THE Neitherlands Fleet upon the 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, of June successively, with se­veral winds & calmes beeing gotten to Sea out of the Texsell: And through contrary winds or calmes not beeing able before the 8. to sett course accord­ing to order given to approach the English Coast; were with sayling, stop­ping of tides, & driveing, on the 11. fol­lowing in the morneing, advanced unto about seven or eight Leagues East South East from the Northforeland, beeing the point of England, which stretcheth out between the Channel & River of London: where the said Neitherlands Fleet, through contrary wind & stream, were necessitated to Anker.

The English [who with their Fleet some dayes before were ankered in the Downs,] on the foresaid 11 June 1666. [probably upon intelligence of the approach of the Neitherlands Fleete,] put to Sea from thence with their Fleete, about noone apro­ached neere the Neitherlands Fleet, which Neitherlands Fleet beeing then all together were eighty three Ships strong, namely Fregats men of warre, besides advise Boates, Fireships & other small Vessels; but by accident even before the beginning of the work, & but one hour before the Battel began, one of the capital Ships of the Neitherlands Fleet, commanded by Colonell Gent, through stamping of the Sea, lost first his Bowsprit & af­terwards his [...]oremast in the sight of the enemy, & beeing unser­viceable by order of Gen. de Ruyter as Admiral & chief Commander of the Fleet aforesaid was sent up to Holland, the aforesaid Coll. Gent. beeing before gon over aboard the Ship of Cap. Godskens.

The English Fleet as they then were told by the Neitherlanders, were about eighty sayle strong; it was judged one a clock in the af­ternoone when each began to fire at the other, the Neitherlanders Ships haveing before cutt their cables, because it was impossible through the hollow Sea & shortnes of time in any wyse to gett their Ankors onboard. Both the Fleets therewith beeing under saile stood together over to the Southward the wind beeing W. S. W. by which meanes the Esquadron of the L. Admirals Tromp, & van Meppelen, to whom particularly was assigned the Reare­guard (haveing lyen at an Anker to the South westward) be­came the Vanguard. And he the said L. Admirall Tromp shewed himselfe valiant & resolute in the foremost & heaviest of the fight; & hee was also manfully seconded by his Vice- & Reare Admirals, & other Officers. Whereupon immediately according to order the Esquadron of Generalde Ruyter & L. Admiral van Nes, fell in with the enemy & with their chief Officers & Captaines signally quitted themselves. Presently after about 3. or 4. a clock after­noon an English Fregat of the Blew Esquadron carryng by ghesse 50. Guns, so soon as he was past the Gen. de Ruyters side having recieved from him the last salute sunk a little a stern of him.

The Esquadron of the L. Admiralls Cornelius Evertson and Tjerck Hid­des de Vries, could not at the first get up to the enemy, for that they were so farre to windward of them, whereby it was very fiercely fought on both sides, each Fleet keeping the same course till about 5. of the clock in the astternoone, when the English having tacked made North Westward, and were the most part of them forced to beare up before the wind, as is judged to avoid the Flemmish Banks, & then the Esquadron of the Admiralls Cornelius Evertson and Tjerck Hiddes de Vries, came also into a fierce combat whith the enemy, who likewise with their whole Esquadron praise-worthyly and courage­ously quitted themselves. And in the winding off of the English Fleet some of their leeward-most Ships were cut off, which were then pre­sently boarded & each by one Neitherlands Ship overcome and accor­dingly brought up in Holland. The one named Swiftsure, mounted with 70. Guns, most of them brasse & commanded by Sir William Barckley, Vice-Admiral of the white Esquadron, who (courageously de­fending himselfe against his overcomer, namely Henry Adrianson, com­manding the Ship Hern, mounted with 73 Guns) was in person slaine. The other named the seven Oakes, with abouth 60 Guns, was overcome by Capt. Vander Saen, commanding a Freggat of 52. Goteling. And the third named the Loyal George, with 44. Guns by Capt. Jacob Andreas Swart, commanding the Ship Deventer, mounted with 66. Guns, all three Captaines belonging to the Admiralty of Amsterdam. On the other hand in the first Attaque two Neitherlands Ships the one named Duivenvoord, carrying 64. Guns, of which was Capt. the Young Heroe Otto van Treslong, & the other named the Court of Zeeland, carrying 58. Guns, of which was Capt. Simon Block, both fell on fire as is judged by burneing tamkins shot out of their owne or other Neitherlands Ships, by the f [...]rce of the wind dryven back into the foresaid Ships. In the abovesaid Ship of Cap. Otto van Treslong, were the Prince of Monaco, & the Earle of Guise, beeing carried on by a couragious zeal, who both of them happily & in utmost perill were first saved in the Ship Small Holland upon which is Commander Capt. Evert van Gelder, Brother in the law to Gen. de Ruyter; & after came over into the Ship of the foresaid Gen. de Ruyter.

