Great news from sea, or, The True narrative of the great and bloody fight between several of His Majesties ship [sic] and four Tnrks [sic] men of war and of the victory obtained by the English : as also the account of the names, qualities and carriage of guns of those Turks that were sunk and slain ... and each particular as it was communicated from on board the Greenwich t[o] a gentleman here in London. 1680 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A41929 Wing G1730 ESTC R43215 27024694 ocm 27024694 109919

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Great News from Sea, OR, THE TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE Great and Bloody Fight Between ſeveral of his Majeſties Ship and four Turks Men of War. And of the Victory obtained by the Engliſh. As alſo an Account of the Names, Qualities, and Carriage of Guns of thoſe Turks that were ſunk and flain in the Fight: Likewiſe the number of Chriſtian Slaves redeemed, and of Turks blown up, and drowned in the Sea. And each particular, as it was communicated from on Board the Greenwich t • a Gentleman here in London. April 1. 1680.

HAVING received orders for the Conveying of two ſmall Spaniſh Merchant men ſenventy or ninety leagues W. S. W. the one being Bound for the Iſland of reneriff and the other (the adviſe Boat) bound for the Weſt-Indies ſailed from Cadiz the laſt day of the laſt Month; with the two aforeſaid Ships, and having but little Wind all Day at S. E. and becalmed all Night, till five this Morning, I was by Eſteemation at noon ten leagues W. S. W. from Rota point, about one of Clock this Afternoon, We ſaw four ſails of Ships to'h Windward of us, ſtearing N. W. ſo they boar downwards upon us with all the Sail they could make; ſhewing Engliſh Colours till they came within a legue of us: which was about three a Clock then the headmoſt brought to with his Head to the Southward; and ſo lay by and ſhewed his Turks Colours a little while: (but we ſhewed our Colours) as the reſt came up with him, they all came under, his Steam, and came by the Lee; and ſo lay about an hour for Conſultation, and then boar away beyond us a little nearer, & came by the Lee again, then our Ships being in a readyneſs to Fight: VVe ſpread our Colours, and immediately ſired a Gun of Defiance; but they anſwered us not, neither by Gun, nor Colours but ſtill lay by, at half an hour paſt five they bear round upon us then we Tackt and ſtood right with them, which they no ſooner ſaw but getting their Larboard Tack aboard with all the ſail they could make; ſtood to the Eaſtward from us: VVe gave them Chaſe about an hour, but ſeeing we could do no • ood, and night coming on; fearing to looſe our Convoyage; about ſix we left of all our Chaſe and ſtood in our courſe with our Convoys; two of of theſe ships we ſuppoſed to have between thirty and forty Guns; and the other two between twenty four and thirty Guns, but though we had not the good fortune to come near enough to do any Execution upon the Rogues. We were accidentally Iuſtruments in driving them upon Captain Tiu of the Samphir: who the next Morning came up with them, and having maintained a ten hours Fight with them all, had ſo diabled the Calihaſh, a ship of eight and twenty Guns: that the Adventure coming to his aſſiſtance: she was taken and is now in Tangere. The Vice Admiral, and other of our Fr • gats, who were come out of the noiſe of the Guns: continued in the chaſe of the other three: one of which, to wit the Orange a ship of four and twenty Guns, they ſtranded and deſtroyed. It likewiſe hapned that we turned back the Citrone tree, a Ship of thirty Guns, who was endeavouring to get into the Streights Mouth as Sir Richard Munden and we were with our Convoyes on Saturday the ſeven and twentieth of March to whom vve gave Chaſe: and though she out ſtriptus, yet she fell in vvith the Briſtol and Adventure of Lapeſyratel, vvho forced her on shore: and got out of her fifty Chriſtians, and ſeventy Turks and there Burnt her.

Thus three of theſe Pirats have been in a ſmall time deſtroyed, vvhice is the moſt conſiderable ſucceſs, vve have had for a long ſeaſon againſt them.

This Letter showen athe admiralty board this Motning, of which this a true Copy.

FINIS.