A RELATION Of the Passages in the BATTLE at SEA, Between the Fleet of ENGLAND And the United netherlands; Collected according to the charge & order of the Lords States General: Dated June 24/14 1666.  
By the Lords DE WITT, Councill-Pensioner, VRYBERGEN, VAN DER HOOLCK, CAN & GERLACIUS, Deputies & Plenipotentiaries of the State's General, at present being in the Wielings, for expediteing & over the employ of the foresaid netherlands Fleet.  
Translated faithfully out of the Dutch Copy, & published for the undeceiving of the English Nation.   seal 
PUGNO PRO PATRIA  
Printed Anno 1666.   

A Relation of the Passages in the Battle at Sea, betwixt the Fleet of England, & of the United netherlands, collected according to the charge & order of the Lords States General. Dated the 24 June, 1666.  
By the Lords De Witt, Councill-Pensioner; Vrijbergen, Van der Hoolck, Kann, & Gerlacius, their Deputies & Plenipotentiaries at present being in the Wielings, for expediteing & over the Employ of the said Fleet, after a curious examineing of the chief Officers, Commanders, & Captains of the foresaid Fleet.  
THE netherlands Fleet upon the 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, of June successively, with several winds & calms being gotten to Sea out of the Texsell: And through contrary winds or calms not being able before the 8. to set course according to order given to approach the English Coast; were with sailing, stopping of tides, & driveing, on the 11. following in the morneing, advanced unto about seven or eight Leagues East South East from the Northforeland, being the point of England, which stretcheth out between the Channel & River of London: where the said netherlands Fleet, through contrary wind & stream, were necessitated to Anchor.  
The English [who with their Fleet some days before were ankered in the Downs,] on the foresaid 11 June 1666. [probably upon intelligence of the approach of the netherlands Fleet,] put to Sea from thence with their Fleet, about noon aproached near the netherlands Fleet, which netherlands Fleet being then all together were eighty three Ships strong, namely Frigates men of war, besides advise Boats, Fireships & other small Vessels; but by accident even before the beginning of the work, & but one hour before the Battle began, one of the capital Ships of the netherlands Fleet, commanded by Colonel Gent, through stamping of the Sea, lost first his Bowsprit & afterwards his foremast in the sight of the enemy, & being unserviceable by order of Gen. de Ruyter as Admiral & chief Commander of the Fleet aforesaid was sent up to Holland, the aforesaid Coll. Gent. being before gone over aboard the Ship of Cap. Godskens.  
The English Fleet as they then were told by the Neitherlanders, were about eighty sail strong; it was judged one a clock in the afternoon when each began to fire at the other, the Neitherlanders Ships having before cut their cables, because it was impossible through the hollow Sea & shortness of time in any wise to get their Anchors onboard. Both the Fleets therewith being under sail stood together over to the Southward the wind being W. S. W. by which means the Esquadron of the L. Admiral's Tromp, & van Meppelen, to whom particularly was assigned the Reare-guard (having lain at an Anchor to the South westward) became the Vanguard. And he the said L. Admiral Tromp shown himself valiant & resolute in the foremost & heaviest of the fight; & he was also manfully seconded by his Vice- & Rear Admirals, & other Officers. Whereupon immediately according to order the Esquadron of Generalde Ruyter & L. Admiral van Nes, fell in with the enemy & with their chief Officers & Captains signally quitted themselves. Presently after about 3. or 4. a clock afternoon an English Fregat of the Blue Esquadron carring by guess 50. Guns, so soon as he was past the Gen. de ruyter's side having received from him the last salute sunk a little a stern of him.  
