A
Relation
of
some
late
conflicts
betweene
the
Portugals
and
the
English
,
at
,
or
neare
Surrat
in
the
East
Indies
,
by
letters
dated
in
Surrat
the
29.
of
September
and
●7
.
of
October
1630.
VPon
the
22.
of
S●ptember
1630.
arrived
5.
English
Ships
in
the
roade
of
Swalley
(
which
is
th●
Port
of
Surat
)
namely
the
great
Iames
,
the
William
,
the
Blessing
,
the
Discovery
,
and
the
Reformation
,
in
the
way
of
peaceable
trade
and
marchandizing
,
who
there
found
thirty
Portugall
Frigots
of
warre
which
had
waited
for
them
,
20.
dayes
before
the
said
Ships
arrivall
to
oppose
their
trade
there
and
in
all
o●her
parts
of
the
said
East
Indies
,
(
as
continually
before
,
the
Portugals
have
done
from
the
very
beginning
of
the
trade
of
the
English
there
)
●hi●h
Frigots
had
a
little
before
seazed
agreat
Ship
o●
Portugals
no
lesse
cautelously
had
opened
and
spread
them selves
in
good
order
,
the
full
length
of
all
their
Frigots
,
as
they
purposely
had
contrived
themselves
closer
along
the
shoare
,
as
well
for
the
safety
of
their
owne
people
,
as
to
terrifie
the
English
from
drawing
any
further
for
dread
of
the
great
Ordnance
,
which
with
their
harquebusses
acrock
(
usually
mounted
on
their
Prigots
sides
)
was
the
refuge
(
it
seemeth
)
they
mainly
depended
on
.
But
such
was
the
undantednesse
of
the
English
,
being
stirred
up
to
a
high
measure
of
fury
by
the
hourely
vexation
and
braving
of
the
Enemy
,
as
being
now
come
within
shot
,
with
a
generall
resolution
,
reioyeing
at
the
occasion
,
after
a
shot
or
two
received
first
from
the
Portugals
,
put
on
in
the
very
face
or
mouth
of
all
their
Frigots
:
And
perceiving
that
but
three
of
them
could
use
the
advantage
of
their
Prowes
against
them
,
and
that
some
of
the
rest
were
brought
a
ground
,
and
so
could
not
vse
their
great
Ordnance
,
but
had
onely
their
harquebusses
acrock
to
gall
them
,
advanced
forward
still
plying
their
small
shot
with
very
good
Discipline
,
and
the
Portugals
no
lesse
valiantly
replying
with
their
double
forces
,
as
well
from
their
Frigots
on
Sea
as
their
squadron
on
shoare
,
but
not
able
(
it
seemeth
)
to
endure
the
violent
rage
of
the
English
,
they
beganne
to
give
ground
,
and
the
English
most
fier●ely
following
,
entred
pell mel
amongst
them
even
in
the
water
,
within
lesse
then
pistoll
shot
of
their
Frigots
;
In
which
interim
the
Vice-Kings
sonne
was
convayed
aboord
,
but
so
narrowly
escaped
,
that
the
party
who
provided
for
his
safety
was
himselfe
taken
prisoner
in
the
action
,
many
of
the
English
(
not
fearing
to
runne
up
to
the
chinne
in
the
water
,
even
to
the
very
sides
of
their
Frigots
)
pursuing
the
victory
with
great
flaughter
,
both
on
shoare
and
at
sea
,
and
at
length
returned
with
27.
Portugals
prisoners
taken
alive
,
without
the
losse
of
any
more
then
one
ancient
man
(
a
Corporall
)
not
wounded
,
but
suffocated
with
heate
,
and
wounding
7.
more
of
the
English
.
This
they
happily
performed
in
the
sight
of
Myrza
Backhar
and
divers
of
the
Countrey
people
to
their
great
admiration
and
the
English
Nations
great
honour
.
The
next
day
to
the
Portugals
great
shame
,
they
were
constrained
to
leave
the
Port
:
but
the
next
day
after
(
being
Sunday
the
24.
of
October
)
about
eight
of
the
clocke
the
Portugals
put
in
execution
their
maine
Stratagem
(
so
much
depended
on
by
them
)
and
not
without
cause
much
feared
by
the
English
in
firing
of
their
foure
prepared
Vessels
,
chayned
together
for
the
intended
destruction
of
the
English
fleete
,
but
the
vigilancy
of
the
English
,
prevented
that
great
mischiefe
intended
by
their
Ships
boates
,
well
manned
on
the
head
of
their
head
.
amble
thereunto
.
