A 1643 Royalist Newssheet explained how, after a Danish vessel had been captured and its products seized by "order in the Decreased Home," the incensed captain demanded quick "restitution of his Masters [in other words, the Danish King's] products." They had been handwritten from 1536, but from about 1570 they https://bookmarkswing.com/story19842471/the-smart-trick-of-announcements-that-nobody-is-discussing