worst he sent an order to Waterford to prepare Ships for carrying him off June 31 King William resolving to force the Enemy to Fight or Retreat marched by break of day from his Camp at Ardee toward Drogheda and found the Irish Army encamped along the River Boyne above the Town and according to his usual Conduct with undaunted Resolution he passed the River notwithstanding the utmost Opposition of the Enemy and fell upon them with such fury that in a few hours their whole Army were utterly routed and dispersed about 3000 being killed and divers Prisoners of Note taken most of the Enemies Baggage as Chariots Tents Arms Cannon Ammunition and Provisions and some Money falling into the Hands of our Soldiers the late King James who had stood at a distance to see the fight perceiving the defeat of his Forces fled with all speed toward Dublin with a very few Attendants and having staid there one Night filling the place with Fear and Confusion upon an Alarm that King William was on his way thither accompanied with the Duke of Berwick the Marquis of Powis and some others he left the City and hastened to Waterford where a Ship lay ready for him having neither slept nor eat till he got out to Sea and stood away for France Upon this the Protestants at Dublin who were imprisoned had their Liberty and a few days after the King arrived there to the unspeakable Joy of the People The loss of the English in obtaining this great Victory was not considerable only Duke Schoniberg and Doctor Walker were both slain after this Waterford Wexford and several other places were reduced and upon a Proclamation of Pardon many of the Irish laid down their Arms and returned to their former Places of abode This Glorious success was somewhat clouded nearer home for the French King to favour his design in Ireland had now set forth the greatest Fleet that ever sailed on the Ocean out of France and stood toward our Coast as if they designed to fight our Navy under the Earl of Torrington who June 24 Sailed from St. Hellens toward them they were seen the Night before off of Fresh-water gate in the Isle of Wight but the Wind taking them short the Admiral came to an Anchor off Dunnose five Leagues off the French so that a battle was soon expected which the Enemy did not seem to decline the English Seamen were also full of Courage and desirous to ingage but the French being much stronger both for number and bigness of Ships consisting in 82 Men of War besides Fire Ships and Tenders it was not thought fit to fight in the open Sea so that the Earl of Torrington avoided it till he was came to Bevesire off Beachy which was favourable for his purpose and there he received the Queens Orders not to delay ingaging if the Wind and Weather would permit which was the Reason that we went to seek the Enemy who expected us in Order of Battle and about nine in the Morning the Ingagement began the Dutch that had the Vanguard fought bravely and both sides fired desperately three hours till the French not liking their entertainment bore away with all speed but about one a Clock there happened a Calm which not only prevented the Hollander pursuit but put them into a little disorder the French not being able to get away were constrained to begin the Fight again which lasted till five in the Evening with extraordinary fury as for the English some few fought well but the Admirals unexpected standing away prevented them from seconding the Dutch so that the rest stood Lookers on while the main Body of the French fell into the Rear of the Dutch who having fought from Morning till Night and defended themselves so long against a prodigious number of the Enemy that assailed them on every side they were so much battered that hardly three were capable of making any defence which constrained them to make their way through the French Fleet to the Coast of England The Hollanders lost two Admirals and a Captain and some of their Ships that could not be got off were burnt the English lost two Sea and two Marine Captains Admiral Evertson declared that all the Dutch Officers and Seamen had done their Duties and had ours ingaged Heartily no doubt the French had gone home in a worse Condition than the Spaniards did in 1588. After the Fight the French Fleet sailed Westward and sent their Boats Ashore at Tingmouth a small Village of Fisher Mens Cotts which they set on Fire with two or three small Vessels in the Harbour and stealing a few Sheep after having lain some time on our Coast to little purpose they returned to Brest At the time the French lay off the Coasts of Kent one Godfrey Cross an Innkeeper in that County was seen to go aboard one of their Boats which carried him to the Fleet whereupon at his return he was seized and Treasonable Letters being found about him he was committed Prisoner and soon after tryed for High Treason at the Kings Bench Bar Westminster