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<P>A REMONSTRANCE OF THE FIGHT IN LEGORN-ROAD Between the Engli&s;h and the Dutch, VVith all the Pa&s;&s;ages of the Treaty held by the Great Duke of FLORENCE before the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Al&s;o many other Particulars, as they were pre&s;ented to his Excellency the Lord General <HI>CROMWEL,</HI> And the Right Honorable The Councel of State.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parlia|ment of <HI>England,</HI> 1653.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>To his Excellency the Lord General</HI> CROMWEL, <HI>and the Right Honorable the Councel of State,</HI></HEAD>
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<P><HI>Thc humble Remon&s;trance of</HI> Henry Appleton, <HI>appointed by the State of</HI> England <HI>to Command the</HI> Leopard, <HI>as al&s;o the</HI> Bona|venture <HI>and</HI> Con&s;tant Warwick, <HI>for the Convoy of &s;everal Merchant-men through the</HI> Streights.</P>
<P><HI>Having lo&s;t my Journal, it is not po&s;sible that I &s;hould give your Honors &s;o particular an Account as I &s;hould el&s;e have done, however, I &s;hall not omit any material Pa&s;&s;age.</HI></P>
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<P>IN the beginning of my Voyage, Captain <HI>Cox</HI> in the <HI>Con&s;tant Warwick,</HI> contrary to Order, left my Fleet; arriving at <HI>Cales,</HI> I found him with three French Prizes, where he had di&s;char|ged the Pri&s;oners, &s;ending them to St. <HI>Mary</HI> Port, to the end I might not examine them: the Duke of <HI>Medina-Coeli</HI> hearing of them, orders, they &s;hould be put into the Galleys. The Pri&s;oners petitioned me, that they might be free from Slavery: I &s;ent my Lieutenant and Mini&s;ter to the Duke, who, next day, &s;ent a Colo|nel of his unto me, and granted me the Pri&s;oners; whom I di&s;per|&s;ed among&s;t our &s;hips, and afterwards di&s;charged at <HI>Genoa.</HI></P>
<P>Standing for <HI>Genoa,</HI> I di&s;covered a great &s;hip near the Shore, and to wind-ward of me, that cha&s;ed the <HI>Warwick,</HI> who was ahead and to wind-ward of him; I tacked and &s;tood with him, fired a gun to give the <HI>Warwick</HI> notice, but he would not hear: it proved a French-man, who putting out his Colours at the main-top-ma&s;t|head, tacked and weathered me; I fired many guns at him, &s;everal of the &s;hot took place, but &s;he our-&s;ailed me, not an&s;wering with one gun. Standing in afterwards for the Port, the <HI>Warwick</HI> meets me with a Letter from our Merchants, which advi&s;ed me of a French-man of War of Thirty &s;ix guns, that did much hurt upon the Coa&s;t, and then was as they &s;uppo&s;ed in <HI>Savona</HI> Bay: But where&s;oever, he was within their Territories, and had no rope made fa&s;t to the Shore; the Republique would be very glad if I could de|&s;troy him. This was that very &s;hip I cha&s;ed, and had the <HI>Warwick</HI> but a&s;&s;i&s;ted me, through the ble&s;&s;ing of the Lord I &s;hould undoubt|edly have carried him.</P>
<P>Arriving at <HI>Legorn,</HI> the <HI>Warwick</HI> di&s;covered a Sail, weighs an|chor without my order, and takes a French Sattee coming into the Road. The great Duke demands re&s;titution of this Sattee, as being taken in his Port: I called a Con&s;ultation hereupon, but Captain
<PB N="2" REF="3"> <HI>Wetheridge</HI> and Captain <HI>Cox</HI> would by no means agree to it, gi|ving me under their hands, that they would an&s;wer it to your Ho|nors. I then returned this An&s;wer to his Highne&s;s, That as the Ve&s;&s;el was not taken by my Order, &s;o I could not re&s;tore it of my &s;elf. Among&s;t other Wine the Sattee had in her &s;everal che&s;ts of Frontignac, and other Pre&s;ents for his Highne&s;s, of which Captain <HI>Cox</HI> &s;ent me a couple; but I immediately &s;ent them a&s;hore to Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> for the Governor, advi&s;ing Captain <HI>Cox,</HI> that he &s;hould upon no terms keep away any thing that belonged to the great Dukc. He &s;aid, That there was all, and &s;o I an&s;wered the Me&s;&s;en|ger. The Duke finding him&s;elf affronted in his Port, and thus abu|&s;ed in the detaining of his Goods, falls into choler with me for the &s;ame, and charges his Re&s;ident in <HI>England</HI> to lament of me unto your Honors. And I found afterwards, that he had rea&s;on to be angry, though not with me; for Captain <HI>Cox</HI> kept &s;everal of tho&s;e Pre&s;ents which were &s;ent the great Duke, and did di&s;po&s;e of them, as he confe&s;&s;ed to Colonel <HI>Thomp&s;on</HI> here in <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>At <HI>Naples</HI> I made Provi&s;ion for my Squadron, and pa&s;&s;ing thence through the Vare of <HI>Me&s;sina,</HI> I left the <HI>Bonaventure</HI> to bring the &s;hip <HI>Agreement</HI> within &s;ight of <HI>Zant,</HI> and to meet me with the <HI>Mary-Ro&s;e</HI> at <HI>Cyprus.</HI></P>
<P>Betwixt <HI>Cerigo</HI> and <HI>Candy,</HI> the <HI>Warwick</HI> takes a French Sattee, and after four or five hours, when he had ran&s;ackt her enough, he lay by the Lee to &s;tay for me. In her there was a Chou&s;e or Me&s;|&s;enger &s;ent from the <HI>Grand Seignior</HI> to the King of <HI>Tunice,</HI> who had a Pa&s;s from Sir <HI>Thomas Bendi&s;h,</HI> the which when I read, I u&s;ed what means I could for the re&s;toring of his Goods and Cloaths; u&s;ed him with all civility, landed him, as he de&s;ired, on the I&s;land of <HI>Candy:</HI> all which he thankfully acknowledged in his Certifi|cate which I &s;ent to Sir <HI>Thomas Bendi&s;h.</HI></P>
<P>Captain <HI>Witheridge</HI> going into <HI>Zant</HI> contrary to Order, the <HI>Mary-Ro&s;e</HI> plies her Voyage for <HI>Cyprus</HI> alone, &s;o I &s;ent the <HI>Warwick</HI> with her; and the <HI>Richard</HI> and <HI>William</HI> for <HI>Scandaroon,</HI> ordering him to come to <HI>Smirna:</HI> upon my arrival at <HI>Smirna,</HI> I found the <HI>Bonaventure</HI> in the Port: &s;o &s;oon as I had got provi&s;ion for my Fleet, and the Merchants &s;hips were ready, I &s;et &s;ail.</P>
<P>Being at <HI>Jackamoes Point,</HI> the Con&s;uls man brings me a Letter from Sir <HI>Thomas Bendi&s;h;</HI> wherein, in compliance with the Viziers &s;olicitation to him, he did de&s;ire I would convoy their Fleet for <HI>Candy,</HI> an Officer of the Viziers being come down on purpo&s;e, and did expect my an&s;wer. I wrote a Letter to Sir <HI>Thomas Bendi&s;h</HI> in excu&s;e, telling him how much time I had already lo&s;t in waiting for Provi&s;ions in their Port, and what nece&s;&s;ity there lay upon me to be gone; and withal, how ready I &s;hould have been to have done the <HI>Grand Seignior</HI> &s;ervice, as being a Prince in Amity with our Commonwealth, wherein his De&s;ires and your Honors Com|mands
<PB N="3" REF="3"> were not incon&s;i&s;tent, but then immediately &s;et &s;ayl, not waiting a reply.</P>
<P>Off <HI>Cerigo</HI> the <HI>Warwick</HI> takes a French Sattee, but comes not near me till the next day, when asking for her, he told me &s;he had nothing in her, but a little Money (bringing almo&s;t Two hundred Chickeens of Gold) and empty Cask, &s;o of him&s;elf he gave her to the French again.</P>
<P>At <HI>Zant</HI> I met with Captain <HI>Badily</HI> going for <HI>Scanderoone,</HI> I left the <HI>Warwick</HI> to convoy the &s;hips that were almo&s;t laden in that Port, to <HI>Mel&s;ina,</HI> whether they came as I was going out of the <HI>Vare,</HI> they and the <HI>Phenix</HI> in their company, never acquainting me with their intentions or bidding me farewel, &s;tood away for <HI>Eng|land.</HI></P>
<P>Having received &s;everal Letters from the Merchants at <HI>Naples,</HI> that a great quantity of Silk lay ready, waiting for our coming, &s;ending the <HI>Benaventure</HI> with the <HI>Mary</HI> to <HI>Legorn,</HI> to the end that &s;he, the <HI>Victory</HI> at <HI>Genoa,</HI> and any other &s;hips bound homewards, might be in a readine&s;s when I &s;hould call, I went into <HI>Naples.</HI></P>
<P>Between this place and <HI>Legorn</HI> a Me&s;&s;enger from Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> brings a Letter to me, wherein was intimated the Ho&s;tility the Dutch had offered to our Ships in our own Seas, while&s;t their Am|ba&s;&s;adors were in treaty with us.</P>
<P>Coming to <HI>Legorn</HI> he brought me your Honors Letter, wherein you Ordered me to con&s;ult with him what was be&s;t to do; Accor|dingly I did, and he then gave it me under his hand, That it was &s;afe&s;t to &s;tay in that Port till the next Po&s;t came: Before that time Fourteen Sayl of the Dutch came into the Road; &s;o &s;oon as I e&s;pyed them, I put to Sea with the <HI>Bonaventure</HI> and the four Mer|chants &s;hips, and towed the <HI>Leopard</HI> through the Fleet, there being no Winde at all, expecting the Engaging; but &s;eeing they came to Anchor in a friendly maner, I towed a &s;econd time among&s;t them, and then anchored betwixt them and the Shore, our Mer|chants &s;hips being betwixt me and the Shore: while they were un|der &s;ayl and I clo&s;e by, their Admiral fired Nine Guns without &s;hot, being per&s;waded by my Officers, it was a Salute to me, I an&s;wered him with Nine &s;hotted, not having any drawn; but af|terwards he made that pa&s;s for a Salute to the Port. Under&s;tanding that the Difference grew higher, it was agreed on by the Com|manders and the Merchants, to unlade all fine Goods; but this the Dutch forbad, however through the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Governor, we landed what we plea&s;ed.</P>
<P>The <HI>Warwick</HI> having carreen'd at <HI>Genoa,</HI> I &s;ent her by the advice of Mr. <HI>Longland,</HI> to finde out Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> and to acquaint him with the Breach with <HI>Holland;</HI> the Dutch &s;aying, <HI>That at that time they had received Order to fight us.</HI></P>
<P>The Dutch had &s;ent &s;everal times to <HI>Florence,</HI> to &s;ollicit the
<PB N="4" REF="4"> Duke to deny Protection to our &s;hips, and gave high words, That they had Orders from their Ma&s;ters to &s;ink or burn us in the Road; Hereupon the Governors &s;ent to Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> to acquaint me, That if I expected Protection from the Duke, I mu&s;t come into the <HI>Mould,</HI> or el&s;e they would not fire a Gun in my favor; &s;o Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> being aboard at a Con&s;ultation, it was agreed we &s;hould come into the <HI>Mould,</HI> and &s;o we did.</P>
