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_MARTEN TROMP, June_ 20, 1652.
[+Dr.Gardiner's First Dutch War, vol.i.p.

321.

Extract+.] _June_ 20/30, 1652.

_The resolution of Admiral Tromp on the distribution of the fleet in case of its being attacked_.
Each captain is expressly ordered, on penalty of 300 guilders, _to keep near_[1] the flag officer under whom he serves.

Also he is to have his guns in a serviceable condition.