and being Convict was Hanged and Quartered for the same and care was taken by Her Majesty in whom the Regency resided during the Kings absence to put the Militia of the Counties into such a posture as to defeat any evil designs of the Enemies to the Government and the Militia of London consisting in about ten thousand men made a gallant appearance before her Majesty at Hyde Park and declared their Chearful Resolution to defend their Majesties and the Government against all its Opponents and the whole Militia of England computed to be about one hundred and fifty thousand Horse and Foot shâ—wed he same forwardness Upon Complaint against the Earl of Torrington for the Miscarriage of the Fleet he was committed by the Council to the Tower after the French had quitted our Câ—â—sts and were gone into Harbour the Militia were discharged and all diligence wâ—s uâ—s ed to repair and equip the Fleet to Sea About this time wâ—â—h 〈◊〉 News of the great Success of the English against the French in the West Indies having beaten them out of St. Christophers and many other considerable places and taken great Bâ—â—tieâ— of Cattel Corn and other Stores and Provisions and that we had reduced the Fort in the Island of Statie and two of our Privaters falling in with twelve French Merchant men bound for St. Maloes under the Convoy of a Frigate of 12. Guns took four of them forcing the rest ashoar about Cherbourg where they were all shipwrackt except the Frigat and most of the men drowned The Rebels in Scotland promising themselves great advantages from the French being on our Coasts and being deceived by false reports 1500 of them got together in the County of Murray under Bucan and Cannon threatning the People to burn and destroy their Houses and Goods if they did not join with them but Sir Thomas Levingstone advancing by speedy Marches came upon them so
oblige the English to surrender the Town upon his first Appearance and tho' Collonel Lundy and others despaired of holding it against an Army of 40000 men with a Train of Artillery and divers Mortars yet the inraged People resolve to Defend it against the utmost Efforts of the Enemy and having declared Mr. George Walker a Minister and Major Baker their Governours they chose Collonels and other Officers and Regimented their men consisting in the whole of 7020 Souldiers and 341 Officers and rejecting all the Terms of Surrender offered them they fired upon the Enemy and much astonisht King James who was within reach of their Canâ—on and expected they would have opened their Gates to him who thereupon resolved to reduce them by force and within a day or two broke ground and run their Trenches within a Furlong of the Walls where placing a Demiculverin they battered the Town but with little Success unless some small damage to the Market House the Cannon from the Town in the mean time killing many Irish and to prevent their further approach the English made a Salley killing 200 of the Enemy with Mamow the French General and other Officers of Note Several other gallant Sallies were made out of the Town in one of which above 200 were killed and 500 wounded with the loss of three English and 20 wounded June 4. the Besieged made an Attack upon the work near the Wind-Mill and though the Irish came upon them with loud Huzzaes and though the Foot had Faggots and after those fail'd took up dead Bodies to defend themselves and the Horse were mostly in Armour yet they were beaten off and 4000 of them killed and but a few English in some of these Attacks Lieutenant Douglas and Captain Cuningham were taken Prisoners and after Quarter given barbarously killed in the Night the Enemy play'd their Bombs of 273 pound weight which ploughed up the Streets and killed several sick People and in the day time their Cannon play'd incessantly against the Walls insomuch that the Garrison by Sickness more than shot of the Enemy was reduced to 6185 men and began to be distrest but June 15. a Fleet of 30 Sail under Major General Kirk with Men Provisions and Ammunition for their relief came into the Lough and though some Ships attempted to Sail up the River yet the Fire of the Enemy from the Batteries on Shoâ—â— and also a Boom made of Timber Chain and Cable cross the narrowest part of the River prevented their Design however they contrived to give Major General Kirk an account of their Extremity and he sent an Answer assuring them that they should suddenly be supplied with all necessaries which he had aboard in abundance the Enemy being sensible of their exigencies prest on the siege with more vigor under their new Fench Marshal General Rosen who by threats and promises used his utmost efforts to reduce the Town June 30. Major Baker died to the great regret of the besieged and soon after the Garrison was reduced to 4892 Men yet then they made a vigorous Sally to fetch in some Cattel but did