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those poor people who groan under a most severe persecution ; she 

 assured him she had already given her ministers abroad instructions 

 concerning the same, and will do for them what lies in her power. 



June 16. A brief was ordered by the queen in council for a col- 

 lection in London and Middlesex to relieve the poor Palatines, and 

 that the commissioners of trade and plantations are to take care of 

 them till the West India fleet goes, when they are to embark for 

 Nevis and St. Christophers, to repeople those islands, destroyed by 

 the French. 



Juue 21. Tents are putting up at Blackheath for the poor Pala- 

 tines till they can be transported to the West Indies. 



July 6. Yesterday the nobility and gentry, commissioners for pro- 

 viding for the support of the poor Palatines lately arrived here, met 

 the first time in the convocation house at St. Paul's, where were 

 present the lord mayor and several of the aldermen. 



J uly 12. Monsieur Ruperti is translating the liturgy of the church 

 of England into High Dutch, which books are to be given among 

 the poor Palatines, 2000 more of whom last Sunday arrived here 

 from Rotterdam. 



July 16. The lords proprietors of Carolina have made proposals 

 to a committee of Council to take all the Palatines here from 15 to 

 45 years old and send them to their plantation : but her majestie to 

 be at the charge of transporting them, which will be above £10 a 

 head. 



July 23. 300 more Palatines are arrived, so that the whole num- 

 ber here is about 8000. 



Aug. 1. Several of the poor Palatines who came lately over, and 

 were Papists, have renounced that religion, and more of them, ' tis 

 expected will do the like. 



Aug. 9. The commissioners for providing for the poor Palatines, 

 upon inspecting the subscriptions of the nobility and gentry, find 

 that about £15.000 is already given for their support. Abundance 

 of them are gone hence in wagons for Chester to embark for Ireland, 

 and the rest designed for that kingdom will speedily follow. 



Sept. 15. The Popish Palatines who came hither are ordered to go 

 home, having passports for the same. 



Sept. 29. Yesterday 18 Palatines listed themselves in the lord 

 Haye's regiment. 



Oct. 6. The commissioners for settling the poor Palatines have re- 

 solved to send forthwith 600 of them to Carolina, and 1,500 to New 

 York : and 'tis said, the merchants of Bediford and Barnstable, con- 



