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 Royal George and mounted an hundred and twelve guns, but was pierced for an hundred and fifteen. Between three and four in the afternoon we came to action, the two French Admirals was in the very middle of the French line, both together. we knew them by their large white flags: Our brave Admiral Hawk tood on the gunnel of his own hip and ordered her to be run directly between the two French Admirals, and when oppoite to both, having his ports open and all things ready, gave each of them uch a broad ide, as cut down both their riggings and made their whole broad sides above the water open as the ide of an old big house: this fatal blow given to the two Admirals dicouraged the whole French fleet, and gave the ret of the Englih fleet the les to do; the Duke of York was on board our hip and beheavedbehaved [sic] like a hero: But indeed many of the Englih hips there got little to do, but to look on and ave what lives they could; for ome of the French hips being intirelyentirely [sic] ank, others with their mats and rigging cut clean away, the ailors and marinsmarines [sic] with cufragecoverage(?) [sic]-boxes on their bellies came weamingſwimming [sic] past us like flocks of wild ducks, ome crying “O, mercy, mercy dear Country Inglateer,” our Captain ordered out a boat to ave what they could of them, but after they had taken in what the boat could hold, they came o thick that the boat was overet and all perihed: and our Captain would uffer no more boats to be lanhedlaunched(?) [sic]. The Duke received a hot between wind and water, which was like to prove her ruin, they yockedyucked [sic] their chain pompspumps [sic] and all they had to work to keep her above, but till the water in-