First
,
it
is
well
knowne
to
vs
,
that
since
the
enemy
was
repulsed
,
and
forsooke
the
siege
of
Bergen
,
in
the
dai●s
of
Marquesse
Sp●nola
,
they
haue
beene
practising
and
plotting
some
dangerous
designes
to
make
them●elues
masters
of
some
of
the
Isles
of
Zealand
,
that
by
sloops
,
punts
,
and
fl●t
bottom'd
boat●
,
(
which
they
haue
beene
a
long
time
a
preparing
and
making
)
they
might
separate
,
and
cut
off
our
passage
betweene
Holland
and
Zealand
.
To
this
end
,
about
two
or
three
yeares
agoe
,
they
began
to
fortifie
a
village
in
Brabant
,
called
Sandf
;
le●te
,
which
hath
a
Creeke
that
comes
out
of
the
Riuer
called
the
Scheld
,
which
runs
vp
to
Antwerpe
;
and
made
some
Forts
vpon
some
p●tches
of
dry
ground
in
the
drownd
Land
,
called
the
Cr●ys-sconces
,
and
Hoogerweif
,
that
they
might
bring
their
boats
and
sloopes
on
the
back
side
of
Lillo
,
and
so
auoyd
the
danger
of
shot
in
passing
to
Sanduliet
vpon
the
Scheld
,
betweene
two
strong
Forts
of
ours
,
Lill●
and
Liefkeys
booke
,
which
lies
opposite
the
one
to
the
other
.
Now
his
Excellency
perceiuing
the
enemies
designe
,
and
that
he
began
to
fortifie
himselfe
at
Sandfleete
,
and
in
the
other
places
afore
mentioned
;
to
preuent
him
from
getting
any
more
ground
vpon
vs
,
built
likewise
Forts
at
a
place
called
Blawe-garne
,
as
Fredericke
Henries
Fort
,
calling
it
after
his
owne
name
,
Hawtames
and
Carreys
Forts
,
so
that
the
Enemies
Forts
may
shoote
at
randome
at
our
shipping
,
which
runnes
vp
to
Lillo
,
and
Liefkeys
booke
,
and
ours
towards
their
sloopes
,
which
comes
thorow
the
drownd
land
from
Antwerpe
to
Sandsleete
and
their
Forts
.
Now
over
against
Sandsleete
and
their
Forts
,
there
is
an
Iland
called
the
Doel
,
from
which
an
old
Dyke
doth
runne
from
the
Doel
to
the
Scheld
;
which
his
Excellency
hearing
the
Enemies
preparations
,
feared
much
that
if
the
Enemy
had
possessed
before
vs
,
and
built
a
Fort
vpon
it
,
they
might
haue
cut
off
all
reliefe
and
passage
to
Lillo
,
Fredericke
Henries
Fort
,
and
Lifkeys
hooke
:
And
thus
much
to
giue
you
to
vnderstand
the
situation
of
the
place
:
which
you
may
see
more
plainly
in
the
Card
Brabant
,
which
I
send
vnto
you
.
The
Enemy
for
the
effecting
of
this
great
designe
by
water
,
hath
beene
this
three
or
foure
yeares
a
making
of
Sloops
,
Punts
,
and
great
flat-bottom'd
Boats
,
especially
since
our
last
Flaunders
voyage
this
yeare
,
to
seek
a
reuenge
in
casting
of
new
Ordnance
for
them
,
making
a
brest
of
Oaken
plancks
for
their
Muskettiers
to
play
ouer
Musket-proofe
;
and
furnished
them
with
Sailes
,
Oares
,
and
all
other
necessary
equipage
,
and
in
the
fore
part
of
their
greatest
Punts
and
Sloopes
planted
three
quarter
and
halfe
Canon
,
with
other
Peeces
to
s●oote
leuell
with
the
water
.
They
drew
not
passing
three
or
foure
foot
water
,
and
for
the
hasting
hereof
,
against
the
last
full
Moone
and
Spring
tyde
,
spared
not
to
worke
vpon
the
Sabbath
dayes
.
But
before
I
goe
on
,
I
will
digr●sse
a
little
,
and
tell
you
of
the
franticke
braine
of
a
Pape
or
popish
Priest
,
that
would
doe
wonders
.
A
Drum
of
ours
being
sent
from
our
Army
at
Druynen
to
Antwerpe
for
prisoners
,
some
of
the
Enemy
told
him
that
there
was
a
Pape
,
that
would
bring
their
men
into
Bergin
vp
Zoom
,
(
which
indeed
hee
hath
done
)
and
would
carry
fiue
thousand
men
vnder
for
the
morning
tyde
;
our
men
of
warre
comming
vp
againe
,
yet
with
their
often
shooting
from
their
battery
,
and
out
of
their
Punts
with
their
great
Ordnance
,
got
cleare
off
them
againe
,
and
so
with
that
ebbe
fell
downe
towards
Bergen
and
beyond
Rommerswall
,
in
the
view
of
our
Army
,
and
passing
by
,
three
or
foure
shot
was
made
from
the
South
sconce
of
Bergens
head
to
them
,
so
that
one
of
them
shot
off
the
Rudder
of
one
of
their
Sloopes
,
which
was
taken
and
brought
in
.
