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A48414 The life of Cornelius Van Tromp, Lieutenant-Admiral of Holland and Westfriesland containing many remarkable passages relating to the war between England and Holland. As also the sea-fights, and other memorable actions of this great man, from the year 1650. to the time of his death. 1697 (1697) Wing L2025D; ESTC R202685 347,100 550

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day at that vast distance whenever we Read their story we are apt to fancy we see themselves before our Eyes But if those two Renowned Nations took such a Religious care to consecrate the Memory of their great Captains to Immortality what ought not Holland to do to Immortalize that of its Famous Admirals If ever there were any State that has made a noise in the World and made it self formidable by Sea is it not this powerfull Republick which has done more in this respect than all other States put together besides It would be but needless here to repeat the History of it's first rise and of it's progresses since and to enter into so long and particular a Narration as that would require to prove a truth so generally acknowledged Neither as to the History of our Admirals is our Age the first that has employed it's writers upon so noble a Subject our Ancestors have led the way and set us worthy Patterns how to acquit our selves of this Just duty And accordingly emboldened by their Example I venture to Compose the History of one of those Hero's who without tarnishing the glory of the others may be said to have been one of the greatest and most Renowned Commanders that ever appeared on the Ocean a Hero whose very name was a terror to his Enemies That was descended of a Father who had been present in above Fifty Sea Battles in which he either Commanded in chief or had at least one of the principal Posts of Authority whose good Conduct and undaunted courage had much contributed to make Holland one of the Richest and most flourishing States of Europe and who at last after gaining so many Triumphs and Victories died with Sword in hand for the advantage of his Country a Hero in fine that alway followed the glorious foot steps of his Illustrious Father who was as much beloved by his own Sea-men and people as he was dreaded by his Enemies and who in a supreme degree possest all the vertues of a great and accomplish'd Captain We shall say nothing of the first years of the life of Cornelius Tromp whose History we design here to write because there usually happens nothing to men in that time of infancy that much concerns or is much worth the Curiosity of the publick It will be enough only to remark to you that having been as 't were wholly nourish'd and brought up at Sea from his most tender youth scarcely was he arrived to a Capacity of Commanding but he was made Captain of a Ship which imployment he discharged with so much Courage and Ability that gave the World a certain prognostick he was destinated to exercise those of greater importance One of the first occasions in which he was imployed and of which doubtless a particular Relation will be acceptable was in the War the States were obliged to make against the Corsairs of Barbary For those Pyrates taking daily a great Number of Dutch Merchant-Ships bound either to Spain or for divers other ports in the Mediterranean the States at length tired out and vext with so many losses gave order to John de Galen Famous for his brave Actions to Joyn himself to the Commander de Wilde and to the Capt. Tromp and Van Velsen to go before Sally and to Block up that Port by Sea in order by that means to put a stop to the Course of it's Piracies He had orders to Convoy by the way as far as Cadiz all Merchant-Ships going into France or Portugal and to steer away from thence towards Sally Accordingly Setting sail and being come into those Seas he was inform'd by Captain Vries who was Cruising there that no Corsair had yet appeared in those parts because those Barbarians were at Intestine Jars about the Government and that they of the old Town had taken up arms against those of the new but that notwithstanding the differences among themselves they were unanimously inclined to hearken to a Treaty of Peace whenever it should be offered to them by the States General because they stood in much fear of their power And in effect de Galen was no sooner arrived thither but a Negotiation was presently entred into to draw up the Conditions of the Treaty In order to which it was first agreed upon that as soon as the Moors should have put up a White Flag in the Fort de Galen should put up the like upon his Main-Mast-Top for a Signal that the Deputies of Sally might safely come on Board the Admiral At which Signal accordingly four Moorish Deputies came thither whom de Galen received in the Captains State-Room with great Civility He that was the principal amongst them said that the Princes both of Old and New Sally had expected with great impatience the arrival of the Holland Fleet in hopes of coming to a Treaty of Peace with them to which they were entirely disposed and so much the more upon Consideration that they had formerly lived in good Correspondence with them before they had thrown off the Yoke of those of Morocco for that it was surprizingly strange they should whilst they were yet slaves have preserved Peace with a free Nation as were the Dutch and that now since they were come out of Slavery into Liberty they should fall out with the same people but that the cause of all those unhappy Hostilities that had happened since between them were to be attributed to some of their Chiefs and that in a word they Earnestly desired that such Reasonable Conditions might be proposed that might be the foundation of a lasting Accommodation to satisfy which desire of theirs our Admiral proposed to them the following Articles viz. 1. That all Christian slaves of what Nation soever that had been taken on Board any Dutch Ships should be Released without Ransome and without any wrong done to them 2. That for the Future no Ship belonging to the States should be stopt upon any pretence whatsoever 3. That no Corsair Ship should be suffered to go out of Sally without giving in first sufficient security that none of the Sates Ships should be molested by them 4. That such Dutch Ships as had been taken by the Corsairs of Algier or Tunis and brought into their Ports to be sold should be Restored into the hands of their Respective owners 5. That it should not be lawfull to retain any Native Subject of the united Provinces as a slave nor to sell him as such within the Countries under their Jurisdiction but he should be immediately set at Liberty 6. That the Hollanders should Trade freely and safely with them 7. That no Merchandises Imported or Exported by the Hollanders should pay any higher Duties than those of the Moors themselves 8. That if it so pleased their High and Mightinesses the Sates their Allies should likewise be included in the same Treaty And lastly that this Treaty should in all points be observed as firmly and inviolably as the Treaty before made between the said States and
