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A77159	Capt. Badiley's reply to certaine declarations from Capt. Seamen, Cap. Ell, & Cap. Fisher as he found them divulged abroad in a fallacious pamphlet, called The remonstrance of the fight neer Legorn, between the English and the Dutch. : As also many other particulars, as they were presented to his Excellency the Lord General Cromwell, and the Right Honourable, the Councell of State.	Badiley, Richard, d. 1657.; Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; Appleton, Henry, fl. 1650-1654.	1653 (1653)	Wing B388; ESTC R225715	18,260	28

Orders dated the 1 or 11 of March in the close there was this concluded on That if the Enemy come out and the wind were Easterly we should toyle them off by standing a little to the southward Compare that with my Letter of the 3 or 13 of March at 4 a Clock in the morning and there I told told them as I remember and Capt. Appleton confesseth as much by his Letter of that dayes date at foure in the afternoone I was very loath to hazard that Squadron being somewhat the lesse wherefore I would not have them venture before they saw me engaged or words to that purpose Next he saith That when I saw them out of the Mould I tackt about To which I answer for ends before denoted as also in regard it was the opinion of Mr. and Pilots that we could not weather the Malora we did tack off for halfe an houre the head-most of the Flemish Fleet then bearing away directly with us and had been with us in halfe an houre if our Ships in the Mould had not impudently come out as they did And I appeale unto all understanding Seaman in England that knows what Legorn-Road is whether it be not most hazardous to engage with such Ships of Charge as we had in that Auger-hole And whether we were not as gallantly to passe as any men in the world could be to goe jameing off with our Main-saile hal'd up as well to clear our Ordnance in the Capstain Way as otherwise since the Malora did now beare N. N. E. about a mile off for if they had staid a little longer in the Mould we had Sea-room enough and as I said to them that were next to mee Now if haife a dozen of these fellowes of Van Gallens Crew comes on board the Parragons side will hold them and by that time every one hath had his share and that wee are all hot at our businesse then the Ships in the Mould will out and coming fresh on the Enemie I doubt not but by Gods assistance we shall have the day Yet as soon as we saw the ships in the Mould coming out and that the Enemie tack'd upon them we set our Main-saile and top-gallant-sailes and stood in with all the Saile we could make and as the winde gave leave This is prov'd by sundry Witnesses upon oath and I dare presume to find as many score as there are particular persons to attest so much that I lost no time in coming in and sent Captaine Mings to tell the Commander of the Frigots I would have them hasten in with all the Saile they could make to help them that stood most in need of Assistance But before I came within shot the Sampson after halfe an houres dispute or lesse not having men on the upper Deck to trim Sails was all on a light fire Concerning the manner of the calling off the Fleet I have spoken else-where and being chas'd by the eight ships I shall speak to it when I come to answer Ell and Fisher But in the Close he saith If I had beene a Pentioner to the State of Holland I could not have done them better service then I did This is an Expression that shewes the man as we use to say of a picture that is drawn to the life I can hardly think there is ever an Enemy I have in England but must needs confesse it's pure malice But now considering what I have declared in Answer to C. Appletons Remonstrance and the Affidavits that are annexed and Letters let the world judge who was likeliest to be the State of Hollands Pentioner he or I. In a compleat number of Particulars every syllable whereof is or will be proved upon Oath FIrst if not by the open defiance he made to the State of England as our Letters from Legorn can testifie yet by the great stubbornnesse and perversnesse that was in him to assist in my first Engagement prov'd at large in humane reason occasioned all the ruine befell us neer that place and was the cause why the Merchants goods are not in England he would not help us and therefore God orders it out that we should not be able to help him Secondly His backwardnesse above all men to goe out to Sea and doe service when hee was the States servant saying To goe out upon nine or tenne of the Enemies inferiour ships when wee had sixe such gallant ships to have engaged them and so breake our way through was to lose three or foure good ships in his opinion Thirdly If his Prayer would help on his Ruine then I am sure he wanted not to wish with as much earnestnesse as a man could doe even in my presence that the Sampson were of a light fire and that it griev'd him to look on her in regard he had receiv'd some discontent from his men whereupon as one astonish'd considering how lately he had lost a ship by fire I replyed Hold hold Captaine Seaman oftentimes God annexes his Amen to such passionate expressions Add to that his running ashoar very few dayes before his disaster at a time he knows he ought to be better employ'd viz. the Lords day for men that were but civill could not choose but cry shame on 't to see his servants all that day act the parts of Effeminates in womens apparell I say let the world think what they will I judge it occasion'd God to leave him to effeminatenesse of spirit at the time when hee should have shewed more man-hood and therein he did the Dutch as good service as if he had been their Pentioner and he well knows I told him then I fear'd a hand of God was not farre from him Fourthly When as I sent my Lieutenant to wish them to act vigorously by cutting their Fasts immediately and come out the wind blowing afresh off shoare and we being neere the Lanthorn to receive them according as my Lieutenant makes Oath as if indeed he had been Pentioner to the Dutch he would not rise off his Pallat to the Captains Consultation but there lay like a Cow when a businesse was to be transacted of so high concernment to the honour of the Nation the saving of mens lives and benefit of all our Nations Merchants in point of Trade Fifthly His giving consent to come out so soone in the morning before we had wrought in our Ships and Frigots neer the Mould-head to receive them or were engag'd with the Enemie Sixtly That contrary to all reason and order being out as if he had indented before-hand to be a means of the Sampsons destruction runs with all his men under Hatches as saith our Letters from Legorn Whereas if some persons had been kept on the upper Deck to have trim'd her Fore-saile doubtlesse she had come away cleare of young Trumpe and the Fireship also Seventhly After Mr. Longland had shewed favour to him and other Captaines in time of their imprisonment by his writing on their behalfe into England that they might

