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Foreign and Domestick News Briefs from July Voracious Coast Reports
Last Night a packet from Great Britain arrived with details on new mails from Lisbon and the Bay of All Saints. Reports mention a Dutch privateer near the coast, a wreck near Aymonte, regiments reviewed in the city, a cleric returning to Switzerland, ships sailing to Brazil and to the Bay of All Saints, and a vessel bound for Rio de Janeiro due in September. In Coimbra an auto de fe occurred, with a nun dying in Madrid, July 6. Genoa notes unrest in Bay and Gerba amid naval losses. Barcelona reports the Marquess Mari squadron returning to Malaga after a seemingly unproductive voyage. Ratisbon records Protestant zeal and plans for a yearly Ester festival, while Rhodesland notes Captain Edward Loyd arriving from the Bay of Honduras to Boston with details of looted logwood sloops and pirate threats near Honduras Coast.