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A96360	A memorable sea-fight penned and preserved by Peter VVhite one of the IIII. masters of attendance in Englands navie. (Never before now,) published for the good of Englands common-wealth, by Andrevves Burrell. Gent. Or, a narrative of all the principall passages which were trans-acted in the Downes, in the year, 1639. betweene Antonio Oquendo, Admirall of the Spanish Armado, and Martin Van Tromp, Admirall for the states of Holland. Wherein (by a similary illustration) Englands (present) sluggish navie is proved to be unservicable, and in a like condition with the Spanish fleet.	White, Peter, Master of attendance in the Navy.; Burrell, Andrewes.	1649 (1649)	Wing W1800; Thomason E572_19; ESTC R206172	44,084	61

15 Pieces of Ordnance bound for St. Lukar All these Masters J commanded to bee ready to assist the Admirall to the uttermost of their power if any occasion should present it selfe by any Fight between the Hollanders and Spanyards Tuesday 17. This day there came a Packet from the Lord Admirall to our Admirall wherein was mentioned that the Dutch Embassador upon a letter that he had received from Admirall Tromp made a complaint of our Admirall that he should say unto Capt. Cats Rere-admirall of the Hollanders and some other Captaines that hee sent abord unto Sir Iohn to desire leave that some of his Ships might ride to the northwards of the Spanyards as is before mentioned the 11.th day That hee would ingage his head that the spanish ships could not nor should not goe to the Northwards in the night otherwaies he would have sent ships to the Northward to look unto them the which did trouble our Admirall exceedingly And the next day in the morning hee sent Captain Richard Fielding Capt. Robert Slingsby Capt. Edward Popham and my selfe abord of the Hollands Admirall to justifie that our Admirall did never ingage himselfe unto Capt. Cats and the other Captain that the Spanyards should not goe out to the Northwards in the night for wee did all of us heare all the Conference that past between our Admirall and Capt. Cats and we gave him to understand that our Admirall did not take it well from him that hee should write such falsities of him unto their Embassadour To the which Admirall Tromp answered Wednesd 18. that he had writ nothing but what his Rere-admirall Capt. Cats had related unto him which was that Sir Iohn Penington did say that hee would ingage his head that the spanish ships could not nor should not goe out in the Night But Capt. Cats being there present denied in secret unto us that he never mentioned should not but that his Admirall had added that unto the message that he brought him and as I conceived thereby the better to cleer himself from his neglect of sending some ships to Ride in the Chanells to the Northwards as aforesaid But Cats durst not openly deny it fort hen he should have given his Admirall the lye so the fault was wholly laid upon Capt. Cats with the which answer we returned Afterward I was sent again single aboard of Admirall Tromp as it were to give him a visit by my self and to have an hour or twoconference together to which he had divers times invited me familiarly called me brother hoping thereby to get something out of him being single more then we could when there was more company with him But I could not learn from him that he had as yet received any other instructions from the States then his generall instructions albeit that he had divers times writ unto them for some other instructions what he should doe in this particular businesse But as yet could hear of any only that they did leave all to his discretion which did much trouble him for saith he if so be that the Spanyards should begin to stir from thence if he did not begin with them before they were wholly out of the Road when they came a broad many of them if it were a gail of winde would escape them and again on the contrary if so be that he should begin with them in the Road then he doubted that we would take part with the Spanyards whereby a breach might be made between his Majestie and the States of Molland which would not easily be reconciled 18. Wendsd if so be that the States should allow and support him in what he should do in this kinde But he doubted that rather then the States would have any difference with his Majesty they would leave him to the mercy of the King and then said he it may be that I may be hanged for my good service Wherefore he resolved not to begin nor do any thing in the Road unlesse they gave him warrant for it also in our discourse he demanded of me how many ships we had of the Kings and Marchant men that we had taken up in the Road I answered that we were four or five and twenty Sayle well said he you are so many and the Spanyards are 50 Sayle and we are said he of our Fleet 50 Sayle I would you were all enemies and had freedome to fight in the Road to which I replied that if the Spanyards were all man'd with English men and I had the command of them we would beat them out of the Sea unto which he replied you do mistake me I do mean that I would that your Fleet were away and so many Spanyards in your place mane'd with their own Nation and then he would not fear to buckle with them all After this I had order to take up all the small English ships that had Ordnance in the Road and to give them order to put our pendants One half I appointed for the Admirall and the other half for the Vice-admiralls squadron the winde towards night at S. S. E. and S. E. by S. and began blow hard and about 3 a clock in the morning very much winde so that divers of the Spanyards drove and brought all their anchors a head one of them drove thwart a Genawesses 〈◊〉 and put her from her anchors and Cables who drove a shore right against the Beacon that stands amongst the sand-hills 19th but it being a most a quarter ebb before she drove a shore and being a strong ship the water fell from her so fast that he took no hurt that tyde and before the flood came again the winde Westward and proved faire weather so that the Sea was very smooth and when she fleeted set sayle having one anchor and Cable brought her from one of the Pilots of Deal and anchored amongst the Hollanders This day there came a packet from the Lord Admirall with order to our Admirall to stay five vessels that it seems had taken upon them to carry over all the Spanyards to Dunkirk that were brought in the English ships and the names of the Masters of these Barks viz. were as followeth Thursday 19th Richard Gilbert Henry Read Hugh Lawes and Richard Tattom and William Williams to which purpose Sir Iohn Penington gave me a warrant and command to search diligently amongst the Fleet for these Masters and vessels which order I shewed unto Admirall Tromp the which did cause him to rejoyce exceedingly to see that his Majestie was so just in his carriage between them and the Spanyards and said that by his next he would make it known unto his Masters the States All that after-noone and the next morning I searched for these Vessells and went abord of all the small Vessels in the Road but could not find any Souldiers abord of any of them and likewise forwarned all of them in the Kings name that they should not take in any Spanish Souldiers

