Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	island_n	lie_v	mile_n	8,075	5	9.6938	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17890	The conquest of the Grand Canaries made this last summer by threescore and thirteene saile of shippes, sent forth at the command and direction of the states generall of the vnited prouinces, to the coast of Spaine and the Canarie-Isles: with the taking of a towne in the Ile of Gomera, and the successe of part of the saide fleete in their returne homeward. Which set saile for Spaine the 25: of Maie, and returned home the 10. of Septemb. 1599.		1599 (1599)	STC 4556; ESTC S110757	17,947	32

the towne which shot also most terribly but altogether vncertainly for we know not that they touched any one ship more then Moy Lambert which was greatly to bee wondered at seeing our fleete lay so thicke together and so neere vnder the castle There laie hard vnder the castle 12. great Gallions with some french ships which also nowe and then shot among our fleete but they lay so neere the walles that wee could do them no harme at all The Lord Generall worthy of al praise wisely bethinking himselfe caused all his captaines and counsell to come aboorde him that they might together conferre vpon this busines and what meanes might best bee found to inuade the towne and the enemy but they concluded not to meddle with the land there seeing the enemy was there strong vpon his guard and that 5. weekes past both from Amsterdam by a French man they had knowledge of our coÌ„ming by reason of the calme wee were constrained to towe out our ships with the boates in dispite of al their shot thus we parted from the Groyne without profit or effecting of any thing leauing the Papists of Groyne as wee founde them From thence the winde being at south southwest wee bent our course towarde Cape Saint Vincent meaning to goe to Saint Lucars hoping to fal vpon them at vnawares and ere they looked for vs. Saturday the 12. of Iune hauing got a fine gale we ran along the coast of Galicia at noone wee were before the Iland of Cesarian and set our course towards Cape Finister Sunday the 13. of Iune the lorde Generall gaue sharpe commandement by his letters forbidding al men aboorde the ships to vse any play with tables cards or dice either for money or for pastime or vpon credit Munday the 14. of Iune the wind blew so harde out of the North that wee could not be are our top-sailes with our forecourse which sailed south the sunne was southward we had Port a Porte of vs being in 41. degrees and 20. minuts Tuesday the 15. of Iune as soone as day appeared we had sight of Cape Roxent and then we sailed making small way staying for the comming together of the fleete the wind as before we sailed south southwest and were in 36. degrees Wednesday the 16. of Iune towardes the euening we had sight of two strange ships eastward of our fleete certain of our ships made towards them and tooke them the one was an english man of war the other was a Spanish barke with three missens at his comming before the Generall he said he had already sent 2. prises into Englande and woulde now with this prise returne home for his victuals were almost spent Thursday the 17. of Iune it was very still and calme weather Friday the 18. of Iune the wind being at north northeast we sailed south southwest The Lord Generall caused all the Captaines with the Pilots to come aboord him demanding of them which of them was best acquainted in the Iles of Canaria and further by what meanes they might conquer and force the said Ilands and land their people And abut noone the captaines were chosen and appointed which shoulde commande on lande The Generall gaue out newe ensignes to the number of 9. or 10. according to the number of the ships The lord Generall appointed to each new captaine an Antient bearer a Lieutenant and other officers with 130. souldiours and mariners and instructions how euery one of them should gouerne himself on the land Saturday the 19. of Iune the Generall commanded that the captaines should deliuer out victuals but twice a day to wit 6. and 6. to a messe for 6. men 5. cans of beere of Roterdams measure euery day 5. pounde of breade and no more a cheese of 6. l. euery weeke one pound of butter weekely likewise pease beanes or Otemeale twise a day according to the order Captaine Harman and captaine Pijc had each of them commission to commande on the land as captaines ouer two companies of saylers each company containing 130. men Harman Thunesson was appointed Ancient to captaine Henricke Pijc and de Blomme Ancient to captaine Hendricke HertmaÌ„ The ancients were deliuered the same day The 20. 21. 22. daies wee sailed south southwest the wind being northerly Wednesday the 23. of Iune the wind was north northeast The Generall commaunded all the captaines both for the sea and land to come aboord him where it was ordained and determined how the battell should be ordered after they were landed According to the altitude we found our selues to be 36 miles from great Canaria Thursday the 24. of Iune we ranne our foresaid course The sun being west northwest we sawe the land east and by south off vs wee sailed east and by south and with great labour and diligence bore all that might with the land Friday the 25. of Iune we continued our course to the land for our assured knowledge thereof and perceiued it to be Lancerot we saw also a small land which lay between both called Allegrania and also the Iland ForteueÌ„tura which is 24. miles great afterward we sailed southwest along the coast of Forteuentura which is a lande that hath very high hils The sun southwest we were past the Iland ForteueÌ„tura and were sailed out of sight thereof running as yet southwest about ii a clocke in the afternoone wee had sight of the Iland of great Canaria for a while wee kept our way but when the Generall was assured that it was the grand Canaria wee all The whole Netherlandish fleet commeth before the Island town of Grand Canaria tooke in our sailes and lay to the lee ward and so remained vntill it was past midnight then wee set saile againe and made to the lande our course westwarde Saturday the 26. of Iune in the morning the whole fleet sailed west directly to the land the winde north and by east and made all thinges ready to land being now neere the shore the whole fleete let fall their anchors harde by the great castle which lieth north northwest from the town from whence they began to shoot mightily against the ships The lord Generall and the vize Admirall with the other ships that had the greatest ordenance anchored close vnder the castle for a certain time they plied each other with their great shot the Generals main mast and his missen mast were shot thorow and his vize Admirall namely the great new ship of Amsterdam was shot thorow 6. or 7. times so that some of the souldiours and maryners also were slaine before they entered their long beates to rowe to the shore But the ships for their parts had so well bestowed their shot on the castle that they of the castle began to faint wherby they discharged not so thicke and often as before Our men rowed to the land in the long boates euery one full of soldiours the ships which could not discharge their ordenance against the castle bent them against the shore

