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… to go to Messina to transport troops thither. There are 12 galleys at Marseilles ordered to Cadiz; and they have sent to … crews are ordered on board on pain of being sent to the galleys. 'Twas said that some troops were to be transported … will be stronger there than was expected. The slaves for 6 galleys have been sent to Rochefort or Dunkirk: 12 galleys …

William III: August 1695

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695

… have come so near as to have secured them from the enemy's galleys, but, the wind and tide forcing them to go in, their … assistance. The enemy, perceiving this, came with their galleys and other boats full of men and well armed, so that … with the bomb-vessels, to guard them from the enemy's half galleys, and to bear a share of their shot, of which and of …