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ference, and his Majesty has sent Negotia
tors w ith ample powers, to His Danish Ma
jesty , to request, in the most amicable man
ner, such explanations as the times require,
and a concurrence in such measures as can
alone give security against the farther mis
chiefs which the French meditate, through
the acquisition o f the Danish Navy.
The K ing , our Royal and most Gra
cious Master , has therefore judged it expe
dient to desire the temporary deposit o f the
Danish ships of the line, in one of hisjMaje-
sty ’s ports.
This deposit seems to be so ju s t, and
so indispensably necessary, under the rela
tive circumstances o f the Neutral and Belli
gerent Powers, that His Majesty has farther
deemed it a duty to himself and to his peo
ple, to support the demand by a powerful
fleet, and by an army amply supplied with
every preparation necessary for the most ac.-
tive and determined enterprize.
W e come therefore to your shores, in
habitants o f Zealand 1 not as enemies, but