On the return-passage to the English
fleet from the detached cruise during
which occurred the events already recorded,
the Bellipotent fell in with the Atheiste
An engagement ensued; during which
Captain Vere in the act of putting
his ship alongside the enemy with
a view of to throwing his boarders
on her decks , across her bulwarks was hit by a musket-ball
from a port-hole of the enemy's
main cabin. More than disabled
he dropt dropped to the deck and was
carried below to the same cock-pit
where some of his men already lay.
The senior Lieutenant took command.
Under him the enemy was
fleet from the detached cruise during
which occurred the events already recorded,
the Bellipotent fell in with the Atheiste
An engagement ensued; during which
Captain Vere in the act of putting
his ship alongside the enemy with
a view of to throwing his boarders
on her decks , across her bulwarks was hit by a musket-ball
from a port-hole of the enemy's
main cabin. More than disabled
he dropt dropped to the deck and was
carried below to the same cock-pit
where some of his men already lay.
The senior Lieutenant took command.
Under him the enemy was
On the return-passage to the English
fleet from the detached cruise during
which occurred the events already recorded,
the Bellipotent fell in with the Atheiste
An engagement ensued; during which
Captain Vere in the act of putting
his ship alongside the enemy with
a view of to throwing his boarders
on her decks , across her bulwarks was hit by a musket-ball
from a port-hole of the enemy's
main cabin. More than disabled
he dropt dropped to the deck and was
carried below to the same cock-pit
where some of his men already lay.
The senior Lieutenant took command.
Under him the enemy was
fleet from the detached cruise during
which occurred the events already recorded,
the Bellipotent fell in with the Atheiste
An engagement ensued; during which
Captain Vere in the act of putting
his ship alongside the enemy with
a view of to throwing his boarders
on her decks , across her bulwarks was hit by a musket-ball
from a port-hole of the enemy's
main cabin. More than disabled
he dropt dropped to the deck and was
carried below to the same cock-pit
where some of his men already lay.
The senior Lieutenant took command.
Under him the enemy was
Transcribed by: John Bryant