to relate false tales after this answer we demanded of him if that he had as yet received any other instructions from the States of Holland then he had formerly he said not one word This day the Earle of Warwick in his Pinnesse called the Penington came down from London to view the two Fleets the Dutch being now about 80 sayle or upwards the wind Easterly and so it continued the next day Sir Iohn received order from the Lord Admirall for the clearing of the Mary of London Richard Dearme Mr. for the Cannaries after which Sir John sent me abord of all the English ships that brought Souldiers and to take them up that I found fitting for his Majesties service but I found but three of them fitting for that service which was the Exchange of London William Browne Captaine with 32 Pieces of Ordnance the Perregreen of Loadon Peter Tattom Mr. with 17 Pieces of Ordnance and the Assurance of London Isaac Bromwell Mr. with 18 Pieces of Ordnance 25th Wendsday in the which ships especially the two last there was divers sick men for the rest of that Fleet they had so many sick men that they were cleared away to go whether they would the winde continued Easterly and more Hollanders came into the Road. A Packet came from London certifying Sir Iohn Pennington there was order for 6 ships more of the Kings to be made ready with all expedition besides those 8 ships and 6 Marchant men formetly mentioned and that they were all ready to set sayle nothing wanting but a wind to bring them to us the wind being st●ll Easterly in the morning Sir Iohn sent me abord of Admirall Trump to invite him to dinner but he desired to be excused Trump invited the second time to dinner the which he did relate unto me that I might give Sir Iohn our Admirall to understand that it was not for want of love and respect unto him for he said in the first place I have so much businesse that I cannot be absent from my ship one half hour muchlesse three houres which is but a vsuall time for a dinner secondly he said that he had a great many of clownish Boars amongst his Captains 26th Thursday that neither understood civillity nor manners and that they would be ready to m●k● the States acquainted with my being absent from my businesse and would not stick to say as they had formerly done by my Predesessor the G●ave Van Dorpt which was cast in his teeth divers times by the States that he did neglect his businesse and lost many oportunities of doing them good services by feasting with our Admirall Sir Iohn Penington to whom he desired to remember his humble service and said that hereafter he was in hope to come hither when he should not have so much businesse and then he would wait upon him This after noone 9 Hollanders more came into the Road also one Mr. Smith of Marget who is Water baily of that Port or deputy unto Mr. Iohn Iacob Serjeant of the Admiralty for the Sinke Ports came abord to Sir Iohn to complaine that this morning a Hollands Frigat came into their road with a Pendant on the main-top-mast-head and a lack on the Bolspit being of his Majesties Colours and an Ancient on his poop of English Colours This Frigat took two Catches full of Spanish Soldiers that rode at anchor close by the Peer-head upon which Mr. 2 Catehes taken by the Mollouders the Souldiers in them Smith my Lord Wardens officer went abord of the Fright and demanded of him how he durst presume to weare his Majesties Colours and under those Colours to come into his Road and take away his subjects and their Vessels the Hollanders answered by Sir Iohn Peningtons order Mr. Smith demanded to see that order upon which they brought out their Admiralls warrant but could not shew none from Sir Iohn where upon he fell a starne of the Vessell and made a figne to the Fort who shot presently at them and shot the Hollander through and through yet he ran thencewith the two Catches and carried them cleere away Sir Iohn hearing this relation was exceedingly vext at it 26. Thursday presently sent Sir Henry Mannering his Vice-admirall and myself abord of Admirall Trump to require satisfaction from him for the misdemeanor of that Captaine that did presume to weare his Majesties Colours and to take those Vessels from under his Fort and likewse for saying that he did it by our Admitalls order to the which he answered that he had given order to Iohn Everson the Vice-admirall of Flushing who had the command of all the Squadron of ships that rode to the Northwards of the Spanyards to send a small Pinnesse that way to look out for two Catches with Souldiers that he had notice of that had taken Soldiers out of one of the English Ships the night before and if so be that they could take them to carry them for Flushing but for the wearing the English Colours or giving him order to take them under the Fort or that they should say they did it by Sir Iohn Peningtons order all these he utterly disclaimed and said that he would give order that none of his Fleet should presume to do the like hereafter after this answer he told us that the Lord Connaway and Colonell Goring desired to be abord with him in his Ship the Colonell alledging that it was his duty to doe the best Service he could for his Masters the States of Holland from whence he did acknowledge to have a great part of his livelihood and the Lord Conaway desired for experience sake to be aboard of him but desired that he might have his great Cabbin and that he might set up a Bed-sted in it but he said that he could not spare his Cabbin and said he I have no other lodging for my self nor any place for my Captains to meet in when I have occasion to call a Councell which is almost every day upon one businesse or other and likewise he told his Lordship that he had neither Cooks nor Cook-rooms to dresse his meat in for said he for my part I can make a meale with a pickled Herring and a Ham of Bacon he likewise told them that they could not doe him any Service they might chance if they stayed with him to lose a Leg or an Arme or it may be their lives Thursday 26th for they would stand but as a mark for the Enemies to shoot at At our return abord Sir Henry Manering did speak as much unto the Lord Conaway and concluded that if he should come to any hurt in that Service he would be laught at and derided for adventuring his person into such danger it not being for his King nor Countries Service In the morning little winde Southerly and so continued most part of the day about noone the Spaniards Masts from Dover was towed into the Downes by a Hollands Frigot who