in the earlier _Admiralty MS_.
[7] The equivalent of Article XIV.

in the earlier _Admiralty MS_.
which reads thus, 'When I would have the fireships to prime I will hoist a pennant striped red and white on the flagstaff at the fore topmast-head and fire a gun, but in case we are at any time in chase of the enemy's fleet, the fireships are to prime as fast as possible whether the signal be made or not.' The _Admiralty MS_.

ends here with another article relating to fireships (No.

XV.): 'You are to hold his majesty's ship under your command in a constant readiness for action, and in case of coming to an engagement with the enemy, if they have the wind of us, to keep your barge manned and armed with hand and fire-chain grapnels on the offside from them, to be ready to assist as well any ship that may be attempted by the fireships of the enemy, as our own fireships when they shall be ordered upon service.' This article disappears from subsequent sets, and was perhaps incorporated into the 'General Instructions to Captains' to which it more properly belongs.
The MS.

also contains 'Night Signals' and private signals for knowing detached ships rejoining at night.
[8] Whoever was the author of this article, it was generally regarded as too risky and subsequently disappeared.