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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65771	A true account of the passages at Mergen in the kingdom of Syam after Captain Anthony Weltden arrived at that port in the Curtana frigat, for account of the East India Company / humbly presented to the honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled, by Samuel White.	White, Samuel, ca. 1650-1689.	1688 (1688)	Wing W1805A; ESTC R38308	10,053	8

I detain'd them to Supper and at the usual hour betwixt eight and nine of the Clock he was for returning aboard when all the Company waited on him to the outward Porch of my House but I accompany'd him about thirty foot further to the Waters side where my Barge lay ready to receive him And at the very moment of our parting I was surpriz'd by a sudden Blow with a great Club on the Sleeve of my Gown and turning short upon the Villain that struck at me he was so disanimated that he durst not stay to repeat the stroke but immediately fled from me though I was destitute of any defence being only in my Night-gown and Slippers without Hat or Cap on my head At the same instant the Captain was by a more unfortunate Blow from another hand knock'd down but in little time recover'd himself though with the loss of much Blood and just as we were thus assaulted I heard a hideous confused noise of a Multitude which gave me a suspicion they were at once assassinating all of our Nation in which dismal distress I first thought of retreating to my House where besides sixteen great Guns mounted on a Platform I had store of Ammunition and Arms of all sorts within doors but I no sooner mov'd that way than I discern'd a great company of armed Men that were got between me and home and so I had no other relief but to fly to my Barge as I did and presently got her off when I spy'd the Captain and adventur'd to put ashore again to take him in The Guards which attended him being fourteen Men with a Lieutenant in two Boats made one discharge and adventur'd to Land where they were overpower'd and all cut off and so was every Englishman save four with some of other Nations that were our Friends as I was afterwards certify'd by a French Ship from that Place before I left India The Captain and I having by a Miracle of Mercy made an Escape thus far we made all the haste we could to get aboard our Ships for further security and in our passage down I had the additional affliction of seeing my House Ware-houses and Ship-yard all in a Flame nor were we without a Prospect of encountering new Dangers for as we proceeded towards our Ships we had sight of several Syam Boats which were laid to intercept any that should escape from the Shore and it was with much difficulty that we pass'd by them undiscover'd till at last we arriv'd at the Place where the Ships rode the day before but to our great Amazement they now appear'd not Which after all former fears cast us quite into despair concluding some fatal Distaster had also befallen them and so depriv'd us of all possibility of saving our selves However that we might live as long as we could we resolv'd to make down with the Tide which then happily favour'd us to be farther from the Town at break of day And under this doleful Consternation while we seem'd surrounded with Deaths on all sides having only to choose whether we would return to be kill'd or proceed to be starv'd or drown'd As we row'd along we descry'd something that loom'd like a Ship which in two hours hard Rowing we came up with and she gave us new Life in proving to be my Ship Resolution where we found Captain Gostlin Commander of the Sloop James with his Mate who escap'd in their Boat and carry'd down the first sad News of the Bloody Tragedy upon which the Curtana and my Ship cut their Cables and stood out over the Bar where we happily got aboard about three of the Clock in the Morning the Curtana being then about two Leagues from us and still under Sail wherefore we fired our fore-Chase as a sign for them to Anchor and about four of the Clock sent a Boat for the Doctor to dress the Captains Wounds who about seven was returned again with Orders to the Mates that they should bring the Ship nearer mine but they were all so full of fear that they took no notice of it but as soon as the Tide presented they weigh'd and stood directly for the Channel with the King's Colours flying and it was certainly the want of Wind and not of good Will that prevented their running away with the Ship and gave the Captain opportunity of overtaking them in my Long-boat about seven at Night at which time he got safely aboard the Curtana THIS is a faithful Relation of all that passed under my Cognizance in this dismal Catastrophe wherein by a miraculous Providence I escap'd with my Life but was at once depriv'd of a very considerable Estate I had already acquir'd and a fair Prospect of a far greater addition to it And what ought not to be a less trouble to my Mind is that by means of these unaccountable proceedings at Mergen I have lost my Interest in the Favour of one of the best Princes in the World and lie at present under the undeserved censure of having been treacherous to his Interest by whose Gracious Indulgence I was advanc'd as much above my expectation as desert And moreover had assurance that his Royal Bounty and Goodness still design'd to have done greater things for me For how strange soever it may appear to those who know my unworthiness of so high an Honour yet in a grateful Recognition of my Obligations I will tell the truth in declaring that I stood registred in his Majesties Decrees to have succeeded my Lord Phaulkon in the prime Ministry of the Affairs of the Kingdom But yet all this that relates to my particular Misfortunes is not worthy of a Thought when I reflect how much the Dignity of Our Sovereign Lord the King has suffer'd and what irreparable prejudice has been done to the Honour and Interest of the Nation by those strange measures have been lately taken in respect to Syam and some other parts of India which have not only ruin'd me and several others in our Estates but destroy'd the Lives of many of his Majesties useful Subjects And these are yet but the beginnings of our Sorrows for the ill Effects of our new Enterprizes will be felt by Posterity in an entire Loss of that noble and beneficial Commerce unless some speedy and effectual Course be taken to retrieve and preserve it which I hope will be accordingly considered by HIM or Them who have been the occasion of what I have here related of the Blood-shed and Misery of their poor distressed Countrymen at Mergen For the guilt thereof is much more imputable to them than the Syamers who in regard to the Provocations and Apprehensions they were under are in great measure excusable For not to say any thing here of the grounds of our Companies quarrel with Syam or their strange manner of prosecuting it I am now only to take notice of this particular Expedition which happening in that Place where I had so great a share in the Government and