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A85351 Good nevves from General Blakes fleet twenty Holland ships taken: vvith a list of the particulars. And the vvhole Hollanders fleet pursued by Gen. Blake and Sir George Ayscue. Also how the Hollanders fell upon 10 English merchants ships, and three men of war. And the successe thereof. 1652 (1652) Wing G1056; Thomason E675_11; ESTC R202304 1,654 8

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GOOD NEVVES FROM General Blakes Fleet Twenty Holland ships taken VVith a LIST of the Particulars AND The VVhole Hollanders Fleet pursued by Gen. Blake and Sir George Ayscue ALSO How the Hollanders fell upon 10 English Merchants ships and three Men of War And the Successe thereof LONDON Printed for Robert Ibbitson dwelling in Smithfield neer Hosier Lane 1652. A Letter from PLIMOVTH Touching The good Successe of Generall Blake and Sir George Ascues taking of severall Merchants ships and others from the HOLLANDERS SIR ON Wednesday the 8th of this present September 1652. Generall Blake with the Parliaments great fleet passed by within sight of this place A Message was sent in from him to Sir George Ayscue who with his fleet was then at anchor in this Roade To desire him to weigh Anchor and come out speedily to him with his fleet Sir George Ayscue then presently sent out Orders to all the ships and they all sailed out according to the Orders sent in by Gen. Blake After salutation of the Fleets Sir Geo. Ayseue went aboard the Admirall to the Generall where a Councell of Officers presently met and resolved to saile Westward towards the Holland Fleet or where they should discover them to be That night in the evening they set all sail Westward the season being very good faire weather that day and the next and the wind good But since that we have had some boysterous winds which have been very high but I doe not heare of any great losse or harme blessed be God that we have sustained by it The Lord hath been pleased to give some good successes to our Fleet since they went out from hence For Generall Blake hath sent out squadrons of ships which have taken from the Hollanders twenty saile of Ships whereof one Man of Warre one Pickeroon and the rest Merchants ships The Merchants Ships are laden with wine Strong-waters vinegar salt and other merchandizes to some value Seven of these ships are already come into Plimouth and orders sent for disposall of them with directions and instructions the rest being thirteen when these came away from the Fleet they were ordering to be disposed of they are speedily to be sent into some Port. The Dutch-men in the Man of warre seeme to be but sorry Sea-men and it was not extraordinary well manned they speake of great distractions in Holland and Zeland but chiefly in Holland the Zeland Sea-men are very famous On Thursday last Generall Blake had a discovery of the Holland Fleet which are thought to be about a hundred saile and Generall Blake now with Sir George Ayscue both joyned are neare an hundred saile I thinke of the-best Ships and the gallantest Fleet in the world The Holland Fleet were then discovered to be about some twelve Leagues off from Scilly Hereupo this discovery being made a Councell of VVarre was called to consult what to doe And it was resolved with a great union and magnanimity that they should presently saile towards them and endeavour if possibly to engage them And accordingly our whole Fleet sailed towards the Hollanders great Fleet and are in pursuit of them We doe observe that the Hollanders doe much vapour and make shewes and boastings where they come at a distance from us and they finde themselves able to deale with some smaller party then themselves but when any considerable Party any wayes able to deale with them come neare them then they saile away And they are most often seen and appear in view towards the evening that so in the night they may slink away out of sight we cannot tell where Were not the Hollanders puft up in pride and hardnesse of heart like Pharoah and the Egyptians they would not goe on in their obstinacy as they doe But though hand joyn in hand the wicked shall not goe unpunished Plimouth 14 Septemb. 1652. By other Letters from other Ports it is certified That there came lately ten ships from Brittany in France 3 men of War the Swan and 2 more were a guard to the rest which were Merchants the lading very rich of a considerable value One of the Dutch fleets had a dise●very of them and engaged them but the English stood out couragiously and opposed them and by the blessing of God brake through them charging the Dutch with a great deale of gallantry and are all safely arrived in the Downs Dover 15 Septemb. 1652. A List of the ships taken by Generall Blake and Sir George Ayscue from the Dutch since they set saile from Plimouth From Wednesday 8. September to Tuesday 14 September 1652. 1 Man of War a very considerable Vessel 1 Pickeroon a notorious plunderer 10 Merchants ships all laden with Wines Salt Strong-water Vinegar and other Merchandizes The whole Dutch Fleet pursued about 12 Leagues from Scilley FINIS