<P>Some few days after, the Colonel of the Town &s;ent Mr. <HI>Long|land</HI> to acquaint me with the&s;e Propo&s;itions the Dutch had made unto his Highne&s;s; <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>That no Man of War having an opportunity to depart, ought by a mo&s;t ancient Law, to &s;tay in any Port beyond &s;uch a time. That they, to that end the Engli&s;h might go to Sea, had &s;taid out &s;everal days: That they would give the Merchants &s;hips leave to relade their Goods, give them free liberty to depart; nor would they &s;tir till they had been departed five days, the which if not ac|cepted, they would forbear endeavoring to ruine them no longer. To the&s;e I was immediately to give my An&s;wer: The opinion of our Factory then pre&s;ent, was, That whereas the Dutch had waited &s;everal times upon the Duke, and did &s;ollicit daily that he would deny Protection to the Engli&s;h, and all this while the Engli&s;h never owned him, nor went to give him thanks (as I indeed de&s;ired, but Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> oppo&s;ed me in it.) The Duke now &s;eemed to &s;poil the vertue of our Gratitude, by his nece&s;&s;itating us unto it; &s;o Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> did de&s;ire me to &s;end one to treat with the Duke accordingly: That him&s;elf with other Merchants would go to thank him for his Protection of their Goods, and that the Ma&s;ters would do the &s;ame for the protection of their &s;hips, and joyntly to be&s;eech him the continuance of his Favors; Hereupon Mr. <HI>Long|land</HI> and my &s;elf, with &s;everal of the Merchants, de&s;ired Mr. <HI>Na|thaniel Reading</HI> to undertake the Bu&s;ine&s;s, the which he did at our entreaty; and at that time ingaged him&s;elf on my behalf, That I &s;hould not di&s;turb his Highne&s;s Port, except I were commanded to the contrary; How he managed the &s;ame, and effected the con|tinuance of our Protection, your Honors have under&s;tood by his own Relation; the Lord having at that time vi&s;ited me with a violent and tedious Sickne&s;s, &s;o that I could not write; during the time of my &s;ickne&s;s, there came News to <HI>Legorn</HI> of Captain <HI>Ba|dileys</HI> being engaged with the Dutch of <HI>Monte Chri&s;to;</HI> hereupon, although I was not able to walk alone, and Captain <HI>Wetheridge</HI> was ju&s;t dead, I re&s;olved to go to help him, notwith&s;tanding there lay &s;ix Dutch Men of War in the Road; but as I was got aboard and rea|dy to go out, I received a Letter from Captain <HI>Badiley</HI> of his be|ing in <HI>Porta Longone,</HI> and de&s;iring me not to think of &s;tirring till he was fit to put to &s;ea.</P>
<P>I &s;ent for Captain <HI>Cox</HI> to command the <HI>Bonaventure,</HI> and when
<PB N="5" REF="4"> he came, the <HI>Phenix</HI> which was taken by the Dutch, was brought into the <HI>Mould,</HI> and he was always talking of burning her; I &s;ent him in particular that Order which your Honors &s;ent me for not di&s;turbing the Great Duke's Port, told him the Engagement I had lately made to the contrary, and the great danger all our &s;hips were in, if he &s;hould burn the <HI>Phenix,</HI> not onely for the incen|&s;ing of the Duke and Dutch again&s;t us, but al&s;o of the firing of our own &s;hips too; however he per&s;i&s;ted in his actings, contrary to your Honors and my Order, cha&s;ing their Boats, and occa&s;ioning many complaints of the Dutch unto the Governor: I told him how much I had &s;uffered for his former In&s;olencies in this place, how what he did might tend to the ruine of us all; but yet he would not hear me, acting &s;everal times again&s;t my Order, &s;tirring up his men by many &s;editious &s;peeches again&s;t me, and never own|ing me at all, notwith&s;tanding the Commi&s;&s;ion I had from your Honors, and the many re&s;pects and continual courte&s;ies which I had always &s;hewn him, &s;o that I was nece&s;&s;itated to bid him return to his former command, lea&s;t he &s;hould make a Mutiny among&s;t our &s;hips; In the interim Captain <HI>Badiley</HI> arrives and brings me Order for his Commanding in Chief, the which I readily obeyed.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Badiley</HI> now placeth Captain <HI>Cox</HI> in the <HI>Bonaventure:</HI> and I being freed of the Engagement which I had made unto the Duke, it was agreed on to &s;urprize the <HI>Phenix</HI> then in the Road, riding the outermo&s;t &s;hip, with the Engli&s;h Colours under theirs.</P>
<P>The Attempt was thus:</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Cox</HI> in the <HI>Elizabeth's</HI> Shallop with nine Oars and four Sitters, my Lieutenant <HI>Yong</HI> in the <HI>Samp&s;on</HI>'s Pinnace, with thirty four men, and Lieutenant <HI>Symmes</HI> in the <HI>Bonaventure</HI>'s Pinnace with thirty four more.</P>
<P>Having lo&s;t one another &s;everal times, at la&s;t towards morning they all met, and coming up in the <HI>Phenix</HI> &s;tern, Captain <HI>Cox</HI> or|dered them to board the &s;hip on both &s;ides, while&s;t he went for|ward with his Shallop to cut the Cabel; the Lieutenants and their crew entred, and after &s;ome di&s;pute, in which Lieutenant <HI>Yong</HI> and two more were &s;lain, they took the &s;hip; Young <HI>Tromp</HI> and &s;ome of his Officers e&s;caped in their own Boat; the &s;hip being under &s;ayl, and the Fight over, up comes Captain <HI>Cox,</HI> drives the men out of the Cabbin which had done the &s;ervice, and after found the Money, &s;aying, <HI>The Cabbin belonged unto him;</HI> and not|with&s;tanding the Promi&s;e made before the Enterprize, to &s;hare the Booty equally, he kept it to his private u&s;e; all which, &s;everal of the men are ready to make good by Oath.</P>
<P>In the morning I &s;ent Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> an accompt of the particulars, to the end your Honors might have notice quickly of the &s;ame; and he immediately &s;ends his &s;ervant with the news, not giving me the liberty of &s;ending by him.</P>
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<P> About this time a Dutch man came aboard my &s;hip, whom I &s;u&s;pected for a Spy, with Mr. <HI>Longland</HI>'s advice I clapt him in the Bilboes; having leave to ea&s;e him&s;elf in the &s;hips-head, he leaps into the water, and &s;wimming to the <HI>Moulde,</HI> two of my men being a &s;hore, I bad them &s;top him; but he promi&s;ing the Centinel mo|ney to re&s;cue him, got to his hou&s;e. I went a&s;hore, de&s;iring the Sentinel to deliver me my Pri&s;oner, promi&s;ing, I would carry him to the Governor. This he granted, and carrying him aboard, there came a Sergeant and two Soldiers, demanding of the Pri&s;oner, threatning to fire at me el&s;e: The Pri&s;oner leaps out of my Boat, and went a&s;hore. I &s;ent my Mini&s;ter to Mr. <HI>Longland,</HI> to let him know punctually what had pa&s;t, to the end, he might acquaint the Governor therewith; but Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> would not take the pains, whereby the Duke and his Mini&s;ters, through mi&s;information from the Dutch, were much incen&s;ed again&s;t me.</P>
<P>And the&s;e, I do a&s;&s;ure your Honors, are all the Circum&s;tances of that Bu&s;ine&s;s, as many now in Town are ready to depo&s;e.</P>
<P>Two days after, Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> comes aboard me with one of the Dukes Captains, telling me, the Duke would &s;peak with me at <HI>Pi&s;a;</HI> I asked him, what he thought it was about, he an&s;wered, that he could not tell, but he would go along with me. Being up|on the way, he asked me what I would &s;ay to the Duke, in ca&s;e he &s;hould ask me about the taking of the <HI>Phenix?</HI> I &s;aid, That I could ea&s;ily clear my &s;elf of the former Engagement I had made unto him, for it was conditional, if I were not commanded to the con|trary, as here I was by Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> who po&s;itively did com|mand, to retake or de&s;troy the Frigot; and to that end, &s;ent &s;everal men from <HI>Port-Langone,</HI> promi&s;ing to each of them a good &s;um of money. Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> perceiving that I could clear my &s;elf from breaking my Engagement with the Duke, and that the Dukes di&s;plea&s;ure mu&s;t light on Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and him&s;elf, upon our ar|rival at <HI>Pi&s;a,</HI> goes to <HI>Signior Pandolfino,</HI> the Dukes Secretary of War, and having had private conference with him, I then was &s;ent for to the Palace; but <HI>Pandolfino</HI> would not &s;uffer me to &s;ee the Duke, commanding the Governor of the Ca&s;tle to put me in a coach and carry me away to the Ca&s;tle; Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> and Cap|tain <HI>Wood</HI> (of whom I never did de&s;erve but well) publiquely tri|umphed, that they had brought me into that condition. And not|with&s;tanding they pretended kindne&s;s in their going with me, it &s;eemed, it onely was to work their ends upon me; for during my four days impri&s;onment in the Ca&s;tle, they, not onely came not near me them&s;elves, but none el&s;e were &s;uffered to come that would; denying to let my men know what became of me, or where I was, that they might &s;end me Cloathes. At la&s;t, an An|&s;wer being come from Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> That he would do Ju&s;tice upon any under his command, that &s;hould commit &s;o high Of|fences
<PB N="7" REF="5"> again&s;t the Duke, as was pretended I had done; I was con|veyed by a party of his Hor&s;e, through woods and by ways, Forty miles, unto St. <HI>Vincents,</HI> where for three nights together I lay up|on the &s;tones; and thence being carried by a <HI>Faluca</HI> to Port <HI>Fe|rara,</HI> there I remained till Captain <HI>Badily</HI> did &s;end to fetch me.</P>
<P>Nor did Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> think he had yet triumphed enough over me, till as he had made me &s;uffer much in my Per&s;on abroad, &s;o I &s;hould more in my Reputation at home; and therefore he conti|nues to have a Currier &s;ent on purpo&s;e, to complain unto your Ho|nors of my violating our Nations Faith, and the Dukes Port, in &s;urprizing of the Frigot, and affronting of his Centinel: whereas Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> well knew, as God and the world doth, Captain <HI>Badily</HI> commanded the taking of the Frigot, and takes it upon him|&s;elf, and that I never touched the Centinel or gave him an ill word; and could I have obtained the liberty of &s;peaking unto the Duke, as afterwards he told me, all this had been prevented.</P>
<P>The Dukes Currier returning, your Honors &s;ent me an Order to command me home, and that I &s;hould make all the ha&s;te as po&s;&s;ibly I could over land; I obeyed it with all readine&s;s, and to that end, coming to <HI>Legorn,</HI> where the Dukes Secretary, Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> and the Dutch, were in a Treaty; and having there concluded to fight the Dutch, it was ordered by a Councel of War, That I &s;hould &s;tay to command the <HI>Leopard</HI> till the Fight was over, Provided I would give &s;ix hundred Crowns to have leave from the Duke; and Captain <HI>Badily</HI> would then An&s;wer to your Honors for my not co|ming home by Land, according to your Order.</P>
<P>I an&s;wered him, That though no man on earth &s;hould be more ready to &s;erve his Countrey then my &s;elf, that yet to buy the hazard of my Life at &s;uch a price, were to invite a Cur&s;e from my Wife and Children, whom I have too much wronged already by my &s;erving of the State; that therefore, though I would &s;erve them, though I got no money by it, yet I would not give money for to &s;erve them.</P>
<P>And truly when I con&s;idered it, I found it a bad bargain, for if through that Compo&s;ition I &s;hould be admitted to venture my Life, and through the Mercy of the Lord I &s;hould out live the Fight, that yet I mu&s;t when all was done, hold on my journey over Land.</P>
<P>While this was in di&s;pute, there came an Expre&s;s from his High|ne&s;s to his Secretary, &s;ignifying, That he was not onely contented, but much de&s;ired I &s;hould be admitted to my former Command.</P>
