CHARLES I. : THE NAVY 



ible to oppose him, two or three "very meane ships only 

 ible to defend them from the Dunkirk frigates" accompany - 



ig each fleet of busses, and hearing, moreover, that the 

 )rincipal fishing was past and most of the busses gone 

 lome, resolved to divide his fleet into three squadrons, the 



jtter to meet in with those which remained. Sir John 

 } ennington was sent to the north as far as Buchan Ness, 



Fig. 10. Dutch Herring-busses under sail. After Van der Meulen. 



and Sir H. Mervin to the south as low down as Flamborough 

 Head, each with instructions to use his best endeavours to 

 get the Dutchmen to take the king's licenses, while the Earl 

 himself plied "to and again" between them. Next day 

 Saturday, 30th July being misty and calm, Northumberland's 

 squadron lay at anchor. About noon they espied four or 

 five sail at a distance, and as there was not a breath of 



