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My Lords Comm^rs. of the Admty having received a Letter from M^r. J: Lewis, Deputy Town Clerk of Bristol, acquainting them by direction of the Mayor of that City, that the Levant a Merchant Ship of that Port, having retaken a Vessel called the Dover which had been taken in her Voyage from Oporto to London by a Vessel called the Civil Usage of Newbury in New Hampshire, and that the Prize Master having delivered up to the MayorJohn Trott and John Pearson, and theybeing charged on Oath with being part of the Crew of the Civil Usage at the time of taking the Dover, and with being on board her conducting her to some Port in America, the said Two Men are committed to the Goal of that City for the said Felony and Piracy; I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you therewith for Lord Suffolk's information; And am [&c.]