<P>So I was &s;etled in the <HI>Leopard,</HI> and Captain <HI>Badily</HI> having &s;ent &s;everal Expre&s;&s;es to Captain <HI>Cox,</HI> to come with the other &s;hips he then commanded, from <HI>Naples</HI> to Port <HI>Longone:</HI> He contrary to all Order goes to the Vare of <HI>Me&s;ina,</HI> but after more then Twenty days expecting him, at la&s;t he comes, leaving the <HI>Henry Bona|venture</HI>
<PB N="8" REF="6"> behinde him. Whereupon, Captain <HI>Badily</HI> &s;eeing Captain <HI>Cox</HI> had acted &s;o much again&s;t his Orders al&s;o, and that he had oc|ca&s;ioned the omi&s;&s;ion of &s;o many opportunities to get out and joyn, the Enemy not being &s;ometimes but Five, other times Two, and after none at all in Port <HI>Longone,</HI> their Admiral being ca&s;t away, and another of their &s;hips fa&s;t upon the Rocks; and la&s;tly, having come away without the <HI>Henry Bonaventure,</HI> which Ve&s;&s;el might have done good &s;ervice in the Ingagement, and could do none in waiting where he was, his Prize being in a &s;afe Port, he told me, That the State had better to have given Twenty thou|&s;and pounds, rather then Captain <HI>Cox</HI> &s;hould have carried him&s;elf in that maner; and &s;ince we hear, the Dutch have taken her.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Badily</HI> departs for the fitting his Eight &s;hips and a Fire &s;hip at Port <HI>Ferara,</HI> and being under &s;ail, &s;ends me Orders to ha&s;te to him, &s;o &s;oon as the Dutch weighed Anchor to go towards him; and to the end he might not be over-powered by the Dutch before I could a&s;&s;i&s;t, commands me for to ha&s;te upon my Life, and that with all the &s;ail that I could make.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Badily</HI> plying near the <HI>Malhora,</HI> &s;ends his Lieutenant to me in the night, to know our readine&s;s, and to advi&s;e, that the <HI>Warrick</HI> &s;hould be ready near the <HI>Mould-head</HI> by break of day, to keep off the Enemies Fire &s;hip, which, with Twenty five more, lay ready with their Top-&s;ails loo&s;e in the tops, and their Anchors a|peek, ready to wait our motion. I called a Con&s;ultation upon his coming, and at that time there &s;pringing a &s;mall Gale, had &s;ome thoughts of getting out; but Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> not being there, with|out whom we dur&s;t not act, and Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s Order being to the contrary; and during this Con&s;ultation the Gale ended, and there was no Wind &s;tirring, it was agreed on not to &s;tir till morning.</P>
<P>In the morning Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> comes aboard, and then I told him what we re&s;olved upon in the night, he much approved thereof, for had we &s;tirred, it falling calm, we had in probability been ruined. Captain <HI>Badily</HI> keeps &s;till near the <HI>Malhora,</HI> the <HI>Phenix Warwick,</HI> and another of our &s;hips come to the &s;outh-ward of the <HI>Lanthorn,</HI> and Captain <HI>Badily</HI> &s;tood after them, hereupon the Dutch weighed.</P>
<P>Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> and the Commi&s;&s;ioners being all aboard me, concluded we &s;hould make all po&s;&s;ible ha&s;te, the Winde being Ea&s;terly off Shore, my Orders being to ha&s;ten as for Life, Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> and all the Commanders agreeing we &s;hould loo&s;e no more time, we &s;lipt our Cables, and made all the &s;ail we could. The Dutch were now in the middle betwixt Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and our &s;hips. By that time our &s;termo&s;t &s;hip was well cleared off the <HI>Mould,</HI> the Dutch tacked upon us, we &s;tood with them re&s;olving to break through, they fired at us; (the wind now changeth to South|ea&s;t)
<PB N="9" REF="6"> &s;o that Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and his Fleet could have come quar|ter-wind up to us.</P>
<P>The <HI>Bonaventure</HI> had not fired twenty Guns, when within three of her lengths from the <HI>Leopard,</HI> &s;he blew up in the Air; while I was clearing my &s;elf off the wrack, the <HI>Sun</HI> of forty Guns, and the <HI>Julius Ce&s;ar</HI> of thirty eight, boarded me both of the Lard-board &s;ide.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Seaman</HI> in the <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> coming to my A&s;&s;i&s;tance, as was agreed, was boarded by yong <HI>Tromp</HI> in a &s;hip of forty two Guns; <HI>Tromp</HI> &s;eeing him&s;elf wor&s;ted by him, calls to the Fire &s;hip, who boarded the <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> on the other &s;ide, and fired her immediately.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Mar&s;h</HI> in the <HI>Levant-Merchant</HI> was boarded by a &s;hip of thirty &s;ix Guns.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Wood</HI> in the <HI>Peregrine</HI> al&s;o by another, but Captain <HI>Fi&s;her</HI> in the <HI>Mary</HI> made his way through the Fleet, and joyned with Captain <HI>Badily.</HI></P>
<P>This was the condition of my Squadron all of us, e&s;pecially my &s;elf having the &s;everal Broad&punc;&s;ides from the Enemies other &s;hips pa&s;&s;ed upon us, while&s;t we were di&s;puting with the&s;e that boarded us.</P>
<P>All this while Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and his Fleet lay awether of us, making &s;everal &s;hot, though at too great a di&s;tance, notwith&s;tand|ing the Wind was very good for his coming up.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Cox</HI> runs the <HI>Phenix</HI> aground the Main, and there lyes for half an hour.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Ell</HI> in the <HI>Lewis</HI> comes up to my A&s;&s;i&s;tance, firing at them that poured their Broad-&s;ides on me, as al&s;o on them that boarded me.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Fi&s;her</HI> in the <HI>Mary</HI> making his way through the Enemy a &s;econd time, did very good &s;ervice.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Badily</HI> at la&s;t comes within half &s;hot of me, betwixt the <HI>Leopard</HI> and the &s;hore, and he with others of his Fleet did make &s;ome &s;hot.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Wood</HI> not being relieved in &s;o long time, &s;urrenders.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Mar&s;h</HI> having &s;unk the great &s;hip that boarded him, immediately was boarded by another, and being over-powred by the Enemy, much torn, many of his men &s;lain, and none of our friends coming to relieve him, was taken.</P>
<P>The <HI>Warwick</HI> coming up the &s;econd time, and giving &s;everal Broad-&s;ides to them that boarded me, my &s;elf, the Ma&s;ter, and the Corporal called to him to forbear firing at tho&s;e two that boarded me, they having called for Quarter, and to engage with them that plyed their Broad-&s;ides on me.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Badily</HI> orders Captain <HI>Whiteing</HI> in our Fire-&s;hip to board the Dutch Admiral, promi&s;ing that him&s;elf would engage him, till he had made his Graplings fa&s;t; accordingly he makes
<PB N="10" REF="7"> towards him, but Captain <HI>Badily</HI> not coming up as he expected, by which means the Dutch Admiral played all his Guns upon him, was &s;unk ju&s;t at his &s;tern.</P>
<P>I &s;till expecting that Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and the Frigots would en|gage tho&s;e five &s;hips that gauled me in that maner, to the end I might have taken po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of tho&s;e two &s;hips which had &s;o long boarded me, and called for Quarter, and for a good while forbear|ed firing; but the Lord of Heaven having otherwi&s;e determined it, they not onely refu&s;ed to help me them&s;elves, but would not let others do it that would; for Captain <HI>Ell</HI> who lay near me, and did great Execution on the Enemy, coming to lye at my Star|board-bowe for my A&s;&s;i&s;tance, was called away by Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> who without any more ado &s;et his Main-&s;ayl, and made way from me with all &s;peed he could; &s;o Captain <HI>Ell</HI> and Captain <HI>Fi&s;her,</HI> who once more was coming up for to help me, and was the inner|mo&s;t and northermo&s;t &s;hip of all, &s;eeing Captain <HI>Badily</HI> to leave me thus, were nece&s;&s;itated for their own &s;afety to follow after.</P>
<P>The Dutch &s;eeing Captain <HI>Badily</HI> thus gone, cha&s;ed his nine Sayl with eight, of which, the <HI>Admiral,</HI> the <HI>Redhare,</HI> and the <HI>Half-Moon,</HI> all di&s;abled &s;hips, were three: And &s;eeing I was thus aban|doned, up comes the Vice-Admiral of the Dutch with five &s;hips more, and fires at me with more violence; and tho&s;e two &s;hips that had cryed Quarrer &s;eeing me left alone, began again to fire: And after two hours di&s;pute, their Vice Admiral laid me cro&s;s the &s;tern, raking me fore and after: our &s;tern being beaten in, and Til|ler &s;hot in pieces, fourteen Guns made un&s;erviceable, the &s;hip every way pitifully torn, almo&s;t half of our men di&s;abled, and my &s;elf, Lieutenant, and many Officers wounded, and the Enemy increa|&s;ed; but mo&s;t of all, my men being di&s;couraged by their friends for&s;aking of them, they re&s;olved to fight no longer; I forced them &s;everal times into their Quarters, and trying fair means as well as fowl, proffered a hundred Crowns for every &s;hot that they would make out of a Demy-canon in the Gun room: The Gunner and one of the Ma&s;ters mates made two &s;hots, and were making more, but pre&s;ently I under&s;tood how &s;ome did call for Quarter, &s;aying, the Enemy was on the Poope; hereupon I called the Gunner, and privately bade him blow the Poope up, as he was going to blow it up, and a&s;&s;i&s;ted by the Ma&s;ter and Corporal therein, the men per|ceived it, and laid hands on him, I came &s;traight to re&s;cue him, but then they &s;eized on me, putting my &s;houlder out of joynt, by wre|&s;ting my weapons from me, and held me, while&s;t &s;ome of them called for Quarter, until I was delivered into the Enemies hands, who, had not my men intreated for me, had re&s;olved to kill me, for I denyed Quarter.</P>
<P>Being thus their Pri&s;oner, I was conveyed aboard their Vice-Admiral, and after their heat was over, they u&s;ed me civilly and
<PB N="11" REF="7"> dre&s;&s;ed my wounds; confe&s;&s;ing to me &s;everal times, That if Captain <HI>Badily</HI> had a&s;&s;i&s;ted me with his Fleet, they &s;hould not have been able to with&s;tand us.</P>
<P>The next day after the Fight they cleared all the Pri&s;oners, except Captain <HI>Seaman,</HI> Captain <HI>Mar&s;h</HI> and my &s;elf.</P>
<P>Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> &s;ends tho&s;e that would go upon his tearms to <HI>Ve|nice,</HI> but he not giving them but two Dollars and a half to carry them &s;o many days Journey through a &s;trange Country, many refu&s;ed to go, knowing that twice as much could not defray their charges: Some that undertook to go, dyed by the way of Famine; and they that did arrive were almo&s;t naked, having &s;old their cloaths for victuals.</P>
<P>And during our nine weeks Impri&s;onment, although we always were within a mile of the Town, Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> never was the man that owned us, or &s;ent to help us in our wants; of which the Dutch them&s;elves complained.</P>
