[94] The Captains Kirby and Wade, having been tried and condemned to die by a court-martial held on them in the West Indies, were sent home in the "Bristol;" and, on its arrival at Portsmouth were both shot on board, not being suffered to land on English ground.

[95] Charles III., afterward Emperor of Germany, by the title of Charles VI.

[96] There is a very good Life of him, with his portrait prefixed, by Thomas Warton, Fellow of Trinity College, and Poetry Professor at Oxford.

[97] Over the French and Bavarians, at Blenheim, 13th August, 1704.

[98] Mr. Evelyn died on the 27th of this month.

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