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APPENDIX B.
SKIRMISH WITH THE PORTUGUESE,
17 OCTOBER 1630.
President Rastell's Account.
The fleet returned on October 14 and, the Portuguese frigates
being absent, got into Swally Hole without opposition. On the
following day ten of the frigates and two small vessels made their
appearance; and on the morrow, while the English were unlading
their treasure, a number of soldiers were landed as if to intercept
it, but desisted on seeing the preparations made to encounter
them. On the succeeding day, being Sunday [October 17], the
Viceroy's son and "Capt. Moore" [Capitao M6r, i.e., the Captain-
Major, Don Francisco Coutinho] landed with 150 soldiers, with
colours flying, and came nearer to the English tents ; whereupon
Capt. Morton and the other commanders, with their men in very
good order and with their colours flying, marched to meet them.
The English divided themselves into three squadrons, one re-
maining in sight of the Portuguese, while the other two wheeled
behind the sandhills to take them in the flanks. The Portuguese,
however, spread themselves along the shore in the expectation
of being covered by the fire of their frigates. " But such was the
undantednes of our English, being stirred up to a high measure
of furie by the howerly vexations and braveing of the enemye as,
being now come within shot, with a generall resolucion rejoycing
att the occasion, after a shot or two received first from the
Portingalls, [they] put on in the verye face and mouth of all their
friggatts; and, perceaveing that but three of them could use the
advantage of their prowes against them, and that some [seaven
in extract} of the rest were brought aground and had only their
SKIRMISH WITH THE PORTUGUESE,
17 OCTOBER 1630.
President Rastell's Account.
The fleet returned on October 14 and, the Portuguese frigates
being absent, got into Swally Hole without opposition. On the
following day ten of the frigates and two small vessels made their
appearance; and on the morrow, while the English were unlading
their treasure, a number of soldiers were landed as if to intercept
it, but desisted on seeing the preparations made to encounter
them. On the succeeding day, being Sunday [October 17], the
Viceroy's son and "Capt. Moore" [Capitao M6r, i.e., the Captain-
Major, Don Francisco Coutinho] landed with 150 soldiers, with
colours flying, and came nearer to the English tents ; whereupon
Capt. Morton and the other commanders, with their men in very
good order and with their colours flying, marched to meet them.
The English divided themselves into three squadrons, one re-
maining in sight of the Portuguese, while the other two wheeled
behind the sandhills to take them in the flanks. The Portuguese,
however, spread themselves along the shore in the expectation
of being covered by the fire of their frigates. " But such was the
undantednes of our English, being stirred up to a high measure
of furie by the howerly vexations and braveing of the enemye as,
being now come within shot, with a generall resolucion rejoycing
att the occasion, after a shot or two received first from the
Portingalls, [they] put on in the verye face and mouth of all their
friggatts; and, perceaveing that but three of them could use the
advantage of their prowes against them, and that some [seaven
in extract} of the rest were brought aground and had only their