in the Face of the whole World that 't is all conformable to the Truth and I declare before God That I have done nothing that betrays my Intentions which were for the Good of the Publick and the Glory of my Country And now High and Mightinesses I cannot suffer without Reparation that without having any Regard to all the faithful Services I have done Admiral de Ruiter out of a Principle of Hatred and Jealousie should offer such a bloody Outrage to my Honour and Reputation as to make me pass for a villainous and ill-intentioned Man only because God did me the Favour to make me triumph over the Enemies with a small Force when he with a Strength incomparably greater met only with Shame and Disadvantage on his side So then if I have in this occasion acted contrary to my Honour and Duty I see my self uncapable for the future to render my Services to my Country And besides 't is not now a Time to suffer any cowardly or villainous Persons in the great Employments at Sea but it is rather necessary to make Choice of Prudent and Valiant Captains that may be ready at all times to sacrifice their Estates and Lives for the Good of the State which Advantages I can without vanity say I have hitherto possessed in such a manner that I believe neither Lieutenant Admiral de Ruiter nor any other Man living upon the Face of the Earth is able to ravish them from me But I apprehend with a sensible Regret that many Disorders will happen in the Fleet and that the Officers and Seamen when they come on Shore will proceed to pernicious Extremities which I pray God of his Clemency to avert putting my g eatest Hopes in him and in the wise Conduct of your High and Mightinesses whom I recommend to his Holy Protection and remain c. The States of Holland fearing that Hatred between the two Admirals might be attended with fatal Consequences committed that Business into the Hands of some Members of their Assembly to be examined and Pensionary de Wit who had always entertain'd an irreconcilable Hatred for Tromp for being well affected to the Interests of the illustrious House of Orange proposed to the Assembly of the States of Holland the Resolution of the Commissioners appointed for that purpose viz. That in order to the preserving of Vnion and Peace in the Fleet Tromp should be cited to come and justifie himself That he agreed not with Admiral de Ruiter in what he had advanced That the Service of the State absolutely required That one of those two Admirals should be put out of his Place and that they could better be without Tromp than de Ruiter c. That Project was approved by the Nobles and by the Towns of Dort Delf Leyden Amsterdam Gouda Rotterdam Gornichem Schiedam Schoonhoven the Brill Alkmaer Hoorn Edam Medenblick and Purmerend The Town of Harlem would have Tromp cited to be examined about the Letter he writ to de Ruiter The Town of Enku●sen was of the Opinion That Endeavours should be used to reconcile them together again in a friendly manner Monikendam would have Tromp to present a Petition to beg his Acquittal but the States at length took the following Resolution THE Pensionary has made Report to the Assembly of the Considerations the Deputies of their High and Mightinesses have made The States Resolution about deposing Tromp from his Place of Lieutenant Admiral in Pursuance of the Commission given them on the 18th instant concerning the Resolutions their said High and Mightinesses are to take in order to stop and prevent the fatal Disorders that might happen in the Fleet and to provide for the maintenance of that good Vnderstanding that ought to prevail among the Sea-Officers and principally upon the Examination that has been made of Lieutenant Admiral Tromp's Letter to the States from the Ship called the Holland in the Road of Flushing dated the 13th instant in which he gives a particular Relation of what passed in the Fight against the English and of the Conclusion he infers thence as appears by these following Words And now High and Mightinesses I cannot suffer without Reparation that in Contempt of all the faithful Services I have rendred Admiral de Ruiter c. Vpon which having deliberated we have judged That the said Lieutenant Admiral Tromp after such great Marks of the Hatred and Animosity he has conceived against Lieutenant Admiral de Ruiter Commander in Chief of the States Fleet could not be continued in his Employment joyntly with de Ruiter without exposing the Fleet to an inevitable Ruine by the Disorder and Confusion that would predominate in the Command of it Wherefore for the preventing of such great Disasters it has been resolved and we will That the Commission of Lieutenant Admiral of Holland and West-Friesland of the College of the Admiralty of Amsterdam provisionally granted to the said Tromp be Revoked and Remitted by these Presents and that in consequence of the same his Employment vacant by his Dismission shall be filled up with another Officer of Merit And that the whole may be done in good Order the Matter shall be put in Execution by the Generality and the said Tromp shall be summoned without Delay before their High and Mightinesses and at his Arrival his Dismission shall be made Publick as it ought to be Lieutenant Admiral Tromp then coming to the Hague on the 23d of the Month Tromp displaced by the States of Holland in Obedience to the abovesaid Resolution presented himself next Day before the Assembly of the States where Pensionary de Wit told him from their High and Mightinesses That it was their Will and Pleasure to take from him the Commission of Lieutenant Admiral of the College of the Admiralty of Amsterdam that had been granted him Tromp made him answer That he was ready to pay a willing Obedience to their High and Mightinesses with many Thanks besides for the Honours they had done him But because it was feared some Mutiny might happen in the Fleet by reason of the great Affection the Seamen bore to Tromp the States forbad him to stir out of the Hague till further Order and to go or write to the Fleet upon pain of being accounted the Author of all the Mischiefs that might ensue And in Truth there was some Danger of it but the good Order that was given and the Prudence that was used in so Nice a Business as that restrained the Malecontents within the Bounds of Obedience The same Day the States of Holland advanced to the Office of Lieutenant Admiral vacant by the Dismission of Tromp Mr. de Gent Colonel of a Marine Regiment Sweers likewise who was Rear-Admiral before was made Vice-Admiral of the same College in the Place of Vander Hulst Verburg succeeded Sweers in the Place of Rear-Admiral and Captain David Vlug was made Rear-Admiral of the College of the Admiralty of the North in the room of de Horn who was killed Mr.