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B14988	The true relation of that vvorthy sea fight, which two of the East India shipps, had with 4. Portingals, of great force and burthen, in the Persian Gulph With the lamentable death of Captaine Andrew Shilling. With other memorable accidents, in that voiage. Printed this 2. of Iuly.		1622 (1622)	STC 18507.57A; ESTC S101705	7,812	27

THE TRVE RELATION OF THAT WORTHY SEA FIGHT WHICH two of the East Jndia Shipps had with 4. Portingals of great force and burthen in the Persian Gulph WITH THE LAMENTABLE Death of Captaine Andrew Shilling WITH OTHER MEMORABLE ACCIDENTS IN THAT Voiage Printed this 2. of Iuly LONDON Printed by I. D. for Nathaniel Newbery and William Sheffard and are to be sold in Popes-head Alley 1622. Tibi crescit omne Et quod occasus videt quod ortus Parce venturis tibi mors paramur Sis licet sequis properamus ipsi Prima quae vitam dedit hora carpsit Seneca in Hercul fuerent THE LAMENTABLE DEATH OF CAPTAINE Andrew Shilling who was slaine by the Portingals in the Persian Gulph I Will neither talke of the Roman glory nor the Roman Vertues which made that glory so translucent to the lookers on but how by commemoration of hystory and publication of their worthinesse to the world which was apparant in nothing more then the rewarding of well deserving men or remembring them to posteritie by some relation or other thus at this day is the Common Wealth of Venice famosed for observing the rules of Ahashuerosh in keeping the custome of attention to his owne Chronicles and then making a stop at Mordechaies saving his life asking what had beene done to the man of so great deserving and when answere was made nothing oh blessed be those times wherein Princes will demand such questions and Courtiers be so honest to tell the truth you know what followed and my heart leaps for ioy to see the Emperour so gratious From hence other Common-Wealths haue or should haue such Registers as a man by Alphabet may finde out the memorable actions of others imployed in their Countries seruice or such Antiquaries as shall expose the Noble Achieuments of heroijck spirits in what kinde so ever As for their interposition that would haue none but men of Honour and great Captaines nominated I am sodden in my question how came they to be so Honourable but from humbled Auncestors and poore beginnings and all from the advancement and donation of Maiestick Princes Oh God he that saw the Danow and the vast mouth of Hister gaping vpon the blacke Sea hee that looked vpon Nilus seven gates opening themselues vpon the Mediterranean Sea Hee that followeth the Rhine in his triple division and braving the Ocean with his streames and also saw the weake swellings vnder the Alpes or trickling drops come out of the Hils would wonder at the progresse of these Rivers and stand amazed to conceiue that such poore springs should increase to such huge streames thus fareth it with men of good deserving the more meane and obscure the more glory and honour to make their vertue extend so farre as true notice and memory of their actions or to stepp out of the common tract of drudging and despised poverty to take braver steps toward renowne and riches Therefore I embrace Master Hacklife for his voyages the Travellers of our time for their iournals the Chronologers for their inventories the writers of Story for their records of memorable men and all the lovers of their Country for attempting some exploit or other without insulting or ostentation and yet remarkable to future ages yea I protest I thanke him that set out the discourses of the Iacob and Exchange of Bristow with their Masters and Saylers who performed wonders ere they could bring the ships into England and all others that are so touched with truth and desire not to let passe worthy accidents that they will publish honest discourses which shall affoord example or precept to idle sluggish men to be rowsed vp and take more cheerefull courses to doe themselues and country good I could name many things of wonder and other men of worth but that I determine no such heapes nor to raise a poore Pamphlet to such an height that Envies fingers shall attempt to pull it downe to rubbish or raging feete presume to trample it to dirt I will now onely speake of a man of whom I am acquainted with nothing but his valour and skill in his profession yea I am so impartiall that not knowing any friend or kindred belonging vnto him I will yet out of meere affection to vertue and desire to worke vpon the governours of Factories importune them to remember the liuing with reward and the dead by recompencing their widdowes and children and intreat others to endevour the immitation of well deservers and make vse of Themistocles schollership who was so inflamed with the Trophes of Miltiades that he never desisted till he had got the reputation of a great Captaine This Andrew Shilling of whom I would speake and am affrayd I shall not speake sufficiently came from all the degrees of Navall imployment to be master of a ship yea of many ships till at last in the time of Sir Thomas Glover whom master Clarke brought over with