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A36334 Nevves from the narrovv seas being a certain relation of a mighty and fearfull fight in those seas upon the coast of Frizeland : between a navy of Danes of a hundred sayle under the command of the grave van Erfurt D., Em. 1642 (1642) Wing D19; ESTC R17043 3,807 8

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powring into their bosomes showres of lead like hailestones and throwing over pots of wilde fire and hard Granado's into their quarters and tacklings You might have in an instant seen as it were a fiery contention for priority between those two opposite Elements fire and water the burning ships as it were striving to set fire upon the roomes Which in scorne to be vanquished in their proper dwellings as the vessels should have suffered a double death insinuated into their holds and sinking them extinguished the audacious flames the same ships at one instant strange yet true being burned and drowned Van Trumpe boarding the Duke of Holstein was twice repulsed rather by multitude then valour those Bacon-eating Danes wishing themselves at home againe carowsing strong waters On the sudden were sent to their long home where they had plenty of liquor destiny seeming to be courteous to them in affourding them plenty of that in their deaths which they had so doted on in their lives Hans Hiem with the Rere-Admirall and his squadron in the interim falling in upon Erfurts left wing which consisted of Lubecke mariners they instantly cryed out for quarter yeelding themselves without striking one stroake with their sluggish ships to the number of six and thirty a large thirst of the Fleet with which cowardly treachery of theirs Erfurt amazed and discouraged would have provided for his safety by fight but he was as well surrounded with enemies as waves and therefore impossibilitated of his purpose like a valiant souldier resolves to fight it out and set his life at as deare rate as possible rather then betray the trust reposed in him by his King by betraying the ships Royall into the hands of his enemies cheerfully therefore and suddenly hee made upon Van Trump charging his Ordnance great and small you might have seen there all the horrours incident to mortality men leaping there from one to another death fire water and sword and all the Elements and Engines of destruction contriving their ruine At last by the singular skill and directions of Van Trump and the valour of Hiem and others most of the Fleet that before threatened the Seas was sunk or taken The Duke of Holstein seeing us goe to wracke as Hiem informed being in a good and strong ship valiantly cut his passage through our Fleet and escaped old Erfurt after he and his souldiers had shewed as much valour as ever was expressed that Nation beholding his ship boarded on all sides ready to be taken and himselfe led into captivity more desperately then Christianly getting downe into the Gun-roome gave fire to those vessels of powder which were there he blew himselfe souldiers and enemies that were then aboard with his ship into pieces that old Commander like Aiax disdaining that any should conquer him but himselfe after which the rest of the ships crying out for quarter were received into the possession of Van Trump who now had a competent victory Of all that great fleet not one escaped that I can heare of but the Duke of Holstein there being thirty sixe sunke and torne a pieces in the fight and some sixty taken and made prize of we having not lost above three ships and those not very considerable and not above three hundred men they foure thousand there being of mariners and souldiers betweene sixe and seven thousand prisoners This is the true Relation of that great and fearefull battell then which has not been fought a more considerable one to this State The King of Denmarke by this meanes being deprived of all his maritime forces and if they were intended for England they were happily diverted thence Where Sir I wish you a sudden and happy tranquility and rest Your humble servant and true Friend Em. D. Amsterdam this present Wednsday the 11. of Novemb. stylo novo I could have written you other Occurrences but the Post being ready to goe aboard I had enough to doe to noticifie this to you which is a certaine truth Farwell FINIS