Britannia Triumphant Or An Account of the Sea Fight And Victories of the Engli
Britannia Triumphant Or An Account of the Sea Fight And Victories of the Engli
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I T was on the nineteenth of May that they difcovercd the Dutch, about eight leagues E. S. E. Of the Gunfleet; and F 3 8 BRITANNIA the next day they prepared to engage j had not the thick weather which came up, made them lofe fight of each other. Upon this, the Englifli and French fleets put into Solebay, where they continued 'till the eight and twentieth, when the Dutch appeared unexpectedly, at break of day, in the offing, bearing up to them, and had very near furprized them in the bay, many ...fliips being obliged to cut their cables, to get out and range themfelves in order of battle.
It is credibly reported, that the day before, the wind be- ing at north-eaft, aftiffgale, the earl of Sandwich, with the other flag officers, being invited to an entertainment on board the duke of York's fhip, took the liberty, in the midft of the jollity, to fay, that the fleet was in danger of being furprized, as the wind then flood, and therefore, it was his opinion, they ought to weigh anchor and put out to fea: whereupon the duke, by a fudden reply, feeming to reflect on this caution of the earl's, as the effect of fear, it is faid, caufed in him a refentment, that was fuppofed to have been fatal in the fequel, (as we mall fee below, ) tho' the event fhews, this caution was the effecl: of h;s prudence, and not of his fear.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I T was on the nineteenth of May that they difcovercd the Dutch, about eight leagues E. S. E. Of the Gunfleet; and F 3 8 BRITANNIA the next day they prepared to engage j had not the thick weather which came up, made them lofe fight of each other. Upon this, the Englifli and French fleets put into Solebay, where they continued 'till the eight and twentieth, when the Dutch appeared unexpectedly, at break of day, in the offing, bearing up to them, and had very near furprized them in the bay, many ...fliips being obliged to cut their cables, to get out and range themfelves in order of battle.
It is credibly reported, that the day before, the wind be- ing at north-eaft, aftiffgale, the earl of Sandwich, with the other flag officers, being invited to an entertainment on board the duke of York's fhip, took the liberty, in the midft of the jollity, to fay, that the fleet was in danger of being furprized, as the wind then flood, and therefore, it was his opinion, they ought to weigh anchor and put out to fea: whereupon the duke, by a fudden reply, feeming to reflect on this caution of the earl's, as the effect of fear, it is faid, caufed in him a refentment, that was fuppofed to have been fatal in the fequel, (as we mall fee below, ) tho' the event fhews, this caution was the effecl: of h;s prudence, and not of his fear.
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