not succeed losing a great number of their men this made the Famine Increase in the City so that Horseflesh was sold for 20 d. per Pound the quarter of a Dog for 5 s. and 6 d. a Dogs Head 2 s. 6 d. a Cat 4 s. and 6 d. and other things proportionably as Rats Mice Tallow Greves c. But now when all hope fail'd them July 13. the Montjoy and Phaenix conveyed by the Dartmouth Frigate and other men or War came up to the Town with little loss when they reckoned but upon two days Life having only nine lean Horses left and one Pint of Meal to each man 4200 only being left whereof a fourth part were rendred unserviceable the Enemy perceiving that these Ships had furnished the Besieged with Provisions July 31 they raised the Siege in some Disorder blowing up several Castles with all the Houses down the River and setting the Countrey for ten Miles in a Flame in their Retreat Aug. 13. 1689. the Duke of Schomberg Landed at Carrickfergus with all the Forces under his Command and the Protestants joining with him in great numbers he soon reduced that Town and sent two Regiments to Belfast and the General having made Proclamation That if the Enemy continued to burn as they had begun if any of them fell into his Hands they must expect no Quarter They thereupon quitted Dundalk without any damage after this about 5000 Irish attempted to take Sligo which was in the Hands of the English but the Inniskilling Men with about 1000 Horse Foot and Dragoons charged them with such Celerity and Courage that 700 of them were cut off and 400 taken Prisoners and besides Arms and Ammunition 18000 Head of Cattle were taken from them which they had plundered the Countrey People of in November the English Army decamped from the Plains of Dundalk to Lisne-garvee and Lisburn the Enemy though Superior in number having of late attempted little only one Morning early they had hopes of surprize our advanced Parties at Newry Killing the Out Centinels and getting into the Town but were soon beaten out again by a Party of Colonel Ingoldsby's Regiment and several other Parties beat the Enemy in divers Places and gained great Booties of Cattel Colonel Woolsey Defeated the Irish at Cavan though the Duke of Berwick was sent to inforce them so that though the Garrison consisted of 4000 men yet 300 of the Enemy were killed and among them many Officers 200 taken Prisoners and Cavan taken and burnt which the English were constrained to do to get the Soldiers out of the Town to resist the Irish who made a strong Salley out of the Fort. In England her Royal Highness the Princess of Denmark was delivered of a Prince in August who was Christened by the Lord Bishop of London and Named William His Majesty being Godfather and Her Majesty and the Queen of Denmark Godmothers Oct. 19. the Parliament met at Westminster and granted His Majesty two Millions Sterling towards the expence of the next years War in Scotland Colonel Cannon continued still in the Isle of Mull with an inconsiderable Party of Islanders and others some few Rebels appeared about this time under the Land of Lochelly burning and plundring wherever they came about 800 Marched out of Innerlochy thinking to have surprized the Fort of Inverness but were defeated of their Design The Earl of Pembrook upon his return from being Ambassador in Holland to England was made a Privy Councillor some Persons were seized about this time for endeavouring to raise distutbances against the Government Dec. 16. 1689. An Act was passed Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and setling the Succession of the Crown That whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons Assembled at Westminster Lawfully Fully and Freely representing all the Estates of the People of this Realm did on Feb. 13. 1688. Present
he lived in great State with the Spanish Governor of the Netherlands at Brussels and was imploy'd by that King to conduct into the Netherlands his Bride and Spouse that was to be the Infanta Isabella to whom K. Philip had given in Dowry the Soveraignty of the 17 Provinces This was a very astonishing Policy to all the Netherlands that the Son of a Prince who was so abhorr'd by the Spaniards should be chosen for this honourable Imployment and caused such a Jealousie in the States of the United Provinces towards him the King of Spain having likewise restored to him all his Estate in the Spanish Low-Countries and the French Comte that they would not allow him to make any Visit much less to reside in any of their Provinces though he was very desirous so to do And though his younger Brother Prince Maurice out of his generous temper surrendred up all the great Estate that belonged to Philip his older Brother as Breda and other places yet to prevent his being suspected by the States General he declined seeing him in Person rendring his Respects to him constantly by Persons deputed thereunto He