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PARLIAMENT.
l With the Confent‘ of
His Highn

efs the Lord Protector, 4 A
PUBLIKE THANKSGIVING

ForaDayof
.WITHIN

The Cities of London and W cflminfler, the

late LinesofCorrirnunication, and ‘Weekly Bills
of Mortality? on Wednefday the third of .}":me next;

For the great Succefs God hath been plealecl to give.
the Navy of this Commonwealth under the Command
of General Blake againfl the Spazziardh

’ "Together with a

NARRATIVE

Of the fame Succcfs , as it was Communicated in a
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Thurfday thc28“‘ of tmhy, 1657.

A Rderéd hy the Parliament, That thzlr N%arr4ti?vcheiPrz'm‘ed
and Puhli/lied

Hen: Scobcll, Clerk ofthc Parliament.
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~:§-.3»: étnalsl that wasbrought us the lat;
2.: ter end tof Marilb, werfipent two or
 three days before the  of Er:-«~
 dig; , "and finding the Enemy there
11        A 7in i no? t.ig1'eatforwa*rd<fief§ill to came
forth with 3. Fleet as was expcé’cee1.;it'I"%heGeneral
on   the Thirteenth of /1prz'!,e One thonfzincl fix
hundred fifty {Even , .Vca1leda tllfiyt Commanders toge-«
there, and: ciommuniiicatedihis or thoughts to go for a
Santa: Cruz, on thelfland of Tenertff, layingbe»
fore them the reafons thatinduced him to it , which
they all approved of , andafavorable Galejufi at the
time prefented to carry us thither. On theEigh--
teenth following in the evening we clifcoverecl Land,
fuppofed to b'ei7’oiz2t”‘”Z\"Zegrbi5lbutheingthick and hazt ,
could not certainly m,akeV it till Noon the next.
day“, whereby the Ene‘*my had longer notice of
our being on the Coal’: then We defigned he  
fhourlchbefore we came to Aéfiong.  

%,l9Fter talking in the Supply of 

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On Mzmday the t~W“e1'rtietl1e of ‘flpril one thoufan&ti«i~:t

hundred fifty feven, We were by break of day fair in  
the Ofliizof Safifia Cruz,, and, as foot: as Twas light,_

perc.eivedbyaSigrial from one of our Friggots a head;
that the Weft-India Fleet were in the Bay. Whereupm
on, after a fhort Conference how to order the Attempt,
andeameft feeking to the Lord for his prefencea   we
fell inamongfl them, and by eight of thecloch were
all at an Anchor, a form under the Cattle and Ports, and

others by the Ships fides, as we could birth our {elves
to keep clear one of A another; and befi annoy the i

Enemy. _ a

They had there fiveor fix Galieons (whereof were
Admiral, Vice-Admiral , and Rere-Admiral, with
their Standart and Flags aloft) and other confiderabie
Ships making up the number of firreerz: fome having

efioodsbrought from the ’Im{ze: Frill on board thema

others had taken in Goods and Provifions to carry back i

again: Moflz of them Were furnifhed with Brats Orcij-~~
trance, and (as We have been informed firice) had their

run com panies of Seamen and Soulciiersrraakegpt contitiuw

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ally oinboard them;-, from their firft coming thither,

which was about the beginning of Fehruaty Raft, their a

General himfelf  all the time lying but one night out
of this Ship: they were moared clofe along the Shore.
which lies in the manner of a Semicircle, commanded,

  as far as the Shipgrid, by the Cafile, and furrounded '

“ befidejs with fix or feven Forts, with a1r'nof’t a continued

Line for Mufqueteers and great Shot, as the Grouzid be»
tween admitted; And we were forced to come to near

A to doour work, that many of the Men We have {lain

and Womided,‘ Were {hot by the tMufl:}ueteers from the
Shore 3 Notvvithflanding it pleafed God that  in four
hours time their Men were beaten out, and an the Ships

put afhoret, except the Admiral, and Vice-Admiral, 4

who made the moittconfiderablerefifiance. Abouttwo
  B A  of

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  of the clock the wVic€§Ad£nira1"...%was‘ fat ‘on fife;  andthe
, Adnfiral, V bywfo1neI1‘aEpy}ShOt; A01‘ other aCCid€ntL,~1i1d-W4

