Senato, Secreta. Dispacci, Francia. Venetian Archives: Gio. Battista Nati, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Doge and Senate.
A Fleming [presumably John Van Haesdonck] who has some frigates of Dunkirk in the service of the king of England, wishes to detach himself from a falling cause. He offers four or six all ready for the service of your Serenity and might increase the number to 12 in a short time. They are of 200 tons burthen mounting about 20 guns and carrying 80 sailors each.
Encloses advices of London.
Paris, the 8th March, 1646