his Lady to Constantinople he arrived there himselfe with a ship called the Angell which he commanded as maister Tiler did the Dragon There was also maister Bradshaw at Aleppo Captaine King at Xante and many other well deserving men at Scio Smirna and al the ports of the Levant and Arches But Shilling without impeachment of the credit of others was so liked and looked vpon with the iudicious eyes of the East India Company that they imployed him thither and he imployed himselfe so well and so honestly that he dispatched his businesse and came with Sir Thomas Roe who had beene Ambassadour to the great Mogull into England But see what it is to thriue the Marchants mooving in their proper elements for obtaining of wealth and having had some passages of discontentments with former Captaines thought it not befitting to be further molested and therefore once againe made choice of master Shilling to goe another voyage to which after his accounts were rendred he so addressed himselfe that he scarce tarried 6 weeks but vndertooke the busines And in a ship called the London was appointed Admirall of that Fleet the Vice Admirall was the Hart There were also two other ships in the company the Eagle and the Roe-buck all of great burthen and daringly able to encounter with a far greater number Thus shall honest men be imployed and vertue can not be poore so that whether it was their iudgement and good husbandry or his wisedome and care to take hold of opportunities fore-top he thought his time well bestowed in growing rich and they thought their choice very happie to make him rich and so vpon reciprocall agreement he tooke the Seas for Zarret in the East Indies in the next ships that were readie after Sir Thomas Roe came into England and after many changes and varietie of Accidents boysterous Seas and mounting billowes fearefull stormes and some wants he attained the desired harbour had not an vndesired mischance flung him downe into the harbour of death For he perished in the Sea by slaughter which was the more

should seeme were very great and so the fight continued fearefully betweene vs. In a word such was the terror and dangerous encounter that although Captaine Shilling our Admirall with all the good words and better actions which belonged to a principall commander still comforted vs and as farre as men might coniecture warranted our prevailing at this time yet Captaine Best his sonne whom they call Generall in the East Indies taking hold of our first determination to set fire on the Portingall in our possession with the horses put it presently in practise when there was neither reason nor cause and when he was furthest from all perill and mischiefe as we thought we had indeed fitted and appointed her to fire but how in case of necessitie which as yet came not vpon vs nor was there any likelihood more then the chance of encounters and fortune of warre to desparire of prevailing Well he tooke out as many things as he thought convenient leaving most part of the Dates and Raisons in her and leaving vs in kinde of confusion to see so many goodly horses perish in the raging Sea and so to all our griefes she was fired and thrust vp to strike amongst the Portingalls with supposition either to destroy them or dissipate them But alas all was in vaine for either the busines was ill managed or the Wind slacked her course or something or other was amisse for she went not forward but perished in her flames and combustion before vs all effecting no more good then a generall casting vp the account of the Accident wherevnto life is subiect and a particular examination of our owne estates which might be subiect to the same inconveniences But to goe forward I must needs confesse that if it had pleased the Captaine seeing he was so resolved he might haue come nearer and thrust her vp more closer vpon them to their preiudice and firing indeed but failing and thus disappointed our fight continued longer and as I said the very night tooke pittie vpon vs and divided vs in which darknes they went away into harbour and being wonderfully torne with our shot and dismembred with crosse barres thought it best to repaire their ships againe and provide more men to set vpon vs afresh The truth is we let them alone and gaue way to their good husbandry anchoring our selues in harbour and preparing to goe about our marchandice and set forward our traffique But on a sudden within 3. or 4. dayes vnexpected they came out of the road braved vs againe which when our Captaine Shilling perceived we also perceived in him which we never did before very fignes of discontent as if they were presagers of some mischiefe to follow For though the valiant man was vndaunted yet as it happens in such cases of suspition anger and revenge he thus vented out his griefe as a Complainant against the malignitie of time and over-sights of encounters I see quoth he that in al expeditions opportunity is not to be neglected but shee taketh it in scorne that when she openeth her lap we refuse her bounty and kindnes so that if we had followed our fortune last day and not suffered these men to haue breathed in the meditation of