forbid the doing of anything that may give just cause of unkindness between us and our said good brother; but, on the contrary, that you show and exercise all acts of friendship to the inhabitants of the aforesaid island of St. Thomas, and all other the subjects of the said king of Denmark, in the West Indies; they, in the mean time, doing nothing contrary to our right in our colonies, islands, and plantations there, but continuing in a fair and friendly conversation with you and the rest of our governors and subjects in those parts. Whereof we not doubt but they have received particular commands from the said king of Denmark, and will punctually observe the same: And we bid you farewell. Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the 23rd day of September, 1672, in the 19th year of Our reign. By His Majesty's command. To Colonel Stapelton, Governor of H. M. of Great ADDISON TO THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY. MY LORDS, Whitehall, May 13th, 1717. His Majesty having granted an augmentation of arms, as usual, to Signor Nicolo Tron, Ambassador in ordinary from the republic of Venice, Mr. Brand, his Majesty's writer and embellisher of letters to the Eastern Princes, was employed to write and embellish two Instruments on vellum, as he has heretofore done, relating to the said augmentation, the one being the patent for the ambassador himself, passed under the seal of Great Britain, and the other a duplicate thereof, to be registered in the College of Arms; and as I find that Mr. Brand has been usually paid for such extraor dinary services, over and above his salary as embellisher of letters, I do therefore certify to your Lordships the performance of this service, and recommend Mr. Brand to your Lordships for such an allowance for each instrument, as he has formerly received in the like case. I am likewise to acquaint your Lordships, that Mr. Methuen, while he was Secretary of State, having laid before the king a representation from the Officers of Arms, setting forth the trouble and expense they have and shall be at on this occasion, and therefore desiring some suitable allowance to be granted them, his Majesty was thereupon pleased t signify his pleasure, that your Lordships should order the sum of ten pounds to be paid to Mr. Samuel Stebbing, Deputy Registrar, to be distributed to the Officers of Arms, according to the direction of the Deputy Earl Marshal. I am, my Lords, Your Lordships' most obedient and humble servant, SIR, ADDISON TO MR. CRAWFURD. Whitehall, May 16th, 1717. Since my last to you, I have received your letters of the 15th, 19th, and 22nd instant, which I have laid before the king, and am commanded to signify to you his Majesty's approbation of your zeal and diligence in the advices you have transmitted hither during my Lord Stair's absence. His Lordship being now on the road to Paris, you will be eased, in a great measure, upon his arrival there. However, as I question not but you will communicate to his Lordship whatever may have occurred to you for his Majesty's service, so I must recommend it to you to continue your wonted vigilance upon the present juncture of affairs, and still to correspond with me upon any proper occasion that may offer. His Majesty having received information in letters from Geneva of the 17th instant, N. S., that four Englishmen of the Pretender's retinue, who came from Pesaro, passed by Chamberry, the week before, in their way to France, and that they appeared to be persons of quality, you will endeavour to procure some further intelligence concerning them. I am, sir, your most faithful and obedient servant, J. ADDISON. ADDISON TO THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY. MY LORDS, Whitehall, May 18th, 1717. A party of the foot-guards, being appointed, on the 10th of June last, to patrol about Newgate, in order to prevent any riots or tumults there, it happened that one Foden assaulting one Davis, a soldier of the said party, was accidentally killed by him; for which fact the said Davis has been tried; but, in regard that his imprisonment and trial have occasioned a greater expense than he is able to bear, and likewise in consideration, that what he did was in the discharge of his duty; I am therefore commanded to signify his Majesty's pleasure to your Lordships, that you should please to give such directions as you shall think proper for paying to Mr. Bambridge, who solicited in Davis's behalf in the said trial, the sum of one and twenty pounds, fifteen shillings, and ten pence, in full of all demands on that oc casion. I am, my Lords, your Lordships' ADDISON TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF TRADE. MY LORDS, Whitehall, May 27th, 1717. A petition having been presented to his Majesty by the merchants and other traders of the city of Bristol, complaining of the frequent piracies committed in the West Indies, and particularly in the seas about Jamaica, I am commanded to transmit the enclosed copy thereof to your Lordships, that you may please to consider thereof, and report to his Majesty what expedient you shall think proper for suppressing the pirates in those parts. 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