A true account from on board the good ship Cæsar, in her voyage to the East Indies· Captain - Wright commander. Walford, William, fl. 1687. 1687 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2012-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A96671 Wing W297 ESTC R213055 99897918 99897918 171095

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A True Account From on Board the Good Ship CAESAR, In Her Voyage to the EAST INDIES. Captain — Wright Commander. SIR,

HAVING this Opportunity, I could not forbear giving you this Brief Account of a Signal Victory which Providence gave us over Five Sail of Pyrates. The full Relation would take up more Time, and more Paper (which is a ſcarce Commodity with us) than I can ſpare at preſent; but however, I doubt not but that you will take this Haſty Relation in good part.

Upon the laſt day of October, 1686. being upon a Sunday Morning, we happen'd to meet with Five Sail of Ships (at a Place called St. Jago, where we uſually touch to take in Freſh Water, and Freſh Proviſions) who came up to us at firſt with French Colours, but they were ſoon changed into Spaniſh Colours, and one of them hoiſted up the Bloody Flag, which immediatly alarmed Us, and made Us put our ſelves into a Condition of Receiving them, and they as immediatly ſet upon Us; We loſt all our Boats, and were forced to throw Three Thouſand weight of Bread over-board, and ſeveral other things, that we might have Room enough to Play our Great Guns.

For Five hours ſpace we had a very hot and ſharp Engagement: Their Admiral and Vice-Admiral intended to have Boarded Us upon our Sides, and another upon our Stern; yet we ſaw none bold enough to dare to take poſſeſſion; for at the ſame time we had the luck to give them our Broadſides, and likewiſe our Small-ſhot from our Forecaſtle, Poop, Quarters and Decks, which we ſhowred on them like Hail; till at laſt the Villains were forced to march off with the loſs of their Boult-ſprit, Fore-maſt and Mizen yard from thoſe Three Ships which attempted to have Boarded Us. We ſuppoſe their Aim was at the Money which we had in the Ship, which was Eighty two thouſand Pounds, beſides the Cargoe; and if they had taken Us, We ſhould have been worth to them Two hundred thouſand Pounds, beſides the Ship: We had One hundred and twenty Souldiers on Board of Us, which did Us a great deal of good Service. We had but one Souldier killed, and one Sea-man loſt his Arm, by name Francis Stephens (a Water-man that uſed to Ply at Puddle-dock Stairs,) and we had about ſeven more wounded; but we are certain that they have loſt ſeveral of their Men, beſides a great deal of damage done to their Shipping; for at laſt they were forced to fall a Stern to make good the damage they had received from Us, which queſtionleſs was very conſiderable; They were Ships of Burthen, and could not have leſs than between Twenty and Thirty Guns a-piece, and a great many Men on Board, of which they carried but few away. If I had had leiſure, I ſhould have given you a Fuller and more Particular Account: but this is in Subſtance the truth of the Action, in which I was engaged, who am

Your Humble Servant, William Walford.
June 8. 1687.

This may be Printed,

R. P.

LONDON, Printed by H. Hills, Jun. and are to be ſold by Randal Taylor, near Stationers Hall. 1687.