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Dutch ships, the Dunkirker, the Rocheller and the 

 Spanish ship from Saint Sebastian out of Green 

 Harbour. 



Two Dutch ships were encountered on the loth 

 at Low Sound, where on the loth June the English 

 " went on shoare to set up the Kings Majesties 

 Armes upon a low point of land, lying a great way 

 off, called Low-nesse. We set up a Crosse of 

 wood and nayled the Armes upon it." On the I3th 

 the English again molested a number of foreign 

 ships in Home Sound, compelling them to leave, 

 which they did on the following day, when the 

 English again went on shore and sent up the King's 

 Arms. 



In short during the whole of the time of the 

 fishery there were constant altercations ending with 

 the foreigners submitting with bad grace, since they 

 were inferior in strength, and leaving or at least 

 making the pretence of leaving. There was one 

 large ship of Biscay of seven hundred tons " which 

 we expected would have fought with us." 



It was in company with two ships of Amsterdam, 

 the masters of which were Cornelius Calias and 

 William Vermogon, Admirals, and John Jacob, Vice- 

 Admiral, " these two would gladly have stood out 

 with us, if the Biscaine would have assisted them." 

 In spite of the enormous waste of time in wrangling 

 with the foreigners, by the I7th July the Company's 

 ships had secured thirty-eight whales (of which 

 eight had been handed over by the Frenchman 

 according to agreement) and one hundred and sixty 