But
before
I
proceed
any
further
,
I
will
shew
you
the
list
of
their
preparations
,
and
how
strong
they
set
forward
from
Antwerpe
,
viz.
Fifty
great
Sloopes
.
Tenne
great
Punts
,
wherein
their
Canon
was
planted
.
Eighteene
Pleyts
or
great
Lighters
,
which
make
in
all
seuenty
eight
sayle
.
Foure
hundred
small
Peeces
of
Ordnance
,
as
small
Brasse
and
Leather
Peeces
,
Chambers
and
Murderers
.
Foure
thousand
hand
Granadoes
,
and
other
fire
workes
.
Tenne
halfe
Canon
.
Twenty
French
Canon
,
or
three
quarter
Canon
,
carrying
Bullets
of
36.
pound
.
betweene
sixe
and
seuen
thousand
Souldiers
and
Saylers
.
Eleuen
Barrells
of
money
.
Great
store
of
Ammunition
,
us
Powder
,
Bullets
,
and
Match
.
Whose
chiefe
Commanders
were
the
Prince
of
Barbanzon
and
Count
Iohn
of
Nassaw
;
And
victuals
,
wine
and
beere
for
fourteene
dayes
.
Being
thus
prouided
,
as
is
aforesaid
,
and
falling
downe
before
Bergen
,
at
the
first
fight
his
Excellencie
and
we
hearing
such
a
shooting
the
night
before
,
and
in
this
morning
,
being
Friday
the
12.
of
this
moneth
,
knew
no
better
but
that
they
had
beene
our
owne
men
,
which
had
beene
put
to
a
retreat
;
not
thinking
the
Enemy
had
beene
so
madde
to
vndertake
so
high
an
attempt
,
as
to
come
vnder
our
noses
,
and
to
dare
and
braue
our
Army
at
noone
day
,
our
Souldiers
being
on
fire
,
and
their
fingers
itching
at
them
,
and
that
onely
the
water
parted
vs
;
his
Excellency
,
from
the
hill
which
is
by
his
quarter
,
calls
for
his
perspectiue
glasse
,
discouers
the
Burgunn●an
Crosle
,
and
their
Sloopes
and
Punts
full
of
Souldiers
,
and
being
falne
downe
a
little
beneath
Rommerswall
,
drawing
a
grosse
together
,
and
pointing
as
though
they
would
land
vpon
the
Dyke
of
Tertole
;
sends
my
Lord
Generall
Morgan
away
in
all
expedition
with
the
gards
his
owne
Regiment
,
and
other
Forces
to
secure
that
Towne
of
Tertole
and
the
Iland
thereof
.
Proffering
to
land
,
they
cry'd
to
the
Peasants
,
which
stood
vpon
the
Dyke
to
desend
it
with
their
Armes
,
that
they
would
wash
their
hands
in
the
Geufes
blood
;
but
seeing
Generall
Morgan
and
his
Colours
making
such
haste
to
meete
them
,
they
bethought
themselues
,
and
fell
backe
againe
into
the
streame
.
But
ere
I
conclude
,
there
happened
two
wonderfull
markes
of
the
prouidence
of
God
.
Sailing
one
after
another
like
a
company
of
wild
geele
,
twelue
or
fourteen
of
their
greatest
Lighters
wherein
But
the
second
mark
of
the
admirable
prouidence
of
God
,
was
this
;
In
the
morning
towards
foure
of
the
clocke
,
the
Lord
sent
a
thicke
mist
,
which
did
so
blind
fold
them
,
as
heretofore
the
enemies
of
Gods
children
were
in
the
old
Testament
,
so
that
they
could
not
see
one
another
,
and
Count
Iohn
in
this
mist
ranne
a
ground
,
put
forth
a
light
,
and
the
rest
following
,
thinking
he
had
been
in
the
streame
,
were
all
like
wise
stranded
with
him
.