The Esquadron of the L. Admiral's Cornelius Evertson and Tjerck hide de Vries, could not at the first get up to the enemy, for that they were so fare to windward of them, whereby it was very fiercely fought on both sides, each Fleet keeping the same course till about 5. of the clock in the astternoone, when the English having tacked made North Westward, and were the most part of them forced to bear up before the wind, as is judged to avoid the Flemish Banks, & then the Esquadron of the Admiral's Cornelius Evertson and Tjerck hide de Vries, came also into a fierce combat  the enemy, who likewise with their whole Esquadron praise-worthyly and courageously quitted themselves. And in the winding off of the English Fleet some of their leeward-most Ships were cut off, which were then presently boarded & each by one netherlands Ship overcome and accordingly brought up in Holland. The one named Swiftsure, mounted with 70. Guns, most of them brass & commanded by Sir William Barckley, Vice-Admiral of the white Esquadron, who (courageously defending himself against his overcomer, namely Henry Adrianson, commanding the Ship Hern, mounted with 73 Guns) was in person slain. The other named the seven Oaks, with about 60 Guns, was overcome by Capt. Ʋander Saen, commanding a Freggat of 52. Goteling. And the third named the Loyal George, with 44. Guns by Capt. Jacob Andrea's Swart, commanding the Ship Deventer, mounted with 66. Guns, all three Captains belonging to the Admiralty of Amsterdam. On the other hand in the first Attaque two netherlands Ships the one named Duivenvoord, carrying 64. Guns, of which was Capt. the Young Hero Otto van Treslong, & the other named the Court of Zeeland, carrying 58. Guns, of which was Capt. Simon Block, both fell on fire as is judged by burneing tamkins shot out of their own or other netherlands Ships, by the f●rce of the wind dryven back into the foresaid Ships. In the abovesaid Ship of Cap. Otto van Treslong, were the Prince of Monaco, & the Earl of Guise, being carried on by a courageous zeal, who both of them happily & in utmost peril were first saved in the Ship Small Holland upon which is Commander Capt. Evert van Gelder, Brother in the law to Gen. de Ruyter; & after came over into the Ship of the foresaid Gen. de Ruyter.  
In the foresaid Attaque was the Ship of L. Adm. Tromp found to be so damaged in his Masts, that by mischance another netherlands Ship coming onboard him lost all his Masts; also the Ship of Rear Admiral van Nes about the same time had his Foremast shot by the board, so that both were necessitated as to their persons to go over into other Ships, where they again let fly their respective Flags, & as before with great valiantness continued to do their endeavour as formerly, & the foresaid mastless Ships presently according to orders given were sent up & towed out of the Fleet for Holland. The English as above having turned & passing by the netherlands Fleet, their Admiral & beside him some other Ships of his Fleet came to an Anchor, but shortly after seeing that General de Ruyter with his Fleet under him had also turned & was coming upon him, they chopped their Cables & there fell betwixt them a very hard & heavy long-dureing fight; in which through God's grace none of the netherlands Ships miscarried. But betwixt seven & eight of the clock in the evening one more of the capital English Ships of the Blue Esquadron, carrying by estimation betwixt 60. or 70. Guns, being passed by the Ship of the General de Ruyter about a Musket shot, went to the ground; Both which English Ships sunk close by & even amongst the netherlands Fleet, so as the same was perfectly seen by very many Officers, Private Seamen & Soldiers, being done before their eyes & remarqued by them; but it cannot certainly be affirmed whether any other English Ships might be sunk or destroyed that day: But towards evening the Rear Adm. of the White being a capital Ship of war & made very unserviceable by Gen. de ruyter's & others shot, there was commanded upon him one of the Fireships of the Gen. de ruyter's Esquadron, which being gotten onboard him & presently set on fire, the said Fireship was forth with sunk; whereupon a second Fireship out of the Zeelands' Esquadron did likewise come onboard the said R. Adm. and set him on fire but the said R. Adm. cleared himself & each time found means to put out the fire in his Ship. A third netherlands Fireship under the favour of the Guns of the L. Adm. Cornelius Evertson endeavouring to lay the said R. Adm. onboard was before he was fast, shot to ground and sunk, so that according to the agreeing witness of all the netherlands Officers which were there abouts, the often mentioned Rear Admiral of the White, with a special constancy, as an honourable Soldier hath quitted himself: And it is the more to be admired because that [according to the witness of some English Prisoners who leapt out of his ship into the sea, & were saved by the netherlands Ships at what time the forefaid two first Fireships came onboard him] being on fire, three hundred of his Seamen, accounting the matter desperate (and to decline the fire) leapt over board, and chose the water. Out of the foresaid Rear Admiral in the evening late an unhappy shot was made which took out of the world the valiant L. Adm. Cornelius Evertson, whose good conduct and courage in many foregoeing occasions, as also in this was experimented; and thereupon for that time was the fight parted by the Night, so that through the darkness in the smook and damp, it could not be marked whether the foresaid Rear Adm. might be sunk or have cleared and saved himself.  
