nd with hulls of wrecks, still smoking or
burning. Throughout the remainder of the two fleets were seen only
dismasted vessels, and sails perforated through and through by
cannon-balls. The English pursued them, but being afraid of the shoals,
they came to an anchor six leagues off the Texel." The loss of the
Dutch amounted to 6200 men, including Admiral Van Tromp and Evertzen,
with many other persons of distinction, with twenty-six ships of war
sunk or burnt. On the side of the English, 7 captains and 500 men were
killed, and 5 captains and 800 men wounded, besides which three of their
ships were destroyed. Among the English ships were several merchantmen,
and in order to take off the thoughts of their captains from their
owners' vessels and cargoes, Monk sent them to each other's ships, a
scheme which answered perfectly well, no ships in the fleet having
behaved better. He also, it was said, to save time, issued orders at
the commencement of the fight, that no quarter should be given or taken.
This, however, was not so strictly observed, but that 1200 Dutchmen
were saved from the sinking ships. On this occasion the Dutch set the
example of fighting in line, though in their case, owing to the
desperate valour of the English, the plan did not succeed as well as it
did on many other subsequent occasions. Not without difficulty did the
English ships get back to England. This victory compelled the Dutch to
sue for peace.

It was at this time that the following song is supposed to have been
written, showing the spirit which animated the nation. It is probably,
as will be seen, the original of "Ye Mariners of England."

"When gallants are carousing
In taverns on a row,
Then we sweep o'er the deep
When the stormy winds do blow."

"Jack," however, was to have his consolation, for at the end, as we
read--

"When we return in safety,
With wages for our pains;
The tapster and the vintner
Will help to share our gains.
We'll call for liquor roundly,
And pay before we go;
Then we roar on the shore
When the stormy winds do blow," etcetera.

The gallant Blake's latest achievement was the capture of numerous
Spanish galleons, after a desperate battle off Teneriffe. He, however,
did not live to receive the fresh honours Parliament was ready to bestow
on him, as he died on the 17th of August, on board the _George_, just as
she was entering Plymouth Sound. As Clarendon says of him: "He was th