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bearing off us iV. by PT. The Wind now ftill; 

 but a fwelHng Sea coming from the Weft- 

 ward^ which is ufual before a Wind^ which 

 drives the Water before it. 



On Michaelma^-day v/e were up with the 

 Ifland ivica^ or Ivtji^ as the Mariners call it^ 

 and the Wind blowing fair, we ftood our 

 Courfe ; and the next day at Noon we made 

 the Ifland M^jorca^ fituate over againft the 

 .Kingdom of talent ia^ and came to an An- 

 chor in the Bdy of the Gity, being forced in 

 hither for want of frefh Waters In the Af- 

 ternoon the Boat was fent on Ihore ; but the 

 Vice-Roy would not give us Pratticky not 

 bringing a Patent from Malaga. 



O^lob. \. The Secretary was fent with the 

 King's Pafs to the Vice-Roy to demand Prat-^ 

 tick, who prefently fummoned the Officers 

 of the Sanita. After long Debates and De- 

 lays they confented, and came to the Male 

 to receive him. He Went diteftly to the 

 Governour to acquaint him, that we were 

 ready to Salute the City with what number 

 of Guns he plealed, if he would engage up- 

 on his Honour to give us as many. He re- 

 plied, that he would give us three for five ; 

 and wondered, that we being but a fingle 

 Ship, ftiould make fucha Demand. The Se- 

 cretary told him, That we were to be treated 

 as an Admiral, having a Flag on our Main- 

 top ; and that the Governour of Malaga, 

 had done it. To this he faid, That Mdjor-^ 

 ca was a Kingdom, that he was the liing""^ 

 Reprefentative, and that by Reafon of the 

 Mifcarrriage of his PredecelFor, when Mon- 

 fieur dc Beaufm^ the Frerich Admiral was 



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