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<HEAD>A BRIEF RELATION OF A VICTORY, Obtained by the Forces under the Com|mand of Gen. <HI>Edward Doyley,</HI> Com|mander in chief of his Highne&s;&s;e's Forces in the I&s;land of JAMAICA. AGAINST The Forces of the King of SPAIN, Com|manded by Don <HI>Chri&s;topher Arnaldo Sa&s;i,</HI> Comander in chief of the Spani&s;h Forces there.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Eighth of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t, the <HI>Spa|niards</HI> made good my Intelli|gence to your Honour, by land|ing thirty Captains, thirty Al|feres, and thirty Companies of foot, at a place called <HI>Rio Nova</HI> in the North of this
<PB N="2" REF="2"> I&s;land, who were there about twelve dayes before they were di&s;covered; at which time our Ships plying up and down &s;aw three &s;ail of <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> in that Bay, and made an attempt to have boarded them, but being becalmed could not effect it. That night the <HI>Spaniards</HI> &s;tole away, and our Ships came to acquaint me therewith. I immediatly called a Coun|cill of War, as the affair did importune, and we debated, Whether it were mo&s;t advan|tagious to a&s;&s;ault them pre&s;ently, or let them partake of the di&s;tempers and want of the Country, and when &s;ickne&s;&s;e had weakned them, to attempt them then; though much might have been and was urged, how In|vaders were to be u&s;ed with delayes, &amp;c. yet the exceeding de&s;ire of the Officers and Souldiers to be doing with them, cut off all debates, and determined a &s;udden Re&s;oluti|on to fall upon them before they were For|tified, So I commanded-out 750. Officers
<PB N="3" REF="2"> and Souldiers, and on the 11^t^h of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t, we &s;et &s;ail from this Harbour towards them, and on the 22^t^h in the morning we landing on a Bay, which was defended by two Com|panies and two Captains, within half &s;hot of their Cannon, playing from their Fort; Our Forlorn went on with &s;uch gallantry, and leapt into the water with &s;o much chear|fulne&s;&s;e, that per&s;waded the Enemy they would not be denied entrance, and &s;o they ran, leaving one of their Captains, and about 23. &s;lain, the other we took wounded, who died &s;ince; then we made all the ha&s;t, and in the &s;pace of an hour landed our men, their Cannon playing all the while on us with little &s;ucce&s;&s;e: that day we &s;pent in playing upon their Fort from our Ships, though the place being of &s;o va&s;t a height, they could bear to do them little harm. The next day, under&s;tanding their numbers to be more than ours, we were at a &s;tand how to attempt
<PB N="4" REF="3"> them, having fortified them&s;elves, and ha|ving &s;ix peeces of Ordnance, and a River to to pa&s;&s;e, the depth whereof we knew not; VVherefore, after our Ladders were made, and other things fitted a&s;well as we could, in the evening I &s;ent a Drummer, partly to di&s;cover the depth of the River he was to pa&s;&s;e, with this Summons following;</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>BEing here with the Forces of the Mighty Prince, the Protector of <HI>England,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging, I do in his Name, and for his u&s;e, require and &s;ummon you, to deliver-up the Fort of <HI>Rio Nova,</HI> with the Ordnance and Ammunition therein; a&s;&s;u|ring you honourable tearms, and tran&s;port to your Country: which if you refu&s;e, I &s;hall be acquitted of the bloud which &s;hall be &s;hed. I expect the return of my Drummer within an hour, and am, Your very humble &s;ervant,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>E. D.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>For Don <HI>Chri&s;topher Arnaldo Sa&s;i,</HI> Commander in chief of the Spani&s;h Forces.</TRAILER>
