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NYEP(D.750.031
8 Oct 1750:12 (281)
They write from Leghorn, that the three men of war which
have been fitted out at that port, and seem intended for
trade as well as fighting, were to sail along the coast of
Barbary to the Levant and Constantinople. As several
knights of the order of St. Stephen are on board these
ships, the Count de Richecourt desired the grand prior of
that order to sing mass on board one of them; but the grand
prior excused himself, aledging, that That could not be
allowed of without the Popes express permission. It is
since said that the court of Rome has acquainted the Tuscan
regency, that no such permission could be granted, without
knowing what expedition these men of war were destined for,
and against whom the knights were to act. This affair will
probably retard the departure of this squadron.
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