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Outbreaks and naval news amid uprisings and sieges
Dispatches describe loyalists dispersing after pledging to restore ancient privileges as Spanish forces close on Bilbao. Concurrently Bristol reports arrivals from Barbadoes and Africa, with vessels including the Nath Webb and Raymond Galley. Local notices tout patent medicines and cures with dramatic claims, including elixirs for the kidneys, venereal diseases, and vapors, advertised at shops in London.
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Bilbao
Bristol
Bois’ Frigot
Nathaniel Webb
Barbadoes
Raymond Galley
Phips
Twit
London
Africa
Thomas
Susanna
Corsley Galley
David Dix Ma
Zant
Deal
Crown
Antegoa
North
Jamaica
Richard Cumberland
Petereborough
White Kennet
James Jefferyes
Ely
Great Britain
Sweden
Bender
Muscovy
Hank Stock
India
South Sea
Post-Man
Quires
James Gethous
Unicorn
Duke Street
St James’s
Moore
Abehurch Lane
Perton
Lockton
Griffin Che Coser
Bucklersbury
Wright
Dr'Wright
Eleepfireer