[278] Finch to Sunderland, Jan. 1-11, 1680-81.
[279] The Same to the Same, Feb. 9-19, 1680-81.
[280] The Same to the Same, April 12-22, 1681.
[281] Finch to the Levant Company, May 9-19, 1681.
[282] Finch to Jenkins, May 10-20. The law of retaliation may be pleaded in extenuation of Collyer’s garrulity; and, at any rate, what he told the Vizir was the common talk of Europe. The actual facts were as follows: Just then the Duke of York had “obtained leave to retire to Scotland, under pretence still of quieting the apprehensions of the English nation, but in reality with a view of securing that Kingdom in his interests.”—Hume, vol. viii. p. 118.
[283] Finch to Sunderland, April 12-22.
[284] The Same to Jenkins, May 10-20.
[285] The Same to the Levant Company, May 9-19.
[286] The Same to Jenkins, July 25.
[287] The Same to Jenkins, July 25.