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Letter of Reprisal
Greetings &c. &c.
Having taken due consideration of the losses and
damage sustained by
(1. English
Captain's Name) Captain Thomas Bradshaw,
captain of the (2. English Vessel's
Name) Elizabeth of London, which was sunk in the harbour of
Falmouth about 4 years since by a Dutch shippe called the
(3. Dutch
Vessel's
Name) Compass of Horne, whereof one
(4. Dutch Captain's Name)
Peter Tuneson
was master, which Dutch shippe, being
arrested for the said damage, was rescued and carried away by a Dutch
fleet consisting of diverse Dutch shippes then riding in that
harbour.
And
having duly weighed the several reports of the 22nd of March
1632 and of the 7th of this instant May made unto us by Sir
Henry Marten, knight, judge of the High Court of Admiraltie, of the true
state of the said captain’s case.
And likewise considering the
captain’s earnest solicitations, as well as the States Ambassador here,
as of some of the states themselves in the Low Countries, for reasonable
satisfaction, which hath in all this time not been rendered unto him, not
withstanding many fair promises thereof have been made.
We have therefore
thought good, and do hereby will and require you, and every of you,
forthwith to take effectual order to arrest and make stay of the said
shippe, the Compass
of Horne, and her master, or some other of the Dutch shipps
that were of her company, when the said rescue or escape was made, or any
other shippe or vessel of that
(5. Name of Enemy Town) Town
of Horne, as soon as any of them shall come under the command
of either of His Majesties said castles, and to detain the same till they
shall have given satisfaction to the said Captain
Bradshaw and his Company or until further order from us.
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