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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65950	An exact diary of the late expedition of His Illustrious Highness, the Prince of Orange, now King of Great Britain, from his palace at the Hagve, to his landing at Torbay, and from thence to his arrival at White-Hall giving a particular account of all that happened, and every day's march / by a minister, chaplain in the army.	Whittel, John.	1689 (1689)	Wing W2044; ESTC R4013	51,793	84

Fleet which made the heart of every man glad because the wind was still East So his Highness went on board a Man of War with Admiral Herbert but that Vessel proving leakie he soon changed and went on board another At this time there was very great resorting unto the Brill from every City and Town in Holland for to see this glorious yet formidable Fleet set out but especially to behold his Highness the Prince of Orange committing himself unto the mercy of the merciless Seas and the courtesie of the unnatural Waves so freely and willingly for the sake of the true Reform'd Churches of Christ but especially those of England Scotland and Ireland The top of the Brill-Church and Steeple was extreamly throng'd and the Beam or place made on purpose to view Ships was almost broken down with the great crowd upon it and every man's Eye was unsatisfied with seeing for the more they looked upon the Navie the more they desired to look His Highness being come on board every Ship weighed Anchor with all the speed possible and made sail the Trumpets sounded Hooboys played and the Souldiers gave a Shout for joy So when the Spectators perceived that the Fleet was under sail they could no longer refrain their Eyes from weeping nor their Cheeks from running down with affectionate Tears and many very fervent Prayers were poured for us all but in an especial manner for the Prince of Orange When we were sail'd so far that they could not see us well any longer then they made use of Perspective-Glasses and sent their hearts and well wishes with us and so each departed to his own Habitation Thus was our Great Prince crossing the proud Waves with all his Fleet round him enjoying a very favourable Wind for England if it had but continued so for some days together It was about four a Clock in the Afternoon on Saturday when the Fleet first weighed their Anchors and made sail upon the coming of the Prince of Orange on board The Evening draw'd on us very fast the days being short and the nights long so when the darkness seized us and night was shutting upon us every Vessel set up a Light in the Lanthorn The Men of War set up two and the Ship wherein the Prince was had three for a mark or distinction After night the Wind began to arise high and the Seas wax'd rough the Waves began to roar and swell lifting up their head aloft and many now began to suspect the Weather as well they might for within a while the Winds turn'd and blew a very dreadful Storm insomuch that all thought we should never see Land more for there were sundry circumstances which did add to the peril of the Storm as many skilful Mariners said The darkness of the night the matter of Carriage Horses which will rowl from side to side if they break their Stays our Pipes of Water Barrels of Powder and Ball and the vast number of Ships together which was worst of all for while the Schipper intended to escape one on his Starboard then is he in no small peril of running against the other on his Larboard-side nay behind and before and all round there were Ships throwing themselves from side to side after an exceeding fearful manner so that no Steer-man knew which way to steer The Winds blew as if they would have blown the very Elements away before them the Seas raged and foam'd being all in white forth for anger the Waves rowl'd one upon the back of another as so many great Mountains the Ships threw themselves and the people in them from side to side and from the fore-part of the Vessel unto the hinder part as if they would have beaten themselves all to pieces and if it had not been the good providence of the Almighty we had most certainly dash'd against each other and so perish one by the other The men of War were better able to live than the rest for they did not shake themselves half so terribly as the Merchantmen and Pinks but especially the poor Flyboats these strain'd their Ribs and hurt their Backs very much because of their hard lading The Wind was now North-West and every Mariner did strive to bear up with that Ship wherein the Prince was but it was impossible for all the smaller Vessels in such a Tempest there 's a huge difference between Ships one will bear a vast Storm another an ordinary Storm endangers nay many can live in the greatest Tempest having but Sea-room enough when some can hardly live in a rough Sea. Now the people being thus toss'd and tumbl'd about the Ship many wax'd exceeding sick and vomitted continually after a dreadful rate you could hear the men groan after a pitiful manner others were sighing and not a few praying and committing their Souls unto God for they thought their Bodies must be Meat for the Fish of the Sea. The Sea-men that did belong to each Ship were almost kill'd in working so hard for to preserve their own and our Lives but now and then they would refresh themselves with a dram of the Brandy-bottle According as the Sea and the Waves roar'd so most Mens Hearts now fail'd them for fear at the apprehension of approaching Destruction A Holy Conscience at this time was a Magazine of Joy and as good as a thousand Witnesses Thus did we tumble and rowl about the Seas and among the unnatural Waves all this Night How desirable was the Day-light which Solomon says is sweet And what a pleasant thing would it have been for our Eyes but to behold the Sun though in the midst of such a dreadful Storm A worse hath not happened for many years as our ancient Ship-Masters and Mariners conclude for Darkness adds terrour to terrour and therefore the fear of death unto many at this time was almost as bad as death it self some Nabal like were dead with fear and their hearts as a stone Many Ships had their Sails blown off others had their Masts broken with the violence of the Storm the Waves often-times rowling themselves over the labouring Ships some had their Main-yards broken the Pipes of Water often-times bursting open the Barrels of Powder and Ball stav'd it cannot be conceiv'd what a dreadful thing it was as also what a strange kind of rattling the Bullets running about the Decks made therefore sundry Souldiers cried out I am sure I can feel the Hole where the Sea comes in at when as in truth it was the Water and Beer together flashing within the Ship for you must know we were most of us all in darkness no Candle being permitted to come under Deck because of the Magazine After we had made our Supplications for our selves and his Highness the Prince of Orange unto the God of Heaven we submitted our Wills to his blessed Will and I am perswaded that many now were willing to die after the thoughts of Death had possessed their mind so long and been impress'd in their