<P>Upon our &s;everal Securities to appear in <HI>Holland,</HI> they gave us leave to go, and being come a&s;hoar, the Great Duke &s;ent to &s;peak with me; accordingly I waited on him, and there he plea&s;ed to tell me, That he was &s;orry for my &s;ufferings, but knew no way to make me amends but by his Letter to the Parliament.</P>
<P>What el&s;e his Highne&s;s and &s;everal about him, what Mr. <HI>Long|lands</HI> own people, and the <HI>Italians</HI> which were Spectators &s;aid of this Engagement, I &s;hall forbear to mention as I do many other things; the concealing whereof, &s;hould not more prejudice your Honors or my &s;elf, then the relating them can po&s;&s;ibly reflect on them whom they concern.</P>
<P>This I &s;hall onely &s;ay, That whereas Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> chargeth me with breaking Orders in coming out to &s;oon, I &s;hall refer your Ho|nors to the Premi&s;es; to Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s Letters, which I have to &s;hew, and to the Oaths now ready to be made herein, to judge, a&s;&s;uring you, That when he and the Commanders had unanimou&s;ly agreed to our going out, and him&s;elf had taken his leave and was going in his Boat a&s;hoar, he returned, and prayed us to ha&s;te for fear that Captain <HI>Badily</HI> &s;hould be oppre&s;&s;ed before we came.</P>
<P>The &s;everal Accompts of moneys I received, disbur&s;ed or char|ged upon the State through the Voyage, are all in readine&s;s when|ever that your Honors &s;hall appoint to Audit them.</P>
<P>To give your Honors no further trouble, This is the &s;um of what hath happened &s;ince my going out, the truth whereof, as in his pre&s;ence who is Searcher of all hearts, I do aver; nor hath my naming any particular in this Narative proceeded from &s;pleen to him, but love to truth, to the end your Honors might be im|partially informed how your Affairs were managed, rendring
<PB N="12" REF="8"> mo&s;t humble thanks for my Exchange: I &s;ubmit my &s;elf to your con&s;ideration, as of what I have done, &s;o of what I have &s;uffered for you.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry Appleton.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>The <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> was fired after an hour and a halfs di&s;pute.</P>
<P>The <HI>Peregrine</HI> was &s;urrendred within three hours.</P>
<P>The <HI>Levant</HI> Merchant held out four.</P>
<P>And the <HI>Leopard,</HI> in all, above &s;ix hours.</P>
<P>In <HI>Legorn</HI> we received as much re&s;pect and civility from his High|ne&s;s <HI>The great Duke,</HI> as from any Prince into who&s;e Port we came: And as to my own particular, notwith&s;tanding the means u&s;ed to to incen&s;e him again&s;t me, yet he commanded, while I was in his hands, that I &s;hould want for nothing; &s;o that both in the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Pi&s;a</HI> and <HI>Porta Ferara,</HI> al&s;o I was treated with all kindne&s;s.</P>
<P><HI>I</HI> Edmond Seaman <HI>Captain of the</HI> Samp&s;on, <HI>having been with Captain</HI> Appleton, <HI>From his coming into</HI> Smyrna <HI>till his return into</HI> England <HI>(except the time of his fir&s;t Impri&s;onment) and having peru&s;ed the Narrative he hath made; fora&s;much as I was pre&s;ent at, and privy to mo&s;t of the Tran&s;actions therein, do aver the truth thereof, and am ready to maintain the &s;ame by Oath, when ever I &s;hall be called thereunto: And in te&s;timony thereof, do hereto &s;et my Hand.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Edmond Seaman.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>I <HI>Stephen Mar&s;h,</HI> Captain of the <HI>Levant</HI> Merchant, having per|u&s;ed this Narration, do finde it, for &s;o much as I was capable of knowing in the whole Voyage, e&s;pecially in the Engagement (being in my own Ve&s;&s;el) to be true; The Premi&s;es I am ready to make good upon Oath, whenever called: And in te&s;timony thereof, do hereto &s;et my hand.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Stephen Mar&s;h.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>I <HI>William Ell</HI> Captain of the <HI>Lewis,</HI> do certifie, That as I was going to relieve Captain <HI>Appleton,</HI> being fully re&s;olved either to lay him aboard, or el&s;e the Enemies that lay on board him; my men cryed out, They would lo&s;e their lives rather then let their Vice-Ad|miral be ruined: Captain <HI>Badily</HI> with his own mouth calls me away, told me I mu&s;t &s;tand after him; and though he had fair opportunity to Engage the Enemies Admiral &s;ingle, yet did he not do the &s;ame: And having peru&s;ed this Narration of Captain <HI>Appletons,</HI> com|paring it with my own Journal, I finde it (for &s;o much as I was capa|ble of knowing in my own Ve&s;&s;el) to be true; The Premi&s;es I am ready to make good upon Oath, when ever called: In te&s;timony thereof, I do &s;et to my hand.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>William Ell.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<PB N="13" REF="8">
<P>We who&s;e Names are here under-written, do te&s;tifie, That Captain <HI>Peter Whiteing</HI> Commander of the Fire-&s;hip, after the &s;inking of his &s;hip, and his coming aboard Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> did in our hearing &s;everal times &s;ay, That Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> having left Captain <HI>Ap|pleton</HI> in the middle of his Enemies, two hours after &s;eeing from his Poop, that the <HI>Leopards</HI> Colours were &s;till in the Fore-top, and the Guns firing, fell, as he had good rea&s;on, into pa&s;sion, &s;aying, He was an undone man for ever.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Robert Daines. Samuel Wily.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>We who&s;e Names are hereunto written, do te&s;tifie, That the Ita|lians and French in <HI>Legorn</HI> &s;eeing how Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> behaved him&s;elf towards the Dutch, and how Captain <HI>Badily</HI> behaved him|&s;elf towards Captain <HI>Appleton,</HI> and the other &s;hips, prote&s;ted, They would tear Captain <HI>Badily</HI> in pieces for a coward as he was, if ever he &s;hould come on &s;hore.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Robert Daines. Samuel Wily.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>If your Excellency &s;hall not conceive the&s;e Te&s;timonies enough to make out the truth of my Remon&s;trance, I &s;hall, when ever cal|led unto it, produce very many more: as al&s;o &s;hall readily An&s;wer to any thing thing that can be objected again&s;t me.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Appilton.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>The Declaration of</HI> Edmund Seaman <HI>Commander of the</HI> Sam&s;on</HEAD>
<OPENER>Humbly &s;heweth,</OPENER>
<P>THat being at <HI>Smirna,</HI> Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> came into the Port, where I &s;hall briefly give you an account of our Proceedings. Off of <HI>Livorn</HI> &s;ome five or &s;ix Leagues, we had a Filvea met us, and gave us notice of the Affront the Dutch gave our Nation, whereupon, we much de&s;ired to be gone for <HI>England,</HI> but Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> de&s;ired Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> to &s;tay till the next Po&s;t; and in the interim, Four &s;ail of the Dutch &s;hips of War came in upon us, but before they came into the Road, we all weighed and &s;tood to them, &s;o we and they anchored; we anchored between them and the &s;hore, and there were blockt up by them. Soon after, Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> came aboard, and told us, That he was &s;ent by the Go|vernor and Collonel of the Town, that we mu&s;t come into the <HI>Mould,</HI> for where we rid we could not be &s;ecure from our Enemy; &s;o that night we got all our &s;hips into the <HI>Mould,</HI> but were forced fir&s;t to lighten them: &s;o there we were in &s;afety, we having the Grand Dukes Protection. So within two days of our being in the <HI>Mould,</HI> it was agreed upon by Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> and Captain <HI>Apple|ton,</HI> and the re&s;t of the Nation, That &s;ome &s;hould go up to <HI>Flo|rence,</HI>
<PB N="14" REF="9"> to give the Grand Duke Thanks for his protecting of us; whereupon it was agreed, That Mr. <HI>Longland,</HI> Mr. <HI>Boneile,</HI> Cap|tain <HI>Roop,</HI> Captain <HI>Wood</HI> and my &s;elf, in the behalf of the Mer|chants, and Mr. <HI>Reading</HI> at the reque&s;t of the Nation, for Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> being very &s;ick at that time. We no &s;ooner were arrived at <HI>Florence,</HI> but we were pre&s;ently &s;ent for to come to the Grand Duke, which we did; and as &s;oon as we had given him Thanks for his protecting of us, he asked us, If we thought our &s;elves &s;ecure from the Dutch? I an&s;wered him, That the Dutch we did not fear &s;o long as he was our friend. Soon after we had news, that Captain <HI>Badily</HI> was engaged with the Dutch, and then there lay in the Road four of their men of War, and two that they had taken up in their &s;ervice, &s;o that there were never le&s;s then &s;ix of them in the Road of <HI>Livorn.</HI> Captain <HI>Badily</HI> being come &s;afe to <HI>Porta Longona,</HI> &s;ent Captain <HI>Cox</HI> to &s;ee what condition the &s;hips were in at <HI>Livorn,</HI> and to have the Merchant &s;hips go out to engage with the Dutch; I an&s;wered him, I would not act any thing without a Warrant, either from the States or from my Owners: which &s;oon after, Captain <HI>Badily</HI> or Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> &s;ent to the States for Com|mi&s;&s;ions, to take up our &s;hips, which, as &s;oon as we received the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions, obeyed them, and fitted our &s;hips for men of War. Captain <HI>Badily</HI> being at <HI>Livorn,</HI> coming aboard the <HI>Leo|pard</HI> in the afternoon, calling a Councel of War; and when we were all together, he was plea&s;ed to tell us, That we mu&s;t deliver the <HI>Phenix</HI> or the <HI>Bonaventure,</HI> or be gone out of the <HI>Mould:</HI> Notwith&s;tanding, how much it concerned us to know what was treated on by the Dukes Orders, he to that end &s;ending his Secre|tary from <HI>Florence,</HI> to accommodate the Difference between the Dutch and us: Captain <HI>Badily</HI> never acquainted us with any thing but a nece&s;&s;ity of delivering up the <HI>Bonaventure</HI> or <HI>Phenix,</HI> or el&s;e be gone in Fifteen days. Whether we might not have &s;tayed upon other Terms, I cannot &s;peak to, Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> doing all without acquainting us further. This onely I am &s;ure that the Secretary &s;aid, That if Fifteen days were not enough, we might have Ten, and after that Ten days more: whereupon Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> &s;aid, That the Grand Duke carried him&s;elf with as much re&s;pect to our Nation as can be, not forcing us out of his Port, but endeavoring what he could to compo&s;e our &s;tay; and notwith|&s;tanding we might have had &s;o much time, whereby we might have been in a better condition to fight, or el&s;e might have received Orders from the State, what to have done therein. But after &s;ome di&s;pute we agreed, That he &s;hould get the re&s;t of the &s;hips ready that were in <HI>Porta Longona,</HI> and then &s;ee what might be done: when we were all ready, having fitted our &s;hips for &s;ailing and fight|ing, we looked every hour for Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> which on the &s;econd of <HI>March,</HI> we e&s;pied our Fleet at the going down of the Sun,
