. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... l Milbanksship, and heartily drubbed them, to theno small mortification of the admiral, whohad been, in his younger days, exceed-ingly athletic, and as much addicted toboxing heads as to boxing the few days after, the admiral called thecrew together, abused them as a set ofcowardly lubbers, dressed himself in acommon jacket and trowsers, and, ob-serving the Berwicks barge rowingashore, ordered his own to be immediatelymanned, and took an oar as one of thecrew. The coxswain, as particularlydirected, ran the head of his barge ag
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... l Milbanksship, and heartily drubbed them, to theno small mortification of the admiral, whohad been, in his younger days, exceed-ingly athletic, and as much addicted toboxing heads as to boxing the few days after, the admiral called thecrew together, abused them as a set ofcowardly lubbers, dressed himself in acommon jacket and trowsers, and, ob-serving the Berwicks barge rowingashore, ordered his own to be immediatelymanned, and took an oar as one of thecrew. The coxswain, as particularlydirected, ran the head of his barge againstthe quarter of the Berwicks barge, inconsequence of which a broadside of oathswas given and returned, wliich produceda challenge to a boxing match. Accord-ingly, to oblige them, the admiral, aschampion of his crew, beat the whole ofthe crew of the other barge, (eleven innumber,) one after the other; and then,after making himself known to his anta-gonists, went ashore and visited hisfriends, as if nothing had happened. PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIFLD. 361. MAra.\X SKETCH OF 1651. ** Why, how now, son ? Is tliere anynews stilling, that thou hast thus hurriedhither?—or have anv of our ships foun-dered in the late g^ale ? were the ques-tions asked by Matthew Godfrey, of hisson, as the latter entered the usual sittingroom of the family, seemingly fraught withsome monienlous intelligence. No, no, father ! the ships are safe, asyet, for aught I know to the contrary, liereplied ; * but f hastened from the cityto tell you the glorious news ; praised beGod ! the lord general Cromwell hasgained a great and decisive victory overthe royalists at Worcester; a victorywhich will strike terror into the hearts ofthe disaffected, and completely overthrowthe hopes entertained by Charles Stewartof wearing the crown of these king-doms. Truly, this is important news, saidthe elder Godfrey; and much does itbehove the nation to lift up the voice oftiianksgiving on the occasion. But howfares
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