When
the
mist
dissolued
,
they
saw
likewise
our
men
of
Warre
which
came
from
Holland
and
Zealand
in
the
head
of
them
,
which
hindered
them
from
recouering
the
Point
▪
Count
Iohn
,
the
Prince
of
Barbanzon
,
the
Duke
of
Borneuille
,
&
two
or
three
more
Commanders
,
being
strucken
with
an
amazement
at
this
sudden
worke
of
God
,
got
into
a
little
boate
,
and
stole
away
from
them
,
Count
Iohn
calling
to
them
,
and
saying
,
Nessieurs
à
Dieu
,
Cest
mon
d●rniers
,
Euery
man
shift
for
himselfe
;
which
did
much
discourage
and
astonish
their
men
,
as
they
themselues
confessed
:
So
when
that
beganne
to
cleare
vp
,
our
men
saw
the
grosse
of
their
punts
and
sloopes
lying
vpon
the
sands
and
mud
,
and
they
by
hundreds
forsaking
their
sloopes
,
and
casting
away
their
armes
,
some
swamme
,
others
waded
vp
to
the
neck
to
get
to
the
Land
to
saue
their
liues
,
crying
for
quarter
to
the
Pesants
,
which
at
the
first
did
repulse
them
:
In
the
meane
time
Count
Iohn
gaue
them
the
slip
,
and
got
into
Prince-land
with
those
which
hee
had
in
his
little
sloope
,
leauing
his
Sword
,
his
Leading-staffe
,
his
Horses
,
and
his
Trumpetor
and
Laquyes
behind
him
.
This
morning
being
Saturday
,
the
13.
of
September
New
stile
,
all
the
Enemies
sloops
,
punts
,
and
lighters
,
all
their
Ordnance
,
and
Ammunition
,
Materials
,
Mony
and
Victuals
,
thirty
Commanders
,
as
Gouernours
,
Lieuten●nts
,
Coronels
,
Captaines
,
and
Abf●r●sses
,
Dullicum
the
Gouernour
of
Groll
,
which
heretofore
had
brought
them
into
the
Velowe
(
sauing
the
Prince
of
Barbanzon
,
the
Duke
of
B●rn●v●lle
,
C●unt
Iohn
of
Nass●w
,
Barnesels
sonne
,
and
some
others
that
escap●d
in
the
sloope
with
Count
Iohn
)
were
taken
;
and
the
numb●r
of
aboue
4000.
souldiers
and
saylers
droue
like
flocks
of
Cattle
thorow
our
quarters
,
and
hath
filled
all
our
vacant
places
at
Bergen
vp
Zoom
,
Steen
Bergen
,
and
Tertole
with
prisoners
,
hauing
lost
,
as
the
Pesants
in
the
Vosmare
report
,
who
haue
buried
them
drown'd
and
slaine
,
aboue
800.
of
them
,
our
souldiers
and
sailers
hauing
made
braue
booties
of
arms
,
money
,
clothes
,
and
victuals
,
and
fifty
fiue
thousand
pound
st●rling
brought
in
by
the
Admirall
of
Zealand
;
which
the
States
,
they
say
,
will
giue
as
a
reward
to
the
Souldiers
&
Saylers
for
their
seruice
.
And
this
night
,
being
the
15.
of
September
,
after
thanks
giuing
to
God
,
for
this
wonderful
&
powerful
worke
of
his
Almighty
and
out-stretched
arme
,
wee
haue
resounded
the
glory
of
God
,
from
all
our
Townes
and
Forts
,
with
the
report
and
thundering
of
a
thousand
Canon
shot
,
towards
the
faces
of
our
Enemies
;
to
make
them
vnderstand
in
their
Army
,
which
lies
but
fiue
English
miles
from
vs
,
at
Antwerpe
,
and
along
the
coast
of
Flaunders
,
what
God
hath
done
for
vs
:
hoping
shortly
,
as
victors
,
after
we
haue
bin
nineteen
or
twenty
weeks
in
the
field
,
to
returne
to
Garrison
.
And
thus
,
Sir
,
to
conclude
,
I
haue
truly
and
briefly
related
vnto
you
this
victory
,
which
God
hath
giuen
vs
without
the
losse
of
bloud
,
and
not
one
man
of
our
Nation
,
but
a
Seriant
shot
,
that
you
,
and
the
reft
of
Gods
people
may
reioyce
with
vs
,
because
his
deliuerances
and
his
mercies
to
his
people
,
endure
for
euer
and
euer
.
Amen
.
Resting
Your
louing
kinsman
euer
to
command
.
H.
H.
From
our
Army
at
Bergen
vp
Zoom
the
sixteenth
of
September
,
1631.
new
stile
.
Postscript
.
This
precedent
Relation
comming
from
a
Noble
and
worthy
gentleman
to
his
friend
here
in
England
,
was
obtained
to
the
Presse
,
with
much
importunity
;
being
the
most
exact
and
impartiall
discourse
that
hath
come
to
ourknowledge
,
concerning
this
action
.
And
which
,
if
wee
durst
manifest
the
Author
,
would
giue
sufficient
credit
to
the
matter
.
Such
as
it
is
,
wee
promise
shall
bee
the
last
wee
intend
to
publish
of
this
matter
.
Farwell
.
FINIS
.