<PB N="15" REF="9"> which was a great encouraging of our men; that night Captain <HI>Cox</HI> came aboard the <HI>Leopard,</HI> and from Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> to de&s;ire us to be ready at an hours warning, which we obeyed. On Thur&s;|day night Captain <HI>Upcher</HI> and Captain <HI>Whiting</HI> came and told us, that they were clo&s;e by the Lanthorn, but as &s;oon as it was day, we found no &s;uch thing, but were altogether, three or four Leagues off by judgement. After that they were gone, Captain <HI>Badily</HI> &s;ent his Lieutenant to us, that if in ca&s;e the wind &s;hould come off &s;hore, that we &s;hould come out upon our lives, before he was too much engaged; which he, for his part, as far as I could &s;ee, did never in|tend to do: And on Friday morning we received order to come out with all &s;peed, and that morning, Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> with the re&s;t of the Captains re&s;olved to go with one general con&s;ent; the Dutch being all weighed and &s;tood to Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> &s;o that it was Mr. <HI>Longland</HI>'s de&s;ire, that we &s;hould make all the ha&s;te that po&s;&s;ible we could, before our Admiral was too much engaged, and &s;o took his leave and went a&s;hore from us; and we having a fine Brea&s;e off the &s;hore, immediately &s;et &s;ail, the <HI>Bonaventure</HI> fir&s;t, the <HI>Leopard</HI> next, and after all the re&s;t. But we no &s;ooner were all clear of the <HI>Mould-head,</HI> but Captain <HI>Badily</HI> &s;tood off; the Dutch &s;eeing that, bore in upon us, and in le&s;s then half an hour that we were come out, we were engaged; and in the interim, of a &s;udden, the Wind &s;hifted to the South-Ea&s;t and South-Ea&s;t by South. Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and his Fleet, if he had plea&s;ed, might have been as near the Dutch as we were. The <HI>Bonaventure</HI> in a &s;hort time blew up; and then we looking for Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and his Fleet to have fallen on, could have no Relief of him: but in&s;tead of coming to relieve us, cha&s;ed one of the &s;hips belonging to <HI>Livorn,</HI> though he &s;aw the Dukes Colours flying; and as &s;oon as Captain <HI>Cox</HI> made him coming back, ran his Frigot aground upon the Weather &s;hore, &s;o that we had but little Relief all this time. At length I was boarded by a &s;hip of 20 Guns for above an hour and a half, and at la&s;t boarded on the other &s;ide by a Fire-&s;hip, and &s;o we were de|&s;troyed; all this time no Relief from Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> nor none of his &s;quadron, though he might, if he had plea&s;ed, have been in the mid&s;t of us, had he not &s;tood off when we came fir&s;t out of the <HI>Mould,</HI> and &s;o he &s;aw us de&s;troyed one after another. And at la&s;t bore up and let fall his main Sail, and fired a Gun to Lee-ward, to call off all his Fleet, which was done, and away they went with nine Sail, and were cha&s;ed but with eight Sail of the Dutch. All this time the <HI>Leopard</HI> had her Colours flying, but they &s;eeing no hopes of any Relief, were forced to yield up their &s;hip, being over|powered by the enemy. All this I &s;hall be ready to witne&s;s upon Oath, when&s;oever I &s;hall be called thereunto. And to conclude, if Captain <HI>Badily</HI> had been a Pentioner to the Sates of <HI>Holland,</HI> he he could not have done them better Service.</P>
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<P>I <HI>William Ell</HI> have peru&s;ed this Narration, concerning the Fight he was in at <HI>Linorno</HI> with the Dutch the Fourth of <HI>March,</HI> 1652. and do te&s;tifie, and &s;hall be ready to make good upon Oath, that this is truth which is here &s;pecified.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, That &s;oon after Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> was clear of the <HI>Mould-head</HI> with his Squadron, the wind Southwards, and the Dutch tacked upon them, and that then all Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s Squadron might have come to them.</P>
<P>Secondly, As &s;oon as we came to know the Ships, after the blowing up of the <HI>Bonaventure,</HI> and that fierce Encounter, We found two great Ships of the Enemies on board of the lar-board &s;ide of the <HI>Leopard,</HI> and all three lay driving with their Heads of to the We&s;t-ward.</P>
<P>The <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> a&s;tern and to lee-ward of them in a flame, and the <HI>Levant</HI> Merchant boarded by another great Ship of the Holland|ers. Now Captain <HI>Badily</HI> and all of his Squadron was to wind|ward of them, and of all the Enemies Fleet, and &s;hot, as Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> &s;aith, but at to great a di&s;tance, but &s;ome went nearer; and for my own part, being Commander of the <HI>Lewis,</HI> I went within Pi&s;tol-&s;hot of the <HI>Leopard,</HI> and &s;pent &s;everal Broad-&s;ides on tho&s;e Ships that lay on Board her, and on others, and was re&s;olved to be on Board tho&s;e two Ships to relieve the <HI>Leopard;</HI> but the fir&s;t time going up to her, the <HI>Con&s;tant Warwick</HI> puts us a&s;tays, &s;o was forced to tack, and we tacked twice to recover the wind again of the <HI>Leopard</HI> to get aboard of her (or them) to relieve her, and brought all our be&s;t Guns over on that &s;ide that bore of them, and double &s;hotted them for that purpo&s;e; and though I had one mans head &s;hot off, and another &s;hot through the back (from &s;ide to &s;ide) with great &s;hot, and &s;everal men wounded, yet were the re&s;t de&s;i|rous to go aboard to relieve our Vice-Admiral: But Captain <HI>Ba|diley</HI> &s;eeing me lean to lee-ward, he being on the other tack with his Ships head to the We&s;t-ward, bore towards me, and called to me to tack and &s;tand away after him; &s;o finding my &s;elf the lee|wardmo&s;t Ship of that Squadron, and &s;eeing they were not inten|ded to Engage, I tacked and &s;tood after them.</P>
<P>Concerning Captain <HI>Whiting</HI> in the Fire-&s;hip, he kept near to Captain <HI>Badiley,</HI> and at our fir&s;t coming up, after the&s;e &s;ad acci|dents, Captain <HI>Badiley</HI> and he was the weathermo&s;t Ships; and then likewi&s;e was the Dutch Admiral &s;ingled out, and to the wea|therward (which was occa&s;ioned by lo&s;s of her Stearidge, having her Rudder &s;hot, as I heard) I thought then Captain <HI>Badiley</HI> would taken the opportunity and engaged him, or at lea&s;t led up the Fire|&s;hip to him, but the Fire-&s;hip went alone, and ere could come up with the Dutch Admiral, he &s;unk her.</P>
<P>We had the wind at S. S. E. or thereabouts, when Captain <HI>Ba|diley</HI>
<PB N="17" REF="10"> with the re&s;t of his Squadron, with the <HI>Mary,</HI> which made nine in number, &s;tood away, there was eight of the Dutch &s;tood after us till night; we all went better then they, and had the wind of them, yet dur&s;t we not face them though none of us had very great damage, my &s;elf the mo&s;t, yet wi&s;hed we had tacked upon them after they were come to Sea (for the re&s;t of their Fleet, as the wind was, would not have gotten out of Port after them) if we had but tacked, I believe they would have &s;tood back again, which would have given a good wipe, though not a clean one to our Cowardizm.</P>
<P>For what was done after we ran away, I can &s;ay no more, but that I &s;ee &s;everal of the &s;aid Dutch Ships that &s;taid in Port pa&s;s their Broad-&s;ides into the <HI>Leopard,</HI> that I thought it not po&s;&s;ible for any man in her to maintain a Quarter, yet I &s;ee her fire &s;everal times, and to my judgement kept up her Flag about four hours af|ter we began to run.</P>
<P>The wind continued at S. S. E. all that day, and our Admiral kept clo&s;e upon a wind, and kept ahead, &s;o that we could not with all our Sail get up that night to &s;peak with him: This I have col|lected out of my own Journal, and am ready to ju&s;tifie it to be truth,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Witne&s;s my hand.</DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>I <HI>Benjamin Fi&s;her,</HI> was de&s;ired to declare the truth of what I was an eye-witne&s;s concerning our Engagement at <HI>Legorn</HI> the fourth of <HI>March,</HI> 1652.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, That Captain <HI>Richard Badily</HI> &s;ent that very Morning we &s;et Sail out the <HI>Mould,</HI> to Captain <HI>Henry Appleton</HI> not to come forth the <HI>Mould</HI> in ca&s;e the Dutch weighed not; for Word was brought from Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> That he did intend to &s;tand in fair aboard the <HI>Lanthorn</HI> by Morning, and &s;alute the Town.</P>
<P>Secondly, That Captain <HI>Richard Badily</HI> &s;ent in two Me&s;&s;engers after that to ha&s;ten our coming out, though expre&s;ly commanded by the former Me&s;&s;enger from Captain <HI>Badily</HI> not to budge; whereupon &s;eeing that he was &s;o wavering in his Re&s;olution, Ca|ptain <HI>Appleton,</HI> with the re&s;t of the other Commanders, did argue upon it not to Sail, but to follow his fir&s;t Order, which was to lie &s;till in ca&s;e the Dutch weighed not; which &s;aid Dutch lay in a half Moon, within Mu&s;quet &s;hot of the <HI>Mould-head,</HI> with their Top|&s;ail-&s;heets hal'd home, and their Fore-&s;ails of the mo&s;t part of them was in the Brails.</P>
<P>But we expecting to &s;ee Captain <HI>Badily</HI> flet fair by the <HI>Lanthorn,</HI> when day came on, they were as far di&s;tant from us as they were over night; for by their own Squadrons relation, they lay mou&s;el four Gla&s;&s;es, which if they had not, they might have very well been
