The present danger of Tangier, or, An account of its being attempted by a great army of the Moors by land, and under some apprehensions of the French at sea in a letter from Cadiz dated the 29th of July (old stile) 1679, to a friend in England. E. M. 1680 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A50741 Wing M19 ESTC R5812 12986727 ocm 12986727 96214 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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WE are not a little afflicted to understand by the last News from England , of the Distractions you labour under , by the disturbances occasioned by Popish Traitors , and the Insurrection in Scotland , which we trust by this time may be subdued and allayed , from those good Encouragements your Letter gave us to hope so . But in return , I have nothing to send you , but the like Tidings of more Disasters , and that is , of the great danger the Town and Garrison of Tangier seems to be in at this time ; being , 't is credibly reported here , under a Blockade , and in some Distress , for there are many thousand Moors lye against it , some say Fifteen Thousand , others more ; for indeed , they can bring down what Multitudes they list , at an hours warning upon them ; but hitherto there have not passed many acts of Hostility between them ; for they are now upon a Treaty of Sixty days ; which is said to be politickly proposed and held on foot by the Town , in hopes that they may in that time receive some Supplies of Provision , Ammunition , &c ▪ from England ; for they complain lamentably , That they are very ill furnisht in case of a Siege . During this Treaty , they converse freely with the Moors , and some adventure to go amongst them , and return without damage ; but the Sixty days are now near expiring , and we do not hear of any good Accommodation that is like to be concluded , nor any extraordinary Succours come to the Garrison ; but on the contrary , since we came here , the Moors have been assisted from some English , ( as 't is confidently related ) with 1500 Barrels of Powder , Landed at Tangier , and so from thence , clandestinely , and by Roguery , sold at very dear rates , and conveyed to them . Thus 't is too often the Custom of our Nation , to give away their Swords to their Enemies , and then fight with their Teeth , and furnish our Foes with means to Cut our Throats . What a cursed thing is this private Self-Interest ! how many brave Kingdoms hath it destroyed ! Whilst every one is much for himself , the Devil fools us all . There are Men in the World , that would sell their King , their Countrey , their Religion , their Souls and all , to Pope or Turk , or any other Chapman , for ready Money . Let the Ship I sail in perish , provided out of the Wrack I may get a Pleasure-Boat for my self . So a Villain gets an Estate , what cares he how many poor Souls suffer by his Fraud , Treachery , or Oppression ? I cannot think of these base Dregs of Mankind , that are Betrayers of their Countries Safety , Honour , Wealth , and Reputation , without just Resentment , and some Emotion of Spirit . We all here are upon this news , in a great deal of Pain and Trouble , concerning Tangiers Circumstances ; for you know of what considerable Importance 't is to our Streights-Trade ; and should it be lost , our Merchants might in effect , take their leave of the Mediterranean , especially if it should fall into some peoples Hands . The French have now 40 sail of Gallies lying at Gibraltar , on what designe we cannot learn ; which causes some apprehensions as if there might be some Correspondence held by them with the Moors , to the prejudice of the place beforementioned : But this is only a Suspition amongst them who think it prudence to provide for the worst . We hope they may be sufficiently reliev'd in time , to put them in a condition able to dispel all these Fears . Yours to Command , E. M. From on board the Hopewel , Abraham Roavens Master . Directed to Will. Ellis , at the three Pidgeons in Creed-lane ; who received the same on Wednesday the 13th of Aug. 1679. FINIS .