married Eleonora Burbon Sister to the Prince of Conde and by marching with a Princess of the Blood he was reinstated in his Principality of Orange and died without Children at Brussels in 1618. leaving his Inheritance and Title to his Brother Maurice of Nassaw Prince of Orange Successor to his Father both in Conduct Courage and Success who being but 17 years old at the Death of his Father was yet called to the Government and was no ways discouraged at the great Successes of Alexander Famese Duke of Parma who in a very short time had reduced several Cities and Towns to the Crown of Spain Nor with the insolence of the Earl of Leicester who at the desire of the State General was sent by Q. Elizabeth to be their Governor though by his insupportable Pride and Ambition he more endamaged the Low Countries than the Succours he brought relieved them so that for 4 years together that Commonwealth laboured under dreadful Convulsions occassion'd by the Intrigues of the Earl of Leicester and the Policies of the Spaniards till at length by the fortunate and total destruction of the Nick-named Invincible Spanish Armada designed to have devoured all England the Prince of Parma lost all his reputation at once Prince Maurice about the same time obliging him to his everlasting shame to rise and run away from the Siege of Bergen 〈◊〉 Zoom And for Twenty Years after even till the time of the Truce Fortune was so favourable to the Prince that Victory seemed to attend him insomuch that he recovered near 40 Cities and many more Fortresses and in three pitched Battels defeated the Forces of the K. of Spain besides the Victories his Admirals obtained at Sea upon the Coasts of Flanders and Spain The Stratagem by which he surprized Breda was very remarkable For the Garrison of that Town being Italians and greedy of Fuel in that cold Country they very readily assisted the Boatman to draw his Bark of Turffs over the Ice within the Castle Walls under which the Prince had laid several armed Soldiers who suddenly starting up surprized and soon seiz'd the Guards taking Possession of the Castle with the loss only of one Man though it were an Action of such Danger and Importance Soon after the Town of Gertrudenburg was surrendred to the Prince in View of the Spanish Army consisting of 30000 Men commanded by Count Mansfield an experienced General who could not force the Prince out of his Trenches though he daily provoked him so that Prince Maurice having sent a Trumpeter to the Count he askt him How his Master being a young and fiery Prince could contain himself within his Trenches after such fair Provocations The Trumpeter replied That the Prince of Nassaw was a Young Prince but as old and experienced a General as his Excellency The next Year the Prince took Groning the Capital City of that province also Rhineburg Meurs and Grave and gained great Reputation by the defence of Ostend for the Spaniards having made themselves Masters of it after a Siege of three Years with the loss of Sixty thousand Men and the expence of above a Hundred Millions of Treasure they were possessed of nothing but a heap of Ruins more like a Burying place than a City And the Prince soon after gained Sluce a place of far greater Importance And at the Battle of Newport he had so great Success against far more numerous Forces than his own That the Archduke Albert with several other Persons of Quality were wounded All the Spaniards Cannon with above 100 Cornets and Ensigns falling into the Victor's hands with the slaughter of 6000 of the Enemy upon the place the Prince having before the Fight sent away all the Ships that Transported his Men into Flanders telling them That now there was no way to escape but they must either march over the Bellies of their Enemies or else drink Salt Water After several other successes against the Prince of Parma and other Spanish Generals whereby he raised up the sinking Republick of the United Netherlands he died in 1625. He was never Married and left his Titles and large Possessions to his younger Brother Henry Frederick of Nassaw Prince of Orange Who was third Son to the renowned W. P. of Orange He was born in 1584. and was an excellent General not in the least degenerating from the Courage and Gallantry of that Heroick Family being every way equal in Fame to his Brother Prince Maurice taking the famous Cities of Odousel and Groll in despite of the Spanish General who with a numerous Army was not able to relieve it Nor was he less successful at Sea his Vice Admiral Hein taking a Fleet of the Spaniards near Cuba in the West Indies valued at above twenty Millions After this he took Bois le Duc which had withstood all the attempts of his Brother Maurice and would not be drawn away till he had reduced it though Count Henry of Bergnes the Spanish General made an Incursion into the Province of Utrecht to divert him And