In the foresaid Attaque was the Ship of L. Adm. Tromp found to bee so damaged in his Masts, that by mischance another Neitherlands Ship comeing onboard him lost all his Masts; also the Ship of Reare Admirall van Nes about the same time had his Foremast shot by the board, so that both were necessitated as to their persons to goe over into other Ships, where they againe let fly their respective Flaggs, & as before with great valiantnes continued to doe their endeavour as formerly, & the foresaid mastles Ships presently according to orders given were sent up & towed out of the Fleet for Holland. The English as above having turned & passing by the Neitherlands Fleet, their Ad­mirall & beside him some other Ships of his Fleet came to an Anker, but shortly after seeing that Generall de Ruyter with his Fleet under him had also turned & was comeing uppon him, they chopped their Cables & there fell betwixt them a very hard & heavy long-dureing fight; in which through Gods grace none of the Neitherlands Ships miscarryed. But betwixt seven & eight of the clock in the evening one more of the capitall English Ships of the Blew Esquadron, car­rying by estimation betwixt 60. or 70. Guns, beeing past by the Ship of the Generall de Ruyter about a Musket shot, went to the ground; Both which English Ships sunk close by & even amongst the Nei­therlands Fleet, so as the same was perfectly seene by very many Of­ficers, Private Seamen & Souldiers, beeing donne before their eyes & remarqued by them; but it cannot certainly bee affirmed whether any other English Ships might be sunke or destroyd that day: But towards evening the Reare Adm. of the White beeing a capitall Ship of war & made very unserviceable by Gen. de Ruyters & others shot, there was commanded upon him one of the Fireships of the Gen. de Ruyters Es­quadron, which being gotten onboard him & presently set on fire, the said Fireship was forth with sunke; whereupon a second Fireship out of the Zeelands Esquadron did likewise come onboard the said R. Adm. and set him on fire but the said R. Adm. cleared himselfe & each time found meanes to put out the fire in his Ship. A third Neither­lands Fireship under the favour of the Guns of the L. Adm. Cornelius E­vertson endeavouring to lay the said R. Adm. onboard was before hee [Page 7]was fast, shott to ground and sunk, so that according to the a­greeing witness of all the Neitherlands Officers which were there a­bouts, the often mentioned Reare Admirall of the White, with a spe­ciall constancy, as an honorable Souldier hath quitted himselfe: And it is the more to be admired because that [according to the witnes of some English Prisoners who leaped out of his ship into the sea, & were saved by the Neitherlands Ships at what time the forefaid two first Fi­reships came onboard him] beeing on fire, three hundred of his Seamen, accounting the matter desperate (and to decline the fire) leaped over board, and chose the water. Out of the foresaid Reare Admirall in the evening late an unhappy shott was made which tooke out of the world the valiant L. Adm. Cornelius Evertson, whose good conduct and courage in many foregoeing occasions, as also in this was experimented; and thereuppon for that time was the fight parted by the Night, soe that through the darknes in the smook and damp, it could not bee marked whether the foresaid Reare Adm. might be sunk or have cleared and saved himselfe.

The Night beeing past the English Fleete on the 12 Iune 1666 with breake of Day was to windward above the Neitherlands Fleete about a league & halfe; the wind then beeing West South West, at which time both the Fleetes againe laid one towards the other, to wit, the Neitherlands Fleet Northwest and the English South over: So soone as the two Fleetes, were approached nigh each other, the Neither­lands Fleete did also ly towards the South to stand the same course with the enemy. But the English setting aside the advantage of the wind bore up uppon the Neitherlands Fleet and accordingly did run before the wind amongst their enemies, the Neitherlanders keeping their course and bideing uppon a wind, running over against them, soe that both Fleets did in this manner passe with a heavy and sharp fight, without loseing any one single Ship of the Neitherlanders.