be remembred in point of Exchanges and afterwards had engag'd himself in some thousands of crowns that he the said Seaman others should render themselves true Prisoners in Holland I say when that Gentleman came to visitehim after many acts of Civility shewed to him as if he had received a Pension from the Dutch he would have knock'd out his brains with stones he heav'd at him since he was the State of Englands Publick Minister a man of such worth as if this insolent malicious mans conscience would but speak out it must needs confesse That although the State may have many faithfull Servants it 's impossible they should have any in such an employment as he is in more studious and industrious to promote their Honour and Interest Richard Badiley Here followeth an Answer to C. Ell's Declaration FIrst he saith that soone after Capt. Appletons Squadron came out of the Mould the Dutch tack'd on them and then Cap. Badileys Squadron might have come at them I have not the spirit of Divination to know what he meanes by that Passage It 's truth we might have come at them and we did come at them at last but if his meaning be we might have come at them sooner then we did Then thus As soone as ever I saw our Ships coming out of the Mould and what the Flemings were minded to doe I sent Cap. Mings on bord the Frigots to order the Commanders of them to hasten in with all the Saile they could pack to the assistance of that Squadron and he being of the Reer-Admirals Squadron the Phoenix wearing that Flagge he ought to have followed her with all the Sail he could make but if he neglected the doing of his Duty I believe it is not yet too late to call him to accompt and do justice on him for such an Omission If he meanes I neglected or lost time or did not hasten in as the winde gave leave I have shewed the contrary to that by the Attestation of at least halfe a score of very sufficient Officers as Captaines Lieutenants Masters and Masters-Mates and I suppose it will not be very difficult now the Fleet 's come in to finde ten score Witnesses to prove that I could do no more then I did in hastning in if it had been to save the Common-wealth In the next place he tells us two of the Enemies ships were on bord the Leopard on the Larboard side and they all three lay with their heads to the West-ward This passeth as smoothly with them that knows not Star-board from Port as that passage in Cap. Appletons Remonstrance wherein he expresseth that when there was no Wind at all he towed the Leopard through the Dutch Fleet yea and he towed her againe through them at which we need not say to all Sea-men pray laugh since he had no help but of two small Boats for all such men know that a Land Commander might have been as soon believed in saying A Mouse with a string in my Nose led me and my Troop through a Regiment of the Dutch and so valorous it made us that it pul'd us through them againe For those Dutch Ships Stemmes and Bow-sprits lay directly over the Leopards Broad-side and consequently their heads could not lie all one way the Leopards head lay to the South-ward and the Flemings heads lay over her broad side to the West-ward and so with their two Top-sails and fore-sails they kept full before the Wind and pog'd her directly towards the sand that lyeth from the Malora all along to the Main And although I am ready to teare my paper and throw all away rather then spend my time in answering such horrid lies as all these Declarations are stuft withall yet I see there is a necessity of my Patience in proceeding He saith in the next place that all my Squadron was to Wind-ward and shot at a great distance but some went neerer as himselfe for one Oh valorous man Whilst he was at Civita Vechia a moneth or two before he had the States Comimssion for then according to what the Boateswains Mate of the Hector that was in the Ship with him is ready to make Oath he out-pass'd all others for he drank the Confusion of the State of England saith he with such heartinesse that he heav'd his Hat over-board and would not let them fetch it againe being on such a score But it 's prov'd by sundry Witnesses and if occasion be it will be prov'd by the Oaths of tenne times as many knowing men who observ'd what pass'd that those who did least service among all the Ships did as much as the Lewis and as I have denoted else-where But for not going on bord the Leopard or coming neer me when our ship would not worke that I might have commanded him to goe upon that service his Cowardize or negligence therein must needs have caused him to be brought under a most severe sentence and if I had brought him home in chaines to have been tryed for his life for that and other misdemeanors all knowing men must confesse I had done but Justice however if lenity have imboldned him to be so audacious I suppose it is not yet too late for authority to call him to an account and perform that part that I omitted But he proceeds and tels us that when he was getting the wind of the Leopard although he had a mans head shot off and another shot through the back and some wounded he was intended to relieve the afore-mentioned Ship but when I saw him leane to Lea-ward then I cal'd him after mee This is a pretty story to come from a Saylor in Breeches I hope his mans head that was shot off did not make his ship lean to Lee-ward I answer when I saw that he and others who were neere the Leopard being nimble ships did not execute my orders in going on bord to relieve her when our Ship the Parragon would not beare up to doe it if it were to save a Nation as it 's proved upon oath by sundry witnesses and can be proved by as many score if occasion require Yet afterwards when about a dozen of my chief Officers I suppose as able men as any were in the Fleet gave me in their opinion as they would answer it upon their lives it was no way likely since the Leopard was drove so neer the sand that we could dis-intangle her from the other ships untill all of us were aground or be destroy'd together I did with-draw and call off the Squadron and I had been worthy of the repute of a mad-man if I had not done it as I did all things considered I follows next That having the Fireship neere me I might have engaged the Dutch Admirall Let all men judge whether this be not an impudent brazen-fac'd person and whether hee were not under Hatches whereas hee should have been looking abroad when about two hundred and fifty men and boyes that were in the Parragon