498 Charles I. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English, Book lH-
1625.
The Lionsands off toSea.
Engagementwith thePalsgraveandf> olphin.
The Lionfails forOrmus.
Arrives atGombroon.
Goods andMony put onSboar.
tf ing still off to Sea, were out of our“ Sight the next Morning.
“The eighth Day, in the Morn-“ ing, (ail the Ships being out of our“ Sight) it was agreed upon by the Of-“ steers of our Ship, that Henry Crof-“ bey, our Master’s chief Mate, should“ succeed as our chief Commander, un-“ til such Time as it pleased God we“ should meet with our Commander.
“ This being done, we being not“ able to weigh our Anchor, by Rea-" son most of them were hurt, cut Ca-“ ble in the Hawse, and set as much" Sail as we durst bear, our Fore-mast" having received three Shot, in such“ wife as it had but four Inches Hold,“ and stood off to Sea, and, being fair“ Weather, praised be God, in short“ Time, our Fore-mast was made fer-" viceable.
“ The Frigats aforesaid, that were“ left by us, stood four of them after" the Fleet, and the other in for the“ Shoar. All that Day, we heard them" in Fight, but saw them not, likewise," the next Night, we could see the“ Light of their Ordnance, at our" Top-mast-head, but they being to“ Windward of us, we could not" get to them, nor indeed were not in“ Cafe if we could ; For our Ship was“ open and all our chief Men killed" and hurt.
" The ninth, in the Morning, we“ could neither fee them nor hear" them; Then it was thought fitting" by our Master, that, according to“ the Consultation, held aboard the" Palsgrave, the seventh, we should" stand for Ormus, which (by the As-
ststance of God) we did, having* r fair Weather all the Way; in which“ Time of our Sailing, our Carpenters“ had got up all the Stern of our Ship" again, as well as his Store would give" him Leave, our Men also were well“ recovered of their Hurts.
" The fourth of November , we ar-“ rived at Gombroon, where we had" Intelligence by our Merchants, there“ resident, that Rufero was riding un-“ der Ormus Islands, with eighteen or" twenty Frigats, which when our Ma-“ ster understood, the Merchants being“ then aboard, it was concluded by“ Consultation, that, to prevent any“ ensuing Danger, that might happen,“ and also for the Clearing of our Ship,« whereby to mount our lower Tier," all the Cloth and Coral, and four
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Chests of Mony, should be sent a- 1625*shoar, with as much Speed as possi-ble ; The others our Master refusedto send out of the Ship, alledging,that if it should please God they wereforced to leave the Port, by any Dis-aster, there was no Stock to buy anyrefreshing for our Men, which thendid want it, the Rest of our Carriagesand Goods lying low in Hold, couldnot then be come by, without muchTime, which then we wanted; Itwas also appointed, that we should,with all Speed, take in Water, andstand for Ormus, which was assayedto do, and partly effected ; For uponthe fifth day, the Merchants and our The LionPurser rode with all speed to the Sul- wateTS -tan, (who was then out of Town) toentreat for Boats to land the Goods,and to water our Ships, which hegranted, and gave us also a Boat, tomake us a Long-boat of, by Reasonwe had lost both our Skiff and Long-boat the last Fight.
“ The sixth,there came Boot-haylersaboard, and took all the Goods afore-said, and carried them ashoar, andalso took in Casks to fill with Water.
“ The seventh of November, therecame twelve Tuns of Water aboard,which was presently taken in, andmore Cask sent ashoar; Also in thisshort Time, our lower Orlope, wasmade Priddie, and our two Chafe-Pieces were mounted, and we werein good Hopes the next Day to takein Water enough to serve untill theFleet came to stand over for Ormus,but God having otherwise appointed,it fell out to the contrary.
" The eighth Day, about seven in
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the Morning, Rufero, with his Frigats gageme^f.came rowing towards the Ship. Aud wit}3tiebeing then calm, that the Ship could on 'not work, he came in such Sort, thatshe could have none but her ChasePieces, to bear upon them, whichlay so well to pass that they funktwo of their Frigats before they couldboard her, and two more after theywere by her Sides; But after theywere aboard, they plyed their small £1) ,
Shot in such wise, that they were not Fourable to open a Port in the Ship, but gue ^^were forced to shoot away Ports and S ° tS
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i hey also maintained such Abun- on Fir?-dance of Fireworks round about her,that, in a Minute, all her Masts andSails were on Fire, her Upper ^Deck
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