memories so deeply The morning-Morning-light approaching we were all much comforted especially when we saw that our Vessels were whole and sound and very little water in her Pump when it was fathom'd Now we long'd for to hear of our great Master how he did after such a terrible Night which had befallen us The Seas continued raging and the Waves roaring and exalting their tops as they would touch the Clouds and we rowl'd about and could not tell what to do or which way to steer after his Highness the Prince of Orange The High and Mighty Lords the States of Holland and West-Friezland now assembled at the Hague thrô their profound sagacity and in their great prudence concluded that the Fleet must needs be dispers'd and scatter'd one Ship from another and much damag'd by such a terrible stormy and tempestuous Night as that was if not destroyed in a manner so they on the morrow morning which was the Lord's day command the Bow or Messenger which appertains to them for to hasten unto the Brill and give order for all the Lotesmen to go out and cruise all the Seas over between Holland and England and bring into the Haven of Hellevoot-sluys all such Ships as they met with or found These which they call Lotesmen are most skilful Pilots living at the Brill and bred up to the Sea being accustom'd to sound all over the Coasts that so they may know the depth and danger of most places they have Ships made by the Order of the States on purpose to endure a storm as indeed they will the greatest And therefore by Nine or Ten of the Clock there were not a few of these Lotesmen crusing up and down the Sea and all the Ships which they found they order'd for to go into Hellevoot-sluys The Prince of Orange seeing the Winds so stormy and and the Seas so very tempestuous return'd unto the Holland Coasts and came into the Haven of Hellevoot-sluys with a considerable number of Men of War and Merchant-men Pinks and Fly-boats and many Men of War more could have come into the Haven but staid out on purpose to secure the Fleet. When we and other Ships had heard that the Prince of Orange was safe in the Harbour we gave thanks to God and were not a little joyful at this good News and made towards Hellevoot-sluys as fast as we could Many Vessels in this storm were driven near the Coasts of England others towards the North some into the Texel and others into Zeeland and every day they came into the Haven from one place or other The Lotesmen did no small service to the Prince of Orange and the States in giving Ships information where to go for many having no Orders knew not what to do whether they should make for the English Coasts or return back to the Coasts of Holland All those Ships which were any way damag'd in the storm were now order'd to be repair'd here so that the Smiths Ship-Carpenters and others were forc'd to work day and night because they should be ready to go out again the first Wind that serv'd for his Highness was fully resolv'd by the blessing of God for to set to Sea again as soon as all the Ships were come in and made ready The Lotesmen having crused sundry days up and down the Seas between Holland England and France inform'd his Highness that they could not hear of any Ships lost thô driven far away and safe in one Habour or another excepting one Fly-boat laden with Men and Horses which having lost her Rudder in the violence of the storm was driven upon the English Coasts and so taken by the English the Men being made prisoners and the Horses sent to the late K. James The taking of this Vessel we heard made no little noise amongst the Papists in England but especially among the Irish Tories But to return this Hellevoot-sluys is a small Haven or Harbour for the Dutch Ships wherein they keep some of their Men of War and build new Vessels as well as repair old ones Here they keep a good part of their Magazine and Artillery and at Delph Amsterdam and other places there is much more Now this place or Dorp being so very small and every man that could being so exceeding willing to get to shoar after our being so long tumbled and toss'd on the Seas in such a fearful Storm and Tempest was exceedingly throng'd every House in the Dorp being extremely crouded insomuch that Provision grew exceeding scarce and Lodgings could hardly be gotten for Money those that were gotten being excessive dear indeed the people of this place made it their Fair but I must condemn them for imposing and exacting on us all in such a manner after we had been so fateagu'd at Sea certain honourable persons were constrain'd for to seek Lodgings after Night and in the Rain their Servants trying every House insomuch that some worthy Gentlemen resolv'd for to sit up and let these noble persons have their Beds others gave a Duccatoon for sitting up by the Fire all Night and not a few being destitute of Lodgings were forc'd to go into the Villages thereabout Provisions after some days were not to be gotten and that little which was there was very dear therefore many travell'd into the Countrey and bought their Provision at a Boors House that is to say a Countrey-mans House The Weather was tempestuous and the Seas continued very raging however Ships came in daily but people that were on shoar could not get back to their Ships riding now at anchor in the stream before Hellevoot-sluys the Boatsmen durst not adventure to carry them in those little Boats for some had been cast away coming to shoar The Horses were taken out of the Ships and sent here and there unto the Boors houses for to be kept in order to recover them well again and a very great number was taken out of the Ships dead and many died after they were set on shoar others were bruised after a wretched manner so more Horses were sent for from William-Stadt and other places by the Prince of Orange It was order'd here That the Dutch should begin their Prayers in the Church every Morning at Nine of the Clock the English at Ten and the French at Eleven The Dutch begin their Prayers in the Afternoon at Two the English at Three and the French at Four of the Clock which Order was punctually observ'd so long as we were here The Reverend Dr. Burnet now Bishop of Salisbury read the Prayers of of the Church of England according to the Rubrick and daily paraphras'd upon one or two of the Psalms for the day The Dutch they preach'd having divers Chaplains to the Regiments appointed them The French sometimes had a Sermon but generally Prayers Upon Sunday October 28. Old Stile the Reverend Dr. Burnet preach'd in the Morning the Prince being there with Mareschal Schomberg and all the English and Scotch Lords Knights and Gentlemen His Sermon was