to Gratiosa the castle which we first tooke lying about halfe an houres iourney from the towne where the long boates receiued our men and caried them againe aboorde Presently after wee were departed out of the towne the enemy entered endeuoring by all meanes possible to quench the fire And while we were shipping our people the enemy shewed him selfe some times 5. or 6. in a company but they durst not approch vs. The rereward of our men being shipped we put fire to the castle which we tooke first and blew it vp This done captaine Quit imbarked himselfe also with his soldiours and pillage which he had taken in the rode for his ship wherein he was before was ready to sinke The 5. of Iuly lying in the roade in the morning the Generall discharged two peeces of ordenance and afterward put out 2. flags of the princes colours thereby giuing to vnderstand that all land captaines and sea captaines also with one of their Pilots should resort to him whereupon presentlie they all rowed aboorde the Generall the Pilots which were best acquainted with the coast were demanded by the Generall which were the weakest Ilands and where they might most commodiouslie land Towards the euening captaine Quvt his ship was fired and suffered to driue towarde the strond At which time a newe captaine was appointed to captaine Iaques Dirriksons ship aforesaide who was slaine in the mountaines namely captaine Kloyers Lieutenant And the Generals Clarke of the band was appointed Lieuetenant to captain Kloyer The 6. of Iuly by reason of the contrary winds and other inconueniences which happened at this present and also because such ships which before were sent to sea and could not returne by reason of the contrary windes we remained in the road vnder the castle of Graciosa About noone 4. Spaniards came out of the towne with a flag of truce to the strond directly ouer against our ships whereof 2. were brought aboorde the Generall in one of our long boates the other two with their flag of truce were left behinde on the stronde which remained with the Generall vntil the euening and then were set on shore and so the 4. Spaniardes returned to the towne The 7. day riding in the roade in the morning 4. Spaniards with a flag of peace came to the shore from the towne directly ouer against our ships the fleet seeing them sent a long boate to the shore and brought the said 4. Spaniards aboord the General these men brought with them the ransome of certaine Spaniards which had deliuered vp the castle of Graciosa at the Generals pleasure which were set to ransome euery one according to his habilitie office and thus all the Spaniardes which were ransomed together with the 4. spaniardes which brought the ransoms were set on shore with a long boate and departed to the towne The 8. day of Iuly two howers after sun rising the Generall with all the ships set saile carying with him all the Spaniardes that were not ransomed sailing aloÌ„g the coast of great Canaria in which time Ian Cornelesson Zwartekeys departed this worlde whose leg was shot off at the taking of the Iland of great Canaria Hauing nowe sailed from the hight of the said Iland which lay southerly from vs we had sight of captaine Hertmans ship and of 3. others which rode there at anchor who so soone as they perceiued our fleete waied their anchors and sailed along the coast with vs which were the ships that the Generall had sent to sea Sailing thus together vntill the sun was in the west the wind began to rise more and more so that we coulde not keep our direct course but were forced to put to the southwest of the great Iland of Canaria where we anchored wee had sight of the Iland Teneriffa and of an other of the Ilands of Canaria wherein is the hie mountaine called the Pyck This hil was from vs 14. miles but by the great hight thereof it seemed to bee within foure or fiue miles off vs but in the daie time when the sun shined wee could not see it The 9. of Iuly lying thus at anchor in the morning most of the long boates went a shore to fetch fresh water such as they could there find and caried with them the deade corps of Ian Cornelesson aforesaid the Constables son of the Admiralty of RoterdaÌ„ called Zwertkeys which was there honorably buried on the high and drie land This done we set on fire the woode which lay on the shore piled and he aped in the woods but in this place we found not any Spaniards The tenth of Iuly the boates being all returned to their ships with their people euery one wayed their anchors and hoised their sailes the winde at northwest but being vnder saile together the wind flacked by reason of the great calme the ships lay a drift for want of wind The 11. of Iuly in the morning it blewe a stout gale in our topsailes out of the northeast but as we approched the Iland of Teneriffa the winde altered often sixe or seuen of our shippes and the rest which were next vnto the shore had sometimes a gale in their topsailes and sometimes againe without wind so that we lay a drift and could keepe no reckoning either of the wind or course and were forced to alter our course more then 12. times a day A declaration of the taking of Gomera one of the Ilands in Canaria and how we afterwardes left it THe 12. day of Iuly failing thus with great variety of wind vnder the great IlaÌ„d Teneriffa the day appearing we had the wind more certain filling our topsailes with a full gale from the northwest And when it was faire day light we saw our fleet scattred far one froÌ„ another by meanes of the foresaid mutable windes Some ships lay driuing by reason of the calme and other some had a little gale but the most part of our fleet were west of vs towards whom with all speed we with the rest of the ships made Being al come together wee endeuored to reach the Ilande Gomera wherein is a little towne towardes the euening many of our ships were neere the Iland but the most part were to the lee ward so that before it grew toward the euening none of vs could come neere the towne Notwithstanding in the twilight and shutting vp of the euening Ian Garbrantson Admirall of the white flag his vize Admirall and a Pinnace following were come neere the town Thus the Admiral sayling so neere to the Iland they of Gomera discharged 2. pieces at him but touched him not the saide Admirall seeing this passed on a little farther with the other ships which were neere him then tooke in their sailes and cast their anchors The other ships which were behinde laboured all they might to come also vnder the Iland to them The 13. of Iuly the Admiral of the white flag lying thus at anchor neere to Gomera the greatest part of the

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