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The Business Of The English Commander-in-chief Being First To Bring An Enemy Fleet To Battle On The Most Advantageous Terms To Himself, (i Mean That Of Laying His Ships Close On Board The Enemy, As Expeditiously As Possible); And Secondly To Continue Them There Until The Business Is Decided.

A Fleet Of British Ships At War Are The Best Negotiators.

In Sea Affairs, Nothing Is Impossible, And Nothing Is Improbable.

I Believe My Arrival Was Most Welcome, Not Only To The Commander Of The Fleet But Almost To Every Individual In It.

No Captain Can Do Very Wrong If He Places His Ship Alongside That Of The Enemy.