A true report of the seruice done vpon certaine gallies passing through the narrow seas written to the Lord high Admirall of England, by Sir Robert Mansel knight, admirall of her maiesties forces in that place.
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             A true report of the seruice done vpon certaine gallies passing through the narrow seas written to the Lord high Admirall of England, by Sir Robert Mansel knight, admirall of her maiesties forces in that place.
             Mansell, Robert, Sir, 1568 or 9-1656.
          
           [6], 13, [1] p.
           
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           A
           TRVE
           REPORT
           OF
           THE
           SERVICE
           DONE
           VPON
           CERTAINE
           Gallies
           passing
           through
           the
           Narrow
           Seas
           :
           Written
           to
           the
           Lord
           high
           Admirall
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           Sir
           ROBERT
           MANSEL
           Knight
           ,
           Admirall
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           forces
           in
           that
           place
           .
        
         
         
           
             AT
             LONDON
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Felix
             Kyngston
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Iohn
             Newbery
             ,
          
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Paules
           Churchyard
           .
           1602.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONORABLE
           MY
           SINGVLAR
           AND
           BEST
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Earle
           of
           Nottingham
           ,
           Lord
           high
           Admirall
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           MY
           dutie
           to
           your
           Lordship
           humbly
           remembred
           .
           Although
           the
           seruice
           which
           I
           confesse
           I
           doe
           owe
           vnto
           your
           Lordship
           in
           a
           manner
           from
           my
           childhood
           for
           many
           fauors
           ,
           doth
           so
           much
           oblige
           me
           ,
           as
           I
           cannot
           thinke
           how
           euer
           it
           may
           fall
           in
           my
           power
           to
           expresse
           it
           :
           yet
           cannot
           I
           but
           acknowledge
           that
           those
           fauours
           of
           yours
           ,
           whereby
           any
           publike
           trust
           or
           seruice
           hath
           been
           committed
           to
           me
           ,
           doe
           sit
           neerest
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           as
           often
           as
           I
           do
           thinke
           of
           them
           ,
           doe
           call
           me
           to
           a
           stricter
           account
           then
           any
           others
           ,
           which
           doe
           onely
           touch
           me
           in
           a
           priuate
           qualitie
           :
           for
           that
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           I
           am
           onely
           obliged
           to
           acquite
           my
           honesty
           towards
           your
           loue
           :
           but
           in
           the
           others
           I
           am
           bound
           in
           a
           sort
           to
           make
           good
           your
           iudgement
           ,
           and
           to
           iustifie
           the
           choise
           you
           haue
           made
           of
           me
           ,
           as
           a
           seruant
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           for
           whom
           your selfe
           are
           accountable
           to
           her
           from
           
           whom
           all
           power
           in
           our
           State
           is
           deriued
           .
           The
           sense
           which
           hereof
           I
           haue
           in
           the
           inwardest
           retraite
           of
           my
           soule
           ,
           is
           the
           cause
           I
           haue
           thought
           my
           dutie
           both
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           State
           not
           a
           little
           interessed
           ,
           in
           a
           report
           very
           vulgar
           in
           many
           mens
           mouthes
           in
           the
           Citie
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           time
           perhaps
           spred
           ouer
           the
           Realme
           .
           And
           confirmed
           by
           a
           Pamphlet
           printed
           ,
           contayning
           a
           narration
           of
           the
           late
           seruice
           done
           vpon
           the
           Gallies
           :
           wherein
           no
           mention
           being
           made
           ,
           neither
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           nor
           of
           any
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           Shippes
           ,
           nor
           of
           our
           nation
           ,
           wee
           are
           all
           secretly
           touched
           with
           some
           note
           ,
           either
           of
           negligence
           of
           the
           things
           committed
           to
           vs
           ,
           (
           I
           specially
           )
           or
           of
           vnskilfulnes
           ,
           or
           of
           want
           of
           courage
           :
           from
           the
           staines
           of
           all
           which
           it
           importeth
           me
           to
           cleere
           my selfe
           ,
           not
           onely
           for
           mine
           owne
           sake
           ,
           and
           our
           nations
           ;
           but
           in
           some
           sort
           for
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           who
           through
           my
           errors
           cannot
           but
           be
           wounded
           ,
           for
           the
           ill
           choise
           made
           of
           me
           ,
           for
           so
           great
           a
           charge
           :
           I
           haue
           therefore
           (
           though
           against
           my
           nature
           ,
           which
           delighteth
           not
           to
           talke
           of
           my selfe
           )
           been
           forced
           for
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           mens
           satisfaction
           ,
           to
           expresse
           in
           a
           few
           lines
           ,
           a
           true
           report
           of
           all
           that
           was
           done
           in
           that
           seruice
           :
           which
           as
           it
           is
           free
           from
           affectation
           of
           glorie
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           or
           of
           imputation
           to
           others
           ;
           so
           doe
           I
           vpon
           all
           the
           dutie
           I
           owe
           ,
           both
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           owne
           reputation
           ,
           vndertake
           to
           make
           good
           in
           euery
           point
           thereof
           .
           Beseeching
           your
           Lordship
           notwithstanding
           ,
           not
           to
           repose
           your selfe
           onely
           vpon
           mine
           owne
           assertions
           :
           but
           by
           diligent
           inquisition
           (
           which
           is
           not
           hard
           for
           your
           Lordship
           to
           make
           ,
           hauing
           so
           much
           power
           ouer
           the
           whole
           companie
           that
           serued
           with
           me
           )
           throughly
           to
           enforme
           your selfe
           of
           as
           much
           as
           may
           suffice
           to
           satisfie
           your
           iudgement
           :
           which
           if
           thereby
           you
           shall
           finde
           confirmed
           so
           much
           as
           not
           to
           repent
           you
           of
           the
           trust
           by
           your
           fauour
           committed
           vnto
           