Nor can any of the Neitherlands Officers as yet give testimony to the Deputies and Plenipotentiaries, of the States Generall, that of a cer­teynty any of the English Ships were taken or destroid in the said ren­contre. The Fleets being past each other in this manner & on both [Page 8]sides many Ships in their standing & running rigging much dama­ged by shott, each with spliceing, wallknotting and otherwise againe sought to make fitt, & there uppon it beeing faln quite still, both Fleets lay and drove in a calme till about 11. of the clock before noone: When the gale increasing both Fleets laid towards each other (the Neitherlanders then beeing to Windward) and againe fell into a very furious fight. The Generallde Ruyter being advanced about halfe way in the English Fleete, heard in the midst of the same very fu­rious shooteing, and from thence presumeing that some Ships of the Fleete under him must bee in a streight & totally surrounded by the enemy resolved with his Esquadron under him to fall in; And hee presently bearing up ran in amongst the enemy, who uppon his comeing makeing some roome, hee saw and found that the L. Ad­mirall Tromp, then in person beeing in and letting fly his flagg uppon the Ship of Jacob Cornelius Swart, had with a souldiers heart broken in there, and together with Vice- Admirall van der Hulst, Captain Pe­ter Salomonson, De Haen, and van Amstell, lay very much disen­abled surrounded by the enemy: All which without the aforesayd succor were in great danger to bee burned or sunk, as indeed the fore­mentioned Ship of Peter Salomonson was at the comeing of the fore­said succour already on fyre and thereby then lost. The aforesayd Captayn and a good part of his seamen were in utmost perill and just in their Extremity saved by the Neitherlanders; But it pleased God that hee (beeing gone over upon the Ship of Captayn Schey, and there according to his power doeing worthily,) dyed during the battell in the bed of honour.

The aforesaid Ship of Capt. Swart, & of the aforenamed three other Captains, were, dureing the time of the said surrounding made so unserviceable, that the L. Admiral Tromp was necessitated again to goe over upon another Ship; And the aforenamed Ships of Vice-Admirall van der Hulst, & the foresaid Capt. de Haen, Swart & van Amstel, as being wholly unusefull, must bee sent up to the first & fittingest heavens. In the aforesaid throng amongst others Vice-Admirall van der Hulst was also shot dead, who in all occasions had [Page 9]carryed & leported himselfe as a brave Souldier & understanding Of­ficer. Yet it pleased God the Lord in a short time doubly to repayr the foresaid loss & dammage of the Ships of the States of the Vnited Neitherlands; for many of the English Fleet were the same day sunk & burned. Amongst which there is remayning the perfect knowledge & notice of these following Ships: Namely,

First, One of the Esquadron of the Red, beeing according to ghesse a Ship of about 60 Guns, sunk about noon amongst the fore­most Ships or in the van of the English Fleet.

Secondly, One of the Blew Esquadron, carrying by ghesse be­tween 50 & 60 Guns, sunk about three of the clock in the after­noon, after hee had passed by General de Ruyter, & in passing by him was duely saluted.

Thirdly, One of the White Esquadron, carrying according to ghesse near 50 Guns, a little time after was sunk by the syde of Vice-Admirall de Liefde, who had so boared him through with his Canon that he went to the ground.

Fourthly, One of the Esquadron of the White Flag, carrying about 50 Guns by computation, about halfe an hour after was sunk in the Esquadron of General de Ruyter, a little behind the Ship of Capt. van Meewen, who gave him a full lower tyre in passing by. And that it may certainly bee concluded that both the foresaid Ships of the White Esquadron, are two distinct Ships it is to be noted that many Of­ficers & seamen saw the one as wel as the other ruined: to wit, the same persons that had seen the one sunk saw the other sunk also a short time after: whereof examination is carefully made to be sure that one & the same Ship should not bee taken for two distinct Ships.

Fifthly, The Ship the Black Eagle, or Armes of Groening, beeing the last Autumne (after that the Neitherlands Fleet by an heavy storm were dissipated from each other,) met by the English & taken; which foresaid Ship the Black Eagle was sunk, Capt. Marrevelt having with fore-consideration prepared & fyred his whole broadside upon it.

Sixtly, Another English Ship sunk in the middest of the English Fleet, after he had sayled for some time with a Flag of distresse with­out any mans comeing to his help.

In the aforesaid two dayes as also in the fight of the fourth day (of with hereafter shall bee further spoken) there were undoubtedly se­verall English Ships burned of which neverthelesse no full certeynty of testimony can be given, in regard that some syre Ships were set on fyre & yet it cannot bee perfectly said whether the Ships which they were aboard of were burned or that they cleered themselves. Except onely two English Ships, which many bee certainly affirmed dureing the fight to bee burned, one uppon the second the other uppon the fourth day of the foresaid Battel, for as much as the Neitherlands Offi­cers and Seamen that served uppon the Fireships, come in with good certificates to obtaine their setled reward for that service.

