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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    21 tion for his voyage,) yet might you see his hart full of trouble to part from his lady and his sonn and heire ; whoe though so younge, yet with his mayd to leade him by his dading sleeves, would he goe from gun to gun, and put his fingar to the britch of the gun, and cry Booe; whilst the mother, like a woman of greate discretion, seemes no whit troubled, that her husband might be the lesse so. But our leiuetenant’s wife was like weeping Rachell, or mornefull Niobe ; as also was the boatswaines wife : indeede all of them like the turtle-doves, or young pigions, true emblems of mourning. Only our mas- ter’s wife, of a more masculine spirit, or rather a virago, lays no such grieve to her hart; only, like one that hath eaten mustard, her eys are a little redd. Dwar Tapa TO cuvec0at TOVvVC wTrac. And now being sayling out of the Downes about the Smyrna merchant ; and the Mary, a Maligo [ Ma- laga] man; wee are bade good speede with guns from every ship there ; whilst wee thank each ship in the same language. Our Capt. intended to set the women all on shoare at Deale; but finding no convenience there of a coatch, he carrys them to Dover. About 10 at night (haveing beene hindred by pressing som men as wee went alonge) wee cam to an anchor in Dover roade; where rod severall merchants at anchor when wee cam in; but, for feare of our pressing their men, stole away in the night. The sunn riseing gives us a full vew of Dover Castle, cituate so on a hill, and with severall other