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<P> The Drummer was very civilly treated, the General gave him 25. pieces of Eight, &s;ent me a Jar of Sweet|meats, and this An&s;wer.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>LORD GENERAL,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>DON Chri&s;topher Arnaldo &amp; Sa&s;a,</HI> Governour for his Maje&s;ty the King of <HI>Spain,</HI> my Lord of the I&s;land of <HI>Jamaica,</HI> an|&s;wering to your Letter, wherein you require me to deliver the Fort of <HI>Rio Nova</HI> and what el&s;e is therein; I &s;ay, Sir, that his Maje&s;ty (whom God pre&s;erve) hath appointed me for Gover|nour of this I&s;land, being his own property, and hath remitted me unto it a Regiment of Spa|ni&s;h Infantry, and twenty foot Companies to de|fend it; the Forts and Ca&s;tles of his Maje&s;tie are not yeelded with &s;o much facility; hitherto I have received no batteries, nor have you made any advance, I want no Powder, Ball, Provi|&s;ions, nor gallant Men, that know how to die before they be overcome. God keep your Honour many years in tho&s;e Comands that you de&s;ire.</P>
<TRAILER><HI>Don Chri&s;topher Arnaldo Sa&s;a,</HI> to the General Mon&s;ieur Mon&s;ieur <HI>Doyley,</HI> Governour General of the Forces of <HI>England,</HI> The&s;e.</TRAILER>
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<P> VVe made no more demurs, but re&s;olved to march the morrow morning. So I or|dered two of our Ve&s;&s;els to &s;et &s;ail Leeward, to per&s;wade them we intend to &s;tand on that &s;ide of them, the other &s;hips to warp as near as they could, and play on them, while we fell on the other &s;ide: We marched a&s;&s;oon as it was light, having two miles to go, being through a VVood on the back&s;ide of them; about a quarter of a mile from their Fort we met a party on a Work, on a high Hill, pre|pared to ob&s;truct our going over the River, who only gave us a fruitle&s;&s;e Volley, ran to their Fort and told them, All the world was coming; we climbed that Hill with much ado, refre&s;hed our wearine&s;s and advanced; when we came in &s;ight of their Fort, which we found, to our exceeding joy, was not fi|ni&s;hed to that height as that to the Seaward: We ordered our bu&s;ine&s;&s;e with our forlorn Ladders and Hand-Granadoes, and with|out
<PB N="7" REF="4"> any further di&s;pute, received their &s;hot and ran up to their Flankers, which, in a quarter of an hour, we gained; many of them made &s;hift to run out of their Works, and ours followed their cha&s;e about three or four miles, doing execution; the Sea|men likewi&s;e, &s;eeing of them run along the Rocks, came out with their Boats and killed many of them.</P>
<P>In this Fort we took about Ten double Barrels of Pouder; Shot, great &s;tore; Six Peeces of Ordnance; great &s;tore of Provi|&s;ions, Wine, Brandie, Salt, Oile, and other Provi&s;ions for eight months, as they termed it. There was &s;lain about Three hundred per&s;ons, divers Captains, two Prie&s;ts, and their Serjeant Major: About an hundred ordinary Pri&s;oners taken, and &s;ix Captains which we have &s;ent home; the King <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Spain's</HI> Standard, and ten Colour<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> re&s;t, e&s;pecially the &s;traglers that are
<PB N="8" REF="5"> VVoods, mu&s;t of nece&s;sity peri&s;h.</P>
<P>Though this Mercy was very great, yet our joy had &s;ome abatement, by the lo&s;&s;e of Captain <HI>Wi&s;eman,</HI> Capt. <HI>Meers,</HI> Capt. Lieut. <HI>Walker,</HI> Capt. Lieut. <HI>Robin&s;on,</HI> and En&s;ign <HI>Farrar,</HI> men, for their gallantry, ra|ther to be admired than commended; about twenty three private Souldiers killed, and thirty four wounded, whereof &s;ome are &s;ince dead; &s;ome other of our Officers &s;lightly wounded with &s;tones. <HI>Thus hath the Lord made known His Salvation: His Righteou&s;|ne&s;s hath He openly &s;hewed in the &s;ight of the heathen.</HI> I have &s;ent this &s;hort Narration, becau&s;e it comes by Colonel <HI>Barrey,</HI> who was an eye-witne&s;&s;e, and principall Actor herein, and re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Honours faithful &s;ervant, <HI>EDW. DOYLEY.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE><HI>Caoway</HI> in <HI>Jamaica,</HI> <DATE>the 12th <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>July,</HI> 1658.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">DINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Chri&s;topher Higgins,</HI> in <HI>Hart&s;|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"></HI> Clo&s;e, over again&s;t the Trone-Church, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1659.</P>
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