When the English Prisoners fisht out of the Sea, and sent to the re­spective Colledges of Admiraltyes, shall bee perfectly examined to un­derstand out of what Ships they are particulary saved, undoubtedly yet more of the burned and sunk English Ships will bee discovered.

The Fight of the foresaid 12. of Iune, was very fierce especially in the afternoon, so that many Ships on both sides were very much damni­fyed in their Masts, ropmasts, sayles & rigging: Amongst others about 3 or 4 of the clock in the afternoon was the main Topmast of Gen. de Ruyters Ship shott downe falling with Flagg & pendant from above. Hee there uppon being something unfitted gave order presently to L. Admirall van Nes in meane while till that another Topmast should bee set againe to lett fly the pendent under his Flagg, & for that time to acte as Generall, orderly to prosecute the fight. The which also was followed by him with such courage & conduct that both Fleets came up three times one towards the other that afternoon & so hav­ing passed each other towards the evening when the Neitherlands fleet had turned the fourth time toward the English they followed their course & with all their sayles made towards their owne coast; they body beeing lessened toeight or nine & thirty men of warre; the Neith­erlands Fleet standing towards them (who were by their tacking got a good way asterne,) did use all possible endeavour to fetch them up, to that end makeing all the sayle they could. But the night & calme co­meing up, were, next to Gods will, the cause that the Neitherlands Fleet [Page 11]could not reach them. The Gen. de Ruyter with his other sailes so much as he could keepeing neer the Fleet got in the mean while his maine Topmast, Flagg & pendant againe set up & all brought into fitting posture, & did againe on the 13 his office as Generall. The English with breake of day discerneing that the Neitherlands Ships continued all possible endeavour to fetch them up, sett their mastles and ill say­ling Ships in fire, that they should not fall into the hand of their ene­my, and used all meanes to fetch the River of London, setting to this end Topgallantsayles, Spritsayles, Lysayles, & Drabblers, yea also wet­ting their Sailes & setting all to worke that could any wayes further or help them, the wind then East & afterwards East South East, with a small gale. How many was the number of the Ships that for the cause above said in the morneing were sett on fire, could out of the Nei­therlands Fleet with no perfect certainty bee marked, the number beeing by one made greater than by another, but the English in their Gazette of 4/14 to 7/17 June 1666 printed at London by publique authority [wherein they adscribe to themselves the Victory,] say that 3 Ships dureing the retreat, by order from their Generall were set on fire, to wit, the Ship Saint Paul, & two other slugg Ships, of which the names are not there printed. The foresaid retreat continueing the whole day the English approached so neer the sands lying before the fore­said River, that their Admirall of the White, named Sir George Ascue, with the Ship Prince Royall under him, mounted with ninety Brasse Guns beeing the biggest & capitalst Ship of their whole Fleet, came a ground uppon a certaine sand named the Galper a grievous mischance for a Souldier, who dureing the whole Battel had quitted himselfe manfully, & now not otherwise but according to order of his Generall was retireing; & although the foresaid Admirall in this manner being come a ground, made signes with shooting & otherwise for helpe & assistance yet neverthelesse all the Ships of the English Fleet & name­ly the rest of his owne Esquadron held their course: so that he beeing now alone bereft of force to resist & forsaken by all succour should have been burned by two Neitherlands Ships, which came presently up to him, had not L. Admiral Tromp, being then [Page 12]uppon the Ship of Reare Admirall Sweers given signes to the aforesaid Fireships to forbear, because that uppon the Ship of Admirall Asc [...] the Flagg was strucken, & so thereby as by other signes it was sh [...]wd that quarter was desired; vvhere uppon the Seamen of the aforesaid Reare Admirall Sweers by order of I. Admirall Tromp vvent on­board the forenamed Ascue, & brought him over vvith some of his Officers & people as Prisoners uppon the foresaid R. Admirall Sweers, & the next day in the morneing by order of Generall de Ruyter sent the foresaid Admirall Ascue vvith a Galliot to the Hague, & although the a­foresaid Ship the Prince Royal aftervvards gott afloat againe, yet ne­verthelesse because it vvould much incumber the Fleet Generall de Ruy­ter ordered that the Ship should be burned, & the People saved, which presently vvas accordingly effected.

