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XXII. from the I, of James I. to the ReVolutioti*

t6^. her; And* indeed,* all that was meantto have been bestowed upon the Admi-rah was still plyed upon that greatHulk.Th e p ortu The Jonas and the Dutch did likewise§ Ue se run continue this third Day’s Fight, ’till* or n - Day-light was stint in, the Portugueseedging up, to get near the ArabianShoar; Insomuch that, at eight atNight, both the ping I i/h and Dutch werefair by it, chasing them in.

This Night, the Engliso and Dutchsteered away their Course for Surat, thePortuguese steering for Swar , a Placewhere they have a Castle.

The Royal James, with the Res, wereforced to give over the Chase for theseReasons.

f'ffonsuthy First for that the Time of Year was

^ ar ^P ent ’ that they should not haveChafe, the Time enough to deliver their Goods atSurat, and so to go clear off the Coast,before the Westerly Monsoon (which isa Wind that blows at West, six Monthstogether, beginning in April ) would become, and so endanger the Ships in get-ting off again.

A second Reason was, that theRoyal James had but one and thirty Bar-rels, and about five HundredCartridges,of Powder, and about six HundredShot, all which was not above threeQuarters of a Day’s Fight; For in herformer Day’s Work, the third of Febru-ary, she alone spent a Thousand greatShot upon the Enemy, so that now,thro’ Want of Powder, she was notableto maintain such another Day’s Fight,according to that Rate. And this lastDay’s Fight she lost but one Man, hav-ing spent upon the Eenenity more thenj . three Hundred great Shots.

t} ' e ^ose three several Fights,with the

Portuguese, were slain in the EnglishFleet, Officers and Men, nisieand twen-. ty.

^ nd the Th e Dutch lost near the same Num-ber, amongst-which their chief . Com-mander, Albert Pecker, slain the firstDay’s Fight.

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A Relation, by Peter Hillion, aFrenchman, os the Force of the eightPortuguese Galhons, which foughtwith the English and Dutch Fleets, inthe Gulf of Persia, as also the Spoilthey received by them , with their Num-ber of Men fain, on the thirteenth

and fourteenth of February, 162^himself being then in the Admiral ,which afterwards riding, with threemore of her Fleet , at the Rivers Mouth ,at Surat, he. escaped from her , and runto the English, who were then riding inthe Bar os' Surat.

Their Admiral named S. Francisco, F orce nf thewherein was General,Dow Aliud Batelha Galliom,andhad eight and forty Pieces of Brass ^sfssOrdnance, of whole Cannon, Demy siainedCannon, Cannon-Pethrow, whole Cul-vering and Demy-Culvering, threeHundred and fifty Men, of which werestain eight and thirty, whereof threewere chief Captains, under the afore-said General, named Lorenzo Luis, Je-ronimo Botelia, and Braffa Coze, who allthree were killed with one Shot; TheShip’s Foremast, Boltsprit, and Main-mast, were so torn with Shot, thatthey were unserviceable, her Mizzen-' mast, Flag and Flag-staff shot by theBoard, with the Head of her Main-top-mast, and her Rigging much rent andtorn.

Their Vice-Admiral, named like-wise S. Francisco, wherein was Comman-der Francisco Burge, had two and thirtyPieces of Ordnance, as the former, andtwo Hundred and fifty Men, of whichwere slain one and thirty, the aforesaidCommander being one of the Number;

Her Main-top-mast shot by the Board,her Main-mast, Fore-mast and Boltsprit .so torn, that they were unserviceable.

T he 1 r Rear-Admiral, named S. Se-bastian (their biggest Ship) wherein wasCommander Don Antonio Fela, whowas lamed oPan Arm, had forty Piecesof Brass-Ordnance, as the former, andfour Hundred Men, whereof twentywere slain ; Her Main-mast, Fore-top-mast, Fore-yard, and Sprit-fail top-mast shot by the Board, and her Fore-mast so unserviceable, that she couldbear no more Sail, but her Sprit-sail.

Their fourth Ship, named S. Salva-dor, where was Commander Don Fran-cisco de Suar, had four and twenty Piecesoi Brass-Ordhance, and two Hundredand fifty Men, one and forty of whichwdre slain, the aforesaid Commanderbeing one of the Number, his Mastswere so rent and torn, that they were allunserviceable.

Their fifth Ship, named S* J ago,wherein was Commander Simon- deKintall, had two and twenty Piecesof Brass Ordnance , two Hundred

Men.