
2.  To  report  to  Council,  on  the  petition  of  Wm.  Pym,  and  several
merchants  of  London,  and  on  the  petition  from  most  of  the  port
towns  in  the  West  of  England,  that  letters  of  marque  may  be  sus-
pended as  to  the  ships  of  St.  Malo,  and  that  they  may  have  passes
and  protections,  as  those  of  Dieppe  and  Calais ;  but  as  the  nature  of
this  desire  so  nearly  relates  to  the  treaty  in  hand  with  M.  de  Bour-
deaux,  the  French  public  minister,  they  will  not  give  an  opinion  till
Council  have  declared  their  sense  on  his  last  paper.  [1.  132,  pj3.  82,
83.1

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1653.
March  2.
March  2.
7oL.  XXXIV.
Instructions  [by  the  Navy  Commissioners]  for  Capt.  Littlejohn  of
the  Peter,  now  in  the  Hope,  late  laden  for  the  State,  to  convoy  her
to  the  Downs,  and  under  direction  of  the  captain  of  the  Crow,  go
with  her  and  the  John,  to  conyoy  vessels  to  -Portsmouth.  But  if
the  Crow  and  John  are  gone,  he  is  to  wait  further  orders,  [i  page.
See  No.  3,  suprai]

Council  of  State.     Day's  Proceedings.
3.  The  petition  of  John  Hunter  referred  to  the  Admiralty  Com-
mittee.
