^86 EliZ.'t r'Naval Expeditions, &c of the English, Book II;

16.22. charge the Town, the Fort, the Galliesand the Carrack, all at oneinstant. Theyhad determined, - if the Carrack hadbeen on Ground, or lo nigh the Shoar,that the Queen’s Ships- could -not floatto her, . that the two Easterlings', whichwere taken the Day before, shouldboard and burn her.

The Attackbegun-

The Admi-ral givesthe firstCharge :

Is followedly the Vice-Admiral.

The Galliesterriblybattered.

The third Day, early in the Morn-ing, every Man was in a Readiness, andexpected Orders' when to begin, ac-cording to the Agreement the Day be-fore. A . Gale of Wind happening a-bout ten of the Clock, the Admiralweighed, shot of a .Warning-Piece, andput out his Flag, in the Main Top.The Vice-Admiral did the like in hisForetop, according to Custom, andevery Captain so encouraging his Men,as embolden’d them, tho' they weregrown weak and feeble before, theywere now revived and bestirred them-selves, as if a new Spirit had been in-fused into them.,. The Admiral was thefirst that gave ; the Charge, after himfollowed the Rest of the Ships, strewinggreat Valour, and gaining great Honour.The last of all was the Vice-Admiral,who, entering into the Fight, still stroveto luff up, as near the Shoar as he could,where he came to an Anchor, continu-ally Fighting with the Town, the Fort,the Gallies, and the Carrack, all atonce; For he had laid himself so, thathe could play both his Broad-Sides up-on them at once. And now might beseen the Prows of the Gallies fwimingon the one Side ; On the other Side, theSlaves forsaking them, and swimmingto us, and in short every Thing in Con-fusion amongst them. In this Mannerthey fought ’till five of the Clock in theAfternoon. The Vice-Admiral was an-chored in such a Place, that the Gallies

rowed from one Side to another seekingto shun him, which Sir Richard Levi-fon observing, he came on Board him,and openly, in the View and Hearingof his whole Company imbraced him,and told him he had won his Heart forever.

Th e Rest of the Ships, as they weredirected, plied up, excepting the Ad-miral, who, by the Negligence of hisMaster, or some other Impediment,without his Privity, when he shouldhave anchored, fell so far to the Lee-ward, that the Wind and the Tide car-

ried him out of the Road; And it wasthe next Day before his Ship could befetched in again. The Admiral was so

enraged at this, that he putFimfelf into 1602.ith q Dreadnought, and brought her toan Anchor close to the Vice-Admiral, Diligence _about two of. the Clock in the After-Vnoon; There was no Opportunity letflip;For,where the Admirals fawDefectin any other Ship, they supplied it withtheir own Persons ; And th eEasterlings, The Easter-appointed to board the Carrack, ■ be-\ in S s /^*^ginning to faint, and fail of observingthe Directions given them, the Vice- by the Vice-Admiral perceiving it, went on .Board Admiral.them himself, vowing if they seemedbackward in putting in Execution theDesign of Firing the Carrack , theyshould have, as little Mercy to hopefrom the English, as they could expectfrom the Enemy.

Whilst the Vice-Admiral was thusordering these Things, on Ej 0 ?rd theEajl er lings, ’Sir Richard Levison cameto him, and in no wife would suffer SirWilliam to board the Carrack himself;

But carried him into the Dreadnought,where they consulted how to preservethe Carrack, and possess her.

The Resolution of this Conference A Parlywas to offer her Parly, which they pre-sently put in Practice, and commanded Larall the Ships to leave Firing, ’till the '

Return of the Messenger. The Manemployed'was one Captain Sewell, whohad escaped, and swam to them, afterhaving been four Years Prisoner in theGallies, as likewise did many Turks andChristians. The Design of this Parlywas, to persuade them to yield, bypromising them honourable Conditions.

He was to intimate, as of himself, thatthe Gallies, whose Strength they mostpresumed upon, were beaten, someburnt, the Rest fled, and that now theEnglish had possession of the Road, theCastle not being able to withstand theirOrdnance, much less the Carrack; Andthat if they refused this Offer of Mercy,they were to expect all the Cruelty andRigor, that a Conqueror could inflictupon his Enemy. After some Confer-ence to this Effect, the Captain of theCarrack told him, he would fend someGentlemen of Quality on Board, withCommission to treat, and desired thatsome of the like Quality from the Eng-lish might repair to him, to the samePurpose.

These Gentlemen came aboard theDreadnought, where the Admiral andVice-Admiral were, expecting the Re-turn, and Success of Captain Sewell:

After the Delivery of their Message,

they