Indian Antiquary Vol 48

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
NOVEMBER, 1919
but our men from our Forecastle and loopholes upon the Quarterdeck fired thickupon them, soe that they obleidged them to desist, and their liveing [i.e., those left alive ) instead of cutting into us were employed to dispatch their dead out of our sight, but they left one aboard us thus armed (besides severall guns, pistolls, catutch '7 boxes &c. which we took up, the enemy haveing lett them fell when wounded). He had a long Fuzee, 7 foot in the Barrell, 2 Pistolls, one scimetar, one poleaxe, one stinkpott, a catutch box with 23 charges of powder and Bullett for his Fuzee, with lines (ropes ] to bind us back to back, 48 which some of our men heard their Commander from aboard bid them take wish them.
Our Master comeing out the Roundhouse into the Great Cabbin to encourage the men received : mortall wound in his groine, and so soune es he returned, which was about two a clock, he received another mortall shott in his right Papp, which came through his back, he dyeing within half an hour efterwards. After which Mr. Salvey, tho' very dangerously wounded, encouraged the inen to stard to it, and went not downe to be drest till the enemy putt off, tho' he had received his wound before one of the clock. --- ,
About this time [2 o'clock) the enemy struck his ensigne, us we all beleived his Captain was then killed and they had received a shott from us between wind and water. They still continued to fire upon us till about 4 a clock, when we brought one of our guns to bear upon them double loaded with double round and Partridge (the other being dismounted), upon the fireing of which there was another outcry heard in their ship, att which time they cutt loose from us, their ship being fallen astern. Our Cheif Mate going into the Cabbin to fire att them received his mortall wound ( in his head ] by a small thott" from the enemy.
We haveing thus cleered ourselves of them, our men gott upon the Poop and becteing our Drum bravely, gave them a what cheer ho.50 Att which time it began to blor fresh and rain hard, the enemy makeing all the saile they could, when we employed ourselves in mending our rigging, &c., which were much damnified, the enemy haveing shott ebore a thousand small and greet shott into us. 1 hey being out of thott of us brought their ship upon the Carine31 to stop her leek. .
All the night we busied ourselves in refitting, outrigging end krocking out our gunroom ports, which were calked up, that if it should prove calme the next day we might be able to run out those guns, by the help of which we did not dout but in a little time to make him yeild or sink, but the next morning, so soon as day broke, we looking out for him (it being calme) found by the help of his oers he was gott so far off thet we could but just discerne him from Topmast head, but if it hed proved a gale we should have bin able to have given a better account of him, though we had struck down into our holds severall of our great guns, He was usuall in those Latitudes, and he boarded us so advantageously that we could never bring but 3 guns to bear upon him, which with our small arms did much execution. We judge this Rogue to be Trampoos the French Pirate, in a ship of about 300 tons and might carry 30 guns, but she played from her larboard side with not above 12 guns upon us. being so nigh that most of their small shott came through us.
Tis judged by all that there were above 250 of those rogues aboard tbis Pirate, and ly computation we killed at least sixty of them; to the number of 20 we see fall and might
47 Cartouche or cartridge.
48It was a custom of the pirates to biud men in this way and then to throw them alive into the rea.
4 1.6, a musket bullet. 80 This is probably an earlier form, if not the original, of cheerio,' so often 'heard nowadays.
81 1.o., leaning over on one side to expose the hole made by the shot which struck her between wind and water