Wherefore, I Thought It Fit In The Morning At Low Water, To
Send One Ship To Ride As Far Down As We Could Have Water For All Our
Ships At The Lowest Ebb, At Which Time None Of The Enemies Ships Could
Come To Annoy Her.
This, as I thought, might induce the viceroy to make
some attempt at high water, when our other three
Ships might bear down
against the stream, the springs being now at the highest, when we should
see what efforts the viceroy might make, and might attend to the same
and act accordingly, in the hope that the viceroy might commit some
error to the weakening of his own force and our advantage. And if such
should happen, it would then be proper for us to put out to sea, in the
darkness of the following night, when the viceroy would not be in
condition to make sail to hinder us. Or, if we saw reason, we might make
sail daily on the flood, working to and again, which would somewhat
dismay the Portuguese, and encourage our own men. My proposal was
unanimously agreed to, as the best way of proceeding; and finding Mr
Molineux quite willing to fall down with the Hope at low water next
morning, this was directed accordingly.
In the morning of the 20th, at low water, the Hope went down to induce
the enemy to make some attempt against her when the tide rose, and then
we in the other ships stood after her.
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