[c] “The Hooke” and “Sherbrook,” nautical English for La Hogue and Cherbourg.
[d] Tourville fought in the great three-decker “Royal Sun,” the largest vessel afloat.
[e] Afterwards captain of the Chester. Died in the West Indies in 1693.
[f] “Carter was the first who broke the French line. He was struck by a splinter of one of his own yard-arms, and fell dying on the deck. He would not let go his sword. ‘Fight the ship,’ were his last words; ‘fight the ship as long as she can swim.’”—Macaulay, Hist. of England, chap. xviii.
Isabella Chicheley[a] to Sir Richard Haddock.
Wedensday night, the 4 July, [16]94.
Your good nature, Sʳ, hath drawne upon you the gossupin of a company of women. My sisters desire we may drinke our punch with you to-morrow in the evening, about six aclocke, if it is not inconvenient to you. I should have sent to you to day, but was prevented. However, Sʳ, it may yett be ajorned for longer time, if you are othere wise disposed. The docters are sending me to Tunbridge ere long, soe that a warm foundation before drinking those cold waters will not [be] amisse for, Sʳ,
Your oblidged, humble servant,
Isabella Chicheley.