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We spent five fire-
ships upon them. We landed on the Schelling, (Sir Philip Howard
with some men, and Holmes, I think, with others, about 1000 in
all,) and burned a town; and so come away. By and by the Duke of
York with his books showed us the very place and manner; and that
it was not our design and expectation to have done this, but only
to have landed on the Fly and burned some of their stores; but
being come in, we spied those ships, and with our long boats, one
by one, fired them, our ships running all a-ground, it being so
shoal water. We were led to this by it seems, a renegado captain
of the Hollanders, who found himself ill used by De Ruyter for
his good service, and so come over to us, and hath done us good
service; so that now we trust him, and he himself did go on this
expedition. The service is very great, and our joys as great for
it. All this will make the Duke of Albemarle in repute again, I
doubt. The guns of the Tower going off; and bonfires also in the
street for this late good successe.
16th. This day Sir W.


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