           me
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           vtmost
           of
           my
           desire
           ,
           weighing
           otherwise
           little
           what
           the
           vulgar
           conceits
           of
           such
           as
           either
           cannot
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           thinke
           aright
           ,
           shall
           esteeme
           of
           me
           :
           if
           by
           this
           true
           report
           of
           my
           seruice
           they
           will
           not
           be
           satisfied
           .
           For
           it
           is
           those
           that
           can
           iudge
           ,
           whom
           I
           desire
           most
           to
           content
           ,
           and
           specially
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           doe
           with
           as
           much
           truth
           and
           synceritie
           dedicate
           all
           other
           seruices
           which
           I
           may
           be
           able
           to
           doe
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           vsed
           in
           setting
           downe
           this
           :
           which
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           accept
           as
           a
           small
           testimonie
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             in
             all
             deuotion
             :
             ROBERT
             MANSEL
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           TRVE
           REPORT
           OF
           THE
           SERVICE
           DONE
           VPON
           CERTAINE
           GALLIES
           passing
           thorough
           the
           Narrow
           Seas
           .
        
         
           ON
           the
           three
           and
           twentie
           day
           of
           September
           being
           in
           the
           
             Hope
             ,
          
           and
           hauing
           in
           my
           company
           ,
           the
           
             Aduauntage
          
           onely
           of
           the
           Queenes
           Ships
           ,
           which
           Captaine
           
             Iones
          
           commanded
           ,
           and
           two
           other
           Dutch
           men
           of
           warre
           :
           I
           ridde
           more
           then
           halfe
           Channell
           ouer
           ,
           towards
           the
           coast
           of
           France
           ,
           vpon
           a
           Northwest
           and
           Southest
           line
           :
           my selfe
           being
           neerest
           that
           coast
           ,
           Captaine
           
             Iones
          
           next
           vnto
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           Dutch
           men
           of
           warre
           a
           Sea-boord
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           westward
           of
           him
           .
           The
           small
           force
           at
           that
           time
           present
           and
           with
           me
           remaining
           ,
           thus
           disposed
           for
           the
           intercepting
           of
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           hauing
           dismist
           the
           Dutch
           men
           of
           warre
           ,
           that
           serued
           vnder
           me
           ,
           vpon
           their
           owne
           intreatie
           to
           reuictual
           and
           trimme
           :
           and
           hauing
           imployed
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Queenes
           ships
           vpon
           especiall
           seruices
           ,
           I
           descried
           from
           my
           toppe
           
