Excerpt from A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq. Secretary, First, to the Council of State, and Afterwards to the Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 7: Containing Authentic Memorials of the English Affairs From the Year 1638, to the Restoration of King Charles II.; Containing Papers From the Year 1638 to 1653 IX. Letters from the admirals Blake, Montagu, afterwards earl of Sandwich, and other fea-ofiieers abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.