afterward happily surprised the City of Wessel where the Magazine of Provisions and all the great Artillery of the Spanish Army were laid up About this time Count John of Nassaw his Kinsman upon some discontent revolting to the Spaniards was defeated by one of the Princes Captains near the Rhyne in the open Field with half his number of men himself being carried Prisoner to Wessel from whence he could not be redeemed without the payment of 18000 Rix Dollars To revenge which dishonour Count John when at liberty endeavoured with a strong Navy of Ships to seize the Town of Williamstadt but was totally defeated by the Hollanders and 4000 Prisoners taken and the rest either kill'd or drowned He himself and the Prince of Brabancon hardly escaping The States General to testifie their gratitude to Henry Prince of Orange
for the great services he had performed About this time by a publick Edict declared That all the Dignities Honours and Employments which he then enjoyed shall descend to his Eldest Son Prince William the Instruments whereof being drawn up and sealed by the States were presented to the young Prince in a Box of Gold After this Prince Henry continued still more successful taking the Towns of Ruâ—emond Veulo and Strall and lastly undertaking the Seige of Mastricht where he surrounded his Trenches with such strong circumvallations that both the Spanish and German Forces were obliged to march away with dishonour and leave him the honour of reducing so important a place Divers other prosperous attempts he made as his retaking the Fort of Skink Scans and regaining the Castle and City of Breda which the Marquess Spinola had been a whole year in taking with vast loss and expence and yet the Prince now reduced it to his Immortal honour in four months and answerable was his Fortune at Sea where Admiral Trump falling upon a numerous Fleet of the Spaniards in the Downs of 67 Men of War destroyed the greatest part of them to the number of 40 Ships sunk wherein above 7000 men were lost and 2000 carried Prisoners into Holland amongst whom was the great Gallion of Portugal called Maria Teresa carrying 800 men whereof not one escaped In 1641. Prince William only Son of the Prince of Orange married the Princess Mary Eldest Daughter to King Charles I. And soon after Prince Henry gained the strong Fort of Hulst in Flanders which the Spaniards were not able to relieve Thus it may be observed That William Prince of Orange laid the Foundations of the Commonwealth of Holland Prince Maurice his Son fixed and strengthned them by his Victories and Henry Frederick the Younger Brother by continuing his Conquests and enlarging their Territories at length compelled the Spaniard to renounce his pretended right over them and to acknowledge them an Independent State treating with them by the title of The High and Mighty States General of the Vnited Provinces So that by the Swords of the Illustrious House of Orange this Potent Republick was first founded which is now arrived to that Grandeur as to send Ambassadors upon equal terms with the most Potent Princes of Christendom even to the K. of Spain himself whose Subjects they were not above 100 years and whose revolt has proved a great advantage to that Crown they having been so many years a Barrier to the Spanish Netherlands against the excessive power and ambition of France which without their assistance had long since swallowed them up Prince Henry Married the Daughter of John Albert Count of Solms who came with the Queen of Bohemia into Holland a Lady of excellent Beauty Modesty and Prudence by whom he had one Son and four Daughters The Eldest named Lovison was Married to Frederick William Prince Elector of Brandenburg by whom he had several Children The second Henrietia was Married to the Count of Nassaw the third Catharina was espoused to John George Duke of Anhalt The fourth was Married to the Duke of Simeren Prince Henry died March 1â— 1647. and was succeeded by William of Nassaw Prince of Orange Who was born in 1626. A Prince of worthy Hopes and Courage but was suddenly taken away by Death in the 24 year of his Age having been Married nine years to the Princess Mary Daughter to K. Charles the First by whom he had Prince William Henry who was born Nov. 4. 