Two letters from the fleet at sea, touching the late fight: the one written by Generall Monck to the Commissioners of the Admiralty sitting at Whitehall. The other by Capt Bourn, captain of the Resolution to his wife. In which fight Generall Deane is killed by a great shot, and a Dutch admirall blown up, and 3, or 4, of their ships sunk. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A76017 of text R207016 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E698_21). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A76017 Wing A874 Thomason E698_21 ESTC R207016 99866093 99866093 118354 2240960244

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A76017) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 118354) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 108:E698[21]) Two letters from the fleet at sea, touching the late fight: the one written by Generall Monck to the Commissioners of the Admiralty sitting at Whitehall. The other by Capt Bourn, captain of the Resolution to his wife. In which fight Generall Deane is killed by a great shot, and a Dutch admirall blown up, and 3, or 4, of their ships sunk. Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. Bourn, John, Captain. 6 p. Printed by Tho. Newcomb, dwelling in Thamestreet, over against Baynards-Castle, London, : MDCLIII. [1653] Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654 -- Early works to 1800. Naval battles -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Early works to 1800. Netherlands -- History, Naval -- Early works to 1800. A76017 R207016 (Thomason E698_21). civilwar no Two letters from the fleet at sea, touching the late fight:: the one written by Generall Monck to the Commissioners of the Admiralty sittin Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of 1653 5 554 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

TWO LETTERS FROM The Fleet at Sea , Touching the late FIGHT :

The one Written by Generall MONCK to the Commissioners of the Admiralty sitting at Whitehall .

The other by Capt BOVRN , Captain of the Resolution to his Wife .

In which Fight Generall DEANE is killed by a great shot , and a Dutch Admirall blown up , and 3 , or 4 , of their ships sunk .

LONDON , Printed by Tho. Newcomb , dwelling in Thamestreet , over against Baynards-Castle , MDCLIII .

TWO Letters from the Fleet at Sea , Touching the late Fight . Gentlemen ,

YEsterday morning being at Anchor some 10 miles without the South-head of the Gober , early in the morning we discryed the Dutch Fleet , about two Leagues to the Leeward . We made sail towards them , and between eleven and twelve at noon we were engaged ; and for three hours the dispute was very sharp on both sides ; which continued from three till six in the evening ; at which time the enemy bore away right before the winde , and little more was done ; onely the Frigats gave chace so long as there was any light to distinguish one from another .

One of the Dutch Admirals was blown up , and three or four sunk , as we are informed . We cannot hear that any of our own ships was lost in this engagement , blessed be the Lord .

We are at this time again very fair by them , and shall endeavour our utmost to engage them as soon as we can .

It hath pleased the Lord to take away General Dean in the fight , an honest and faithful servant of the Commonwealth . He was slain by a great shot .

In this Engagement we have spent the greatest part of our powder and shot ; and therefore I earnestly desire you will take care that a considerable proportion may be suddenly provided for us and sent , with such Victuals and Waterships as are yet behinde

What ships are making ready in the River , may as soon as can be sent .

This is the best account can be given at present .

Your most affectionate Friend and Servant GEO. MONCKE . From aboard the Resolution , 14 Leagues from the Northforeland bearing west of us , June 3. 1653. at 6 in the morning .
Col: Bourns Letter to his wife . Dear Heart ,

OUr Engagement was Yesterday . about two of the clock in the Afternoon . This time , at ten of the clock in the morning , we are in pursuit of Dutch , who , if they will stay , I hope we shall by Gods Providence make an end of the War . And I hope we shall Engage the Enemy within an hour and less .

From Aboard the Resolution , 14 Leagues off the Northforeland , the 3 of June , 1653. about East , and East by South .

Our Master , and Lieutenant , and all the other Officers are well , but General Dean was taken off by a great shot .

Your loving Husband John Bourn . FINIS .