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?o ANSON'S VOYAGE TO ASIA.
and, tho' this scem'd impracticable at that season, by reason
efthe weitern monsoon, be bad made bis men believe, that,
in conhdence of tbeir skill, andthegoodness of the ship, be
would venture to.attempt it; for he was persuaded that, is
bis intention upon the AEuM'/Y? galleon bad taken wind at
jbszzrza?, the would have been soon apprized of it by
their CAzhe/e Abends. But, notwithAandingallhisprecaution
to keep at Aich a distancc Aomthe P/'zYzppzWisjandsas netto
be perceived, they bad often stgbt of him; and the governor
of AsrwzY/b, at the inAances of the merchants, bad resolved to
send out some ships of feree againit him. But the contrary
winds, the ilowness in fitting out the largest ship; andelpe-
cially the diilensons among the proprietors, happily retarded
this expedition. Nor was this the only scheme which proved
abortive; for when the CWzzwze.v was repairing at Ty/vi, and
coniequently unable to make any defence, some tSpwzMrW had
fornsd a delign to send thither a kind os hreship, in order to
dclbroy her. But tho' no more than 40,000 crowns was re-
quired for an action which would have laved a million, the
merchants, lulpecnng the governor's view was only to get
the money into his hands, could not be brought to advance
it: and thus the Eyoff/'A owed the safety of their ship to
the mistrust and- parhmony of their enemies.
Mr. Abz/wz was no iboner at lea, than he called the ship's
company upon deck, and told them his deiign was to go and
wait for the ysrziyz/zW fhip at Cape SyzYzYa that being
her constant course in her return to Aswz'/Ai,- adding that,
notwithstanding it had been given out that the lides of this
ship were cannon proof,, he was resolved to be so near to her,
that his shot should go in at one lide and out at the other.
This speech animated them with hopes of obtaining that
inestimable prize, and they waited for her off the cape with
unexampled patience for above a month. At length, on the
20th ofjz/zzo, the galleon, the object of their hopes, appeared,
and so far srom leeming to shun the GWzozW, she boldly
made towards her, and prepared sor an engagement. But Mr.
Abz/W keeping a continual lire both with his guns and small
arms, at which his ship's company were very expert, he soon
became maAer ofthis rich galleon. For the b^zz/zzbvW, seeing
a great many os the common men, and elpecially of the offi-
cers, sall, Were so terrified, that they struck to an enemy who
was not na.lftheir number. The name oi the prize was the
Nw/hw yWwm W GiWW.aWfS,' and 1'he was much larger than
and, tho' this scem'd impracticable at that season, by reason
efthe weitern monsoon, be bad made bis men believe, that,
in conhdence of tbeir skill, andthegoodness of the ship, be
would venture to.attempt it; for he was persuaded that, is
bis intention upon the AEuM'/Y? galleon bad taken wind at
jbszzrza?, the would have been soon apprized of it by
their CAzhe/e Abends. But, notwithAandingallhisprecaution
to keep at Aich a distancc Aomthe P/'zYzppzWisjandsas netto
be perceived, they bad often stgbt of him; and the governor
of AsrwzY/b, at the inAances of the merchants, bad resolved to
send out some ships of feree againit him. But the contrary
winds, the ilowness in fitting out the largest ship; andelpe-
cially the diilensons among the proprietors, happily retarded
this expedition. Nor was this the only scheme which proved
abortive; for when the CWzzwze.v was repairing at Ty/vi, and
coniequently unable to make any defence, some tSpwzMrW had
fornsd a delign to send thither a kind os hreship, in order to
dclbroy her. But tho' no more than 40,000 crowns was re-
quired for an action which would have laved a million, the
merchants, lulpecnng the governor's view was only to get
the money into his hands, could not be brought to advance
it: and thus the Eyoff/'A owed the safety of their ship to
the mistrust and- parhmony of their enemies.
Mr. Abz/wz was no iboner at lea, than he called the ship's
company upon deck, and told them his deiign was to go and
wait for the ysrziyz/zW fhip at Cape SyzYzYa that being
her constant course in her return to Aswz'/Ai,- adding that,
notwithstanding it had been given out that the lides of this
ship were cannon proof,, he was resolved to be so near to her,
that his shot should go in at one lide and out at the other.
This speech animated them with hopes of obtaining that
inestimable prize, and they waited for her off the cape with
unexampled patience for above a month. At length, on the
20th ofjz/zzo, the galleon, the object of their hopes, appeared,
and so far srom leeming to shun the GWzozW, she boldly
made towards her, and prepared sor an engagement. But Mr.
Abz/W keeping a continual lire both with his guns and small
arms, at which his ship's company were very expert, he soon
became maAer ofthis rich galleon. For the b^zz/zzbvW, seeing
a great many os the common men, and elpecially of the offi-
cers, sall, Were so terrified, that they struck to an enemy who
was not na.lftheir number. The name oi the prize was the
Nw/hw yWwm W GiWW.aWfS,' and 1'he was much larger than