revenge gone foreward in their reparations wee had ended the busines but now they haue not onely got new breath but new courages and will returne vpon vs with greater fury and mischiefe Besides there are severall vertues which are vnseasonable in their practise such as wee call pitty commiseration and patience all good for nothing in these warlike trials and among pollitick and cruel adversaries but to draw on heavier burthens and make vs subiect to fearefull inconveniences wherefore if I liue I will never bee guilty of this errour againe and if I dye I leaue it to you all as a principle neuer to slacke you hand if you finde the enemy staggering neuer to giue ouer till you haue made a faire Composition or dispatched the busines But come seeing we must fight let vs doe it couragiously that these Portingals with many presidents of former times may confesse they haue met with English-men After this briefe and pithy complaint we prepared our selues and on Childermas day our Admirall came and anchored by their sides whom the Vice-Admirall followed did the like the other two shipps being smaller of weaker sayle the winde smaly helping them could not come foreward so we were compelled with the London and the Hart to make a triall with al the 4. great Portingals which we did in such a maner that I protest if I might scape vaine glory or partialitie neuer was such a fight so wel begun nor better continued for we tore them all to peices and kild so many men that they could scarce get away from vs nor had escaped perishing all if mischance had not checked our forwardnes and moderated our insulting with the greatest losse that we thought we could receiue for in the midst of the conflict while we were wrapped in smoake and sweating in blood a crosse shot crost vs all and slue our Captaine yea he perished in the midst of our triumphs when wee had but sixe men slaine and very few to speake of hurt Andrew Shilling perished when we by his valour prospred and thought to haue gone cleere away with the Victory Andrew Shilling perished to our disconsolation abatement of ioy when we thought of nothing but prevailing but Wisedome was at last predominant and in remediles cases we cast vp another account of reclaiming our selues and tempring the sorrow so that we were once againe divided and the Portingalls most gladly and cunningly departed from vs and when they were out of sight we gaue God the prayse for our deliverance and divided the sorrow for our Captaines losse amongst vs not a man but bemoaned his death not a man but participated with his vertues not a man but was the better for his instructions not a man but wondred at his experience and skill in Navigation not a man but lamented his vntimely death not a man but extolled his timely worthinesse and so with one consent he was buried with all the Ceremonies of a Generall and cast out of sight for feare of troubling vs further and raising new extasies to no purpose This second encounter was more formidable then the first and continued longer but ended thanks be to God as you haue heard to our small detriment at this time whereby we went forward in our busines and were well-commed to Iasques in Persia to advance our traffique But how many were slaine of our enemies we know not onely we know their ships were made vnserviceable for the present and report when we were setled in harbour assured vs that they lost 370. Portingalls besides Moores and Negroes of whom they make no account as being their slaues and so subiect to all basenesse prostitution and carelesnesse I could enlarge this Letter with many occurrences in our Voyage both tending to navigatiō discourse but when our good ship called the Hart commeth into England there are those in her that will truely and heartily tell you all you desire and more then I am acquainted with onely I can assure you our trade thriues and we haue 1200. tunne of lading readie at Zarret but the Portingals grow stronger and stronger and prepare themselues to intercept our ships both in the way of revenge for their former losses and out of covetuousnes and glory to enrich themselues and performe some worthy exploit vpon vs for they heare of our preparation and know of our riches which hath made them as I sayd prepare a greater Fleete and maketh vs assured there is nothing to be expected but encounters and slaughters blood and death happen when it will and to whom it shall This Letter was written from Swallo Road neere Zarret the 20. of November 1621. and brought into England with the last shipps that came in the beginning of Iune to the comforting of many sad hearts recouering the staggering opiniō of the East Indiaes companies thriuing frō whence I protest I haue extracted nothing but the truth and if I by way of illustration or amplificatiō there are some things added in the prayse of the man Oh let vertue haue this passage amongst you that it is a glory to all Common-wealths neither to obscure her as she is of a durable essence and existence nor to be forgetfull of her servants as they are worthie of commemoration and well deserving in their severall places wherein God hath bestowed them FINIS