The First Shot Made Them Hoist Sail, The Second Went Through Their Sails, And, They Immediately Made Off.[82] Their Intention Certainly Was To Have Set Our Ships On Fire, If They Had Found Us Off Our Guard.[83]

[Footnote 82:

This frigate was sunk by the shot, as I was assured by Mr Salmon the actor, and eighty of her men were taken up drowned. - Purch.]

[Footnote 83: On this occasion the Portuguese had four great galleons and some twenty-six frigates, or armed barks. In these fights they lost all their quondam credit, and 160 men, or as others say 500; and the English settled trade at Surat in spite of all their efforts. - Purch.]

We remained at anchor all the first December, the Portuguese not coming to us nor we to them; though they might easily have come to us without danger from the sands, but not so we to them. This day I called a council, and it was concluded to go down to the south, that we might have a broader channel, hoping that the galleons would follow us. We accordingly went down some six or seven leagues on the 2d, but they did not follow us; wherefore on the 3d we stood up again, and anchored fairly in sight of them. We weighed again on the morning of the 4th, and stood away before them, they following: But in the afternoon they gave us over, and hauled in with the land, and at night we directed our course for Diu.

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