During the Fight the _English_ Admiral had two Ships disabled under him; and was obliged about Four in the Afternoon to remove himself a third Time into the _London_, where he remain'd all the rest of the Fight, and till next Morning. Nevertheless, on his Entrance upon the _London_, which was the Ship I was in, and on our Hoisting the Standard, _De Ruyter_ and his Squadron seem'd to double their Fire upon her, as if they resolv'd to blow her out of the Water. Notwithstanding all which, the Duke of _York_ remain'd all the time upon Quarter Deck, and as the Bullets plentifully whizz'd around him, would often rub his Hands, and cry, _Sprage, Sprage, they follow us still_. I am very sensible later Times have not been over favourable in their Sentiments of that unfortunate Prince's Valour, yet I cannot omit the doing a Piece of Justice to his Memory, in relating a Matter of Fact, of which my own Eyes were Witnesses, and saying, That if Intrepidity, and Undauntedness, may be reckon'd any Parts of Courage, no Man in the Fleet better deserv'd the Title of Couragious, or behav'd himself with more Gallantry than he did. The _English_ lost the _Royal James_, commanded by the Earl of _Sandwich_, which about Twelve (after the strenuous Endeavours of her Sailors to disengage her from two _Dutch_ Fire Ships plac'd on her, one athwart her Hawsers, the other on her Star-board Side) took Fire, blew up, and perish'd; and with her a great many brave Gentlemen, as well as Sailors; and amongst the rest the Earl himself, concerning whom I shall further add, that in my Passage from _Harwich_ to the _Brill_, a Year or two after, the Master of the Pacquet Boat told me, That having observ'd a great Flock of Gulls hovering in one particular Part of the Sea, he order'd his Boat to make up to it; when discovering a Corpse, the Sailors would have return'd it to the Sea, as the Corpse of a _Dutch Man_; but keeping it in his Boat, it proved to be that of the Earl of _Sandwich_. There was found about him between twenty and thirty Guineas, some Silver, and his Gold Watch; restoring which to his Lady, she kept the Watch, but rewarded their Honesty with all the Gold and Silver. This was the only Ship the _English_ lost in this long Engagement. For although the _Katherine_ was taken, and her Commander, Sir _John Chicheley_, made Prisoner, her Sailors soon after finding the Opportunity they had watch'd for, seiz'd all the _Dutch_ Sailors, who had been put in upon them, and brought the Ship back to our own Fleet, together with all the _Dutch Men_ Prisoners; for which, as they deserv'd, they were well rewarded. This is the same Ship which the Earl of _Mulgrave_ (afterwards Duke of _Buckingham_) commanded the next Sea Fight, and has caus'd to be painted in his House in St. _James's Park_.