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A96360	A memorable sea-fight penned and preserved by Peter VVhite one of the IIII. masters of attendance in Englands navie. (Never before now,) published for the good of Englands common-wealth, by Andrevves Burrell. Gent. Or, a narrative of all the principall passages which were trans-acted in the Downes, in the year, 1639. betweene Antonio Oquendo, Admirall of the Spanish Armado, and Martin Van Tromp, Admirall for the states of Holland. Wherein (by a similary illustration) Englands (present) sluggish navie is proved to be unservicable, and in a like condition with the Spanish fleet.	White, Peter, Master of attendance in the Navy.; Burrell, Andrewes.	1649 (1649)	Wing W1800; Thomason E572_19; ESTC R206172	44,084	61

our Admirall would endeavour to performe so farre forth as his Power would reach which was no further then the Road but hee had no Command upon the Land also J gave him notice that J had Order from our Admirall to goe abord of his Ship and the rest of the Wacks upon the shore to looke after them that no man should Imbezell any thing from them and to forbid all men whatsoever except it were such as were hyred to by his Substitutes upon peyne of his Majesties displeasure not to take any thing out of those Spanish Ships a-ground for the which and all former hee returned most hearty thankes to our Admirall In the Morning the wind was at N. by W. a staffe gale before day a Packet came from the Lord Admirall and by a order therein I was Sent a shore to the Spanish Vice-admirall to give him to understand that our Admirall had Order to Convoy his Souldiers for Flanders if he did ship them in English Bottoms he Answered that hee did expect some Vessels from Donkerk for to transport them But if they came not he did intend to provide vessels at Dover and then he would thankfully Imbrace our Admiralls Convoy About noone all the Hollands fleet set Sayle and run to the Westwards about the Foreland and then Don Andrewes gave Order to all his ships that were a-float and rid neare the shore to goe Ride farther of At night the wind Westward and proved very fayre wether all night and all the next day afternoone all the Hollands fleet came Open of the Forland abord and bore about on the backside of the Goodwin and stood away most of them towards the East of Holland and the rest towards Flanders At night Captaine Hall Returned from his Majestie who had certified his Majestie of all the proceedigns which had hapned betwixt the Spanyards and the Hollanders Next morning came a Complaint unto our Admirall that divers of the Boats of his Fleet had bin abord of the wracks and had Imbezelled and taken out their Provisions upon which our Admirall gave Order to Capt. Hall Capt. Stradling Capt. Ramsby Capt. Cartwright and my selfe c. To goe abord of all the Fleet and to search them having with us two Spanish Captaines likewise to accompany us In our search wee found more or lesse abord of every Ship some of the Spanyards provisions the which was carried by the sayd Ships-boats abord of the St. Augustine and the Crowne two of the Spanish ships But for the Anchors and Cables that wee had taken up that they Cut away in the Road those wee detayned abord untill farther Order from the Lord Admirall But wee would not suffer the Deal Pilots to meddle with any one of the Anchors At Night there came a Packet from the Lord Admirall that wee should not suffer any one to meddle with an Anchor or Wrack if they were so neare the shore as that a Horseman riding into the Sea at low water could reach it with his Launce or Speare and that wee should not meddle with any thing within that limit for that Priviledge did belong to the Lord Warden or to the Lords of the Manner Likewise there came another Packet for the Ships that were lately sent downe to returne to Chatham and the Ships which were sent from London to returne to London onely the Winter guard so there was none left but the Winter guard The next day Captaine Slingsby carried over the Spanish Master Delda Campo And the same day there came over Eight Dunkirke Sloopes who carried away foure hundred Souldiers that set sayle in the after-noone The next day all the Ships had their Warrants to take the first opportunity of wind and wether to returne from whence they came FINIS Animadversions by A. B. ENGLAND take heed thy Navy is not Right And discontented are thy men of Might Thy Ships are sluggish and for want of Dyet Thy best affected Sea-men are unquiet The Prizes which they take are fool'd away And for their Thirds the Sea-men have no Pay These are the Reasons why they move so sloe And doe no Service wheresoe're they goe The Resolution of A. B. THough J doe Row against the Tide and Wind And little Comfort in my Labours find J am resolv'd to Row whilst J can speake For ENGLANDS Good although my heart J breake ANDREWES BVRRELL FINIS

according to their natures The Spanyards bragga●oissio● out of their pride slighted the fight and said that the Dunkirkers did not behave themselves as they ought to have done and wished that they had bin there and then they would have beaten those Pitchellinggos out of the Sea or have sunke them all and did alwaies afterwards slight the Dunkirkers and gave them no respect at all and did take out of their Ships the choysest of their Gunners and most of their best men to manage their Ordnance and to man their Spanish ships and plac't in their stead abord of the Durkirkers very Scoundrels The which was taken very much to heart by the Dunkirkers The Dunkirkers resolution● insomuch that they made as it were a Combination between themselves that when they return'd if that they did meet with the Hollanders of the which they made no question they would make tryall what the Spanyards would doe for they were to fight by Squadrons the Admirall of the Spanyards his squadron first to begin and the rest according to instructions And the resolution of the Dunkirks squadron was that they would not shoot one shot at the Hollanders