<PB N="18" REF="11"> in with the &s;hore by morning; and by the help of the Almighty, they might have been a means to &s;av'd our Squadron, and no doubt we had wor&s;ted the Dutch Boats. In the morning the Dutch weighed, and as &s;oon as they were to the South-ward of the <HI>Mould,</HI> there was no time neglected in getting out, according to Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s Order. But we were no &s;ooner clear of the <HI>Mould</HI>-head, but the Dutch tackt and &s;tood with us, and by that &s;udden accident which befel the <HI>Bonaventure,</HI> &s;eparated our Squadron; for &s;ome of us was forced to bear to Lee-ward, and &s;ome kept to Windward, and for my own part, went with our &s;hip through part of the wrack, and within &s;hort &s;pace after, the Wind South-ward on us; but what with the &s;moke of our own Guns and the Enemies, I could not di&s;cern one &s;hip hardly from the other; but &s;tanding through the Dutch Fleet, having di&s;charged divers broad-&s;ides at the Ene|my, I came within a Cable-length of Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> and bore away thwart his fore-foot, and brought our &s;hip to the other tack, and went firing into the Fleet before him, and pa&s;t our broad-&s;ide at the two &s;hips that was aboard the <HI>Leopard</HI> on her Larboard-&s;ide, and &s;uppo&s;ing Captain <HI>Badily</HI> to have &s;tood along to the relief of our Squadron; when we had pa&s;t the Enemy, that we were got to the Northward of them, &s;o that there was none fired at us, we &s;aw Captain <HI>Badily</HI> &s;tanding away with all &s;ail he could make, top|galant-&s;ail and all, we put our &s;hip a&s;tays, having much ado to get her about, by rea&s;on all our Braces, and Bolens, and Sheets, and Tacks were &s;hot; when we had got our &s;hip about, we let her fall off round, and fired our broad-&s;ide at the two &s;hips that was aboard the <HI>Leopard,</HI> and then we &s;et our main-&s;ail and all the &s;ail we could, for Captain <HI>Badily</HI> was got &s;ome half a League from us, with the re&s;t of his Squadron following him. The <HI>Leopard</HI> all this while firing at the two &s;hips that was aboard her, and at others that pa&s;t by her. We were the Lee-ward-mo&s;t &s;hip of all and the Norther|mo&s;t, yet we had never le&s;s then five Fathom water; we had nine &s;ail of the Dutch following us, yet our Ambral never &s;o much as did &s;horten &s;ail for any of our Fleet that was a&s;tern, the which made me think he had been kill'd, he leaving the <HI>Leopard,</HI> and the <HI>Le|vant,</HI> and the <HI>Peregrine</HI> in that &s;ad condition: But my opinion is, that if Captain <HI>Badily</HI> with all our nine &s;ail had &s;tood in once more, we had &s;aved the <HI>Leopard,</HI> if not the <HI>Levant,</HI> and had gone near to have cha&s;ed &s;ome of the Dutch a&s;hore; for all Captain <HI>Ba|dily</HI>'s Squadron had little damage, for we might have &s;tood in, had Captain <HI>Badily</HI> been &s;o minded, and re&s;cued Captain <HI>Appleton,</HI> for he was not taken a large hour after we left him in di&s;tre&s;s; for as far as we could di&s;cern, we could &s;ee his Flag flying, and after we could not di&s;cern the Flag, we could hear the Guns go off very fa&s;t. Our Ambral all this time never &s;hortned &s;ail whereby we might come to &s;peak with him till the Monday, following, to declare to him how
<PB N="19" REF="11"> our &s;hip was torn. And what I have here declared, is nothing but the Truth, and &s;hall make Oath, if call'd to it.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Benjamin Fi&s;her.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD><HI>A Relation of Signior</HI> Montemagni, <HI>one of the Secretaries of State to the Great Duke of</HI> To&s;cany, <HI>concerning his Negotia|tion between the Engli&s;h and the Dutch, upon the re-taking of the</HI> Phenix <HI>Frigot.</HI></HEAD>
<P>UPon my arrival at <HI>Legorn,</HI> I did with all the earne&s;tne&s;s I could, endeavor to per&s;wade Signior <HI>Van Gale<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> the Dutch Admiral, to be contented with that An&s;wer the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> had &s;ent his Highne&s;s, which was, That Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> was &s;ent for home, to give account thereof. But finding that this would not do, I asked him what kinde of Satisfaction he would pretend unto; he an&s;wered, He did expect the re&s;titution of the Frigot, or el&s;e in &s;tead of that, that all the Engli&s;h Ve&s;&s;els in the <HI>Mould</HI> &s;hould re&s;ign their Rudders and their Sails. At la&s;t, after a long di&s;pute, he &s;aid it &s;hould &s;uffice, if two of their men of War &s;hould re&s;ign their Rudders and their Sails into his Highne&s;s hand, until the <HI>Phenix</HI> was re&s;tored unto them; although the Difference was great be|tween the value of the Ve&s;&s;el at that time they took her, and the condition &s;he &s;hould be in when &s;he were returned.</P>
<P>Hereupon I acquainted Captain <HI>Badily</HI> with what had pa&s;t, laying before him the nece&s;&s;ity of finding out &s;ome way for to ad|ju&s;t this bu&s;ine&s;s; but it was all in vain, for he denied to yield to any thing, &s;aying, That rather then he would yield the lea&s;t unto his His Highne&s;s or the Dutch, in ca&s;e he might have time to fit him&s;elf, he would go out to Sea with all his Fleet. After my ha|ving waited for a better An&s;wer, giving him time to think the bad|ne&s;s of the con&s;equences of &s;uch a Re&s;olution, I told him, in ca&s;e he would deliver one of his Ships into my Ma&s;ters hand, I would endeavor that &s;hould pa&s;s for &s;atisfaction: but this he &s;leight|ed too.</P>
<P>At la&s;t I told him, if he would give it under his hand, that he would return the Frigot, that that &s;hould pa&s;s for &s;atisfaction, and that his Highne&s;s would continue &s;till his be&s;t Protection to him. But &s;uch was the perver&s;ene&s;s and ob&s;tinacy of Captain <HI>Badily,</HI> that he not onely refu&s;ed to hearken to any of tho&s;e rea&s;onable moti|ons, but in &s;tead thereof, writes a Letter to his Highne&s;s, the Copy whereof followeth; wherein he declares, That he will no longer bear any re&s;pect unto his Highne&s;s Port, but will fall upon his Ene|mies where he findes them.</P>
<P>His Highne&s;s perceiving that the &s;ervices he had lately done Ca|ptain <HI>Badily</HI> were forgot, and that the further need he might have
<PB N="20" REF="12"> of him was not at all con&s;idered, and &s;eeing he would neither ex|cept any propo&s;itions made to him, nor make any him&s;elf whereby his Highne&s;s might give any colour of An&s;wer to the Dutch; but that in &s;tead thereof declareth, That he is &s;o far from giving &s;ati&s;|faction for the former wrong done to his Highne&s;s, that he prote&s;ts he will commit new ones; My Ma&s;ter commanded me to let him know, that &s;eeing none of the forementioned means will be accep|ted of, and fora&s;much as it was Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s own propo&s;ition that he might go out of his Port, that he would give him twelve days time to fit him&s;elf for his departure, though he again de&s;ired him rather to think of &s;taying.</P>
<P>This Captain <HI>Badily</HI> a&s;&s;ented to, and notwith&s;tanding that he had revoked his promi&s;e not to di&s;turb the Port, &s;aying, He would a&s;&s;ault the Dutch; neverthele&s;s his Highne&s;s continued his prote|ction to him, commanding that the Dutch &s;hould not a&s;&s;ault the Engli&s;h.</P>
<P>Upon this I acquainted <HI>Van Galen</HI> with Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s Re&s;o|lution, but found him unwilling to accept tho&s;e tearms, &s;ome of his bigge&s;t &s;hips being then away, and news being brought of &s;ome &s;upplies that were coming to the Engli&s;h; but then I told him his Highne&s;s neither could do more, nor was it rea&s;on that they &s;hould expect it.</P>
<P><HI>Van Galen</HI> then demanded to know the time preci&s;ely when the Engli&s;h would depart; but as I had commi&s;&s;ion from my Ma&s;ter, I then told, That to reveal the &s;ecrets of one Enemy unto another, would manife&s;tly be derogatory to his Highne&s;s honor. Being of|fended at this An&s;wer, <HI>Van Galen</HI> &s;endeth his Vice-Admiral and three other Captains to me, to prote&s;t, That &s;ince they might not know what time the Engli&s;h would depart, they would omit no lon|ger &s;etting on them in the <HI>Mould.</HI></P>
<P>His Highne&s;s being incen&s;ed at this their ra&s;hne&s;s, commanded that the Con&s;ul, Captains and Sea-men of the Dutch that were a&s;hore, &s;hould all be &s;eized upon, the which accordingly was done to the number of &s;even Captains, and one hundred Sea-men; withal, commanding the Governor of <HI>Legorn</HI> to con&s;ult with the Engli&s;h the be&s;t way for their &s;ecurity. In the mean time Captain <HI>Badily</HI> writes a &s;econd Letter to his Highne&s;s, which with its An|&s;wer follows, wherein his Highne&s;s gives him longer time, and pro|mi&s;es yet more in ca&s;e he &s;hould require it.</P>
<P><HI>Van Galen</HI> &s;eeing the Duke re&s;olved to protect the Engli&s;h, pro|mi&s;ed to bear re&s;pect unto his Port, whereupon the Duke under|&s;tanding that the Engli&s;h had &s;et &s;ayl from <HI>Porto Ferara,</HI> he relea|&s;ed the Dutch; and &s;eeing all the means he u&s;ed to reconcile them was without effect, according to Captain <HI>Badily</HI>'s reque&s;t, he gave them leave to try it out at Sea.</P>
<P>The Engli&s;h departed four days before their time expired, and
<PB N="21" REF="12"> might have had what longer time they would; whence it is &s;up|po&s;ed that Captain <HI>Badily</HI> going out to fight by his own election, not at all compelled, did think he had advantage over his Ene|my, and &s;urely &s;o he had, if the Battel had been better managed.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To the Great Duke of <HI>To&s;cany.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e your Highne&s;s,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>SInce you are plea&s;ed to honor me with a Credential Letter of the 18 curant, four days &s;ince I received the &s;ame by the hands of the highly de&s;erving and much honored Per&s;on, the Secretary of State, who informed me of what your Highne&s;s did demand, and to whom I gave an An&s;wer &s;o mode&s;t and humble, that I hope it will be &s;atisfactory. Among&s;t other Commands the Councel of State, e&s;tabli&s;ht by the Authority of the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> ordered me, as for the re&s;pect, which as I &s;hould however have born to your Highne&s;s, &s;o upon other con&s;iderations al&s;o, that I &s;hould in no maner a&s;&s;ail the Dutch in your Highne&s;s Port, except they fir&s;t a&s;&s;ailed the Engli&s;h, the which according to my duty I have &s;till obeyed; But &s;ince the Dutch do carry no re&s;pect unto your Highne&s;s, but lord it over every Nation, cha&s;ing not onely others, but al&s;o your Highne&s;&s;es Subjects ve&s;&s;els at the <HI>Mould</HI> head,</P>
<P>I therefore humbly relea&s;e my &s;elf of that Engagement, which I formerly had made unto your Highne&s;s, hoping you will not take it ill, if I take the &s;ame advantage again&s;t the Dutch as they do again&s;t the Engli&s;h; &s;o wi&s;hing your Highne&s;s all &s;plendor and felicity, I &s;ub&s;cribe my &s;elf,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your Highne&s;s humble Servant,</HI> RICH: BADILY.</SIGNED> <DATELINE>From <HI>Legorn</HI> <DATE>14 of <HI>February,</HI> 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>To his Highne&s;s the Great Duke of</HI> FLORENCE.</HEAD>
<P>ON Saturday la&s;t I received tho&s;e lines with which your High|ne&s;s was plea&s;ed to honor me, bearing date the 28 of the la&s;t Moneth, and although that I de&s;ired with all my heart, that this Di&s;pute about the <HI>Phenix</HI> Frigot might be fini&s;hed at this Treaty; neverthele&s;s having recovered the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;el by &s;o notable a &s;tra|tagem, I re&s;t not any way &s;atisfied how I can an&s;wer it to them that employ me, if I &s;hould deprive my &s;elf voluntarily of her again, or of any other Ve&s;&s;el in her place. And la&s;tly, when I &s;hall