           mast
           heads
           ,
           sixe
           lowe
           sailes
           ,
           which
           some
           made
           for
           Gallies
           ;
           others
           affirmed
           them
           to
           be
           small
           barkes
           that
           had
           strooken
           their
           top-sailes
           ,
           being
           bound
           from
           Deepe
           towards
           the
           Downes
           .
           To
           which
           opinion
           (
           though
           I
           inclined
           most
           )
           yet
           caused
           I
           the
           Maister
           to
           waie
           and
           to
           stand
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           learne
           some
           newes
           of
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           which
           by
           your
           Lordships
           aduertisement
           sent
           mee
           ,
           I
           knew
           had
           either
           past
           me
           that
           night
           ,
           or
           were
           neere
           at
           hand
           :
           vnlesse
           the
           Sea
           had
           swallowed
           them
           vp
           in
           the
           stormes
           ,
           which
           had
           raged
           three
           daies
           before
           .
           Hauing
           set
           my selfe
           vnder
           saile
           ,
           the
           weather
           waxt
           thicke
           ,
           which
           caused
           me
           to
           lascke
           some
           two
           poyntes
           from
           the
           winde
           ,
           towards
           the
           English
           coast
           ,
           least
           the
           continuance
           of
           that
           darke
           weather
           might
           giue
           them
           power
           to
           runne
           out
           a
           head
           of
           me
           .
           About
           eleuen
           of
           the
           clocke
           the
           weather
           cleared
           ,
           when
           I
           discouered
           them
           plainely
           to
           be
           the
           Spanish
           Gallies
           so
           long
           time
           expected
           ;
           at
           which
           time
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           plied
           to
           receiue
           them
           by
           crossing
           their
           forefoote
           ,
           as
           they
           stoode
           alongst
           the
           Channell
           :
           which
           they
           endeauoured
           ,
           till
           they
           perceiued
           that
           by
           the
           continuance
           of
           that
           course
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           escape
           the
           power
           of
           my
           Ordinance
           .
           All
           this
           time
           these
           two
           Fliboates
           were
           betwixt
           them
           and
           me
           :
           and
           as
           the
           Slaues
           report
           that
           swam
           a
           shore
           at
           Douer
           ,
           they
           determined
           with
           three
           Gallies
           to
           haue
           boorded
           each
           of
           those
           Ships
           ,
           and
           would
           haue
           executed
           that
           resolution
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           feare
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           great
           Galion
           (
           as
           the
           tearmed
           the
           
             Hope
          
           )
           whose
           force
           that
           they
           shunned
           
           in
           that
           kinde
           (
           considering
           the
           disaduantage
           that
           twice
           sixe
           of
           the
           best
           Gallies
           that
           euer
           I
           sawe
           ,
           hath
           by
           fighting
           against
           one
           Ship
           of
           her
           force
           )
           I
           doe
           as
           much
           commend
           ,
           as
           otherwise
           I
           doe
           detest
           their
           shamefull
           working
           in
           that
           full
           of
           cowardlines
           and
           weakenes
           ,
           they
           rowed
           backe
           to
           the
           westward
           ,
           and
           spent
           the
           day
           by
           running
           away
           :
           in
           hope
           that
           the
           darkenes
           of
           the
           night
           would
           giue
           them
           libertie
           sufficient
           to
           shunne
           the
           onely
           Ship
           they
           feared
           ,
           or
           that
           was
           in
           deede
           in
           the
           Sea
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           giue
           them
           cause
           of
           feare
           ,
           I
           meane
           betwixt
           them
           and
           Dunkerke
           or
           Newport
           .
           This
           error
           onely
           of
           theirs
           bred
           their
           confusion
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           perceiue
           by
           the
           sequell
           .
           For
           they
           no
           sooner
           began
           that
           course
           of
           rowing
           backe
           againe
           ;
           but
           I
           instantly
           made
           signes
           for
           Captaine
           
             Iones
          
           in
           the
           
             Aduantage
          
           of
           the
           Queenes
           ,
           to
           come
           vnto
           me
           :
           whom
           I
           presentlie
           directed
           to
           repaire
           to
           Callis
           roade
           ;
           and
           thence
           to
           send
           the
           al-arme
           vnto
           the
           States
           armie
           prepared
           before
           Sluce
           :
           and
           to
           aduise
           such
           men
           of
           warre
           as
           kept
           on
           the
           coast
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           vpon
           any
           other
           occasion
           ,
           to
           stand
           off
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           meete
           with
           the
           Gallies
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           chased
           by
           me
           with
           my
           lights
           in
           my
           Top-mast
           heads
           ,
           and
           a
           continuall
           discharging
           of
           my
           Ordinance
           .
           Captaine
           
             Iones
          
           hauing
           shapte
           his
           course
           according
           to
           my
           directions
           :
           I
           gaue
           order
           for
           hoysing
           and
           trimming
           of
           my
           Sayles
           by
           the
           winde
           ,
           to
           keepe
           sight
           of
           the
           Gallies
           :
           the
           two
           Fliboates
           being
           still
           a
           weather
           of
           me
           ,
           did
           the
           like
           .
           Which
           chase
           we
           held
           till
           sunne
           setting
           ,
           obseruing
           
           this
           course
           following
           all
           the
           day
           .
           They
           being
           a
           weather
           of
           me
           ,
           kept
           their
           continuall
           boords
           ,
           that
           the
           Gallies
           were
           alwaies
           betwixt
           them
           .
           And
           my selfe
           being
           to
           Leeward
           ,
           made
           such
           short
           turnes
           ,
           as
           I
           kept
           all
           the
           afternoone
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           euen
           in
           the
           very
           eye
           of
           their
           course
           ,
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           place
           of
           their
           desseigne
           :
           euer
           discharging
           my
           best
           Ordinance
           to
           warne
           the
           
