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a 6 A Twelve Month's Voyage
Letter I. The next Ship that behaved her sclf stoutly, was the Admiral's-;
\s~v~** who lost 34 of her Men by the scurvy Accidents of Powder ij of
them were llain outright.
^ntiiisc sunk'. But the Three fatal Ships were the Antihpe, Captain Golshery-
prtpdtnt and fa Sampfon, Captain Ernnig, Reer- Admiral; and the President, Vice-
satepsina n. ^jmjraj Captain Hide, whose rigid Fortune saved the drooping Ho-
nour of the English, which is not less conspicuous in Adversity than
in Prosperity. For having suslained the B unt of the.day, they left
not off when they were penmd in by the Enemy, and deserred by
their Friends: For by Five in the Asternoon the London bore away
' to flop her Leaks, the rest were glad to follow; and left them to
maintain so unequal a Fight. The Vice-Admiral was leen to blow
-up Ms Decks jeveral times, distnbuting the 1-1'-Banders as Doles to
the Fisties, and left not ofs till Ni^ht parted the Fray; so that what
became of them cur Ships could give us no account.
DKttfr Fmw; Six .days, sioce this, a Tliousmd Men under Dutch Colours, with
"?a*i!ror"^e a dozt-n Carriages with great Brass Pieces, marched by out of sliot
sJwsmjl of our Leaguers, and fixed their Standard with the Moors in sight
of Sr. Thomas.
The next day was sent from Mechlapaian hither, the Copy of a
Letter srom Ciptain Hide, which allured us of his being alive, but
wounded, his Ship as it is, at the disposal of the Dutch ; as alio Cap-
tain EmtiigX though he was killed first: Thar Captain Gohhery sunk
his, rather than it shouid go to Batavia; that he, and what Men
could stnft sorthemseves, wcresafe.
It may be wondred why the French did not assist us, they being
as much at odds with the Dutch as we > the reality is, they offered
their Devoirs, but we mull equip their Ships; sor which our Com-
manders pretended lack of Orders as well as Money and Materials:
Though the plain truth was, they despifed kindness, thinking it bc-
■ neath them to be beholden to them for their help.
The Weilch The Factories of the Hollanders on this Coast, are Ceilon, sassha-
and Power of tpatan, Sandraslapatan, Negapatan, Polkat, Mechlapatau.
In the South Sea, under the Agent of Bantam, the Englilb have
Factors at Pegu, Slam, Jamhee : The Dutch have Batavia, and the
'Moluccas; from whence Nutmegs, worth more alone than all we
hive in India; they being as powersul for Men, Riches and Shipping
in Batavia, as in Europe; which is grounded on a different Principle
from our Eajl-India Company, who arc sor the present Profit, not
future Emolument.
Their Policy These, as they gain ground , secure it by vast Expences, railing
inserring, ports, and maintaining Souldiers: Ours are for raising Auctions,
and retrenching Charges; bidding the next Age grow rich as they
have done, but not afsording them the means.
Our Seven Our Ships that were left, were now sooner repaired, than sraited
Ships di- \\\t\\ their Salt Peter and Fine Cloth ; and had leave to make the bell
tteAuteJ of their way sor the Malabar Coast in less than a Fortnight's time,
Coast. when it w,as determined to keep oss to Sea, as well to el'cape the Hol-
landers, as the Violence of thc-Mossoons; who being upon the point
of ihifiing their Quarters, are most dangerous near the Shore.
. . ■ " These
Letter I. The next Ship that behaved her sclf stoutly, was the Admiral's-;
\s~v~** who lost 34 of her Men by the scurvy Accidents of Powder ij of
them were llain outright.
^ntiiisc sunk'. But the Three fatal Ships were the Antihpe, Captain Golshery-
prtpdtnt and fa Sampfon, Captain Ernnig, Reer- Admiral; and the President, Vice-
satepsina n. ^jmjraj Captain Hide, whose rigid Fortune saved the drooping Ho-
nour of the English, which is not less conspicuous in Adversity than
in Prosperity. For having suslained the B unt of the.day, they left
not off when they were penmd in by the Enemy, and deserred by
their Friends: For by Five in the Asternoon the London bore away
' to flop her Leaks, the rest were glad to follow; and left them to
maintain so unequal a Fight. The Vice-Admiral was leen to blow
-up Ms Decks jeveral times, distnbuting the 1-1'-Banders as Doles to
the Fisties, and left not ofs till Ni^ht parted the Fray; so that what
became of them cur Ships could give us no account.
DKttfr Fmw; Six .days, sioce this, a Tliousmd Men under Dutch Colours, with
"?a*i!ror"^e a dozt-n Carriages with great Brass Pieces, marched by out of sliot
sJwsmjl of our Leaguers, and fixed their Standard with the Moors in sight
of Sr. Thomas.
The next day was sent from Mechlapaian hither, the Copy of a
Letter srom Ciptain Hide, which allured us of his being alive, but
wounded, his Ship as it is, at the disposal of the Dutch ; as alio Cap-
tain EmtiigX though he was killed first: Thar Captain Gohhery sunk
his, rather than it shouid go to Batavia; that he, and what Men
could stnft sorthemseves, wcresafe.
It may be wondred why the French did not assist us, they being
as much at odds with the Dutch as we > the reality is, they offered
their Devoirs, but we mull equip their Ships; sor which our Com-
manders pretended lack of Orders as well as Money and Materials:
Though the plain truth was, they despifed kindness, thinking it bc-
■ neath them to be beholden to them for their help.
The Weilch The Factories of the Hollanders on this Coast, are Ceilon, sassha-
and Power of tpatan, Sandraslapatan, Negapatan, Polkat, Mechlapatau.
In the South Sea, under the Agent of Bantam, the Englilb have
Factors at Pegu, Slam, Jamhee : The Dutch have Batavia, and the
'Moluccas; from whence Nutmegs, worth more alone than all we
hive in India; they being as powersul for Men, Riches and Shipping
in Batavia, as in Europe; which is grounded on a different Principle
from our Eajl-India Company, who arc sor the present Profit, not
future Emolument.
Their Policy These, as they gain ground , secure it by vast Expences, railing
inserring, ports, and maintaining Souldiers: Ours are for raising Auctions,
and retrenching Charges; bidding the next Age grow rich as they
have done, but not afsording them the means.
Our Seven Our Ships that were left, were now sooner repaired, than sraited
Ships di- \\\t\\ their Salt Peter and Fine Cloth ; and had leave to make the bell
tteAuteJ of their way sor the Malabar Coast in less than a Fortnight's time,
Coast. when it w,as determined to keep oss to Sea, as well to el'cape the Hol-
landers, as the Violence of thc-Mossoons; who being upon the point
of ihifiing their Quarters, are most dangerous near the Shore.
. . ■ " These