          I n this fervic:“e* vvehad f1o_t;~ abate I-i_f ty4%%£_1ain outAright,%

 denly b.1OWi‘1 11p5 hav1ng (as we perceived juflbeforefl) V
many Men on board her 5   by thé, evening a1'1therePc ' 

ware fix-eci,¢_ one1y;;wo that funk tgowhto rights;  and
h:id¢’litc1ebut their M22955 appearmg abovewziter-  %

% It remained to compleat this Mercy,%that4ou17 oirvg  
Ships flmuid co1_I ie[0H A wen, M 4 Wher.em the4Vgreatefl. haz-“-;

zard%an&d4ifficu1ty lay; for fomeyriding r1e9J;‘int%Q'4A4At11c;~

Shores  a_nd" being f0relygmain‘1ed'+ diCiL;re__qva1,;ire to be

% waVfped,0H,VothierswhenWeqczirxietovveigh:fd1‘OVe With‘  

the winch: allthe While blowingrightflinto the%Bay_, an}! A
A (me of Our “ibéfl; Frigots. fl‘roV’0k]:4 The  %Enerx"1yL in" the

V   fmean timeiimplied  frefh men intohis Fderrs forfithjqfté  
% we had killed and beatenVout in the’h€at.-of the Aéiiona: 

A andfrom themandtheCaf’t1c%4c0nt£n1;ec{ plying
    us,till about feyen of the clockat night,every~A4ShiVp:~ and

% Veflel belonging t0 ouriF4leet, Wereyrhégood handof "

  az1dA on tfiiéhtdy Efémaga 
 to our Ships wasfinih in two flays time we indiffcg
 rently vvel.l»%repaired~.for Afprefentij fVec:uArity:   Which? vve

 5ha(i;n0' fdonfler cfone,but thE\Wir1c51'¢?[vdeer‘edAtothe South?-f

A \.W€a$w%(Which   is rare amcfing thofe %1fl3ndis)6 and lafiefl  V
 bring us to our former*%%Srarion[ nee: Capé Mzzriéi‘: A  
%_y%vhe\re we arrivedt:he1'ec6”nd Kof 1144} foll_ov%Avin%gv: %For A A A
:     vvhichmerczifull appearance all?a10!1gLWithus,4 vvE:‘:de?-%  V
 . fiteftlac Lord may ha1f€%the pfiifcf and glory; «to vvhorn 1  V
%V0%’1¢1y;itisi due‘5and% tha,t%~;ill% thatWhcar%%f it mayjturn  “
   andfay(asAof .a truth;Vhavefound’) that ammgtbegadzr  
   therez:rmelikemkim,newmv aredrhereany warkslmnra

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4 The Nantes of theComfi1Aander30ftheNew Spain 

 Fleet,   and of the 0thAerShips that were burnt intheAA
A ‘ Sonfio Croce Road on the 20”‘ of z1pril,A15537, 6 A A “ A

ADM Diego  Genem]_ A A A
 Do72 of-Vbo Sezztemoo, Vice-Ad1nj;-31,
Rogue Gozllinolo, Rere~Admir3I, A AA . A
Gofiéer GA’oteroAo,in'the great Campeachgm; 4   A
A   MoTtin‘DeLvi%0ndv, ;inthe1itr1‘e Campeacham  
o'Thefe1CommandetAs with %thei,-gh
 A A ‘De/oz Cfuceo in New Spain. AA   V
fobn Qzimero.   + * A A A
FrAzAmcifcoDe Effooto.
Pedro egorooz.   A A A A
‘Don Froncofco Volofques‘, ‘   A

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AFeolro Ozzguel.   A

 Cortimanders of the Adi‘hiraAl an;dA Vict:-AJm_iral0f 

Hundoioom A AA   A 
Fmnci ooMortzne:t.

A  FmocifvoADoflAmno.

1?e&lroSor7z'flio Commander of the Ship vvAhich.came    

 A from omflo Domingo. 

  'AThAefe Commanders with their Ships we;-Ac inAs;m,§za

  CmcfetbA¢fQo1‘e their Fleet arrivedfromtheloédior.  
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Rdered by the Parliament, hatrh4is¢ Nmat;veb‘e 

  

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.tHoureforrheDayoi- Thankfgzving.    

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