Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 151: what you’re looking at

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‘ Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 145 fleet when he sailed to cover the transport of a vast army from Normandy to England, so assured of his opponent’s treason that, though vastly outnumbered, he had no fear of an engagement, which he did not believe would in reality occur. My heart beat high with patriotic joy when Admiral Russell, all Jacobite as he was, de- clined to betray his king, and flung himself upon the self-confident Frenchmen, who, though taken by surprise, it must be said to their credit, fought with the utmost bravery for many hours, and only fled at last when all hope of victory, or even of further resist- ance, was beaten down. Closely pursued by an English vessel, we fled all night along the dangerous Norman coast. That I should have spent the time in prayers for our capture was only natural ; but it was not to be, and in the morning we found ourselves secure in the bay of St. “ Malo, in company with some score of other ships of war, whose tattered sails, splintered masts and spars, and shot-riddled sides told only too plainly of the terrible storm of battle - through which they had recently passed. ( 1OOY | a) comichbooks.com