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James I. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English,. Book I'll.
their Rear-Admiral j three Leagueswithin him, on his Quarter, with Pen-dants on their Mizzen-tops. The Fleet,being thus divided, steered away Eastand by South, along the Shoar, tor A-licant.
The seventh, early, it being calm,and all the Fleet together, the Admiraltook in all her Sails, and lay a-hull,Councu of all the Fleet doing the like, uponWar held. which the Admiral made a Signal fora general Council. All the Captainsand Masters being repaired aboard theAdmiral, it was there concluded, thattwo Ships of the least Draught of Wa-ter, and one Pinnace, should hale theShoar close aboard, to see if any Pi ratswere at Anchor, and to free the Shoar.At the same Time the Word was given,y. r which was Greenwich,atAiicm^ 6 The nineteenth, they came to anAnchor in Ahcant- Road, where theAdmiral again put his sick Men alhoar,and staid there till the five and twen-tieth ; And then the whole Fleet, be-ing provided with Wine, Water, andother Necessaries, set Sail for Algiers,leaving the Good-will behind them, outof which the Admiral took the most ofthe Men, to supply the Room of thosehe was obliged to leave sick aslioar.^Anchor^in The Govern and twentieth, they castAlgiers-itay. Anchor in Algier Road, in twenty-fo-ven Fathom Water, out of the Com-mand of the Town or Castle. Theysaluted the Town with their Ordnance,but were not answered with a singleShot; The Admiral and the Rear-Ad-miral wearing white Ancients, and theother Ships none. The next Day, theAdmiral sent a Gentleman on Shoarwith a white Flag, to let the Vice-royknow the Cause of their coming, andhe returned an Answer by four Men,with a white Flag, that he had Ordersfrom the Grand Signor to use the Englijhwith all Respect, and that their Messmight have the free Liberty of the Shoar,to buy whatProvisions theywanted.Theylikewise promised, if the Admiral wouldsend any Gentleman of Distinctionon Shoar, the next Day, with theKing’s Letters, upon Shooting off apiece, the Admiral should, accordingThe Pirats to pjg Demands, receive sufficient Ho-
Vera!Prizes stages on Board > for his Safety. ThisNight, the Pirats brought in threePrizes, a Flemming , and two Englijh•men, one of Plymouth, and the otherof North Yarmouth.
The nine and twentieth, the Admi-
ral sent the same Gentleman affioar a- 1620,gain with Letters, to give them Noticewhat Pledges he demanded for suchGentlemen as were then ready to go a-lhoar with His Majesty’s Letters: Aboutfour in the Afternoon, the Admiralshot off a Piece of Ordnance, and, ac-cording to Promise, sent Captain JohnRoper, in his Barge, accompanied withdivers other Persons of Distinction, tocarry the King’s Letter to the Baffiawand the Divan ; But, before they gotaslioar, a Message was brought, thatthe Chief of the Divan were out ofTown, and the Pledges not ready ; Butthat the next Morning they would notfail; They were not, however, fog oodWords.
The second of Tdecember, the Ad- The King'smural lent Captain Roper on Shoar a- ^-• ei: J ers f en *gain, with His Majesty’s Letters, and ° n h ° ar 'two of the chief Men of the Townwere sent on Board as Hostages. Thethird, came in six Spanijh Men of War,with an Admiral, who saluted the En-glijh Admiral, by striking his Flag. Helikewise went on Board, and told SirRobert, that he came in Pursuit of someTurkijh Pirats, who, in an Engagementwith a Spanijh Ship, of seven HundredTuns, off of Garthagena, had carriedoff about three Hundred Spaniards ,whose Ship being set on Fire, had beenobliged to submit to Slavery, to savetheir Lives. The Spanish Admiral fail-ing up towards the Town, some Shot'were exchanged, but not great Damagedone on either Side. The fourth, the A svjetAdmiral received an Answer from the retimed.Town to the King’s Letters.
The sixth, after many Debates, mwhich they found the Yurks perfidious Perfidiousand fickle, as well in detaining the En-glijh Messenger, who delivered His Ma- * 6 ur ' S *jesty’s Letters, tho’ they had sufficientHostages for them, as in Breaking allother Promises, it was finally concludedby them, that upon leaving a Consulwith them, they would let the EnglijhMessenger go on Board. Upon this,the Admiral sent a common Man well-cloathed, with the Name of a Consul,whom they received with great Respect"and font a Aleslenger on Board, to re-ceive their own Pledgesi This done, „ .. ^
they sent the Englijh forty Captives on ffed.Board, pretending they were all theyhad, and this was all they could drawfrom them. The seventh, the Admi-ral sent a Letter on Shoar, with Instruc-tions to the pretended Consist, and ano-ther