12. As soon as the fleet shall see the admiral engage or make a signal by putting out a red flag on the fore topmast-head, each division shall take the best advantage they can to engage the enemy, according to such order of battle as shall be given them, and no ship or division whatsoever is upon any pretence to lie by to fight or engage the enemy whereby to endanger parting the main body of the fleet till such time as the whole line be brought to fight by this signal.
13 to 18. [Same as 14 to 19 of 1673.]
18. The several commanders in the fleet are to take special care, upon pain of severe punishment, that they fire not over any of their own ships.
19. [Same as 20 of 1673.]
20. The fireships in their several divisions are to endeavour to keep the wind, and they with the small frigates to be as near the great ships as they can, attending the signal and acting accordingly.
21. [Same as 22 of 1673.][3]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Article 4 of 1673 is omitted, being included in Article 3 above.
[2] To sail with a quartering wind. Morogues urged this precaution a century later (Tactique Navale, p. 209).
[3] The MS. ends abruptly in the middle of this article.