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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11842	The sea-mans triumph Declaring the honorable actions of such gentlemen captaines and sailers, as were at the takinge of the great carrick, lately brought to Dartmouth, with her burthen and commodities, with the maner of their fight, and names of men of accompt. VVith the burning of an other carrick at the Iland of Flowers, of the burthen of 900. tunnes and vpward, written for trueth to a gentleman of great worship in London.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.	1592 (1592)	STC 22140; ESTC S106143	6,715	23

THE SEA-MANS Triumph Declaring the honorable actions of such gentlemen Captaines and Sailers as were at the takinge of the great Carrick lately brought to Dartmouth with her burthen and commodities with the maner of their fight and names of men of accompt VVith the burning of an other Carrick at the Iland of Flowers of the burthen of 900. Tunnes and vpward written for trueth to a gentleman of great worship in London LONDON Printed by R. B. for William Barley and are to be solde at his shop in Gratious street 1592. RIght-woorshipfull for that at my beeing at London diuers and sundry reports passed touchinge the taking of the greate Carricke called the Mother of God lately arriuinge at Dartmouth in the VVest where I now remaine about your affaires I haue thought it good vnder your worships fauour to aduertise your worship of the truth thereof as I haue credibly gathered by such as bare office and are principall officers in the same Beseechinge you to acquainte master E. H. with others my good friendes your worships fauourites with the same for that I know the gentleman to be well disposed and so well giuen as hee will not bee the reporter of any nouelties but suche as shall beare credite my selfe vnwoorthy to bee ioynde with one of so high esteeme am loth to geeue my selfe that credite to be a reporter of any other as your woorship knoweth to whome in all humblenesse I referre my selfe yet such is the desire I haue to haue the well deseruinge reape their rewarde and bee had in exteeme accordinge to their woorthinesse As I haue herein done my best to signifie the same vnto you and others and could well wishe it were published to the view of the worlde to the ende their names who haue hardly aduentured for it may reape the honour they haue deserued to the encouragemente of others To the like hauty and full of courage hath beene those resolute Gentlemen and theyr followers and thereby deserued more reputation then I can with my base reporte yeelde them yet imitating those whiche haue lyued in elder yeares that wished their countries honor vnwoorthy though I be to write their deserued prayses I haue aduentured the same and hope it shall be as acceptable as I desire wherein if your worship be satisfied I haue my wish in some sorte and that I may not be tedious vnto you nor such as by you shall haue view of this my vnwoorthy writinges I will with friuoulous matter no longer detaine you but proceede to the matter which was this Her Maiesties Shippes and others hauinge spente the most parte of this last Sommer about the Ilandes as well for the safetie of our countreymen that way aduenturinge as also to annoy our professed ennemies the Spanyardes whome reportes gaue out were in great Fleetes at Sea this Fleete aforesaide spending their time with little profite to any of them with consent of their Admirals dispersed themselues diuers wayes some takinge theyr course for one Ilande and some for another to discry if they might what shipping our ennemies had at Sea amongest the which dispersed Fleet Sir Iohn Burrowes knight a most resolute and polliticke gentleman thirstinge to showe hys valour at Sea there in hys countreies seruice to gaine fame to the ennemies disgrace as againste them on lande both in the Low-countries and Fraunce he had most nobly aduentured to the greate commendations not onely of himselfe but his whole posterity and countries great good This worthy knight being Commander of the good Ship called the Row-Bucke and hauing in hys companye an other fortunate and braue Shippe named the Dainety whose owner is that woorthy knighte Sir Iohn Hawkins the Captayne a braue Marriner and a most forward man called master Thomson of Harwiche and one other Shippe of London called the Dragon whose Captayne is maister Newporte of Limehouse a most hardy and forward man and resolute in perfourminge any thinge to his charge committed the owner of which Ship is maister Becket of Limehouse late maister of the Trinytie house these shippes aboue named commanded by that braue kinght being best of accounpt at that time the Queenes Shippes beinge absent and one that the rest being desirous to bee gouerned