The Night being past the English Fleet on the 12 june 1666 with break of Day was to windward above the netherlands Fleet about a league & half; the wind then being West South West, at which time both the Fleets again laid one towards the other, to wit, the netherlands Fleet Northwest and the English South over: So soon as the two Fleets, were approached nigh each other, the netherlands Fleet did also lie towards the South to stand the same course with the enemy. But the English setting aside the advantage of the wind bore up upon the netherlands Fleet and accordingly did run before the wind amongst their enemies, the Neitherlanders keeping their course and bideing upon a wind, running over against them, so that both Fleets did in this manner pass with a heavy and sharp fight, without loseing any one single Ship of the Neitherlanders.  
Nor can any of the netherlands Officers as yet give testimony to the Deputies and Plenipotentiaries, of the State's General, that of a certeynty any of the English Ships were taken or destroyed in the said rencontre. The Fleets being past each other in this manner & on both sides many Ships in their standing & running rigging much damaged by shot, each with spliceing, wallknotting and otherwise again sought to make fit, & there upon it being fallen quite still, both Fleets lay and drove in a calm till about 11. of the clock before noon: When the gale increasing both Fleets laid towards each other (the Neitherlanders then being to Windward) and again fell into a very furious fight. The Generallde Ruyter being advanced about half way in the English Fleet, heard in the midst of the same very furious shooteing, and from thence presumeing that some Ships of the Fleet under him must be in a straight & totally surrounded by the enemy resolved with his Esquadron under him to fall in; And he presently bearing up ran in amongst the enemy, who upon his coming making some room, he saw and found that the L. Admiral Tromp, then in person being in and letting fly his flag upon the Ship of Jacob Cornelius Swart, had with a soldier's heart broken in there, and together with Vice- Admiral van der Hulst, Captain Peter Salomonson, De Haen, and van Amstell, lay very much disenabled surrounded by the enemy: All which without the aforesaid succour were in great danger to be burned or sunk, as indeed the forementioned Ship of Peter Salomonson was at the coming of the foresaid succour already on fire and thereby then lost. The aforesaid Captain and a good part of his seamen were in utmost peril and just in their Extremity saved by the Neitherlanders; But it pleased God that he (being gone over upon the Ship of Captain Schey, and there according to his power doing worthily,) died during the battle in the bed of honour.  
The aforesaid Ship of Capt. Swart, & of the aforenamed three other Captains, were, dureing the time of the said surrounding made so unserviceable, that the L. Admiral Tromp was necessitated again to go over upon another Ship; And the aforenamed Ships of Vice-admiral van der Hulst, & the foresaid Capt. de Haen, Swart & van Amstel, as being wholly unuseful, must be sent up to the first & fittingest heavens. In the aforesaid throng amongst others Vice-admiral van der Hulst was also shot dead, who in all occasions had carried & leported himself as a brave Soldier & understanding Officer. Yet it pleased God the Lord in a short time doubly to repair the foresaid loss & damage of the Ships of the States of the United netherlands; for many of the English Fleet were the same day sunk & burned. Amongst which there is remaining the perfect knowledge & notice of these following Ships: Namely,  
First, One of the Esquadron of the Red, being according to guess a Ship of about 60 Guns, sunk about noon amongst the foremost Ships or in the van of the English Fleet.  
Secondly, One of the Blue Esquadron, carrying by guess between 50 & 60 Guns, sunk about three of the clock in the afternoon, after he had passed by General de Ruyter, & in passing by him was duly saluted.  
Thirdly, One of the White Esquadron, carrying according to guess near 50 Guns, a little time after was sunk by the side of Vice-admiral de Liefde, who had so boared him through with his Canon that he went to the ground.  
Fourthly, One of the Esquadron of the White Flag, carrying about 50 Guns by computation, about half an hour after was sunk in the Esquadron of General de Ruyter, a little behind the Ship of Capt. van Meewen, who gave him a full lower tire in passing by. And that it may certainly be concluded that both the foresaid Ships of the White Esquadron, are two distinct Ships it is to be noted that many Officers & seamen saw the one as well as the other ruined: to wit, the same persons that had seen the one sunk saw the other sunk also a short time after: whereof examination is carefully made to be sure that one & the same Ship should not be taken for two distinct Ships.  
Fifthly, The Ship the Black Eagle, or Arms of Groening, being the last Autumn (after that the netherlands Fleet by an heavy storm were dissipated from each other,) met by the English & taken; which foresaid Ship the Black Eagle was sunk, Capt. Marrevelt having with fore-consideration prepared & fired his whole broadside upon it.  