<PB N="22" REF="13"> intend your Highne&s;s will about that time limited for my going out, I &s;hall immediately apply my &s;elf to comply therewith, and that mo&s;t joyfully, hoping it will &s;o &s;ucceed: I onely beg, that in ca&s;e our Ve&s;&s;els are not gone out of the <HI>Mould</HI> at <HI>Legorn</HI> before the la&s;t day, and that the Wind &s;hould be contrary, this &s;hould be in|terpreted (as really it is) a ju&s;t Impediment; I onely fear, that be|ing we cannot &s;tay one day in the Road for the providing of Bal|la&s;t without being mole&s;ted, le&s;t that &s;ome of out Ve&s;&s;els &s;hould peri&s;h in ca&s;e that any &s;trong Wind &s;hould ari&s;e before the Di&s;pute were ended. Your Highne&s;s plea&s;eth al&s;o to remember, that &s;ince by my former Letter, I relea&s;ed my &s;elf of my Engagement which I had fir&s;t made concerning the Hollanders and their confederates, I a&s;&s;ure your Highne&s;s upon my honor, that this was occa&s;ioned by the In&s;olency of our Enemies, to the end that when they knew it, they might re&s;t mortified and in &s;ome mea&s;ure humbled, and con&s;equently reduced by the Treaty, to accept that which &s;hould be judged rea&s;onable; becau&s;e, being there was no other means probable to prevail, I did believe that by this they would be &s;eized upon with &s;ome fear, thinking that we were provided with a greater &s;trength then they knew of.</P>
<P>I was always of opinion, That if a body entred into another mans hou&s;e to refre&s;h him&s;elf, although a private per&s;on, he &s;hould carry him&s;elf humbly, and much more in the Chamber of a Prince; and therfore, according to the commands I have received from my lords &amp; ma&s;ters in engli&s;h, I &s;hall render your Highne&s;s all due re&s;pect, and &s;hall not mole&s;t his Ports, particularly the Road of <HI>Legorn,</HI> while the Hollanders &s;hall do the &s;ame. And &s;uppo&s;ing all within the <HI>Malory</HI> to be the Port and Chamber of your Highne&s;s, &s;o neither &s;hall I directly nor indirectly mole&s;t the Enemies of our Nation, or any that belong to them; and moreover, neither my &s;elf nor any under me, &s;hall weigh Anchor to cha&s;e any one coming in or going out, and &s;hall be obedient to any ju&s;t Com|mands your Highne&s;s &s;hall give us, as well in our going away with all our Fleet within three or four days more or le&s;s, or to any other el&s;e: And I really believe, that the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> will order the &s;ame re&s;pect to your Highne&s;s from all others that &s;hall &s;ucceed me in the&s;e parts, to the end the mo&s;t flori&s;hing trade of <HI>Legorn,</HI> which hath been eminent for &s;o many years, &s;hould not meet with any impediment from the Engli&s;h.</P>
<P>The Dutch now will not give the &s;ame re&s;pect, becau&s;e they be|lieve them&s;elves &s;trong enough to ruine us; but indeed they may be deceived for all that: we have eight Men of War in this place and <HI>Port Langone,</HI> and &s;ix in <HI>Legorn,</HI> which is not much di&s;pro|portionable to the &s;trength which they had ye&s;terday in <HI>Legorn:</HI> and if your Highne&s;t &s;hall plea&s;e to &s;end once more another Me&s;|&s;enger to the Dutch Admiral, to know if they will render to his
<PB N="23" REF="13"> Highne&s;s Port the &s;ame re&s;pect was promi&s;ed by the Engli&s;h, to give them encouragement for the better encouragement of the Dutch: and to the end your Highne&s;s &s;hould be no longer troubled with us, I have made certain Propo&s;itions which &s;hall be by me punctually ob&s;erved, as al&s;o, all that is contained in this Letter; and for the Execution hereof, I believe that Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> the Publique Mini&s;ter of the Commonwealth of <HI>England,</HI> will oblige him&s;elf, together with me, as on the other &s;ide I do de&s;ire that <HI>Vander Straten</HI> will oblige him&s;elf, together with <HI>Van Galen,</HI> in the pre&s;ence of &s;ome Publique Mini&s;ter of your Highne&s;s: So leaving all this to the Con&s;ideration and Di&s;cretion of your Highne&s;s, I &s;ay no more.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your Highne&s;s humble Servant,</HI> RICH: BADILY.</SIGNED> <DATELINE>From <HI>Porta Feraro</HI> <DATE>the 6 of <HI>March,</HI> 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The PROPOSITIONS.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. IF the Dutch Admiral will oblige him&s;elf, That without being mole&s;ted I &s;hall come into the Road of <HI>Legorn</HI> with my eight &s;hips and Fly-boat which are here, and &s;hall within forty eight hours be ready to &s;et &s;ayl, and that we may &s;tay without fighting till the other &s;hips can come out of the <HI>Mould</HI> and provide them&s;elves with Balla&s;t, then on the other &s;ide will I oblige my &s;elf not to mole&s;t the Dutch while they are there, and that I will go without the <HI>Malora</HI> when he &s;hall appoint, and being without the <HI>Malora,</HI> I &s;hall there freely wait until his &s;hips &s;hall come within Mu&s;quet &s;hot, there to di&s;pute it fighting like men, and not to mole&s;t and di&s;honor the Port of that Prince, who hath refre&s;hed both of us with the fruit of his Countrey.</P>
<P N="2">II. Having under&s;tood that the Dutch the other day brag'd, That they would fight with the Engli&s;h &s;even to &s;even: to the end they &s;hould not make this Objection, I &s;ay, That I &s;hall grant them for every &s;even &s;hips of ours, one, &s;o that if we are fourteen in number, they &s;hall be &s;ixteen: And to the end they &s;hould not &s;ay, that our Ve&s;&s;els are bigger then theirs, I &s;hall give them, when I make a Li&s;t of the men, in every &s;even one.</P>
<P N="3">III. When the Fight &s;hall be over, in ca&s;e the Engli&s;h prove Conquerors, and return into the Road with all their Fleet, and there finde four or five Merchant-men, or perhaps &s;ome of their Men of War, which may be &s;oundly torn, I do promi&s;e not to &s;hoot or fight with them within the <HI>Malora,</HI> provided the Dutch will do the &s;ame with us.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>RICHARD BADILY.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="24" REF="14">
<HEAD><HI>The Great Dukes An&s;wer to Captain</HI> Badily, March 9. 1653.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IT being agreed upon at the Treaty concerning the departure of the Squadron out of <HI>Legorn,</HI> the de&s;ire I have to &s;erve the Commonwealth of <HI>England,</HI> induceth me to gratifie your Reque&s;t, in the prolonging of the term of the departure until the Eighteenth Currant; and in ca&s;e you cannot conveniently depart, I &s;hall be very ready for to grant you further time; as to the Challenge which you &s;end the Dutch, it is a bu&s;ine&s;s which concerns me not: I approve well of the re&s;pect you promi&s;e to my Port, and que&s;tion not the Hollanders will do the &s;ame.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Captain</HI> Appletons <HI>Letter to the Councel of State.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe &s;econd in&s;tant, the Colonel of this Town by the great Dukes Order, &s;ent Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> and the Con&s;ul to acquaint me with the&s;e Propo&s;itions the Dutch had made him; <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>That no Man of War, having an opportunity to depart, ought by a mo&s;t ancient Law to &s;tay in any Port beyond &s;uch a time.</P>
<P>That they, to that end the Engli&s;h might go to &s;ea, had &s;taid out &s;everal days.</P>
<P>That they would give the Merchants Ships leave to relade their Goods, give them free liberty to depart, nor would they &s;tir till they had departed five days.</P>
<P>In ca&s;e the&s;e Propo&s;itions were refu&s;ed, they could not ju&s;tifie their not acting their Commands they had received touching the the Engli&s;h, in what&s;oever place they met them.</P>
<P>To the&s;e I was immediatly to give my An&s;wer: The general Opinion of the Nation then pre&s;ent was, That whereas the Dutch had waited &s;everal times upon the Duke, and did &s;olicit daily that he would deny protection to the Engli&s;h; and all this while the Engli&s;h never owned him, nor went to give him thanks (as I indeed had ordered it, but Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> oppo&s;ed me in it:) The Duke now &s;eemed to &s;poil the vertue of our gratitude, by his nece&s;&s;ita|ting us unto it: So Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> did de&s;ire me before the Nation, to &s;end one to treat with the Duke accordingly, That him&s;elf, with other Merchants, would go to thank him for the protection of their Goods, and that the Ma&s;ters would do the &s;ame for the pro|tection of their Ships, and joyntly to be&s;eech him the continuance of his favor.</P>
<P>Hereupon my &s;elf, and many others, earne&s;tly de&s;ired Mr. <HI>Na|thanael Reading</HI> to undertake that bu&s;ine&s;s on my behalf, the which he plea&s;ed to do; with what di&s;cretion he managed the whole bu|&s;ine&s;s,
<PB N="25" REF="14"> with how great acceptation to his Highne&s;s, your Honors will under&s;tand from his publique Mini&s;ter with you.</P>
<P>With what &s;ucce&s;s to us, your Honors may plea&s;e to judge of by his effecting the continuance of our protection; the Particulars whereof, are in his own inclo&s;ed to you.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Legorn,</HI> <DATE><HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 8. 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Mr.</HI> Nathanael Readings <HI>Letter to the Councel of State.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>UPon &s;everal Solicitations that in Captain <HI>Appletons</HI> name I &s;hould wait upon the great Duke, in an&s;wer to the Propo&s;iti|ons the Dutch had made him the third in&s;tant, in company with Mr. <HI>Charls Longland,</HI> Mr. <HI>Samuel Boneil,</HI> and the Captains of the <HI>Samp&s;on, Mary</HI> and <HI>Perigrine,</HI> I &s;et out for <HI>Florence,</HI> and through Gods a&s;&s;i&s;tance came thither the fourth at Evening; &s;o &s;oon as we arrived, I acquainted them how that the Duke had &s;ent three times to &s;ee if we were come, that it concerned us therefore quickly to con&s;ider the quality of the Per&s;onage that we came to, and of the bu&s;ine&s;s that we came about: To this end, I de&s;ired Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> what his errand was, he told me, It was to thank his Highne&s;s, in the name of the Merchants, for the protection of their Goods: I demanded if he came as Agent for the State, he told me, Not, that he had no Commi&s;&s;ion for &s;uch Imployment, and that the Duke well knew, that be&s;ide, his education had not been to under&s;tand how to treat with Princes: That he knew not how to &s;peak unto a Duke, and therefore did de&s;ire Mr. <HI>Boneil,</HI> who had been with him often, to do it for him; asking the Captains then what they came for, they &s;aid, to thank him for the protecting of their Ships; here|upon I &s;hewed them my Commi&s;&s;ion from Captain <HI>Appleton,</HI> and becau&s;e I had to joyn, as I then thought, with &s;uch States-men, and &s;o earne&s;tly de&s;ired the bu&s;ine&s;s might be carried hand&s;omly, told them what I would &s;ay unto the Duke, asking withal their Judgement, if they did think of any thing to adde or alter, and I &s;hould hear them readily: They &s;aying it was very well, departed, each of us fitting of him&s;elf for Court: Mr. <HI>Longland,</HI> while al|tering his clothes changed his minde, and when the Me&s;&s;enger came for us, told me, That Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> had no power to &s;end un|to the Duke, that he would prote&s;t again&s;t him there, and write again&s;t him unto your Honors, although he was the per&s;on that fir&s;t de&s;ired him to &s;end. With all the meekne&s;s man could u&s;e, I did be&s;eech him by the affection which he had for the Honor of the State of <HI>England;</HI> I did conjure him to remember what he was about, that as to his power over Captain <HI>Appleton,</HI> he would