             Answere
          
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           ,
           that
           ridde
           by
           my
           directions
           at
           the
           Downes
           ,
           vpon
           important
           seruice
           as
           your
           Lordship
           knoweth
           :
           and
           the
           Flemmings
           that
           were
           there
           ,
           hauing
           left
           the
           Sea
           vppon
           vnknowne
           groundes
           to
           me
           (
           yet
           sent
           from
           Portsmouth
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           prouident
           direction
           of
           her
           sacred
           Maiestie
           ,
           to
           awaite
           the
           comming
           of
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           vpon
           aduertisements
           that
           her
           Highnes
           receiued
           of
           their
           being
           put
           to
           Sea
           )
           to
           set
           saile
           ,
           who
           else
           had
           receiued
           no
           vnderstanding
           of
           the
           Gallies
           :
           neither
           came
           they
           within
           shot
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           after
           night
           ,
           howsoeuer
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           seruice
           is
           wholy
           challenged
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           Hauing
           giuen
           your
           Lordship
           an
           account
           how
           this
           day
           was
           thus
           spent
           by
           me
           ,
           from
           eyght
           of
           the
           clocke
           vntill
           the
           euening
           ,
           and
           with
           these
           onely
           helpes
           :
           I
           beseech
           your
           Lordship
           to
           be
           pleased
           to
           vnderstand
           ,
           that
           with
           the
           setting
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           I
           could
           both
           discerne
           the
           Ships
           last
           mentioned
           vnder
           sayle
           at
           the
           Downes
           ,
           and
           the
           Gallies
           to
           haue
           set
           their
           sayles
           :
           directing
           their
           course
           close
           aboord
           our
           shore
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           being
           out
           of
           sight
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           my
           Dutch
           consorts
           by
           
           this
           time
           to
           haue
           been
           left
           by
           the
           Gallies
           to
           a
           sterne
           chase
           .
           When
           I
           perceiued
           them
           to
           holde
           that
           course
           ,
           which
           would
           bring
           them
           within
           shot
           of
           the
           
             Answere
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Downes
           :
           I
           held
           a
           cleane
           contrary
           course
           from
           them
           ,
           towards
           the
           coast
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           confirme
           the
           secure
           passage
           they
           thought
           to
           finde
           on
           our
           coast
           ,
           which
           I
           continued
           ,
           vntill
           the
           report
           of
           their
           battery
           gaue
           me
           assurance
           of
           the
           Gallies
           being
           engaged
           vnto
           tham
           .
        
         
           How
           the
           batterie
           began
           ,
           who
           began
           it
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           continued
           ,
           how
           ended
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           seruice
           is
           due
           ,
           I
           leaue
           to
           be
           considered
           by
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           by
           the
           perusall
           of
           the
           true
           discourse
           following
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Answere
          
           of
           the
           Queenes
           ,
           which
           Captaine
           
             Bredgate
          
           commanded
           ,
           as
           she
           rid
           more
           Southerly
           at
           the
           Downes
           then
           the
           Flemmings
           ,
           so
           came
           she
           first
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           and
           bestowed
           28.
           peeces
           of
           Ordinance
           on
           them
           before
           the
           Flemmings
           came
           in
           ,
           who
           at
           length
           seconded
           him
           with
           very
           many
           shot
           .
           During
           this
           batterie
           of
           ours
           vpon
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           so
           terme
           ,
           because
           they
           neuer
           exchanged
           one
           shot
           )
           at
           the
           very
           first
           report
           of
           the
           
             Answers
          
           Ordinance
           ,
           I
           directed
           the
           Master
           of
           my
           ship
           to
           beare
           vp
           with
           the
           South
           end
           of
           the
           
             Goodwin
             ,
          
           with
           which
           directions
           I
           deliuered
           my
           reasons
           publikely
           ,
           as
           I
           stood
           on
           the
           poope
           of
           my
           ship
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           if
           I
           stood
           directly
           in
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           before
           I
           could
           recouer
           the
           place
           ,
           would
           either
           be
           driuen
           a
           shore
           or
           sunke
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           there
           proue
           no
           neede
           of
           my
           
           force
           ;
           or
           els
           by
           their
           nimble
           sayling
           they
           would
           escape
           the
           ships
           ,
           of
           whom
           (
           once
           getting
           a
           head
           )
           they
           could
           receiue
           no
           impediment
           :
           for
           there
           was
           no
           one
           shippe
           but
           the
           
             Aduantage
          
           in
           the
           sea
           that
           could
           hinder
           them
           to
           recouer
           any
           port
           in
           Flanders
           or
           the
           East
           Countries
           (
           Sluce
           onely
           excepted
           )
           vnlesse
           I
           staied
           them
           at
           that
           sand
           head
           .
        
