Minnes. My Lord, I had not the least imagination of your being in distress; but I confess I heard your cannon, and believed them to be fired by reason of the fog, which is the custom of the sea in such weather, to advertise one another where they are.
Wh. Upon such an occasion as the fog, seamen use to give notice to one another by two or three guns, but I caused many more to be fired.
Minnes. I heard but four or five in all, and I answered your guns by firing some of mine.
Wh. We heard not one of your guns.
Minnes. That might be by reason we were to windward of you three leagues.
Wh. Why then did you not answer the lights which I caused to be set up?
Minnes. My Lord, those in my ship can witness that I set up lights again, and caused squibs and fireworks to be cast up into the air, that you might thereby discern whereabouts we were.
Wh. It was strange that we could neither see yours nor you our lights.
Minnes. The greatness of the fog might occasion it.
Wh. The lights would appear through the fog as well as in the night.