Sixtly, Another English Ship sunk in the midst of the English Fleet, after he had sailed for some time with a Flag of distress without any man's coming to his help.  
In the aforesaid two days as also in the fight of the fourth day (of with hereafter shall be further spoken) there were undoubtedly several English Ships burned of which nevertheless no full certeynty of testimony can be given, in regard that some sire Ships were set on fire & yet it cannot be perfectly said whether the Ships which they were aboard of were burned or that they cleared themselves. Except only two English Ships, which many be certainly affirmed dureing the fight to be burned, one upon the second the other upon the fourth day of the foresaid Battle, for as much as the netherlands Officers and Seamen that served upon the Fireships, come in with good certificates to obtain their settled reward for that service.  
When the English Prisoners fished out of the Sea, and sent to the respective Colleges of Admiraltyes, shall be perfectly examined to understand out of what Ships they are particulary saved, undoubtedly yet more of the burned and sunk English Ships will be discovered.  
The Fight of the foresaid 12. of june, was very fierce especially in the afternoon, so that many Ships on both sides were very much damnifyed in their Masts, ropmasts, sails & rigging: Amongst others about 3 or 4 of the clock in the afternoon was the main Topmast of Gen. de ruyter's Ship shot down falling with Flagg & pendant from above. He there upon being something unfit gave order presently to L. Admiral van Nes in mean while till that another Topmast should be set again to let fly the pendent under his Flagg, & for that time to act as General, orderly to prosecute the fight. The which also was followed by him with such courage & conduct that both Fleets came up three times one towards the other that afternoon & so having passed each other towards the evening when the netherlands fleet had turned the fourth time toward the English they followed their course & with all their sails made towards their own coast; they body being lessened toeight or nine & thirty men of war; the netherlands Fleet standing towards them (who were by their tacking got a good way asterne,) did use all possible endeavour to fetch them up, to that end making all the sail they could. But the night & calm coming up, were, next to God's will, the cause that the netherlands Fleet could not reach them. The Gen. de Ruyter with his other sails so much as he could keeping near the Fleet got in the mean while his main Topmast, Flagg & pendant again set up & all brought into fitting posture, & did again on the 13 his office as General. The English with break of day discerneing that the netherlands Ships continued all possible endeavour to fetch them up, set their mastless and ill sailing Ships in fire, that they should not fall into the hand of their enemy, and used all means to fetch the River of London, setting to this end Topgallantsayles, Spritsayles, Lysayles, & Drabblers, yea also wetting their Sails & setting all to work that could any ways further or help them, the wind then East & afterwards East South East, with a small gale. How many was the number of the Ships that for the cause above said in the morneing were set on fire, could out of the netherlands Fleet with no perfect certainty be marked, the number being by one made greater than by another, but the English in their Gazette of 4/14 to 7/17 June 1666 printed at London by public authority [wherein they ascribe to themselves the Victory,] say that 3 Ships dureing the retreat, by order from their General were set on fire, to wit, the Ship Saint Paul, & two other slug Ships, of which the names are not there printed. The foresaid retreat continueing the whole day the English approached so near the sands lying before the foresaid River, that their Admiral of the White, named Sir George Ascue, with the Ship Prince Royal under him, mounted with ninety Brass Guns being the biggest & capitalst Ship of their whole Fleet, came a ground upon a certain sand named the Galper a grievous mischance for a Soldier, who dureing the whole Battle had quitted himself manfully, & now not otherwise but according to order of his General was retireing; & although the foresaid Admiral in this manner being come a ground, made signs with shooting & otherwise for help & assistance yet nevertheless all the Ships of the English Fleet & namely the rest of his own Esquadron held their course: so that he being now alone bereft of force to resist & forsaken by all succour should have been burned by two netherlands Ships, which came presently up to him, had not L. Admiral Tromp, being then upon the Ship of Rear Admiral Sweers given signs to the aforesaid Fireships to forbear, because that upon the Ship of Admiral Asc●● the Flagg was strucken, & so thereby as by other signs it was sh●wd that quarter was desired; where upon the Seamen of the aforesaid Rear Admiral Sweers by order of I. Admiral Tromp went onboard the forenamed Ascue, & brought him over with some of his Officers & people as Prisoners upon the foresaid R. Admiral Sweers, & the next day in the morneing by order of General de Ruyter sent the foresaid Admiral Askew with a Galliot to the Hague, & although the aforesaid Ship the Prince Royal afterwards got afloat again, yet nevertheless because it would much encumber the Fleet General de Ruyter ordered that the Ship should be burned, & the People saved, which presently was accordingly effected.  
