A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs: From September 1678 to April 1714, Volume 5 |
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... privateering with his imperial ma- jesties commission . Tuesday last 2 powder mills blew up not farr from Hampton Court : the damage about 1500l . , besides several men killed . Saturday , 23 Aug. - Coll . Delavall in the Tilbury , a ...
... privateering with his imperial ma- jesties commission . Tuesday last 2 powder mills blew up not farr from Hampton Court : the damage about 1500l . , besides several men killed . Saturday , 23 Aug. - Coll . Delavall in the Tilbury , a ...
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... privateers , as looking upon a rupture as unavoidable . The union between the two East India companies is , as to the main point , agreed upon by sir Bartholomew Shower for the old , and Mr. Dodd for the new ; and when the parliament ...
... privateers , as looking upon a rupture as unavoidable . The union between the two East India companies is , as to the main point , agreed upon by sir Bartholomew Shower for the old , and Mr. Dodd for the new ; and when the parliament ...
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... privateers to put to sea in the spring . Dr. Davenant is writing of a book against the sitting of the parliament , to shew the necessity and equity of a war against France from England and Holland . His majestie has ordered the addresse ...
... privateers to put to sea in the spring . Dr. Davenant is writing of a book against the sitting of the parliament , to shew the necessity and equity of a war against France from England and Holland . His majestie has ordered the addresse ...
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... privateers ; and further debated several of the Irish petitions , rejecting some , and ordered others to be considered . The lords committed the abjuration bill for Monday . A train of artillery , consisting of 55 peices of cannon and 3 ...
... privateers ; and further debated several of the Irish petitions , rejecting some , and ordered others to be considered . The lords committed the abjuration bill for Monday . A train of artillery , consisting of 55 peices of cannon and 3 ...
Page 166
... privateers are fitting out . Saturday , 25 Aprill . - Yesterday , the commons ordered the bill for making good the deficiencyes to be engros't . This day , in a committee , they went through the privateer bill , and ordered it to be ...
... privateers are fitting out . Saturday , 25 Aprill . - Yesterday , the commons ordered the bill for making good the deficiencyes to be engros't . This day , in a committee , they went through the privateer bill , and ordered it to be ...
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Page 51 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
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Page 26 - ... and support his majesty to the utmost of their power, against all his enemies both at home and abroad. The king in his answer, artfully overlooked the first part of the remonstrance. He thanked them for their repeated assurances; and told them he would employ none in his service but such as should be thought most likely to improve that mutual trust and confidence between him and his people, which was so necessary at that conjuncture, both for their own security and the preservation of their allies.