by called to Captaine Thomson being in the Dayntie and him desired as God would permite them that hee would keepe him companie offeringe him manye large profferes Captaine Tomson accepted and promised what helpe he could do if occation serued he would be reddy with his best power and all his companie to accomplish this concluded they keept companie all that night and the nexte day These other Shippes being farre to windward of them viz the Foresight the Teager of my Lord of Cumberlandes the Samson his Lordships also and a blacke Shippe of M. Newtons of London marchāt called the Prudence whose Captayne and Maister was Hugh Merricke of London a man wel reputed for hys valour and skill in marine causes and oftentimes as a man of choyce for hys vertues hath taken charge in her Maiesties Nauy with one smale Barke of Porchmouth called the Phenix which serued for a Pinnace her Maister and owner was Edward Grant a manne fortunate and happy These Shippes last named being as I saide and it is credibly reported to Windewarde of Sir Iohn Borowes and the Daintie They firste discried the one Carrycke of the burthen of nine hundred tuns or there abouts with whom the Roe-buck and the Daintie bare all the night gaue them chace long before the rest descried her as they supposed who immediatly vpon the view therof seeing Sir Iohn and Captaine Thomson had her in chace bare with her all the night in hope to haue that they wished the Daintie beeing headmost for that shee is good of saile followed sharpest whiche the Carricke perceyued and fearinge to bee taken bare with the Isle Flowers beeing not farre from the shoare and betweene the shoare and Sir Iohn Burrowes which do they what they might that aduauntage could not bee gotten from them albeit many occasions was ministred the woorse was the good knightes fortune and the rest Well sir this Carricke being thus closly pursued recouered the Iland and letting fall foure Anchors runne all a shoare Sir Iohn Burrowes and the rest anchored by them and night being vpon them determined the next morninge to haue boorded her But God that disposeth of all thinges how forward soeuer man is in aduenturinge and geueth victories at his good pleasure That nighte when all the Fleete had greatest hope to haue had their desire and to haue enioyed that Carricke whome they had garded with greate pollicy It pleased God to sende a marueilous great storme the winde comming off the Sea which troubled them very much so that they were enforced by the extremity of the weather the place well knowne to be very daungerous to weigh Anchor and put againe to Sea committinge themselues to the harshenesse of the waues and the mercy of God yet tooke

such order that they should al keepe as close as they might and if God sente faire weather they might not so loose her This nighte past and the storme by his grace that geueth all grace seised The whole Fleet bare againe with Floweres and comming neere the Illand might perceiue the Spaniards how they laboured to saue the best they had aborde hauing not ceased all that night from hard trauaill and carryinge a shore what they might These enuious villaines seeing no remidye but to fall into their handes that would haue taken great care of her Fyred the Caricke before any of our Fleete could lay her abord and almost all forsooke her In such sort increased the fire that doe what men might albeit great paines was therein taken they coulde not quench the marcilesse flame vntill all her vpper worke was consumed when with much adoe they quenched the same where they found of Pyliage such as contented poore men This ouer past they chanced to take one of the companie who being a Spaniard on certaine Articles hee confessed muche matter touching that Caricke and gaue also notice of the comminge of the other the which was afterwarde mette withall and taken and it is called the Mother of God The Fleete stoared with resolute mindes when as they heard this newes were all frolicke their ioyfull hartes presaged good successe to follow and hauinge taken what they could of the first Carrick they determined to disperse their Shippes againe to the ende some of their fortunes by Gods good fauour might bee to lighte vppon her and with this resolution they put to Sea agayne the Row-Bucke and the Dainty keeping still together as neere as they might Night comminge on they hulled almost the whole nighte or carried very little saile continuing in this maner twoo nightes and two dayes the seconde day in the morninge the Dainetie beeinge headmost againe as for her sayle she exceedeth many discried the great Carricke all a hie seeminge to them in their toppe to be some huge thinge as indeede she is this sighte pleased them so well as he that had the beste stommacke to his victualls was so ioyfull that they