About the same time towards the evening there came out of the South-west twenty two English Ships of war, commanded, as was afterwards understood, by Prince Rupert, who as is now certified the day before was sent off into the Channel & there & in the Haven of Portsmouth & Plymouth was to gather some more Ships to him & so together to run & meet the French Fleet under the Command of the Duke of Beaufort, & attack them. Likewise there came, out of the River of London as is judged, certainly from the English Coast, three other great Ships of war, making together a new reinforce of 25 good men of war. The netherlands Fleet seeing the foresaid new succours to approach, the Zeeland & Viiesland Esquadron made towards them, but the aforesaid body under Prince Rupert-decline them, & ran towards the English Fleet or the remainder of them, wherewith he conjoined late in the evening. The whole English Fleet being then in all with the foresaid new Reinforce sixty or sixty one good ships of war strong, whereof so notable a part were wholly fresh ships. The Neitherlanders on the other hand were then together about sixty four ships of war, but all by a fight of two days & chase of the enemy the third day, much damaged & tired out, being but the remainder of their Fleet; three having been sunk or burned as is above related, others with their taken prizes gone for Holland, others either masters or towing mastless ships sent out of the Fleet. The matter now standing in these terms the Neitherlanders, which now see a considerable Battle to be expected having this night (to decline the sands & have more room) with a small sail stretched Eastwards on: The General de Ruyter in the morneing early first called a Council of War & afterwards also made a sign to all his Captains to come aboard, & having exhorted them all to do their endeavour as also given them orders according to which they were to regulate themselves, the Battle was again begun the 14 of June forewritten in the morneing about 8 of the clock, betwixt the Foreland & the Flemmsh Banks in the open sea about 8 leagues from the Land, the Wind being South southeast, whereby the netherlands Fleet having the weather gage did with their three Esquadrons in three distinct places break into the enemy & fought through them, wherewith the English were somewhat dispersed. This being done General de Ruyter tacked again with the netherlands Fleet & stood over Southwards towards the enemy, who on the other hand rallyed themselves. This was reiterated three several times distinctly, whereby it was fought near this whole day very fiercely on both sides with uncerteynty of the issue. Dureing this furious fight one of the netherlands Ships of war commanded by Capt. Vytenhout was fired & after sunk. One of the English Fireships seeing the Vice Admiral the Liefde disabled & lying with his main-yard down, attempted to lay him on board; but was by the Vice-admiral & by Capt. William Bowdewijns turned off. Thereafter another netherlands Fireship that by a shot was fired fell aboard that Fireship & they burned both together. On the other side a netherlands Fireship attempting to board and fire the Ship of Prince Rupert, the which in this short time was much battered, one of the English Fireships which attended on the foresaid Prince came aboard the netherlands fireship & thereby both the foresaid fireships as also another English Ship which unhappily fell in with them were burned. In the mean while was the L. Admiral Tromp with the a forenamed Ship of Rear Admiral Sweers & some other Ships with hi● in a long continued & furious fight with the enemy wholly disenabled so that he was forced with his foresaid Ships to abide out of the fight that they might as much as was possible fit & bring themselves in posture again. Gen. de Ruyter [although by this means the Fleet under him was diminished in a considerable number of capital Ships] nevertheless seeing that the sun began to grow low, resolved [without tying himself too much to the advantage of the wind] to make the appointed sign generally & together with all the Esquadron to break in upon the enemy. Where upon the L. Adms van Meppelen, de Vries, together with Vice Adms Banckert, Schram & Coenders, as also the R. Adm. Brunysvelt & all the Captains which were to windward resolutely breaking in & every one doing his endeavour, it fell out that the L. Adm. van Nes & the Vice Admiral De Liefde with the R. Admiral's van Nes & Evertson & some others Ship being to lee-ward of the English Fleet & the General de Ruyter with the rest of the Neytherlands Ships to Windward; they so straightened the middle of the English Fleet betwixt them both the said Fleet being by this means attacked both before & behind, that the enemy after a sharp fight of an hour & half, not willing as it seems to be boarded by the Neitherlanders Ships, betook themselves the second time again to flight & thereby fell wholly into confusion & rent in pieces. The White