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She is furrendered.

Behaviourof the Gal-lies.

Two of themtaken andburnt.

Boss of theSpaniards.

Boss on theEngli thSide.

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upon any honorable Occasion, whenthey are commanded. And in this Stateshe was, when she was forc’d to yield, onthe Conditions aforesaid.

Alt ho’ three Days were limitted forsetting the Captain on Shoar, yet it wasDiscretion not to detain him any longerthan the Carrack was brought off safelyto their Ships. And that Night, SirWilliam Monfon carried the Captain, andthe Rest of the Gentlemen, onBoard hisShip, where they supped, had Varietyof Mustek, and spent the Night inMirth and Pleasure. The Morning fol-lowing, he accompanied them on Shoarhimself, where the Conde de Vitagerahad drawn down all the Force of thewhole Country, amounting to the Num-ber of ten Thousand Men. (Sir Wil-liam Monsorfs printed Tracts fay twentyThousand.)

I must not omit to describe the Be-haviour of the Gallies in the Fight, thatevery Man may have the Honour thatis due to him. Those of Portugal, beingof the Squadron of the Marquis of SantaCruz, betook themselves, with theirGeneral, to Flight, in the Middle ofthe Battle ; But Frederick Spinola, whohad the Command of the Gallies out ofSpain into the Low Countries, did notfollow the Example of the Marquis, butmade good the Road. The other seingthis, with Shame returned; But, as ithappened, to both their Costs; For be-fore they departed, they found the Cli-mate so hot, that they were both forc’dto fly, their Gallies being so miserablyshatter’d, and so many of their Slavesstain, that the English wanned nothingbut Boats to possess them all, as well asthe two they took and burnt; A Prece-dent seldom seen or heard of, for Shipsto take and destroy Gallies.

The Number of Men stain, in theTown, the Castle, the Carrack and theGallies is unknown; tho’ they must havebeen very many. The Wealth of theCarrack could then as little be estimated,tho’ it was afterwards found to be wortha Million of Duckets. The Value ofthe two Gallies, burnt with their Load-ing of Powder, is as hard to be judged,though known to be a Service of greatImportance. The Loss, on the EnglishSide, was not much: Only one Mankilled, in the Fly-boat ; five stain, andas many wounded, in the Garland, andone hurt in the Adventure ; Sir WilliamMonfon had the left Wing of his Doubletshot away, but received no other Hurt.

The Day following, they directed 1602.their Course, with a favourable Wind, They bendfor England ; And being got into seven ^ffards^and forty Degrees, they there met a England.Pinnace, sent with a Packet from theLords of the Council, with Advice ofthe Readiness of a second Fleet to sup-ply them, and with the Departure ofthe Hollanders, which were so long 'looked for. This Fleet of Holland wasin the View of the Pinnace the fameNight, but past by them unseen.

This unlooked for Accident made theAdmiral and Vice Admiral consider whatto do, and they concluded it would notbe proper for both to appear at home,and leave a Fleet, of so great Impor-tance, upon the Enemy’s Coast, with-out a Guide or Head therefore. Theyheld it fit, that the Vice Admiralshould put himself on Board the Non-pareil, as the ablest Ship of the Fleet, S/> Williamand make his Return once more to the Monfon re-Coast of Spain ; But he having taken his tl f rn l t0 J^ ieLeave, and directing his Course for the Spain! ^Coast, a most violent Storm, with a con-trary Wind took him, and continuedten Days, by which his Ship had like tohave foundred in the Deep. The Car-penters and the Company, seing the ap-parent Danger he would be in, if he didnot bear up before the Wind, presented B fd shim a Petition, beseeching him to have t0 somea Regard to their Lives; For by keep- back.ing the Seas, they must all inevitablyperish. Thus was he forc’d, againsthis Inclination, to bear for England, andcoming to Plymouth, he found the Car-rack safely arrived, and that the Fleethe went back to take Charge of, hadnot quitted the Coast of England. ■

" Tho’ it be somewhat impertinent The Fate os" (says Sir William Monfon, at the Con- Don Diego" elusion of his Relation) to this Voy- de Lob0,

" age, to treat of more than the Suc-" cess thereof, yet I will a little digress,

" and relate the Misfortune of that" worthy Young Gentleman, Don Diego“ de Lobo, Captain of the Carrack ; And" because his Worth will appear more" by his Answer to Sir William Monfon ’sOsier, when he was his Prisoner, thus" st was: Sir William told him, thatby the Loss of the Carrack, he mustnecessarily lose the best of his For-tune; For, as he supposed, what he" gained in the Indies, was laden“ in her; And therefore told him, what" st_ e Could challenge, upon his Reputa-tion, to be his own, he should have" Freedom to carry with him: The

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