About the same time towards the evening there came out of the Southwest twenty two English Ships of warre, commanded, as was afterwards understood, by Prince Rupert, who as is now certified the day before vvas sent off into the Channell & there & in the Haven of Portsmouth & Plimmouth vvas to gather some more Ships to him & so together to run & meet the French Fleet under the Command of the Duke of Beaufort, & attacque them. Likevvise there came, out of the River of London as is judged, certainly from the English Coast, three other great Ships of vvarre, makeing together a nevv re-inforce of 25 good men of vvarre. The Neitherlands Fleet seeing the fore­said nevv succours to approach, the Zeeland & Viiesland Esquadron made tovvards them, but the aforesaid body under Prince Rupert-decline them, & ran tovvards the English Fleet or the remainder of them, vvherevvith he conjoyned late in the evening. The vvhole En­glish Fleet beeing then in all with the foresaid new Re-inforce sixty or sixty one good ships of vvarre strong, vvhereof so notable a part vvere vvholly fresh ships. The Neitherlanders on the other hand vvere then together about sixty four ships of vvarre, but all by a fight of tvvo dayes & chase of the enemy the third day, much dama­ged & tyred out, beeing but the remainder of their Fleet; three have­ing been sunk or burned as is above related, others vvith their taken [Page 13]prises gon for Holland, others either mast [...]es or tovving mastles ships sent out of the Fleet. The matter novv standing in these terms the Neitherlanders, vvhich novv savv a considerable Battel to bee expected having this night (to decline the sands & have more room) vvith a small saile stretched Eastvvards on: The Generall de Ruy­ter in the morneing early first called a Councill of Warre & after­vvards also made a sign to all his Captains to come aboard, & having exhorted them all to doe their endeavour as also given them orders according to which they were to regulate themselves, the Battel was a­gain begun the 14 of June forevvritten in the morneing about 8 of the clock, betvvixt the Foreland & the Flemmsh Banks in the open sea about 8 leagues from the Land, the Wind beeing South south-east, vvhere­by the Neitherlands Fleet haveing the vveather gage did vvith their three Esquadrons in three distinct places break into the enemy & fought through them, wherewith the English were somewhat dis­persed. This beeing donne Generall de Ruyter tacked againe with the Neitherlands Fleet & stood over Southwards towards the enemy, who on the other hand rallyed themselves. This was re-iterated three severall times distinctly, whereby it was fought neer this whole day very fiercely on both sides with uncerteynty of the issue. Dureing this furious fight one of the Neitherlands Ships of warre commanded by Capt. Vytenhout was fyred & after sunk. One of the English Fireships seeing the Vice Admirall de Liefde disabled & lying with his main­yard downe, attempted to lay him on board; but was by the Vice-Admirall & by Capt. William Bowdewijns turned off. Thereafter another Neitherlands Fireship that by a shott was fired fell aboard that Fireship & they burned both together. On the other side a Neitherlands Fire­ship attempting to board and fire the Ship of Prince Rupert, the which in this short time was much battered, one of the English Fireships which attended on the foresaid Prince came aboard the Neitherlands fireship & thereby both the foresaid fireships as also another English Ship which unhappily fell in with them were burned. In the meane while was the L. Admirall Tromp with the a forenamed Ship of Rear Admirall Sweers & some other Ships with hi [...] in a long conti­nued [Page 14]& furious fight with the enemy wholly disenabled so that hee was forced with his foresaid Ships to abide out of the fight that they might as much as was possible fit & bring themselves in posture agayn. Gen. de Ruyter [although by this means the Fleet under him was dimi­nished in a considerable number of capital Ships] neverthelesse seeing that the sun began to grow low, resolved [without tying himselfe too much to the advantage of the wind] to make the appoynted sign ge­nerally & together with all the Esquadron to break in uppon the ene­my. Where uppon the L. Adm ^s van Meppelen, de Vries, together with Vice Adm ^s Banckert, Schram & Coenders, as also the R. Adm. Brunysvelt & all the Captaines which were to windward resolutely breaking in & every one doeing his endeavour, it fell out that the L. Adm. van Nes & the Vice Admirall De Liefde with the R. Admirals van Nes & Evert­son & some others Ship beeing to lee-ward of the English Fleet & the Generall de Ruyter with the rest of the Neytherlands Ships to Windward; they so streightned the middle of the English Fleete betwixt them both the sayd Fleet beeing by this means attacqued both before & behind, that the enemy after a sharp fight of an hour & half, not willing as it seems to bee boarded by the Neitherlanders Ships, betook themselves the second time againe to flight & thereby fell wholly into confu­sion & rent in pieces. The White Flagg with eight or tenne English men of warre bore away before the wind northwards with leesayles set, & the Admiralls of the Red & Blew Esquadrons by the wind ran over towards the English coast hoysing up all the sayles that they could. The Neitherlands Ships which uppon the aforesaid signall of the Gen. de Ruyter could lay a board any English Ship, mastered it: Amongst others the R. Adm. Brunsvelt boarding two of the enemies Friggats that lay fast together hee alone overcame both the foresaid enemies Ships; But in this confusion as appears took no sufficient order for the keeping possession of the two a foresayd prizes, whereby the English af­terwards made themselves masters of them againe: but some time after Capt. Pawes observeing it, retook both the fore said rescued Ships; but the one named the Bull which could not longer keep the Sea nor bee brought in to any haven was soon sunk, the other named the Essex, [Page 15]a faire Fregat with 58 guns not very much damaged is brought up in­to the Texell. The like accident of beeing retaken is hapned to ano­ther English prize. The Vice Admirall Coenders did at the same time overcome & bring up accordingly into the Texell the Ship called the Clovetree mounted with 62 guns; which the last yeare was taken by the English from the State of the United Neitherlands. Likewise also Capt. Ruth Maximilliaen at the same time did master & hath brought up into Goree the Ship named the Convertine mounted with 54 guns. Besides these uppon the forewritten day according to the knowledge of the Neitherlands Officers there were two English Ships sunke, to witt, one of the Esquadron of the White which sunk in the evening, & the other a little time thereafter, it beeing not without likely hood that more other English Ships are destroyd of which the Neitherlands Of­ficiers have not full knowledge and therefore of that particular no­thing can bee certainly affirmed by them.