1650. some few days after his Fathers Death the Lords States General of Holland and Zealand and of the Cities of Deiâ—e Leyden and Amsterdam being his God fathers William Henry of Nassaw Prince of Orange THIS excellent Prince our present Gracious â—overeign 〈◊〉 endowed with all the Noble and Virtuous Qualities of his Ancestors of the Illustrious House of Orange which seem'd designed by Heaven to be the Protectors of Religion and Liberty for several Ages his Majesties glorious Predecessours being the Founders and Establishers and himself the Restorer of the half ruined Batavian Republick as well as the Deliverer of these three Kingdoms from the utmost danger of Popery and Slavery This excellent Prince suffered many affronts by Barnevels Party revived in the Persons of the De Wits expecting with inimitable patience the advancement to those Honours and Dignities which of right belonged to his Family and which by the Decree of a prevailing Faction he was deprived of presently after the Death of his Father But King Lewis his inveterate Enemy did accidentally very much contribute to his Exaltation for having in 1672. like a rapid Torrent over-run the flourishing Batavian Republick he thereby gave opportunity to the Prince to discover to the World the Spirit of his Ancestors in recovering the United Provinces from the ruine which seemed to attend them by the success of that King even beyond his hopes nay almost his wishes which put that People into such a consternation as occasioned them to complain of the unhappy Conduct of Cornelius and John De Wit who had then the sole management of all affairs and to believe that none but the glorious House of Nassaw was capable to support their tottering State in this Age against their Potent French Enemies as they had formerly rescued them from the Tyranny of Spain Neither was the Grandmother of the Prince wanting to engage the favourers of that Family to endeavour to remove that Eclipse under which it had so long sustered which Her Highness managed with a courage and magnanimity above her Sex so that being awakened by Her Remonstrances they began to consider how they themselves had of late been slighted and neglected whilst all the great Imployments of the Common-wealth were bestowed upon the Sons of Burgomasters and being seconded by the rage of the Commonalty who were dreadfully terrified to see a Victorious Army in the very bowels of their Countrey they obliged the States General in the beginning of 1672. to depute Monsieur Beverning John De Wit and Jasper Fagel to invest His Highness the Prince of Orange in the Dignities belonging to his Ancestors of Captain and Admiral General of the United Provinces who having accepted the same and taken his Oath presently went upon action against the French But the Province of Holland still suspected the fidelity of their Magistrates seeing their Frontier Towns and Garrisons fall daily into the hands of their Victorious Enemies and at Dort they raised a dangerous Mutiny and resolved that His Highness should be advanced to the Stadt-Holdership also as judging it absolutely necessary for the publick good Upon which an Act was instantly drawn up and read in the publick Hall by the Secretary wherein the Magistrates declared His Highness the Prince of Orange Stadtholder Captain and Admiral General of all their Forces by Sea and Land with the same Power and Authority that His Ancestors of glorious Memory had formerly enjoyed which occasioned great rejoycing in that City But Cornelius
and the actual Invasion of Ireland and Supporting the Rebels there he is promoting the utter Extirpation of the Protestants there His Majesty being therefore thus Necessitated to take up Arms and Relying on the help of Almighty God in his just undertaking hath thought fit to declare War against the French King and will in Conjunction with his Allies vigorously prosecute the same by Sea and Land since he hath so unrighteously begun it being assured of the hearty Concurrence and Assistance of his Subjects in Supporting of so good a Cause forbidding all Correspondence or Communication with that King or his Subjects and that all the French Nation in his Majesties Dominions who shall Demean themselves Dutifully and not Correspond with his Enemies shall upon the Kings Royal word be safe in their Persons and Estates and free from all Molestation and Trouble of any Kind About the same time the King of Spain proclaimed War against France and the Emperor of Germany sent a Letter to his Majesty wherein after he has returned thanks to the King for taking care that no Violence should be offered to the Roman Catholicks he promises the same thing in respect to the Protestants His Majesty gave Advice to the Switzers of his Advancement to the Throne So that now King William and Queen Mary were acknowledged for lawful Soveraigns of Great Brittain by all the Protestant and the greatest part of the Roman Catholick Princes and States for besides the Emperor and the King of Spain the Duke of Bavaria the three Ecclesiastical Electors the Duke of Newburg the Elector Palatine and the Bishops of Leige and Munster all Roman Catholicks declared themselves Enemies to France and by this we may observe that the French Polititians were greatly deceived in their Measures for upon notice of the Prince of Oranges Expedition into England it is reported some of them thus Discourst King Lewis Sir said they There is a Civil War kindling in England which will last this two or three