The British Plutarch Vol 2 Of 6

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Download or read book The British Plutarch, Vol. 6 of 8 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The British Plutarch, Vol. 6 of 8: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, From the Accession of Henry VIII. To the Present Time, Including a Compendious View of the History of England In 1684, after the demolition of Tangier, the earl of Dartmouth, general of the sea and land-forces, appointed him lieutenant of the Orford; from which time he kept constantly to the sea-service;but did not throw up his commission as a land-officer for several years after. In the year 1685, went lieutenant of his majesty's (James II.) ship Phoenix to the hall Indies; where engaging and boarding a Ziganian pirate, who maintained a desperate light, most of those who entered with him were slain, himself dangerously wounded, and the prize finking, he was taken up with scarcely any remains of life 3 but, by degrees, he was perfectly recovered. In the year 1688, being first lieutenant to Sir John All by, in the fleet commanded by the earl of Dartmouth, and fitted out to oppose the designs of the prince of Orange, he was in a particular manner entrusted and employed in the intrigues then carrying on among the most considerable officers of the fleet, in favour of that prince; and was the person commissioned by them to carry their secret assurances of obedience to his highness;to whom he was privately introduced at Sherborne, by admiral Russel. At his return to the fleet, the earl of Dartmouth sent him, with captain Aylmer and captain Hastings, to carry a message of submission to the prince at Windsor, who made him captain of the Constant Warwick, a fourth-rate man of war. In 1690, he commanded the Hope, a third-rate; and was second to Sir George Rooke, in the engagement oft Beachy-head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.