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Commodore of the Same, Who sent two Lieutenants and the French Messenger ashore in their Barge; and When they saw my Father, they informed him, they came from the French King, Who returned him thanks for all his favours done him, & for taking care of their Merchant Ships, but particularly the care taken of the French gentleman, who was here in the War, & not delivering him into the hands of the English; and at the same time, they acquainted my Father that they had considerable presents for him from the French King, who desired to know, whether the whole Coast, & Kingdom of the Phantees, was the Property of the English, for that the English acquainted them, it was, & that they had bought it, & them, with all the Cattle & ca. thereon, for which reason they said, the English would not let them trade here; at the same time they desired, my Father would inform them, to the Truth thereof. Who answered, that they were not slaves to the English but that him, his fore-Fathers, & his present Generation were English, and my Father Likewise informed them that the English do, & always have paid him ^ [[addition]] annually, [[/addition]] for the Rent of the Land, besides sending him other Considerable Presents, so that the English Live by Us, & We by Them. The before mentioned Gentlemen, by my Father's order: Were entertained by my Brother [[catchword]] in [[/catchword]]