         
           Hauing
           recouered
           as
           neere
           that
           place
           as
           I
           desired
           ,
           I
           staied
           at
           least
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           houre
           ,
           before
           I
           could
           either
           see
           Gallie
           ,
           heare
           or
           see
           any
           of
           those
           Ships
           ,
           their
           lights
           ,
           or
           report
           of
           their
           Ordinance
           ,
           which
           made
           me
           and
           all
           my
           companie
           hold
           opinion
           that
           they
           had
           outsailed
           the
           
             Answere
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Flemmings
           ,
           and
           shunned
           sight
           of
           me
           by
           going
           a
           seaboord
           of
           my
           ship
           :
           which
           I
           so
           verely
           beleeued
           ,
           as
           I
           once
           directly
           determined
           to
           saile
           for
           Sluce
           ,
           with
           hope
           onely
           that
           the
           preparation
           which
           I
           knew
           the
           States
           had
           there
           ,
           would
           be
           able
           to
           preuent
           their
           entrance
           into
           that
           place
           .
        
         
           Whilest
           I
           remained
           thus
           doubtfull
           ,
           or
           rather
           hopelesse
           to
           hinder
           their
           recouerie
           of
           Dunkerke
           or
           Newport
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           had
           been
           a
           seaboord
           of
           me
           ,
           some
           of
           my
           companie
           descried
           a
           single
           Gallie
           plying
           from
           the
           shore
           to
           get
           a
           head
           of
           my
           shippe
           .
           When
           she
           approched
           within
           Caliuer
           shot
           ,
           I
           discharged
           aboue
           thirtie
           peeces
           of
           Ordinance
           of
           my
           lower
           &
           vpper
           tyre
           at
           her
           alone
           ,
           my selfe
           with
           many
           other
           in
           my
           ship
           saw
           when
           her
           maineyard
           was
           shot
           asunder
           ,
           heard
           the
           report
           of
           many
           shot
           that
           hit
           her
           hull
           ,
           heard
           many
           their
           most
           pitifull
           outcries
           :
           which
           when
           I
           perceiued
           to
           continue
           ,
           and
           in
           
           steed
           of
           making
           way
           from
           me
           ,
           to
           neere
           me
           what
           she
           could
           ;
           I
           forbare
           shooting
           ,
           and
           commaunded
           one
           that
           spake
           the
           Portugall
           language
           ,
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           I
           was
           contented
           to
           receiue
           them
           into
           mercie
           :
           which
           I
           would
           accordingly
           haue
           performed
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           other
           fiue
           Gallies
           offered
           to
           stand
           out
           a
           head
           of
           me
           at
           that
           very
           instant
           ,
           and
           thereby
           would
           haue
           left
           me
           as
           they
           had
           done
           both
           the
           first
           two
           Dutch
           shippes
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           the
           
             Answere
          
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Flemmings
           ,
           had
           I
           omitted
           any
           small
           time
           of
           executing
           the
           aduantage
           I
           had
           of
           their
           being
           on
           my
           broad
           side
           ,
           which
           as
           appeares
           was
           so
           effectually
           employed
           (
           howsoeuer
           the
           night
           wherein
           this
           seruice
           was
           performed
           ,
           might
           hinder
           the
           particular
           mention
           of
           their
           hurts
           )
           as
           none
           can
           denie
           but
           that
           God
           pleased
           thereby
           onely
           to
           work
           their
           confusion
           .
           For
           since
           that
           time
           none
           hath
           said
           or
           can
           speake
           of
           any
           one
           shot
           made
           towards
           them
           :
           yet
           foure
           of
           them
           are
           sunke
           and
           wracked
           ,
           the
           fift
           past
           doing
           the
           enemie
           seruice
           :
           and
           the
           sixt
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           new
           build
           at
           Dunkerke
           ,
           where
           (
           if
           I
           bee
           not
           much
           deceiued
           )
           she
           will
           prooue
           more
           chargeable
           then
           profitable
           ,
           if
           the
           fault
           rest
           not
           in
           our selues
           .
        