<PB N="26" REF="15"> di&s;pute it afterwards, and for the pre&s;ent, what notion &s;oever he would act in, I &s;hould not di&s;turb him, but that when he and every body el&s;e had done, I might be heard for Captain <HI>Appleton;</HI> he told me po&s;itively, he would neither own nor joyn with me in any thing concerned him; &s;o carrying the other company along with him, he goes to the Court.</P>
<P>Hereupon, I acquainted Sir <HI>Bernard Ga&s;cone</HI> with the Bu&s;ine&s;s I came on, and what had pa&s;&s;ed betwixt Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> and my &s;elf; that I would wait till he had Audience, and &s;ee what An&s;wer he could give the Duke, when he demanded where he was that Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> had &s;ent, for &s;o his Secretary had advi&s;ed him by the accompt the Con&s;ul of <HI>Legorn</HI> had given him of our co|ming. After that they had made an end, his Highne&s;s asked them whether Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> had not &s;ent a Gentleman unto him in An&s;wer of tho&s;e Propo&s;itions he advi&s;ed the Colonel of <HI>Legorn</HI> to acquaint him with? Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> an&s;wered, There was no &s;uch per&s;on come: &s;o he di&s;mi&s;&s;ed them. So &s;oon as they were gone, im|mediately Sir <HI>Bernard</HI> goes in, and tells the Duke, how that I was without, &s;hews my Commi&s;&s;ion, and brings me to his Highne&s;s, to whom as followeth;</P>
<P>That Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> humbly ki&s;&s;ed his Highne&s;s hand, in the acknowledgement of tho&s;e Favors he had been plea&s;ed to &s;hew him; the which, according to his duty, he &s;hould have done both earlier and oftner, but that he waited he might have from his Ma&s;ters hand, to whom he had &s;ent on purpo&s;e to enform them of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>That at his coming out, he was commanded by the States of <HI>England</HI> to attend the &s;ecurity of their Ships from the Piracies of the French, and them to convoy to all the Ports that they were bound to touch at.</P>
<P>That upon that accompt he came into <HI>Legorn,</HI> and &s;ince his being there, the Dutch forgetting tho&s;e good Offices they had re|ceived at the hands of <HI>England,</HI> and in&s;olently committing &s;everal things tending to the violation of its Peace, he had received Or|ders from the State to &s;tay in <HI>Legorn</HI> till their further plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>That upon any apprehen&s;ion of Violence from the ungrateful Dutch, in ca&s;e he were not able to defend him&s;elf, he &s;hould make u&s;e of his Ma&s;ters Intere&s;t for his Protection, the which they did a&s;&s;ure them&s;elves would be &s;ufficient, his Highne&s;s being &s;o very careful of his Port, and willingly granted, he being &s;o courteous a Prince, and no le&s;s careful of his friends.</P>
<P>That upon the Threats of Fourteen &s;ails of Dutch that came into the Road, he was by the Commanders of the Port de&s;ired to come into the <HI>Mould,</HI> not having promi&s;e of Protection while without: his men of War being but two, and the Merchants &s;hips &s;o con&s;iderably rich, he embraced their coun&s;el.</P>
<PB N="27" REF="15">
<P> As to the Enemies Plea, That no man of War, by a mo&s;t anci|ent Law, &s;hould &s;tay in any Port beyond &s;uch a time; they have as little Logick in their Argument, as they have Wi&s;dom in beginning War with their be&s;t friends. For neither the <HI>Rhodian</HI> Law, the fir&s;t that ever were ob&s;erved in the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> Sea, the which the <HI>Romans</HI> with their Empire did enlarge, and every of the Ports therein, upon the ruine of that Empire did admit. Nor yet the Rule of <HI>Oleron,</HI> by which the Ocean was originally, and is this day governed, in any way deny the &s;ame; be&s;ides, them&s;elves remem|ber well, and of nece&s;&s;ity mu&s;t grant, we know a multitude of Mo|dern Pre&s;idents to the contrary.</P>
<P>As to the re-lading of the Goods, and their offer to remain be|hinde, till the Engli&s;h were five days out at Sea, he would not capi|tulate with them for his departure, but humbly be&s;eeched his Highne&s;s leave to &s;tay, not daring to &s;tir without their Order who put him there.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, as to the Ho&s;tility they &s;o much threatned, what|ever the Engli&s;h &s;uffers in his Highne&s;s Port, the State would &s;trickly require at his Highne&s;s hands; but that I was well a&s;&s;ured he was &s;o noble and &s;o wi&s;e a Prince, as that he would not give any occa&s;ion to di&s;ta&s;te the Engli&s;h, or &s;o undervalute them, as to put the Friend&s;hip of <HI>Holland</HI> in competition with that of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>His Highne&s;s vvas plea&s;ed to tell me, That he highly honored the State of <HI>England;</HI> that he de&s;ired nothing more then a fair Corre&s;pondence with them: That he re&s;ted abundantly &s;atisfied in the Account I had given him on Captain <HI>Appleton</HI>'s behalf, de|&s;iring me to re&s;t fully &s;atisfied on his, That if all the Forces in his Dominions could protect the Engli&s;h, it &s;hould be done, and that &s;o long as they &s;hould need the &s;ame.</P>
<P>He then demanded why Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> &s;hould tell him &s;o gro&s;s a lie, being it was his motion I &s;hould come, and that he came in company with me, and brought him&s;elf that Letter which betray|ed him, &s;aying, He was not u&s;ed to be &s;o dealt withal. I humbly told him, that what rea&s;on Mr, <HI>Longland</HI> had, his Highne&s;s would be&s;t know from him&s;elf, but that for my part, I knew none he had; &s;o &s;ending for him pre&s;ently, he prayed me to return in the morning. Accordingly I came, and then he plea&s;ed to tell me, that Mr. <HI>Longland</HI> pretended a Commi&s;&s;ion beyond Captain <HI>Appleton</HI>'s, but that he was per&s;waded there was no &s;uch matter. I humbly be&s;eeched his leave for my departure, adding, That what his High|ne&s;s vvas plea&s;ed to require further, I vvas there ready to obey him in: He an&s;wered, That he knew I could not &s;tir in the heats, but that he would not fail to di&s;patch me that night, and that he would give order for the Gates to be open, and Hor&s;es to be ready for me.</P>
<P>Coming at night, his Highne&s;s told me, how that he did ex|pect,
<PB N="28" REF="16"> that Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> &s;hould bear all fair re&s;pect unto his Port, without di&s;turbance to the Trade. I then engaged my Parole unto him, That the Comportment of the Engli&s;h to his Highne&s;s &s;hould always be like them&s;elves; but that in ca&s;e the Dutch likewi&s;e &s;hould not ob&s;erve the &s;ame, it could not be &s;uppo|&s;ed we &s;hould be civil to our prejudice, nor that other of our Commanders, though Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> &s;hould, would not take the &s;ame advantage again&s;t the Dutch.</P>
<P>I then de&s;ired his Highne&s;s Order, That the Colonel of <HI>Legorn</HI> &s;hould u&s;e &s;ome extraordinary care, fearing the &s;ick condition that Captain <HI>Appleton</HI> was in might animate the Dutch in their at|tempts again&s;t him; he pre&s;ently commands his Secretary to write accordingly, and told me, how Sir <HI>Bernard</HI> had informed him of my being a Slave to the <HI>Turk;</HI> and therefore while the Letter was in writing, pray'd me, to give him&s;elf and his brother <HI>Cardinal,</HI> whom he then &s;ent for, an accompt of <HI>Candy,</HI> of the la&s;t years fight at Sea, of the di&s;cipline of the <HI>Turks,</HI> and the maner of the Captain <HI>Ba&s;ha</HI>'s u&s;age of me, which he under&s;tood was extraordi|nary; I obeyed his commands in each.</P>
<P>His Secretary having done, his Highne&s;s read the Letter to me, asking me, if it were to my minde, commands him to give me a Copy of the &s;ame: I in all humility returning many thanks for his Civilities to our Nation, and promi&s;ing to let their Honors know, the care he took for the Protection of your Ships, and my endea|voring to perpetuate that Amity which hath &s;o long continued be|twixt his Highne&s;s and our Nation; I ki&s;&s;ed his Hand, and &s;o took leave.</P>
<P>At my arrival at <HI>Legorn.</HI> I found the Colonel punctual in the performance of what the Letter did command him, and ready up|on all occa&s;ions to &s;erve the Engli&s;h.</P>
<P>This is the &s;horte&s;t accompt I could give your Honors of the Endeavors I had to &s;erve you, wherein, if you can conceive I have done any thing for which to beg your pardon, be plea&s;ed, that the reality of the Soul I acted in, may obtain it from you.</P>
<P>Thus praying the Lord of Ho&s;ts to be your Champion, and him that is the Wi&s;dom of his Father to be your Councellor, I humbly commit you to his Protection.</P>
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<HEAD>The Great Dukes Re&s;ident his Letter to the Councel of State.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>HAving on Thur&s;day la&s;t forgotten to tell your Honors, That when I fir&s;t acquainted the la&s;t Right Honorable Councel of State of the Engagement that Admiral <HI>Appleton</HI> had made to the Great Duke of <HI>Tu&s;cany</HI> my Ma&s;ter not to mole&s;t his High|ne&s;s
<PB N="29" REF="16"> Port of <HI>Legorn</HI> directly or indirectly; I &s;hould (by his com|mandment) have al&s;o added, how Mr. <HI>Nath: Reading</HI> waited then on the Great Duke &s;everal times about that Bu&s;ine&s;s, and did then engage his Parole for Captain <HI>Appleton,</HI> that he &s;hould punctually ob&s;erve the Orders he received from the Right Honorable, the Councel of <HI>England,</HI> not to di&s;turb any maner of way his High|ne&s;s Port of <HI>Legorn.</HI></P>
<P>This Mr. <HI>Reading</HI> being now in <HI>London,</HI> can give your Honors full relation of each particular until &s;urpri&s;al of the <HI>Phenix.</HI> Thus much, I &s;ay, I was commanded by my Ma&s;ter to enform the &s;aid Councel of State, as I do now your Honors, That the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Reading</HI> did manage that whole Negotiation with &s;uch a di&s;creti|on, that his Highne&s;s was exceedingly plea&s;ed at him, and did judge him a per&s;on very capable to do his Countrey much good &s;ervice. I humbly intreat your Honors to accept now, what then I forgot, to participate unto your Honors from his Highne&s;s, and me, for</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your Honors mo&s;t obliged and mo&s;t devout Servant,</HI> Amerigo Salvetty.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>June</HI> 11. 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>THE END.</TRAILER>
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