dead men aboard her: her few men which were left, say
they had very many wounded men which were taken out
of her. All this second day they continued fighting along
the Channel, ours pressing on upon them; and after we
had brought some of their Men of war by the Lee, and
burnt two of them, the night parted us. Here it is to be
noted, that this day many of our great ships could by no
means gee up to fire upon them, though all the sail was
made that might he to get up with them.
The next day, being the Lords day, we engaged
them again, and after a hot dispute, they began
to fire out of their stern-ports, and make away.
Divers of their Merchant-men fell into
our hands, whereof one came into our possession,
bound from Lisbone, and laden with salt,
116 chests of sh[unr]gar, with oyle, and other Commodities.
The Skipper tels us that she is 160.
last, about 300 tuns; she hath 11. pieces of Ordnance.
At evening we were as high as against
Boloign in France, and not far from the shore, the
wind at N.N.W. which was bad for our fleet to
get our own shore, who endeavoured it by haling
upon a Tack, viz. close upon a wind to get
Dover Road; but in regard many of our ships
had their sails and rigging much shattered and
torn, we were glad to come to an Anchor.
In this ship we had 4 men slain outright, and 6
wounded, 4 of them very dangerously; most of
which mischief was done us by an Admiral of
Zealand, who engaged us at half pistol shot. The
Dutch when they returned out of France, made
up their fleet in St Martin's Road, one part from
Bourdeaux, and the rest from Nantes. They
had also 20 sail of West Indy-men in their fleet.