         
           The
           disagreement
           betweene
           the
           Dutch
           Captaines
           themselues
           touching
           the
           stemming
           and
           sinking
           of
           the
           Gallies
           (
           whereof
           one
           challenged
           before
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           other
           publike
           places
           ,
           to
           haue
           stemmed
           and
           sunke
           two
           himselfe
           )
           and
           the
           printed
           Pamphlet
           containing
           the
           stemming
           and
           sinking
           of
           three
           Gallies
           ,
           giueth
           the
           reputation
           
           
           
           
           
           thereof
           to
           three
           seuerall
           Captaines
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           no
           mention
           is
           made
           of
           the
           first
           :
           and
           whereas
           there
           are
           but
           two
           in
           all
           sunke
           ;
           I
           leaue
           to
           be
           reconciled
           amongst
           themselues
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           whether
           that
           the
           same
           of
           right
           appertaineth
           not
           to
           her
           Maiesties
           Ship
           the
           
             Hope
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           allegations
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           euery
           particular
           whereof
           being
           to
           be
           prooued
           by
           the
           oathes
           of
           my
           whole
           Companie
           ,
           and
           maintained
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           my
           life
           with
           that
           which
           followeth
           .
        
         
           1
           As
           the
           shooting
           of
           the
           single
           Gallies
           main-yard
           asunder
           ,
           my
           bestowing
           aboue
           thirtie
           peeces
           of
           Ordinance
           vpon
           that
           one
           Gallie
           ,
           within
           lesse
           then
           Caliuer
           shot
           .
        
         
           2
           That
           they
           in
           the
           Galley
           made
           many
           lamentable
           outcries
           for
           my
           receiuing
           them
           vnto
           mercie
           .
        
         
           3
           That
           I
           would
           accordinglie
           haue
           receiued
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           giuing
           them
           ouer
           to
           encounter
           with
           the
           other
           fiue
           Gallies
           ,
           which
           els
           had
           left
           me
           to
           a
           sterne
           chase
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           reasons
           I
           adde
           the
           assertions
           of
           the
           Viceadmirall
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           tolde
           me
           (
           whatsoeuer
           he
           spake
           in
           other
           places
           )
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           which
           he
           stemmed
           ,
           had
           her
           maineyard
           shot
           asunder
           before
           his
           comming
           aboord
           her
           :
           by
           whom
           soeuer
           she
           was
           then
           stemmed
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           may
           iudge
           ,
           who
           ruin'd
           her
           ,
           considering
           she
           made
           no
           resistance
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           report
           ,
           but
           by
           crying
           to
           him
           for
           mercie
           .
        
         
         
           Touching
           the
           other
           Gallie
           stemmed
           and
           sunke
           ,
           I
           haue
           alreadie
           proued
           how
           she
           (
           as
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           had
           got
           a
           head
           the
           
             Answere
          
           of
           the
           Queenes
           not
           named
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           States-men
           of
           warre
           with
           her
           ,
           who
           challenge
           the
           whole
           credit
           of
           this
           seruice
           :
           They
           (
           as
           all
           other
           Sea-men
           )
           cannot
           denie
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Gallies
           will
           outsaile
           all
           Ships
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           loome
           gale
           of
           winde
           and
           smooth
           sea
           ,
           as
           wee
           had
           that
           night
           .
        
         
           The
           Gallies
           being
           then
           quicker
           of
           saile
           then
           they
           ,
           how
           could
           they
           by
           any
           meanes
           possible
           fetch
           them
           vp
           ,
           but
           by
           some
           impediment
           ?
           Impediment
           they
           receiued
           none
           ,
           but
           by
           my
           Ordinance
           :
           which
           amounted
           to
           fiftie
           great
           shot
           at
           those
           fiue
           which
           came
           last
           from
           the
           shoare
           ,
           when
           al
           the
           ships
           were
           aboue
           a
           mile
           a
           sterne
           .
        
         
           Some
           notwithstanding
           out
           of
           their
           detracting
           dispositions
           may
           perchaunce
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           which
           were
           wrecked
           at
           Newport
           would
           haue
           perished
           by
           storme
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           not
           been
           battered
           .
           Whereto
           though
           I
           haue
           sufficiently
           answered
           ,
           first
           in
           shewing
           that
           they
           might
           haue
           recouered
           any
           of
           the
           places
           thereabouts
           before
           8.
           of
           the
           clock
           that
           night
           but
           for
           me
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           second
           time
           before
           the
           morning
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           encountred
           by
           me
           alone
           ,
           at
           the
           South-sand
           head
           :
           yet
           for
           further
           proofe
           that
           they
           miscaried
           by
           our
           batterie
           onely
           ,
           I
           say
           that
           if
           one
           of
           the
           Gallies
           which
           receiued
           least
           damage
           by
           our
           Ordinance
           did
           out-liue
           Fridaies
           storme
           ,
           continuing
           till
           Saterday
           noone
           ,
           being
           driuen
           among
           the
           Islands
           of
           Zealand
           
