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. . . we can not deny that the American Privateers which have come into European waters have behaved with much indiscretion, even with regard to us. they are now punished for it and I hope that this act of severity will make their fellows more Circumspect. we can not refuse Them Entry into our ports When they are forced to run into them by emergencies caused by the sea or war, The treaties have forseen this; the King does not Mean to Extend facilities beyond it; his orders are precise; and we shall watch as well as we can, for there is in almost all orders of the State, great and small, a conspiracy which, in the English manner, wishes well to the rebels and damns Their Enemies. they repay us in like measure in England; this sort of War will not be dangerous so long as the Governments do not meddle with it. . . .