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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30346	The expedition of His Highness, the Prince of Orange, for England giving an account of the most remarkable passages thereof, from the day of his setting sail from Holland, to the first day of this instant December, 1688 : in a letter to a person of quality.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.; N. N.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5790; ESTC R14211	5,791	9

THE EXPEDITION Of his Highness the Prince of Orange FOR ENGLAND Giving an Account of the most Remarkable Passages thereof from the Day of his Setting Sail from HOLLAND to the First day of this instant December 1688. In a Letter to a Person of Quality SIR THE Account you so earnestly desire of me of the Prince's Expedition and Invasion of England is a Task no one should have commanded from me but yourself the ancient Friendship between us makes nothing appear difficult in the way to serve you I shall not undertake to determine the Legality of this great and bold Attempt nor reflect on the Counsels that have brought this Misery upon us but shall content myself with giving you a brief Account of the Prince's Expedition And first you are to take notice That his Highness set Sail from Holland with 51 Men of War 18 Fire-ships and about 330 Tenders being Ships hired of Merchants for the carriage of Horse and Foot Armes Ammunition c. The Fleet stood out at Sea to the Norward which met with horrid Storms for two days and two nights together in which bad Weather there were lost above 500 Horse and a Vessel parted from the Fleet wherein were 400 Foot supposed to be lost but now known to be arrived safe at the Texel but grievously shatter'd and torn by the Storms two of the Prince's principal Men of War were ●●●●ed to new Rigg at Helversluse The Prince immediately on his return back inform'd the States of the condition of the Fleet which was not so damnified as was represented by the Vulgar and Ignorant who thereupon to lull a great Man asleep the States or some one employed by them order'd That the Harlem and Amsterdam Courrantier should make a dismal Story of it by representing to the World that the Prince returned with his Fleet miserably shatter'd and torn having lost nine Men of War and divers others of less concern 1000 Horse 〈…〉 ture among the Sea-men the loss of Dr Burnett and the chief Ministers under the Prince the ill Opinion the States had of the Expedition in short that a 100000 l. would not repair the Damage sustained and almost next to an impossibility that the Prince should be in a condition to pursue his Design till the Spring And yet at the same time all hands were at work to repair the damaged Ships which were inconsiderable so that in eight days time they were all re-fitted The Signal being given by the discharge of a Gun all the Fleet immediately weigh'd Anchor and stood out at Sea steering their Course Norward all that night next day upon Tide of Ebb they made a Stretch and made a Watch above a League and then stood Westward and lay all night in the same posture not making two Leagues of Watch. In the middle of the night an Advice-boat brought us an Account That the English Fleet consisting of 33 Sail lay to the Westward of ours Upon which the Prince fired a Gun which caused a great consternation in the whole Fleet we having a brisk Easterly Wind concluded ourselves to be all ruin'd But the small Advice boats crusing for a more certain account of the English brought us back word That instead of the English Fleet which the former Advice had alarm'd us with it was Admiral Herbert with part of our Fleet which had been seperated some hours from the body of the Fleet Upon whose arrival great rejoycing was among us all and a Signal of Joy was given for it by the Prince In the morning about eight the Prince gave a Signal that the Admirals should come aboard him Immediately after the whole Fleet was got into the North-foreland upon which the Prince gave the usual Sign of Danger according to the printed Book and ordered that the Fleet should all come up in a Body some fifteen or sixteen deep his Highness leading the Van in the Ship Brill in English Spectacles His Flag was English Collours the Motto impaled thereon is The PROTESTANT RELIGION and LIBERTIES of England and underneath instead of Dieu Mon Droit And I will Maintain it The Council of War from aboard the Prince sent three small Frigats into the Mouth of the Thames viz. the Porpus Postilion and Mercury who on their return brought us word That the English Fleet lay in the Buoy of the Nore consisting of 34 Sail and three more which lay in the Downs The Wind continuing at E. N. E. The Prince immediately thereupon gave another Signal of stretching the whole Fleet in a Line from Dover to Callis twenty five deep So that our Fleet reached within a League of each place the Flanks and Reer were guarded by our Men of War. This sight would have ravish'd the most curious Eyes of Europe When our Fleet was in its greatest splendour the Trumpets and Drums playing various Tunes to rejoyce our hearts this continued for above three hours Immediately after the Prince gave us a Sign to close and failed that night as far as Beach and commanded us to follow the Signal by Lights he had hung out to us viz. all the small Sail should come up to him by morning By the morning-day we espied the Isle of Wight and then the Prince order'd the Fleet to be drawn into the same posture as before related yet not stretching above half Channel over in this place About five in the morning we made the Start the Wind chopping about to the Westward upon which we stood fair by Dartmouth and so made for Torbay where the Prince again order'd the whole Fleet into the same posture as at Dover and Callis Upon his arrival at Torbay the People on Land in great numbers Welcom'd his Highness with loud Acclamations of Joy. Immediately after the Prince gave two Signals that the Admirals should come abord him which they did and then order'd that the whole Fleet should come to an Anchor and immediately Land and further order'd that the Admirals should stand out at Sea as a Guard as well as the smaller Men of War to Attend and Guard their Landing and also order'd six Men of War to run in to Guard Torbay The Prince then put out a Red Flag at the Misen-yard-arm and provided to land in sixty Boats laid ready for that purpose Upon which the Prince signified that General Mackay with his six Regiments of English and Scotch should first Land and also that the little Porpus with eighteen Guns should run a Ground to secure their Landing But there was no Opposition for the People bid us Heartily Welcome to England and gave us all manner of Provisions for our Refreshment The fifth of November a Day never to be blotted out of the English-man's Heart the Prince caused to be landed about 2000 On the sixth we landed as many Horse and Foot as we could possibly and so continued the seventh The Country bringing in all manner of Provision both for Man and Horse and were paid their Price honestly for it The Prince