One ship alone, the Ruby, fell into the hands of the enemy.
While the war continued without any decisive success on either side, a calamity happened in London which threw the people into great consternation.

Fire, breaking out in a baker's house near the bridge, spread itself on all sides with such rapidity, that no efforts could extinguish it, till it laid in ashes a considerable part of the city.
The inhabitants, without being able to provide effectually for their relief, were reduced to be spectators of their own ruin; and were pursued from street to street by the flames, which unexpectedly gathered round them.

Three days and nights did the fire advance; and it was only by the blowing up of houses that it was at last extinguished.

The king and duke used their utmost endeavors to stop the progress of the flames; but all their industry was unsuccessful.

About four hundred streets and thirteen thousand houses were reduced to ashes.
The causes of this calamity were evident.