forgotte their Breakefast hopinge before dinner to haue an host that should make them righte merry and hoysinge their sayles bare with her all the day The Row-bucke seeinge her make suche saile caused one to looke out whoe likewise presently discried her to their no little ioyes and reioysinge and fitting their sailes likewise liued in great hope of Gods good fauour therein and so hoaped to bee better sharers then with the first The Foresight and the rest of the Fleete beeing farre off hadd likewise discried her and bare with the reste By noone or one of the clocke of that day beeing the thirde of August the Daintie came neere her so that the Gunner whose name was Thomas Bedome beinge a proper tall man and had very good aime at any thinge and good lucke withall desired the Captaine hee might giue them a shoote to lett them vnderstande that they were Englishmenne and vnder her Highnesse Commaunder of the Seas The Captaine hauinge greate care and not willinge to haue any shoote shot in vaine commaunded him to forbear till they shoulde come neerer her whiche was not longe when the Captaine himselfe commaunded him to doe his best and carowsinge a kanne of Wine to his company encouraged them to begin the fighte and comminge vpp haled them after the manner of the Sea and commaunded them to strike for the Queene of England which they no sooner refused but the Gonner beeinge ready gaue fire to two whole Culueringes in her chase and racked and toare her pittifullye Bearinge vpp wyth them gaue them the whole side and boorded them presently whoe resisted most couragiously and putt vs off againe Thus continued the Dainetie in fighte a pretty while before any other could come to helpe her in whiche tyme shee laide her aboorde three seueral times toare her Ancient from her poope and slewe her Captaine and more harme had doone them but that by chaunce a shott bare their foremaste by the Boorde which they were compelled to splice againe to theyr great trouble The nexte that came to her rescue was the valiant Sir Iohn Burrowe who attempting with great valour to boorde her was putt off againe and receiued a shott which had like to haue endaungered himselfe The third was the golden Dragon of London whereof was Captaine Maister Newport whoe most brauely gaue the attempte but was likewise put off the Carricke beeinge so huge that those Shippes did but little good In boording they slew many of their men and spoyled them marueilously The next was her Maiesties good Shippe the Foresighte whose commaunder for that seruice was Captaine Crasse a man well approued in marine causes and farre hath aduentured whoe with his Shippe layde her a boorde and very valiauntly assayled them and was most stoutely by the Spanyardes also repulsed in so much that the braue Captaine of whose men many were weake and yet beeinge loth her Maiesties Shippe should bee shaken off without victory fyred the Carricke rather wishinge her to be burnte then the ennemies to enioy her But the proud and lofty-minded Spanyardes standinge on their reso●ute pointes retourned the fire againe or some other which three times was kindled to the great comber of Captayne Crosse and his Companye that woulde not so leaue them This daungerous conflict betwene these Shippes endured longe time which the Phenix of Portchmouth perceiuinge and beeinge able to yeelde her little other comforte by reason of the hugenesse of the Carricke shee beinge but of threescore tuns or there abouts albeit the Maister would gladly haue doone his beste and was willing to boord her also yet lefte hee her for a time standinge with their Admirall and Uice-Admirall whiche was the Teager and Sampson who comminge vpp wyth them declared vnto them the hardy fighte of the Foresighte who presently bare vpp with them all the nighte the Sampson beeing the first comming vp with the Carricke gaue her the whole broadside and shuttinge vpp into the Foresightes quarter entered hys menne into her Captaine Norton that braue and woorthy gentlemanne laide her also a boorde hauing the Teager with him and so entered together beeing a hundred men at the least all resolutely minded at whose enteraunce they yeelded so greate a crye as the dismayed Portingalls and Spanyardes coulde not beethincke themselues what course to take to helpe themselues in suche a mase were they stricken although they were Eighte hundred stronge all well appoynted and able men and of ours but one hundred But standinge thus as men amased at length yeelded themselues vanquished and so perforce gaue possession to them that challenged it for their owne as wonne with their swoordes and hazarde of their liues as the pittifull slaughter of the deade carcasses which they found a boord witnessed the sight whereof was able to mollifie the hardest hart in the world