"At Council we debated the business of the consulate of Leghorn (?). I was of the Committee with Sir Humphrey Winch, the Chairman, to examine the laws of his Majesty's several plantations and colonies in the West Indies, etc." (Evelyn's Diary, II, p. 86.)

November 13.

Letter from Dep. Gov. Coddrington of Barbadoes read. (Cal., §§ 872, 901, 902.)

November 15.

Petition of the consul at Venice considered further. (Journal.)

"Many merchants were summoned about the consulate of Venice; which caused great disputes; the most considerable thought it useless." (Evelyn's Diary, II, p. 86.)

November 20.

Petition of Rabba Couty, whose ship was seized at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the ground that he was a foreigner. (Cal., § 968; Cal., Dom., 1672–1673, p. 295.)

November 29.