           to
           recouer
           Callis
           ,
           then
           surely
           those
           two
           (
           vnles
           they
           had
           bin
           exceedingly
           torne
           )
           would
           haue
           made
           shift
           to
           haue
           recouered
           the
           Ports
           of
           Newport
           ,
           Graueling
           or
           Dunkerke
           :
           especially
           sith
           from
           the
           place
           where
           I
           battered
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           haue
           bin
           at
           the
           remotest
           of
           those
           places
           about
           foure
           houres
           before
           any
           storme
           began
           .
           But
           such
           seemed
           their
           haste
           to
           saue
           their
           liues
           ,
           as
           their
           thought
           ranne
           of
           a
           shoare
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           a
           harbour
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           I
           haue
           deliuered
           vnto
           your
           Lordship
           the
           whole
           and
           true
           discourse
           of
           this
           businesse
           ,
           I
           shall
           forbeare
           to
           trouble
           your
           patience
           with
           any
           further
           relation
           of
           that
           night
           and
           next
           daies
           spending
           my
           time
           (
           though
           the
           same
           in
           their
           chase
           had
           like
           to
           haue
           cost
           her
           Maiestie
           her
           Ship
           ,
           &
           the
           liues
           of
           as
           many
           as
           were
           in
           her
           )
           and
           cōclude
           with
           admiration
           of
           their
           not
           holding
           her
           Maiesties
           ships
           ,
           nor
           I
           (
           her
           vnworthiest
           seruant
           )
           and
           then
           and
           yet
           by
           her
           Highnes
           grace
           and
           your
           Lordships
           fauor
           ,
           Admiral
           of
           the
           forces
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           are
           not
           once
           mentioned
           :
           especially
           sith
           the
           sixe
           Gallies
           might
           safely
           haue
           arriued
           before
           seauen
           of
           the
           clock
           that
           night
           at
           any
           of
           the
           Ports
           of
           Flaunders
           to
           the
           Westward
           of
           Ostend
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Dutch
           shippes
           had
           not
           come
           from
           an
           anchor
           in
           the
           Downes
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           signes
           they
           receiued
           from
           me
           .
           Then
           that
           the
           force
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           Shippe
           ,
           wherein
           I
           was
           ,
           enforced
           them
           to
           keepe
           close
           aboord
           the
           English
           shoare
           ,
           whereby
           those
           Shippes
           in
           the
           Downes
           had
           power
           giuen
           them
           to
           come
           to
           fight
           ,
           which
           fight
           was
           begun
           by
           the
           
             Answere
          
           of
           the
           Queenes
           .
        
         
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           sith
           the
           Gallies
           escaped
           their
           battery
           ,
           and
           had
           gotten
           a
           head
           those
           Shippes
           ,
           aboue
           a
           mile
           at
           least
           ,
           and
           neuer
           receiued
           any
           impediment
           after
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           me
           ,
           who
           lingered
           them
           (
           as
           you
           haue
           heard
           )
           vntill
           the
           comming
           vp
           of
           those
           Ships
           that
           challenge
           to
           stemme
           them
           :
           which
           being
           granted
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           any
           other
           credit
           can
           rightly
           be
           giuen
           them
           (
           for
           that
           stemme
           I
           meane
           )
           then
           to
           a
           lackey
           for
           pillaging
           of
           that
           dead
           bodie
           which
           his
           master
           had
           slaine
           .
        
         
           ALthough
           this
           be
           a
           very
           true
           report
           of
           that
           which
           was
           done
           in
           this
           seruice
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           thing
           very
           plausible
           to
           all
           that
           are
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           good
           successe
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           affaires
           :
           yet
           should
           it
           not
           haue
           mooued
           me
           much
           who
           were
           esteemed
           to
           haue
           been
           the
           chiefe
           actor
           in
           so
           good
           a
           worke
           ;
           or
           to
           whom
           any
           augmentation
           of
           credit
           might
           grow
           thereby
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           I
           haue
           found
           some
           ,
           who
           (
           I
           denie
           not
           )
           haue
           had
           their
           part
           in
           that
           seruice
           ,
           haue
           been
           so
           farre
           transported
           with
           the
           opinion
           of
           their
           owne
           desert
           therein
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           not
           let
           in
           setting
           foorth
           their
           owne
           commendation
           ,
           to
           cast
           a
           staine
           vpon
           other
           mens
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           greater
           part
           in
           the
           worke
           then
           themselues
           ,
           as
           may
           appeare
           by
           the
           report
           aboue
           recited
           .
           Which
           notwithstāding
           should
           the
           lesse
           trouble
           me
           ,
           if
           the
           touch
           thereof
           did
           reach
           only
           to
           my selfe
           as
           a
           priuate
           gentleman
           :
           but
           seeing
           the
           imputation
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           be
           gathered
           in
           a
           Pamphlet
           printed
           ,
           containing
           a
           report
           of
           that
           seruice
           ,
           wherein
           no
           mentiō
           at
           al
           is
           made
           either
           of
           me
           ,
           or
           of
           
