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M^r. Jn^o. King Nantes.

... If Cap^t. Barron¹ is not gone please to present my Comp^s. to him & desire him to be very careful when he goes out, for several very swift sailing ships left Portsmouth &c the beginning of this month to cruise in the Bay of Biscay—let him not depend too much on his heels, for there are several vessels now cruizing that can run round him especially if there is any thing of a Breeze. He perhaps had better wait under Belle isle, untill he has a fit wind & then take a fair start. In this he must be directed by the circumstances as they are when he sails....