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1595- given the Command of the Admiral toCaptain Langton, which so displeasedCaptain Monfbn,. that he resolved to seekhis Fortune.'alone, in th o Alee do.

The Reft of The Scourge, the .Anthony, and thepro feed! Frig at, went together to the Azores,

where they first took the St. Thomas, aJ Caravel Caravel, of a Hundred Tuns, laden withtaken. Sugar. After which, being near theIsland of Flores, in a Fog, they disco-vered a great Ship lying by the Lee,which they imagined, at first, to be aCarrack ; But they found it afterwardsAn Engage- to be the St. Thomas, Vice-Admiral ofmentwtth ^ j£i n g of Spain's Fleet, waiting to con-FRefldmi- voy the East -and Weft-Indian Fleets.ral. They immediately engaged her, and

plied her so warmly, that she was gladto bear up, to recover the Rest of theSpanijh Fleet, which, when the Fogwas dispersed, they found lying at nogreat Distance from them. This beingan unequal Match for them, theythought it was Time to make off, whichthey did without Hinderance, the Spar-,niards not having the Courage to pursuethem, and sailed for the Coast of Spain.Three Dutch Here they took three Dutch Ships,

Ships taken, ©f the East Country, laden with W heat,Copper, and other Ammunitions andProvisions, for the King of Spain's Use,for which Reason they were lawfulPrize: And having, by this Time,spent the best Part of their Provisions,they returned.

Sir William Monson gives us the fol-lowing Account of his Share in thisAdventure.

Capt. Mon-i " O this Year (Jap our Æthor, inson ’sAdven- " the Compendium of his own Life) I wastare. re marr ied; But, before my Marriage,

" I engaged myself, by Promise, to at-" tend my Lord of Cumberland, as his" Vice-Admiral, to Sea. His Lordship" went in the Malice-Scourge, a brave" Ship, built by himself; His Vice-

“ Admiral was th e^Alcedo, a goodly I tfft" Ship, hired of the Merchants.

" Now I began to have a Proof of" what I had before just Cause to sus-" pect; viz. the inconstant Friendship“ of the Earl of Cumberland ; For tho“ I was drawn by his sweet Words .and,

" Promises, to this Voyage, and that we" had proceeded upon it so far as Ply-“ mouth, and from thence eight or nine" Leagues to Sea, towards the Coast of“ Spain, without imparting, or making" Shew of any Thing to me, he sud-‘ s denly quitted the Voyage (a) and ap-“ pointed another Captain for his own" Ship, which so much displeased me“ for the present, that I abandoned" the Company of his Ship at Sea, and" betook myself to my own Adventure.

" This bred an After-Quarrel betwixt" my .Lord and me, and it was a long" Time before we were reconciled.

" My Voyage produced no Danger" of Famine or Sword, as other Voy-" ages had done. The worst Enemy I" found were Storms, which were such" as forced me to cut my Main-mast" by the Board, and compelled me to" bear for England. After I had wea-" thered the Coast of Spain, the Storm" held on so outrageous, and was of" such long Continuance, that I was" driven to Spain, before the Sea, be-" twixt the Groyne, in Gallicia, and" Blavet in Bret ague, which was, at" that Time, in the Hands of the Spa-" niards. The Sea was so high, and" the Waves so powerful, that they" raked me Fore and Aft, for Want of" a Main-mast to keep the Ship steady;

" So that, for many Days together, I" expected nothing but to founder at" Sea : But it pleased God at last to1C send me to Plymouth.

(a) Sir William takes no Notice of the Earl’s bfeing recalled by the Queen,

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