           any
           other
           her
           Maiesties
           seruants
           or
           Ships
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           of
           our
           nation
           ,
           doth
           derogate
           not
           onely
           from
           my selfe
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           sort
           from
           the
           diligence
           and
           vigilancie
           of
           al
           publike
           ministers
           of
           her
           Maiesties
           Nauie
           :
           it
           behoued
           me
           to
           haue
           so
           much
           sense
           of
           mine
           and
           their
           reputations
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           true
           report
           of
           the
           thing
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           was
           done
           )
           to
           redeeme
           the
           slander
           that
           in
           some
           mens
           conceits
           (
           whose
           eares
           are
           quicke
           enough
           to
           receiue
           ill
           impressions
           of
           publike
           officers
           )
           might
           bee
           easily
           laid
           vpon
           vs.
           For
           which
           onely
           cause
           is
           this
           report
           published
           .
           For
           how
           little
           respect
           I
           had
           to
           affect
           reputation
           to
           my selfe
           by
           publishing
           any
           report
           of
           that
           which
           had
           passed
           in
           this
           seruice
           ,
           may
           appeare
           by
           this
           one
           circumstance
           :
           that
           as
           soone
           as
           I
           had
           presented
           my self
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           Master
           Secretarie
           at
           the
           Court
           at
           Oatelands
           ,
           and
           bin
           by
           your
           Honors
           presented
           to
           her
           Maiestie
           ,
           and
           made
           report
           of
           that
           which
           had
           passed
           :
           my
           first
           suite
           was
           ,
           to
           be
           licensed
           to
           goe
           into
           the
           countrie
           (
           as
           your
           Honor
           can
           well
           witnes
           )
           whither
           immediatly
           I
           repaired
           attending
           my
           owne
           busines
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           returned
           but
           very
           lately
           ,
           without
           any
           thought
           or
           purpose
           of
           declaiming
           my
           owne
           actions
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           other
           thing
           ,
           more
           then
           of
           returning
           to
           my
           charge
           ,
           vntill
           comming
           to
           the
           Citie
           I
           found
           euery
           mans
           mouth
           full
           of
           an
           iniurious
           report
           of
           that
           seruice
           ,
           and
           likewise
           a
           Pamphlet
           printed
           by
           the
           procurement
           of
           some
           who
           had
           had
           to
           do
           in
           that
           seruice
           ,
           which
           did
           confirme
           the
           misconceit
           thereof
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           haue
           been
           constrained
           to
           doe
           that
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           (
           as
           
           I
           haue
           said
           )
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           my
           nature
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           speake
           of
           my selfe
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           be
           herein
           the
           more
           to
           be
           excused
           ,
           because
           the
           matter
           doth
           concerne
           me
           not
           onely
           as
           a
           priuate
           person
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           publike
           seruant
           of
           the
           State
           :
           towards
           which
           it
           becommeth
           me
           to
           make
           cleere
           all
           actions
           wherewith
           I
           am
           put
           in
           trust
           .
           For
           which
           respect
           I
           must
           also
           adde
           this
           much
           more
           ;
           that
           if
           any
           man
           will
           take
           exception
           to
           any
           point
           of
           that
           which
           I
           haue
           here
           aboue
           vpon
           so
           good
           consideration
           set
           downe
           :
           I
           would
           haue
           him
           vnderstand
           that
           I
           haue
           not
           lightly
           put
           foorth
           this
           report
           ,
           as
           a
           blast
           to
           fill
           mens
           eares
           :
           but
           so
           aduisedly
           ,
           that
           at
           all
           times
           I
           will
           be
           readie
           to
           maintaine
           and
           iustifie
           the
           truth
           therof
           ,
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           becommeth
           a
           Gentleman
           professing
           Armes
           ;
           and
           bearing
           the
           charge
           ,
           which
           by
           her
           Maiesties
           fauour
           I
           doe
           ,
           to
           iustifie
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           he
           taketh
           vpon
           the
           hazard
           of
           his
           reputation
           to
           report
           .
           And
           in
           assurance
           thereof
           I
           haue
           to
           this
           report
           set
           my
           hand
           ,
           and
           published
           it
           in
           my
           name
           .
        
         
           
             ROBERT
             MANSEL
             .