The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board H.M.'s ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, 1675-1679 / transcribed from the original manuscript and edited with an introduction and notes by G.E. Manwaring.

  • Henry Teonge
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[1927]
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Credit: The diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board H.M.'s ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, 1675-1679 / transcribed from the original manuscript and edited with an introduction and notes by G.E. Manwaring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEPARTURE OF ALEPPINES i 8 : Calm all night; and so also to-day. About 11 of the clock came near us five galleys ; and one more about three leagues astern. When we had put abroad our colours they (being Genoese) sent their boat to inquire after the Algerines which were near us the la£t night; and, having received our information, they left us, and £fcood toward the shore. ’Twas ju£t by the island called Gorgona.225 19 : Little wind; yet we are over against the head Cape of Corsica. At 4 our Captain and Aleppines went aboard the Tartan,226 which is to carry them over, to serenade and make merry. (20) : I preached a sermon : “ Hallowed be Thy name.” We met the Unity to-day. And now we are entering the Gulf of Lyons, which is at lea£I three hundred and seventy leagues over. God send us well over it! 21 : This morning we are close under the isles of Aries,227 At half an hour after 9 our noble Aleppines departed from us. We gave them nine guns ; the Dartmouth seven ; the Martin nine. They saluted us with all their peteraroes several times over. Their good company will be much missed aboard our ship. They are for Marseilles ;228 and will be there this night. No sooner do we part with our Aleppines but we discover eight sails coming towards us from the shore ; which we soon discover to be Algerine men-of- war. Now we make all things ready, thinking no less but that they would fight us. But when we came something near them, their Admiral sent his boat to us, and commands [us] on aboard to give him account