nor give the Spanyard any succour except they did perceive that some of their Admirals were in danger to bee taken by the Hollander and then they would doe their best to secure them the which they likewise performed when the fight was as hereafter I shall make mention This Information I received from Mr. T. Williams of Dover and divers others that brought ammunition and victuals unto the Groyne out of the wester and southern Islands and likewise from the mayne of Spaine and Portugall for that Fleet which was making ready it seemes untill towards the later end of August 1639. For on the 5. of September following 5. Of Septemb. the Hollanders first met with the Spanyards against Arundest Admirall Trump with 7 sayle of Ships and Frigots wayting for this Fleet which was a far greater number then hee did expect consisting of 66. sayle of Ships the most part of them great Gallions and Flemish ships that they had bought hyred and taken from the Dutch all well fitted with Ordnance and ammunition and 10. thousand Land men besides the Sea-men and Soldiers belonging unto their ships These Ships were commanded by Don Antonio de Oquendo principall Admirall whose ship had 66 Pieces of great Ordnance and his Vice-admirall was Don Andrews de Castrewd a ship with 56 Pieces of Ordnance and the Admirall of Portugall his name was Don Lopez de Ossad a ship of 70 Pieces of Ordnance the 2 Admirals being brave old Men. There was also the Admirall of Sivell and the Admirall of Naples and the Admirall of Dunkirk with their Vice and Rere-admirals but for their names and the strength of their Ships I was not so inquisitive as to give you any Relation thereof Presently after day light this present day aforesaid the wind being at N. N W. this Fleet being to the Eastward of Wight The Fight began at 9 in the morning the 5. of September 1639. thwart of Arundell The Hollander discryed them being right to Leeward off them upon which Admirall Trump called a short Councell and incouraged all his Fleet now to behave themselves like Men and then with Gods assistance he doubted not but they should doe their Country good service and gain themselves honour the which all resolved with heart and hand to performe and having the Larbord-tacks aboard held it up close upon a wind and as they came neate unto them they payed a little roome to get from amongst them and likewise to try how their Ships did sayle by the Spanyards and perceiving that they went better then the most part of their Enemies they laskt it away with a fathom of the sheat to the Eastward and the Spanesh Admirall and some other that were the best saylers gave them chase and the rest of the Fleet followed the Hollanders perceiving that they had got the Admirall and a part of the Fleet from the rest shortned sayles and about 9. of the clock in the morning the Fight began the Hollanders still as it were flying from them but Birtht themselves so having a faire gale of wind that in following each other they were but two Ships length a sunder and when they looft up to give their broad sides one was cleere of the other But the first broad side that one of the foremost ships of the Hollanders gave by what accident no man knoweth the Ship blew up all to pieces but some of their men were taken up by the spanyards which accident was much lamented by the Hollanders for the losse of the Ship and Men and likewise for the want of her force being a good Ship of 36 Pieces of Ordnance Likewise after this another mischanee hapned aboard their Vice-admirall De White he having a barrell of Powder in his Round-house to fill Cartridges which by negligence was fired and blew up the Round house whereon the Drummer was beating his Drum who was likewise taken up by the spanyards the fire was presently quenched and not much disheartning to the hollander but a mighty incouragament unto the spanyards who did still pursue their Fight Ceased sighting at 3. after noone and the Hollanders in a seeming flight behaved themselves so well that at 3. a clock after-noon the spanyards began to grow weary having his Masts and yards shot strook his Top-sayles and lay by the Lee and staid for the rest of his Fleet and when they came up they all lay by the Lee together to repaire their Masts and rigging upon which the Hollander run to Leewards off them out of shot and likewise clapt his Ship by the Lee and cald a Councell and sent a Frigot presently to call 9 other of their fleet from Duakirk road September and gave him Instructions when he return'd with those 9 Ships to shoot of 2 Pieces of Ordnance every quarter of an houre and when hee was answered by one presently after the discharging of his 2 Pieces 5. th 4 or 5 times one after the other then they might be sure that it was their Fleet and might thereby steere with them albeit it were dark night or thick weather the which as hereafter was carefully observed Towards night the wind shifted and came to the S.w. faire weather they lay all night by the Lee and untill after-noone the next day before they could fit themselves and were drove between Beachy and Faire-Lee and towards night Sir Henry Mannoring Vice-admirall unto Sir John Pennington with 6. of his Majesties ships that were to lye between Beachy and the Ness espying this great Fleet bore into the fleet and having a Councell aboard the Vice admirall 6. th agreed to send Captain Iohn Hall aboard of the Spanish Admirall to command him to strike his Flag who was cour●eously entertained by the Spanish Admirall who related unto him their Fight that they had had

