was from 1/2 an hour
after 11 till about 3 afternoon.
When [wee] came to see what damage [wee] had sustained, found our Cheife
Mate, Mr. Smith, wounded in the legg, close by the knee, with a splinter
or piece of chaine, which cannot well be told, our Barber had two of his
fingers shott off as was spunging one of our gunns, the Gunner's boy had
his legg shott off in the waste, John Amos, Quartermaster, had his leg
shott off [while] at the helme, the Boatswaine's boy (a lad of 13 years
old) was shott in the thigh, which went through and splintered his bone,
the Armorer Jos. Osborne in the round house wounded by a splinter just
in the temple, the Captain's boy on the Quarter Deck a small shott
raised his scull through his cap and was the first person wounded and
att the first onsett. Wm. Reynolds's boy had the brim of his hatt 1/2
shott off and his forefinger splintered very sorely. John Blake, turner,
the flesh of his legg and calfe a great part shott away.
Our ships damage is the Mizentopmast shott close by the cap and it was a
miracle stood soe long and did not fall in the rogues sight. Our rigging
shott that had but one running rope left clear, our mainshrouds three on
one side, two on the other cutt in two. Our mainyard ten feet from the
mast by a shott cutt 8 inches deep, our foretopmast backstays shott
away, a great shott in the roundhouse, one on the Quarter Deck and two
of the roundhouse shott came on the said deck, severall in the stearidge
betwixt decks and in the forecastle, two in the bread room which caused
us to make much water and damaged the greatest part of our bread. They
dismounted one of our gunns in the roundhouse, two in the stearidge, two
in the waste, one in the forecastle, with abundance more damage which
may seem tedious to rehearse.
Their small shott were most Tinn and Tuthenage [_tutenaga_, spelter].
They fired pieces of glass-bottles, do. teapots, chains, stones and what
not, which were found on our decks. We could observe abundance of great
shott to have passed through the rogues foresaile, and our hope is have
done that to him which [will] make him shunn having to do with any
Europe ship againe. Att night wee perceived kept close their lights. Wee
did the like and lay by. In the morning they were as far off as [wee]
could discerne upon deck. Wee sent up to see how they stood, which was
right with us. In the night wee knotted our rigging and in the morning
made all haist to repare our c
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