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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    CAPTAIN LANGSTON’S DEATH are at anchor in the Road of Majorca at 5 in the after¬ noon, and salute the town with seven guns. They answered not at all—at which our Captain was very angry. 14 : At 8 this morning, the Viceroy (hearing how ill it was taken that they did not answer the King of England’s man-of-war) commanded four guns to be fired : four farts had pleased us as well. 15: A fair day, but our Captain, having taken cold at Formentera, was bad la£t night, and continues worse to-day. (16): The wind favouring, we are under sail by 8, and for Alicante ;81 but our Captain is worse [than] he was. Yet we had divine service ; and the friar I spake of before sat by me all the while very devoutly. 17 : ’Twas a very tempestuous night, and a hard gale. We discover a fleet of ships: they proved to be Hollanders, fifteen sail, and bound for Alicante. At 12 we are over againSt Orlandoes Gap. Our Captain continues very ill; and I begin to fear his death. And this night I sat up by his bedside all night. Many times he would talk very lightsome, and pre¬ sently again he would talk light-headed. 18 : By 4 this morning we come to anchor in Alicante Road, where we find Dutch, French, Spaniards, but not one English ship. 19 : Our Captain is now paSt all hopes of recovery. This is the 7th, and he’ll not (we fear) see another. The wind is cross, else we had sailed this day. Brave Captain Antony Langston died a very little after 10 a-clock this night. I £tood by his bedside