A true and perfect relation of the taking and destroying of a sea-monster as it was attested by Mr. Francis Searson, surgeon, who was present at the killing of him. Searson, Francis. 1699 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A92785 Wing S2203A ESTC R42933 38875959 ocm 38875959 152360 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Sea monsters -- Denmark. Marine animals -- Denmark. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-04 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion WR HONI ◆ SOIT ◆ QVI ◆ MAL ◆ Y ◆ PENSE ◆ IE MAINTIENDRAY ◆ royal blazon or coat of arms A True and Perfect Relation of the Taking and Destroying of a Sea-Monster . As it was Attested by Mr. Francis Searson , Surgeon , who was present at the Killing of him . ON the 10th of September last we discover'd this Sea-Monster upon the Coast of Denmark , which at first surprized us ; for the Female was also with him , tumbling in the Water very near him , thereby causing great Waves both about and before them ( which as we came near ) we perceived they perform'd by plunging themselves sometimes under water , and other times by tossing up their Tails , which were very large and broad . The Female was much less both in length and bulk than the Male ; and being advanced nearer , we had full View of them both , their upper parts being visible above Water . We were now within Cannon-Shot ; whereupon the Capt. ordered some Guns to be forthwith fired at them ; and 2 or 3 Balls very happily wounded the Male in the Head , which made them separate , and the Male immediately made to the Shoar , which was about 2 Leagues distance . Upon which the Captain gave Orders to sail after him ▪ and when at some convenient distance , mann'd out two Boats with Men , each to attack him . The Monster made resistance by moving about in the water , and with his Tail Killed 3 of the Men in one boat , which so terrified the boats Crew , that they threw one of their Oars at him , which he hastily catch'd up in his hand , and mounted aloft into the Air , and for some hours forced blood out of his Nose ( like water out of an Engine ) which fell in great quantities into the boats , and upon the Men , which encouraged them to attack him more vigorously , perceiving that he was wounded . He continually tumbled about in his defence , gaped , foamed and made a most hideous Noise at his Mouth , and stunk excessively , and we were 24 hours in destroying him . The Female kept at some distance all the time , and appeared to be very disconsolate , and made sometimes towards the 2 boats , and other times the Ship , who sent several Shots after her , which caused her to keep at the greater distance . In this Attack his head and one of his hands were much shattered ; so that we cut off only one of his hands , by reason of the prodigious weight of the other parts , being also in fear of the Females Attacking our boats in our return to the Ship , having spent much time in viewing and measuring the several parts , which are as followeth . 1. The whole Creature weighed ( according to Computation ) at least 50 Tuns , and was 70 Feet in length . 2. The upper part Resembles a Man , from the middle downwards he was a Fish , had Fins , and a Forked Tail. 3. His head was of a great bulk , contain'd several hundreds of weight ▪ and had a terrible aspect . 4. He had short , coarse and curled hair upon his head . 5. His Nose was long and large . 6. His Eyes were also large , and so were both his Ears . 7. His Mouth was Answerable ; for when he opened it , it was at least 2 yards wide . 8. His Teeth were thick , long and sharp . 9. His Chin was 2 Feet long , and had a beard 16 Feet long . 10. His Neck was 1 yard long , and 4 yards round . 11 His Arms lar●● 〈…〉 each . 12. This hand is 5 feet and an half long , 2 feet 3 Inches broad , and weighs ne●●… 〈…〉