The English finding themselves in this desolate posture & follow­ed by the Neitherlanders, God the Lord; [which by his almighty hand had brought the worke thus farre] as appears did not please that they should for that time bee brought into farther ruine, or fall in to the hands of the Neitherlanders. His Divine Majesty this evening about seven of the Clock very suddenly caused a thick mist to come up, du­reing the which the Neitherlands Fleet, having chased the enemy 4. glasses was at last forced to forbear the further prosecution, least chaseing the enemy upon uncerteynty & as it were by groping they should scatter & dissipate themselves, which acording to rules of Sea affayres should have been most unadvisedly don; yea not to bee ans­wered. Wherefore the Gen. de Ruyter by the ordinary sign-shotts gathered the Fleet together, which lay driving with a small sayle the whole night, but the next day morneing beeing the 15 of June afore­said noe English Ship could bee descryed no not from the topmasts of the Neitherlands Ships. The battel & prosecution of it, there-with had an end: The Generall de Ruyter the same day with the Neitherlands Fleet beeing strong sixty Ships of warre arrived in the Wielings according to order, that beeing the rendezvous appoynted by the State.

Nine others, beside the forementioned Ship of Coll. Gent, beeing, part dureing the fight & part after the end of the Battel, either unser­viceable or come into Goree, to bring up their Prizes; Ten others for like reason successively sent towards the Texell as belonging thereto; And the remaining four were as is here above related burned or sunk, making together 843 which with one light Fregat of the Maes used for an advise-boate, amounts to the number of 85 Ships of warre: which number the Neitherlands Fleet did consist of, besydes Fireships, Advise-boates, & other Vessels when they set sayle from before the Texell. And wee understand that the remainder of the English Fleet having endeavoured with all diligence to fetch severall of the next Havens they could, did the most part of them get in at Harwich.

For which Victory the inhabitants of the Confoederate Neitherlands are bound to give the highest thankes unto God the Lord, who hath given them so eminent a Victory. For according to the stedfast & constant witnes of the Officers that have been in the Fleet, & also according to what appeares by bringing up of Prises before our eyes, three & twenty Ships of warre of the enemyes are ruined or taken & brought up, & amongst them especially one Admirall & one Vice-Admirall, besides those which without the knowledge of the foresaid Neitherlands Officers may be burned, sunk, or come to other mis­chances: And on the contrary in a fight of four dayes no more then 4 Neitherlands Men of warre all of particular although valiant Cap­taines are lost; & not any thing thereof is faln into the enemies hands for their rejoyceing.