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which (he was eng.^ged, after lofmg her captain, who 

 died encouraging his men with the fame vigour that 

 he had begun the a6lion. And however reludtant 

 they who furvived were to the furrender, it was now 

 become of abfokite necefTity, the fhip having received 

 fo many fhot betv>/ixt wind and v/ater, that flie was 

 on the point of finking. 



The captain of the Delivrance, which was the 

 headmoft Ihip, feeing one of our company taken, 

 and judging from this diminution of our force, 

 there was llill lefs hope of a fuccefsful event, he pru- 

 dently crowded fail, that whiift the enemy's ihips 

 were taken up with their prize, that he might get from 

 them ; for no fooner had the marquis d'Antin ftruck 

 her colours, than the leafb of the enemy's fhips with- 

 drew from the adion which fhe had alternately 

 maintained with the other two, in order to fecure 

 the prize, whilft the larger was to renew the fight. 

 It was half an hour after eleven when the Delivrance 

 thus began to feek her fafety in flight : the Louis 

 Erafme could not hefitate to follow her example, 

 but the largeft of the Engliih privateers was not 

 long in coming up with her, and by the fuperiority 

 of their force, and the vigour with which they ex- 

 erted it, foon laid her under a necefiity of furren- 

 dering, though not till the worthy captain had been 

 wounded, fo that he died the following day. The 

 two privateers being now taken up each with its 

 prize, and the S. E. wind frefhening, favoured the 

 efcape of the Delivrance, which (lood N. E. and at 

 four in the evening got quite out of fight both of 

 privateers and prizes. 



The cargoes of the marquis d'Antin and the Louis 

 Erafme, thus taken, were valued at three millions of 

 dollars, two in coin, gold and filver, and ingots, or 

 wrought plate. The other confifted in cacao, which 

 was the principal part of her lading j fome Quin- 

 quina and Vigonia wool. 



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