years and Disable that Island and the United Provinces from Acting In this time your Majesty will have Conquered all or the greatest part of Germany If King James has the worst we will perswade all the Catholick Princes to Unite and Restore him All this while your Majesty will be Head of the League will preserve your Conquests and King James cannot refuse you Ireland or any other portion of his Kingdom for the Expences of the War This done your Majesty shall fall upon Holland which will be weak and unprovided of Men and Money and shall be able in a little time to oppress the Remainder of the Protestanâ—s and so become Emperor of all Europe But unfortunately for them King James II. too soon forsook his Country and then they cryed Religion is ruined unless all endeavours are used for his Restoration Upon which some would fain know what Religion the French King is of who persecutes and invades Papists as well as Protestants and think that he must be either a Pagan or Mahumetan or else of a Christianity all of his own Contriving to carry on his Perjuries and Usurpations upon his Neighbours May 1. A Squadron of English Men of War under Admiral Herbert Sailing toward the Coast of Ireland to prevent the French from Landing Forces and Provisions there understanding they were got to Sea under favour of the Night they got sight of them lying in the Bay of Bantree in the West of Ireland and resolved to Attack them with Nine Ships in the Harbor they being about 44 Sail in all whereupon the next Morning the Fight began we continued Fattering upon a Stretch till five in the Afternoon when the French Admiral Tackt from us and stood farther into the Bay In this Action Captain Aâ—lmeâ— and 94 Seamen were killed and about 250 wounded but the Enemy were Reported to have 200 Slain and many more Wounded and having Landed some few Men for fear of a second Ingagement Retreated after which our Squadron returned to Portsmouth whither His Majesty came soon after and declared his Royal Intention of Conferring the Title of Earl upon the Admiral and accordingly he was afterward Created Earl of Torrington Baron of Torbay c. and the Captain Shovell and Ashby were Knighted and Ten Shillings a Man was given to those Seamen that had been ingaged against the French King James found himself at this time greatly mistaken in Scotland which he called his Ancient Kingdom where he thought himself absolute Master by making so many Creatures and Friends whereas that Kingdom in general now owned King William and the Rebels whose number is inconsiderable and Discovered and Secured The Lord Dundee only escaped who roam'd about the North parts with some few followers and General Mackay at his Heels Letters about this time were intercepted from the late King and his Secretary Melfort to the Lord Belcarris and others wherein were some Expressions that highly incensed the Scots against them You will ask me without question says Melfort to Claverhouse How we intend to pay our Army but never fear that so long as there are Rebels Estates we will begin with the Great Ones and end with the Little Ones In another Letter to Belcarris says he The Estates of the Rebels will Recompence us Experience hath taught our Illustrious Master that there are a good Number of People that must be made Gibeonites because they are good for nothing else you know there are several Lords that we markt out when we were both together that deserve no better These will serve for Examples to others after the Reading of these Letters the President of the Convention Addressing himself to the Members of the Assembly You hear Gentlemen said he Our Sentence Pronounced and that it behoves us either to Defend our Selves or Dye Upon which the Lords Belcarris and Lochore and Lieutenant Colonel Balfour were Committed to Prison and being thus forewarned they Resolved to keep the Army afoot which they thought of Disbanding As to the Hopes of the Enemies of that Kingdom that the Abolishing of Episcopacy may occasion another Revolution there is no reason to believe it since the late Carriage of the Scotch Bishops has utterly Alienated the Affections of the greater part of the People from them so that if they were Protestants at the bottom of their Souls yet they appeared to be Men of no Policy nor Conduct For they sent an Address to King James wherein they Highly Congratulated the Birth of the pretended Prince of Wales they read that Kings Declaration for Liberty of Conscience in favour of the Papists and for the Abolition of Penal Laws and how could they imagine that when they knew it was a long timebefore they could gain that single Point of the Superiority of Bishops above private Ministers that the Scots would ever endure Popery and Arbitrary Power to Domineer over them Experience shews us that they only wanted a Leader before this time So that when the Prince of Oranges Design