Chase, Broad-side, and Stern, the one after the other, within Musket shot, plying their Ordnance; and after an hours Work, commanded _Merham_ amain for the King of Spain upon fair Quarter; _Merham_ drank to them, and so discharged his Quarter Pieces. Which Pride the _Spaniard_ to revenge, boarded him again, and many of them were got to the top to unsling the Main-Sail, which the Master and some others from the Round-House, caused to their cost to come tumbling down; about the Round-House the _Spaniards_ so pestred, that they were forced to the great Cablen and blew it up; the smoak and fire was so vehement, as they thought the Ship on fire; they in the Fore-Castle were no less assaulted, that they blew up a piece of the Grating, with a great many of _Spaniards_ more; then they cleared themselves with all speed, and _Merham_ with as much Expedition to quench the Fire with wet Cloaths and Water, which began to grow too fast. The _Spaniard_ still playing upon him with all the shot they could; the open Places presently they covered with old Sails, and prepared themselves to fight to the last Man. The Angry _Spaniard_ seeing the fire quenched, hung out a Flag of truce to have but a Parley; but that desperate _Merham_ knew there was but one way with him, and would have none, but the report of his Ordnance, which he did know well how to use for his best Advantage. Thus they spent the next Afternoon, and half the Night, when the _Spaniards_ either lost them or left them. Seven and twenty Men _Merham_ had slain and sixteen wounded, and could find they had received 140 great shot. A wounded _Spaniard_ they kept alive confessed, they had lost 100 Men in the Admiral, which they did fear would sink ere she could recover a Port. Thus Re-accommodating their Sails, they failed for _Sancta Cruse, Cape Goa,_ and _Magadore,_ till they came again to _Safee,_ and then he returned into England. * * * * * CHAP. XXI. _The continuation of the General History of_ Virginia; _the_ Summer Isles, _and_ New England; _with their present Estate from_ 1624. _to this present_ 1629.