By &c.
You are hereby required & directed to put to Sea in the Ship you command, with the first opportunity of Wind &Weather & proceed & cruize between Ushant & Cape Clear for the protection of the Trade &c. (same as the preceeding Order.)
Given &c. the 20. May 1777. ー Captn Moore, Exeter, Spithead By &c.
J Buller Lisburne H. Palliser
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/102, 522-23.