Volume 1

A collection of letters, from the original manuscripts of many princes, great personages and statesmen. Together, with some curious and scarce tracts and pieces of antiquity, religious, political, and moral. [With] Appendix. [Vol. I.] / [Leonard Howard].

  • Howard, Leonard, 1699?-1767.
Date:
1753
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Credit: A collection of letters, from the original manuscripts of many princes, great personages and statesmen. Together, with some curious and scarce tracts and pieces of antiquity, religious, political, and moral. [With] Appendix. [Vol. I.] / [Leonard Howard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vanced. The Englijh Forlorn immediately fired upon them, (too haftily, and at too much Diftance), which gave the Spa¬ niards Advantage to fall in with them with their Lances, before they could charge again, and gave them fome Dif- order, and killed fome Officers, among whom, to their great Lofs, Captain Coxe periihed. But the Knglijhy quickly recovering themfelves, beat the Enemy back, and purfucd them within Cannon-lhot of the City. Thefe weary fpcnt Men, drawn on by this Skirmilh, forgot that Thirft, which, ~ fo foon as the Purfuit was over, they fainted under 5 many, both Men and Horfes, dying on the Place for very Thirft. Venables^ being much endangered at this Action in the Rout of the Forlorn, was earneftly intreated and prefied by the Officers not to hazard himfelf fo again, but march with a Body. This over, they called a Council of Wars where (confidering their want of Match, which was fpent to Three or Four Inches 5 and of Provifion, which all had been with¬ out Two Days, and fome longer, and had no other Food blit what Fruits the Woods afforded) they refolved again for their Ships, which the Irifimans Relation, and Commiffioncr Butlers peremptory Counfcl, had diverted them from s and caufed them to lofe many Men and Horlcs, with Thirft and Hunger, in marching back that Way, which otherwife had been faved. Four or five Days were fpcnt at the Harbour in refrefhing the tired fainting Soldiery, and taking new Rcfolutions for a fccond March and Charge, wherein they could not well be more fpeedy 5 {o^Pen and IVinJloWy two of the Commiilloners, keeping at Sea with the Fleet (which rode fome Leagues off from the Fort by Hine River), and refufing to come adiore, Venables (then ill with the Flux) was forced to make many dangerous Pafl'ages to them in fmall Brigantines for their con- ^ O earring