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History of the Company. 



London, thereby signifyeing y^ the Citye had under- 

 taken to serue his Ma^^*" with the Loan of 100,000^ upon 

 speciall occasion, and thereby did desyre for the repu- 

 tation of the Company that the Company should 

 advance ^700 towards the same upon such security as 

 the Citye had taken of his Ma^^S and y* the Company 

 would certifye y*' Court of Aldermen upon Tuesday 

 next the tyme when they would pay in the same, where- 

 upon it was ordered y* y^ Warden should forthwith take 

 upp 700;^ upon the Company's security, and pay in the 

 same with as much speede as might be, whereupon Mr. 

 Edward Smith p'mised to prude them CCC^ from the 

 parrish of Lambeth at 5^^ p. cent. p. ann. and CCC^ 

 more he would lend them at y^ same rate, and Mr. Milson 

 promised C;^ at y^ same rate, whereupon y* was ordered 

 yt ye Wardcns should give the Company's security for 

 y^ same." 



The next contribution the Company was called 

 Ship " Loyaii ^P^n to make v^as In 1665. One would 

 London." think that the enforced loans which had 

 so Impoverished the Companies would have left 

 little Inclination on their part for spontaneous con- 

 tribution. This time, however, their patriotism 

 was stirred, the occasion being the war with the 

 Dutch, which had again broken out. The City 

 resolved to present the King with a war-ship, and 

 to call It the " Loyall London,"^ partly doubtless 

 to Identify It with the City, and partly to replace 



^ Evelyn has the following entry in his diary, 8th June, 

 1666: "I saw the London Frigate launched, a most stately 

 ship, built by the City to supply that which was burnt by 

 accident some time since. The King, Lord Maior, and 

 Sheriffs being there with a greate banquet." 



