The Master gave the ship for lost; In the afternoon wee
came to an anchor before Hellevoet-fluys, a little before one of
The Gunners men, sitting upon a gun to draw it. Was beaten
off by the main sheet into the sea, and drownd. That
night my Lord Srickand went aboard of my Lord St. Johns
ship and lay there all night. Most of the Gentleman lay a
shore at Hellevoet-fluys, On the 13. The Lords hyred boates,
to carry them and their goods to Roterdam: we went a shore
about halfe way, and refreshed our selves at a Towne called
Bayerland, afterwards set on our Voyage, and about one
mile or two from that place, met with two fachts, one sent
by the Lords of the Admiralty, and the other belonged
to some private Gentlemen, We went all aboard of these
fachts and came to Rotterdam this morning about foure a
clocke; where they were immediately carried by some English
Merchants that came to meet them by the way, to
the English house in Coaches, and there nobly intertained
this morning, they intend to stay till they heare from
the States.
You can expect no newes from mee as yet; onely Ad. Tromp
is gone with twelve ships to see if hee can meet with those
Pyrates that have taken so many of the dutch ships. The
Princess Royall and the duke of Yorke are gone to Breda
went a way last munday, The States are much divided.
Roterdam, this 14. 1650.
FRIDAY, March. 27.
Produced one from Namptwich, of the 26. Instant
SIR,
FOR the business of our County, many Gentlemen are
here imprisoned, and all their Estates sequestred: The
casuse is (as I hear) there were Commissions coming from
the King of Scotland to, raise an Army in these parts, and the
Earl of Derby was to have been their Head, who was (as its
said here) to have transported some Scots and English, out
of the Isle of Man, into Lancashire and Wales: But our
God hath Nip'd them in the Buds, therefore let us give him
the praise. We have had very good news of a victory in Ireland