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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<P>THE FULL PARTICULARS OF The la&s;t great and terrible Sea-fight between the two great Fleets of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> under the Command of the Lord Gen. <HI>Monk,</HI> and the Lord Admiral <HI>Vantrump;</HI> on Friday, Saturday, &amp; Sunday la&s;t: With the manner of this lamentable and bloudy En|gagement; the perfect Narrative of each dayes action; and an exact Li&s;t of the lo&s;s on both &s;ides: Together with the &s;inking of the <HI>Dutch</HI> Admiral; the blowing up of the famous <HI>Dolphin;</HI> the burning &amp; taking of 38 men of War more; the taking of the Standard, &amp; 7 &s;tately flags; the total routing and di&s;pier&s;ing of 132 &s;ail; the pur&s;uing them clo&s;e by Gen. <HI>Monk;</HI> and the burning of two gallant Engli&s;h &s;hips.</P>
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<P>London, printed for G. Horton, <HI>According to Order</HI></P>
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<HEAD>A great and bloudy fight at &s;ea between the Engli&s;h Navy, commanded by his Excellency the Lord Gen. Monk; and the Dutch fleet commanded by the lord Admiral Vantrump, on Thur&s;day, Fri|day, and Saturday la&s;t, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IF ever there were a Sea&s;on of Ob&s;er|vation, or rather Admiration, certain|ly it is the pre&s;ent; wherein we have bin eye-witne&s;&s;es of &s;o many out-goings of God's pre&s;ence among Us, and the many miraculous Turns of Providence within a &s;hort Revolution. Some memorable hints I gave you of our la&s;t Engagement; but for
<PB N="4" REF="3"> this 'tis mo&s;t excellent for Tongue or Pen to ex|pre&s;s the greatne&s;s of the Action, &s;uitable to that magnificent appearance of God in behalf of his people in England: Our la&s;t Engagement with the enemy wrought mighty glorious Effects; but this far greater; And although they took an opportu|nity to bear in upon us, having the Weather-gage; yet great was the Lord, and marvell<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">us worthy to be prai&s;ed for his glorious appearance on our be|half; the particulars whereof are thus evidenc'd.</P>
<P>Upon the 29 of July, about 9 in the morning, the wind at North-we&s;t, having weighed Anchor from the Texel the night before, a fleet was di&s;co|vered by our Scouts a head, which within 2 houres appeard to be the Dutch fleet come from the Wei|lings, con&s;i&s;ting of 97 &s;ail, whereof 90 were men of war; but upon our bearing up to them, the enemy tack'd about; &s;o that it was 5 in the evening before any of our frigats could come up to engage with them, which for<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ed the enemy to make a halt, wher|by in the evening at 7 a clock this &s;hip with as ma|ny &s;hips and frigats as made up 30 &s;ail, or there|abouts, engaged with them; the re&s;t being a&s;tern, could not get up; however we fell to the work, and continued fighting till night &s;eparated, which was about 9 a clock; after which time, being dark,
<PB N="5" REF="3"> all hands were awo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">rk to bring &s;ome new failes to the Yard, and mend our riggging, wherein we had &s;uffered much for &s;o &s;hort a time: there were kil|led out-right in this &s;hip by this Evening about 16 or 17, and 25 wounded, whereof 14 dangerou&s;ly: This night the enemy got the weather-gage of us, by &s;tanding to the Northward while they &s;tood to the Southward, &s;uppo&s;ing they had been under our Lee, which appeared to the contrary the next mor|ning, for they were got much to windward of us: The next day, being Saturday, little was done as to an engagement, both fleets finding it work enough from a Lee &s;hore, having the wind at We&s;t North|we&s;t blowing hard, with thick and dirty weather, which was thewor&s;e for us being an enemies coun|try; in the evening it began to clear up; and on Sab|bath day morning, being fair weather, &amp; litle wind, both fleets prepared for a &s;econd Engagement; the enemy bore in upon u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">, having the wind, and con|junction with 25 great &s;hips from the Texel; and about 7 in the morning there began a very hot di&s;|pute, which continued till one, the &s;cales of Victory being even laid in the ballance, &s;o that neither could tell which had the Victory; their fire &s;hips were &s;omewhat annoying; and our good &s;hip called the Oak was burnt, and another, who&s;e men peri&s;hed with her.</P>
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<P>This Di&s;pute was fought with various &s;ucce&s;&s;es (to &s;peak the truth) in each dayes action; but &s;til hopeful on the behalf of the behalf of the Commonwealth of England, and inau&s;picious to the enemy; of whom, I dare pre&s;ume three to one were &s;lain, al|though I mu&s;t acknowledge and aver, they fought like &s;o many Alexanders, Cae&s;ars, and Pompey's for many hours together; but at la&s;t it plea&s;ed God &s;o to di&s;po&s;e of his divine &s;eries among&s;t his weak in&s;tru|ments, that in the end it became an ab&s;olute Victory, determinated by a tryumphant po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of divers of their be&s;t &s;hips, with a total ruine and di&s;pier&s;ing of their whole Armado, con&s;i&s;ting of no le&s;s then one hundred and 50 &s;ayl; be&s;ides two and thir|ty fire &s;hips, and commanded by four di|&s;tinct Admirals, viz.</P>
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<ITEM>The Lord Admiral Trump.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Witte Witten&s;e.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>Michael Ru<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tier.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jan <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">var&s;on.</ITEM>
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<P>Vantrump with his Orange flag, and bloody Pendants gave the On&s;et, and pre|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ented our Admiral with many hundred &s;hot, which fel like hail from the mo&s;t high Canopy upon the Ambral, called the Re|&s;olution, who indeed was ingaged in the very thicke&s;t of action; and di&s;puted the Conflict from the mouth of the Canon with abundance of galantry and re&s;oluti|on: during which time, his Excellency de|ported him&s;elf with incomparable courage and magni<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">icency of &s;pirit, at the head of the &s;hip, &s;eriou&s;ly ob<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">erving the motion of the enemy, and by his audible and never to be forgotten expre&s;&s;ions, in b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">half and defence of his Native Countrey, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">or the illu&s;trating and pre&s;ervation of this glo|rious Cau&s;e, wrought &s;uch a &s;pirit of cou|rage among&s;t the &s;ouldiery in general, that
<PB N="8" REF="5"> the new rai&s;ed forces performed &s;ingular good &s;er|vice, for which th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">y de&s;erve a mo&s;t high e&s;timation and acknowledgment. About 3 in the Afternoon the enemy began to decline engagement, making all the &s;ail they could; but we are in per&s;uit of them, &s;ome of our be&s;t &s;ailing frigats being almo&s;t up with them. The Enemy had 9 Flag &s;hips when we fir&s;t engaged, and now but one left; As for the par|ticular lo&s;s, I &s;hall refer you to the inclo&s;ed Li&s;t, and remain</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your mo&s;t affectionate friend, Jacob Smith.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>From aboard the A&s;&s;urance, <DATE>Aug. 1. 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Li&s;t of the particular lo&s;s on both &s;ides.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>The Lord Admirall Trumps &s;hip &s;unk.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Dolphin burnt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 More burnt &amp; &s;unk.</ITEM>
<ITEM>30 Taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>1 Orange Flag taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Blew Flags taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 black Flags taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>1 Bloody Flag.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Green Ones.</ITEM>
<ITEM>132 Men of War di&s;|pier&s;ed, and now in pur&s;uit by the Eng|li&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lo&s;s of the Engli&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Oak burnt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>One more, and mo&s;t of her men de&s;troy'd.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Divers &s;hips batter'd, and many men &s;lain.</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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