15 Pieces of Ordnance bound for St. Lukar All these Masters J commanded to bee ready to assist the Admirall to the uttermost of their power if any occasion should present it selfe by any Fight between the Hollanders and Spanyards Tuesday 17. This day there came a Packet from the Lord Admirall to our Admirall wherein was mentioned that the Dutch Embassador upon a letter that he had received from Admirall Tromp made a complaint of our Admirall that he should say unto Capt. Cats Rere-admirall of the Hollanders and some other Captaines that hee sent abord unto Sir Iohn to desire leave that some of his Ships might ride to the northwards of the Spanyards as is before mentioned the 11.th day That hee would ingage his head that the spanish ships could not nor should not goe to the Northwards in the night otherwaies he would have sent ships to the Northward to look unto them the which did trouble our Admirall exceedingly And the next day in the morning hee sent Captain Richard Fielding Capt. Robert Slingsby Capt. Edward Popham and my selfe abord of the Hollands Admirall to justifie that our Admirall did never ingage himselfe unto Capt. Cats and the other Captain that the Spanyards should not goe out to the Northwards in the night for wee did all of us heare all the Conference that past between our Admirall and Capt. Cats and we gave him to understand that our Admirall did not take it well from him that hee should write such falsities of him unto their Embassadour To the which Admirall Tromp answered Wednesd 18. that he had writ nothing but what his Rere-admirall Capt. Cats had related unto him which was that Sir Iohn Penington did say that hee would ingage his head that the spanish ships could not nor should not goe out in the Night But Capt. Cats being there present denied in secret unto us that he never mentioned should not but that his Admirall had added that unto the message that he brought him and as I conceived thereby the better to cleer himself from his neglect of sending some ships to Ride in the Chanells to the Northwards as aforesaid But Cats durst not openly deny it fort hen he should have given his Admirall the lye so the fault was wholly laid upon Capt. Cats with the which answer we returned Afterward I was sent again single aboard of Admirall Tromp as it were to give him a visit by my self and to have an hour or twoconference together to which he had divers times invited me familiarly called me brother hoping thereby to get something out of him being single more then we could when there was more company with him But I could not learn from him that he had as yet received any other instructions from the States then his generall instructions albeit that he had divers times writ unto them for some other instructions what he should doe in this particular businesse But as yet could hear of any only that they did leave all to his discretion which did much trouble him for saith he if so be that the Spanyards should begin to stir from thence if he did not begin with them before they were wholly out of the Road when they came a broad many of them if it were a gail of winde would escape them and again on the contrary if so be that he should begin with them in the Road then he doubted that we would take part with the Spanyards whereby a breach might be made between his Majestie and the States of Molland which would not easily be reconciled 18. Wendsd if so be that the States should allow and support him in what he should do in this kinde But he doubted that rather then the States would have any difference with his Majesty they would leave him to the mercy of the King and then said he it may be that I may be hanged for my good service Wherefore he resolved not to begin nor do any thing in the Road unlesse they gave him warrant for it also in our discourse he demanded of me how many ships we had of the Kings and Marchant men that we had taken up in the Road I answered that we were four or five and twenty Sayle well said he you are so many and the Spanyards are 50 Sayle and we are said he of our Fleet 50 Sayle I would you were all enemies and had freedome to fight in the Road to which I replied that if the Spanyards were all man'd with English men and I had the command of them we would beat them out of the Sea unto which he replied you do mistake me I do mean that I would that your Fleet were away and so many Spanyards in your place mane'd with their own Nation and then he would not fear to buckle with them all After this I had order to take up all the small English ships that had Ordnance in the Road and to give them order to put our pendants One half I appointed for the Admirall and the other half for the Vice-admiralls squadron the winde towards night at S. S. E. and S. E. by S. and began blow hard and about 3 a clock in the morning very much winde so that divers of the Spanyards drove and brought all their anchors a head one of them drove thwart a Genawesses 〈◊〉 and put her from her anchors and Cables who drove a shore right against the Beacon that stands amongst the sand-hills 19th but it being a most a quarter ebb before she drove a shore and being a strong ship the water fell from her so fast that he took no hurt that tyde and before the flood came again the winde Westward and proved faire weather so that the Sea was very smooth and when she fleeted set sayle having one anchor and Cable brought her from one of the Pilots of Deal and anchored amongst the Hollanders This day there came a packet from the Lord Admirall with order to our Admirall to stay five vessels that it seems had taken upon them to carry over all the Spanyards to Dunkirk that were brought in the English ships and the names of the Masters of these Barks viz. were as followeth Thursday 19th Richard Gilbert Henry Read Hugh Lawes and Richard Tattom and William Williams to which purpose Sir Iohn Penington gave me a warrant and command to search diligently amongst the Fleet for these Masters and vessels which order I shewed unto Admirall Tromp the which did cause him to rejoyce exceedingly to see that his Majestie was so just in his carriage between them and the Spanyards and said that by his next he would make it known unto his Masters the States All that after-noone and the next morning I searched for these Vessells and went abord of all the small Vessels in the Road but could not find any Souldiers abord of any of them and likewise forwarned all of them in the Kings name that they should not take in any Spanish Souldiers