Flagg with eight or ten English men of war bore away before the wind northwards with leesayles set, & the Admirals of the Red & Blue Esquadrons by the wind ran over towards the English coast hoisting up all the sails that they could. The netherlands Ships which upon the aforesaid signal of the Gen. de Ruyter could lay a board any English Ship, mastered it: Amongst others the R. Adm. Brunsvelt boarding two of the enemy's Friggats that lay fast together he alone overcame both the foresaid enemies Ships; But in this confusion as appears took no sufficient order for the keeping possession of the two a foresaid prizes, whereby the English afterwards made themselves masters of them again: but some time after Capt. Paws observeing it, retook both the fore said rescued Ships; but the one named the Bull which could not longer keep the Sea nor be brought in to any haven was soon sunk, the other named the Essex, a fair Fregat with 58 guns not very much damaged is brought up into the texel. The like accident of being retaken is happened to another English prize. The Vice Admiral Coenders did at the same time overcome & bring up accordingly into the texel the Ship called the Clovetree mounted with 62 guns; which the last year was taken by the English from the State of the United netherlands. Likewise also Capt. Ruth Maximilliaen at the same time did master & hath brought up into Goree the Ship named the Convertine mounted with 54 guns. Besides these upon the forewritten day according to the knowledge of the netherlands Officers there were two English Ships sunk, to wit, one of the Esquadron of the White which sunk in the evening, & the other a little time thereafter, it being not without likely hood that more other English Ships are destroyed of which the netherlands Officers have not full knowledge and therefore of that particular nothing can be certainly affirmed by them.  
The English finding themselves in this desolate posture & followed by the Neitherlanders, God the Lord; [which by his almighty hand had brought the work thus fare] as appears did not please that they should for that time be brought into farther ruin, or fall in to the hands of the Neitherlanders. His Divine Majesty this evening about seven of the Clock very suddenly caused a thick mist to come up, dureing the which the netherlands Fleet, having chased the enemy 4. glasses was at last forced to forbear the further prosecution, least chaseing the enemy upon uncerteynty & as it were by groping they should scatter & dissipate themselves, which  to rules of Sea affairs should have been most unadvisedly done; yea not to be answered. Wherefore the Gen. de Ruyter by the ordinary sign-shotts gathered the Fleet together, which lay driving with a small sail the whole night, but the next day morneing being the 15 of June aforesaid no English Ship could be descried no not from the topmasts of the netherlands Ships. The battle & prosecution of it, therewith had an end: The General de Ruyter the same day with the netherlands Fleet being strong sixty Ships of war arrived in the Wielings according to order, that being the rendezvous apppointed by the State.  
Nine others, beside the forementioned Ship of Coll. Gent, being, part dureing the fight & part after the end of the Battle, either unserviceable or come into Goree, to bring up their Prizes; Ten others for like reason successively sent towards the texel as belonging thereto; And the remaining four were as is here above related burned or sunk, making together 843 which with one light Fregat of the Maes used for an advise-boate, amounts to the number of 85 Ships of war: which number the netherlands Fleet did consist of, besides Fireships, Advise-boates, & other Vessels when they set sail from before the texel. And we understand that the remainder of the English Fleet having endeavoured with all diligence to fetch several of the next Havens they could, did the most part of them get in at Harwich.  
For which Victory the inhabitants of the Confoederate netherlands are bound to give the highest thanks unto God the Lord, who hath given them so eminent a Victory. For according to the steadfast & constant witness of the Officers that have been in the Fleet, & also according to what appears by bringing up of Prizes before our eyes, three & twenty Ships of war of the enemies are ruined or taken & brought up, & amongst them especially one Admiral & one Vice-admiral, besides those which without the knowledge of the foresaid netherlands Officers may be burned, sunk, or come to other mischances: And on the contrary in a fight of four days no more than 4 netherlands Men of war all of particular although valiant Captains are lost; & not any thing thereof is fallen into the enemy's hands for their rejoicing.  
Thus Collected by the means & in manner afore said this 26 of june 1666. Was Signed T. Gerlacius. And under stood By order of the Deputyes & Plenipotentiaryes aforesaid. subscribed, G. Borth.  
FINIS.