Such  was  the  activity  of  IVfonk,  that  of  the  five  flags  of  the  eneaoy,  that
toe  ^ring  at  the  beginning  of  the  battle,  he  brought  down  three  himself,
[Vomp*s,  Everson's,  and  de  Ruyter's:  and  for  diesa  great  exertions,
}iomwell,  on  the  25th  of  August,  1653,  being  the  day  a4)pointed  for  a
leneial  thanksgivkig,  at  a  public  dinner  in  the  city,  put  a  gold  chain
[round  his  neck,  the  which  he  wore  during  the  whole  of  the  dinner-tioM  ;
Slake,  Penn,  and  Lawson,  and  the  rest  of  the  flag  officers,  were  also  re«
ifarded  with    gold  chains  ;    and  the  C2^)tain8  had  medals  given  to

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