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Mourning and military notices from a bustling court
The document records a prolonged court mourning period for the Great Duke of Tuscany, attire directives for nobles, and a dispatch of forces to examine Portsmouth and other fortifications. It details naval engagements near the Island shores, captures of ships, and reports on Dutch and Turkish diplomacy, with updates on Commodore actions, holy orders, and imperial campaigns across Europe and the Ottoman frontier.
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Duke of Tuscany
Armstrong
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Dartmouth
Kelly
Fog
Harl
Bay of
Ilanduras
Campechy
New England
New River
Prince William
Kinslough
St. Christophers
Havannah
Ireland
Pretty Patty
Cadiz
Scott
Cardinal Biff
N.S
Meaux
Sacred College
Portugal
Holland
Lisbon
Spain
Flanders
Caracca
Cardinal de Fleury
Bergues
Juliers
Ostend
Austrian Netherlands
East Indies
Compton
Bencoleen
Neptune
Angria
Dean
Anselme
Derby
St. Helena
Grantham
Cape
Anstruther
Minorca
America
Constantinople
Oczakov
Black Sea
Count de Bonneval
Caramania
Venice
Republick
Porte
Europe
Vienna
Baraquin
Ottoman Empire
Count Seckendorf
Niffa
Widden
Cardinal de Collonitz
Petersbourg
Belgrade
Duke of
Lorrain
Oc ‘Zakow
Hesle
Imperial Court
Laiback
Upper