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A Twelve Month's Voyage
Letter J. When they were altogether, their Commands were to go over the
Thf^sbi?rf &afs> which, notwithstanding the Hazard to Ships of their
goingwer ° Burthen, was thought securer now than to venture about the Kings
theft*:. Channel, where they might be exposed to the Attempts of the Hol-
landers: By which means, together with the linsteadiness of the
Weather,it was the day after Chrissmas before we arrived at the Downs;
where rode a rich and numerous Fleet of Merchants, with their
respe&ive Convoys, designcd sor their several Places of Traffic!?,
when the Wind should present.
Stay at the Here, as we ended the Old Year, so wc began the New with a
Dimu, desireof prosecuting our intended Voyage: But a South~Weft Wind
prevented our Course, and held us there Three Weeks; when an
, Eass Wind made a general delivery and a clear Dmw.
Being at Sea, wc made easy Sail, that our Ships might have the
liberty that" Night to single themselves from the Crowd of the other
Ships; notwithitanding which Proviso, we had a ssirewd Suspicion j
for Night flattening on (and in such a swarm of Vcssels of greater
bulk, not so readily manageable as smaller) we beheld three Lights
out of the Poop of a goodly Ship, the same unfortunate signs our .
Directions bound us to take notice of; which made us conclude the
Damage on our side, as indeed it proved by the next Morning-
song; for having cast our Eyes abroad to look what Ships we had in
company, running over a great many (that had Jhrovvded them-
selves under our Protection and of Six Men of War more, Captain
Munday Commander in chief (whereof Two were Fire/hips) sent
for to meet the Eass India Fleet at Santla Helena , for their better
Defence homeward-bound, and to prevent their salling into the Ene-
mies Hands, who had lately posiessed themselves of that Issand) we
r?ktM*!stnhrg at length misied the Massenherg, on whom (it secms) a small Pink
disabied. salling foul, had carried away her Head and Boltsprit, and 'tis to be
feared hasdisabledher this Voyage; we Taw her afterwards make
for Port/mouth.
KSFh we 0ff t!ie Lan^s Ents we met witn Four B*&lifi Mcrchant Ships
m^itiiSh^s Two/vw/ci Men of War their Convoys, laden from Calcs, bcundfor
from Colts. London.
In Four Days, from the Downs, we were losing England on our
Backs, reckoning the Lizzard the molt extreme part South to bear
North and By Ea(l 14 Leagues 5 from whence hereafter we were to
fetch our Meridian Vijlance ; It lies in the Latitude of 50 deg. 10
min. North.
We crost the Thus relinquisiling the Britisk Seas, we make our selves Posfcsiors
BytfBjsiy 0f tne WeRern Ocean for a while : 'Till following our Compass more
wtimJch South, we contend with the troublous Wind and tempestuous Waves
for some partof the Bayos Bifeay, whose Mountain Seas we are to
Why this S« cut through to the Main Atlantick. What makes these Si-as in such
troubled! a constant Turmoil is imputed to the falling in of the whole Force of
thclfcfterri Ocean into this Sinus without any Impediment, 'till it re-
coil against its Shores; so that in the calmest Season here are always
high lwelling Billows.
s/16 %' "is"1 -About the Latitude of 41 the Men of War, that came out with
ihtkudtrs. ™ us, determining to make the Madera Ijland, went away more Easierly,
and the next day were out of sight.
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Letter J. When they were altogether, their Commands were to go over the
Thf^sbi?rf &afs> which, notwithstanding the Hazard to Ships of their
goingwer ° Burthen, was thought securer now than to venture about the Kings
theft*:. Channel, where they might be exposed to the Attempts of the Hol-
landers: By which means, together with the linsteadiness of the
Weather,it was the day after Chrissmas before we arrived at the Downs;
where rode a rich and numerous Fleet of Merchants, with their
respe&ive Convoys, designcd sor their several Places of Traffic!?,
when the Wind should present.
Stay at the Here, as we ended the Old Year, so wc began the New with a
Dimu, desireof prosecuting our intended Voyage: But a South~Weft Wind
prevented our Course, and held us there Three Weeks; when an
, Eass Wind made a general delivery and a clear Dmw.
Being at Sea, wc made easy Sail, that our Ships might have the
liberty that" Night to single themselves from the Crowd of the other
Ships; notwithitanding which Proviso, we had a ssirewd Suspicion j
for Night flattening on (and in such a swarm of Vcssels of greater
bulk, not so readily manageable as smaller) we beheld three Lights
out of the Poop of a goodly Ship, the same unfortunate signs our .
Directions bound us to take notice of; which made us conclude the
Damage on our side, as indeed it proved by the next Morning-
song; for having cast our Eyes abroad to look what Ships we had in
company, running over a great many (that had Jhrovvded them-
selves under our Protection and of Six Men of War more, Captain
Munday Commander in chief (whereof Two were Fire/hips) sent
for to meet the Eass India Fleet at Santla Helena , for their better
Defence homeward-bound, and to prevent their salling into the Ene-
mies Hands, who had lately posiessed themselves of that Issand) we
r?ktM*!stnhrg at length misied the Massenherg, on whom (it secms) a small Pink
disabied. salling foul, had carried away her Head and Boltsprit, and 'tis to be
feared hasdisabledher this Voyage; we Taw her afterwards make
for Port/mouth.
KSFh we 0ff t!ie Lan^s Ents we met witn Four B*&lifi Mcrchant Ships
m^itiiSh^s Two/vw/ci Men of War their Convoys, laden from Calcs, bcundfor
from Colts. London.
In Four Days, from the Downs, we were losing England on our
Backs, reckoning the Lizzard the molt extreme part South to bear
North and By Ea(l 14 Leagues 5 from whence hereafter we were to
fetch our Meridian Vijlance ; It lies in the Latitude of 50 deg. 10
min. North.
We crost the Thus relinquisiling the Britisk Seas, we make our selves Posfcsiors
BytfBjsiy 0f tne WeRern Ocean for a while : 'Till following our Compass more
wtimJch South, we contend with the troublous Wind and tempestuous Waves
for some partof the Bayos Bifeay, whose Mountain Seas we are to
Why this S« cut through to the Main Atlantick. What makes these Si-as in such
troubled! a constant Turmoil is imputed to the falling in of the whole Force of
thclfcfterri Ocean into this Sinus without any Impediment, 'till it re-
coil against its Shores; so that in the calmest Season here are always
high lwelling Billows.
s/16 %' "is"1 -About the Latitude of 41 the Men of War, that came out with
ihtkudtrs. ™ us, determining to make the Madera Ijland, went away more Easierly,
and the next day were out of sight.
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