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tc Fight continued two Flours by our" Glass, and better, and lo near the" Shoar, that the Dwellers thereupon" saw all the Beginning and the End-" ing, and what Danger we stood in :" For upon the Shoar stood a little" Flo use, wherein was likewise turned" a Glass all the Time, during the" Fight, which measured the Flours as" they passed: And this was PFaljing-" ham’s Part of the Fight.

" The next Fight was with one Cap-" tain Kelley’s Ship, which came like-wife up with his Flag in the Main-“ top, and another Ship with his Flag(t in the Fore-top, which Ships were at" least three Hundred Tun a piece, and“ had in each of thhm eight and twen-<£ tyor thirty Pieces of Ordnance, (s)* £ and about two Hundred and fifty" Men. They laid us aboard one on" the Starboard-Quarter, and the otheron the Larboard, where entring our" Ship thick and threefold, with their‘ r Scimiters, Flatchets, half Pikes andother Weapons, put us in great Dan-« ger, both of the Loss of our Ship" and our Lives; For they performed" much Manhood and many dangerous" Hazards. Amongst these, there was" one of their Company, that despe-" rately went up into our Main-top," to fetch dow*n our Flag, which being" spied by the Steward of our Ship, he" presently stiot with his Musket, that" he fell upon our Deck, and was pre-" sently cast into the Sea, leaving the“ Flag behind him.

" Thus these two Ships fought with(C us, with great Resolution, playing“ upon us with their Ordnance, and" small Shot, for the Space of an Hour‘ s and a half, of whom we received" some Hurt, and likewise they of us;" But when they saw they could not" prevail, nor any Way make us tote yield, they bore up, and passed from" us, to lay their Ships by the Lee, to" stop their Leaks, for we had grie-<f vousty torn and battered them, with" our great Ordnance; And this was“ the second Attempt they made uponft us.

e<r Now, for the third, there camesc two more of Captain Kelly’s Ships, of

" two Hundred and fifty Tuns a- 161" piece, each of them had two and" twenty Pieces of Ordnance, and at" the least two Hundred Men, all well" provided as might be, which was as" we thought too great a Number forus, being so few in our Ship; But<£ God that was our Friend, gave us" such Strength and Success, that theylittle prevailed against us ; For ac" their first coming up, notwithstand-" ing all their Multitude of Men, we" stiot one of them quite thro' and" thro’, and laid him likewise by the" Lee, as we had done the others be-ll fore. But the other Ship (g) re-" mainining, laid us aboard on the" Starboard-fide, and, in that Quarter" they entered our Ship, with their Sci-" mitars, Fauchions, Half-Pikes and" other Weapons, running too and fro£s upon the Deck, crying still in the N er ,

“ Turkish Tongue, Yield yourselves , ur" Yield yourselves promising we lhouldbe well used, and have one thirdPartof our Goods delivered back, with" such like fair Promises.

t£ At this one of our Company told" the Master of the large Oiler the Refused $“ Turks made, persuading him to yield; ^Xlastd“ But the Master replied : Away Vh-“ lain , I will never give them Part or“ Quarter, whilst I have any Quarters to" my Body. Whereupon he, giving" no Ear to them, stood stisiy in our" Defence, chusing rather to dy, than“ to yield, as it is still the Nature and" Condition of all Englishmen, and be-“ ing thus resolved, some of our Men" played our Ordnance against them,tr some played with the small Shot, some" fought with other Weapons, as Swords,

" and half Pikes, and,such like. In the£s Midst of this Skirmish, it so hap-" pened, by ill Chance, that our Ship ^

tc was fired, (h) and in great Danger“ to be lost and cast away, had nowthe Loi;D in his Mercy preserved us,

" and sent us Means happily to quench" it; But now mark the Accident.

‘ £ The Fire being perceived by our" Enemies to burn outragiously, and“ thinking that our Ship would have" suddenly consumed to the Water, they" left us to our Fortunes, falling astern

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(g) This was probably the Rear Admiral,which I mentioned above, to be larger than all theRest, and one of my Accounts fays, in this Place,she was of five Hundred Tuns, and fix Hundredand fifty Men.

(h) My other Account fays she was fired pur-posely by the Enemy, with Fire-balls, in threePlaces, at once.