The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board His Majesty's Ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, anno 1675 to 1679 / Now first published from the original MS. with biographical and historical notes.

  • Henry Teonge
Date:
1825
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Credit: The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board His Majesty's Ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, anno 1675 to 1679 / Now first published from the original MS. with biographical and historical notes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and Kent on the right, wee com to the Boy in the Nore [ Buoy of the Nore]; a thing as strainge to me as was the rest of their dyalect. Hither many of our seamen’s wives follow their husbands, and severall other young women accompany theire sweetharts, and sing, Loath to depart,* in punch and brandy ; so that our ship was that night well furnished, but ill mand; few of them‘ being well able to keepe watch, had there beene occasion. Here I could relate severall amorous songs, som from the men to the women, others contra, shewing them /oath to depart. Not far from thence, the water being very smoath, wee see an example of imprudence: the topps of two masts, the remainder of that good ship the Argeare, under the commaund of Capt. Nevett,’ there run a ground; som say by willfull carelessnes. * These are probably the first words of a song, the tune of which seems to have been sounded on the trumpets as part of the salute given to any superior officer or person of rank upon leav~ ing the ship. In a MS “ Discourse on Marine Affairs,” pre- served in the Harleian collection (N° 1341), the ceremony used on board upon the departure of any personage of high rank or command in the navy, is fully described, and concludes thus : “ Beinge againe returned intoe his barge, after that the trum- petts have sounded a Loathe to Departe, and that the barge is falne off a fitt and faire birthe and distance from the shippe side, hee is toe bee saluted with soe manie gunns for an adieu, as the shippe is able toe give, provided that they bee alwaies of an odd number.” MS. p. 214. ° Thomas Knevet (Nevett) was appointed commander of the Giles ketch in 1663, and of the Lilly in the following year, from whence he was shortly removed into the Richmond. At the commencement of the Dutch war he was particularly fortunate, as well as active, in distressing the enemy’s trade by the cap-