S88 TRANSLATIONS OF but, those Moors that i/ou have taken, are incotisiderable and of no account.

Henceforward I shall have ships as big as yours, if not bigger, hoping to take some of your ships and captains, and cruise for you in your English seas, as you do for us in these.

I have written letters to the King of England, in which are kind expressions : And when you had Tangier, all things were given to you as you wanted, and all done out of kindness ; and now that you have left Tangier for the Moors, whatever His Majesty of Great Britain wants, either by sea or by land, it shall be granted, so that there be a peace betwixt the two crowns ; for which I pass my word and faith.

Now, / have wrilten several letters to his Majesty of Great Britain, to which I have received as yet no answer ; but, when it (the answer) reaches my hands, I hope there will be a good accom-.

modation between us.

You have taken several of our ships and destroyed others, and you are cruising on our coast, which is not the way to make a good peace, neither the actions of honesty in you.

God be praised that you have quitted Tangier and left it to us, to whom it did belong : from henceforward we shall keep it well supplied with stores, for it is the best port of our dominions.

As for the captives you have taken, you may do as you please with them, heaving them into the sea, or otlierwise destroying them. The