4 p6 Charles I. Naval Expediiions >&c. of the English, Book Ill- (

1625. ft prosecuted;, as may appear by what(t follows.

" If our Land-Forces had been dis-ce charged at the Beginning of Sum-“ mer, when they were first: raised," and the Fleet employed upon Sea-* r Action only ; For take it for a Ma-<f xim , That Sea- and Land-Enter-" prizes together are the Bane of onetr another, as Experience has made it” appear.

“ At this Time that the Expeditionte was undertaken, we well knew she" Spanijh Fleet had dispossessed the" Hollanders, of the Town of Bays in<c Brafil, a little before taken by them :" We likewise knew they were to re-" turn to Spain, with a Million of“ Pounds in Wealth ; which after pro-s< ved true.

" And yet this was not all, and the" worst: that Spain was to receive from“ us. This happened when they had" no Suspicion of us, as Enemies, nor" any Shew of Hostility made, to give“ them Warning or Distrust.

" If, therefore, we had employed" our Fleet, then in Readiness, to the“ Tercera Islands, where we assuredly

" knew the Spaniards would touch in 1 62.frfC their Return, as indeed they did, all" scattered and ill provided, we had>

“ without all Doubt or Question, inter-cepted them, and possessed so much" Wealth of theirs, as would havemaintained a Royal War against" them, ’till His Majesty had been" revenged of the Affronts offered him,

" as was conceived at his Being in" Spain .

" Besides this Wealth, we had cut" off his Fleet, which consisted of fifty" or sixty of his best Gallions, which,

" in an Age, could not be restored,

" whereby he would have been unable" to undertake any Action against us.

" This was discovered to some, before" the Fleet’s going out; But either ne-ft glected or not believed.

Thus this Fleet returned ingloriouslyto England . The King, for his Part,did not reap the least Benefit by it ;tho’ it had been very chargeable tohim : And the ill Success did great In-jury, not only to him, but to Bucking-ham, who was looked upon as the Con-triver and Director of all the CourtProjects.

CHAP. xxiv. 4

A brief Account of the Disaster of the Ship, called the Lion, one of the EndiffiShips tradrng to the East-Indies, which was lost in Fight with the Portumiesenear Gombroon, in the Gulph of Persia, (st) ® *

162$. fC Iff E seventh of Offiober, ofTie Pair. i " this Year, about four ingrave, Dol- " the Morning, the Pas

Lion H'f " grave, Dolphin and Lion,

veTa Fleet " anchored about three Leagues to theof Portu- " Southward of Sur at- Bar, and whenguese, tf g rew light, (Men being in the" Top,) espied certain Roaders riding" against Surat- River, which some" supposed to be Englijh or Hollan-" ders, others affirmed to be a Fleet" of Frigats; But, in fine, in about" an Hour after, they set Sail and“ steered after us, and in short Space“ we. made them to be four Portuguese" Gallions, and fifteenFrigats, the Windee being then off Shoar, they could

tr not come to us, that Tide, but an- 162^

" chored about a League from us. Our" Captain perceiving their Intents, put" forth an Ensign for Council, and the" Master of each Ship presently re-“ paired on Board. r US .

ff At which Consultation, as it was f ion °l J e id-« reported by our Master, Mr .Richard" Swanley, Captain Blithe propounded,

" that he thought it expedient, to let" Sail and stand off to Sea again, and" by that Means to abate the Force of" the Frigats, and if it fell out so,

" that our Ships failed better than the" Portuguese, we should stand directly ?

tc for Ormus, the Reasons he gave for" it were these: c

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