The Diary of Henry Teonge

THE DIARY OF HENRY TEONGE THE BROADWAY TRAVELLERS THE BROADWAY TRAVELLERS In 26 Volumes I An Account of Tibet Desideri II Akbar and the Jesuits du Jarric III Commentaries of Ruy Freyre de Andrada de Andrada IV The Diary of Henry Teonge Teonge V The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico del Castillo VI Don Juan of Persia Juan VII Embassy to Tamerlane Clavijo VIII The English-American Gage IX The First Englishmen in India Locke X Five Letters Cortes XI Jahangir and the Jesuits Guerreiro XII Jewish Travellers Adler XIII Memoirs of an Eighteenth Century Footman Macdonald XIV Memorable Description of the East Indian Voyage Bontekoe XV Nova Francia Lescarbot XVI Sir Anthony Sherley and His Persian Adventure Sherley XVII Travels and Adventures Tafur XVIII Travels in Asia and Africa Battuta XIX Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo Hall XX Travels in Persia Herbert XXI Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China Vol. I Huc and Gabet XXII Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China Vol. II Huc and Gabet XXIII Travels into Spain D'Aulnoy XXIV The Travels of an Alchemist Li XXV The Travels of Marco Polo Benedetto XXVI The True History of His Captivity Staden THE DIARY OF HENRY TEONGE Chaplain on Board H.M.'S Ships Assistance, Bristol and Royal Oak 1675-1679 HENRY TEONGE Routledge RTaylo r & Francis Group NEW YORK AND LONDON First published in 1927 Reprinted in 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 270 Madison A venue NewYork, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group All rights reserved. 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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Britim Library The Diary of Henry Teonge ISBN 978-0-415-34477-7 ISBN 978-1-134-28536-5 The Broadway Travellers This page intentionally left blank PLATE I h-..~ . ... ... ~ H. M.S. ASSISTANCE (From a contemporary dmwinR in the ,1Jritish Museum) front THE BROADWAY TRAVELLERS EDITED BY SIR E. DENISON ROSS AND EILEEN POWER THE DIARY OF HENRY TEONGE CHAPLAIN ON BOARD H.M/s SHIPS ASSISTANCE, BRISTOL, AND ROYAL OAK Transcribed from the original manuscript and edited with an Introduction and Notes by G. E. Manwaring Published by GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD, BROADWAY HOUSE, CARTER LANE, LONDON First published in this Series, 1927 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PLYMOUTH CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ....... ix INTRODUCTION I. Account of the Manuscript i II. Sketch of the Author's Life . 4 III. The Diary 13 THE DIARY OF HENRY TEONGE I. First voyage to the Mediterranean, 1675-1676 . 27 II. Second voyage to the Mediterranean, 1678-1679 . 201 Notes to First Voyage . 259 Notes to Second Voyage . .278 APPENDICES I. Articles of Peace and Commerce between England and Tripoli, 1676 . .285 II. List of the Royal Navy, from Teonge's Diary . 292 III. List of the Royal Navy, 1675, as delivered by Pepys ...... 296 IV. Sir John Narbrough's Expedition to Tripoli . 299 INDEX ........ 303 v This page intentionally left blank LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS H.M.S. ASSISTANCE Frontispiece From a contemporary drawing in the British Museum. FACING PAGE TEONGE'S DIARY 26 First page of the Manuscript. ADMIRAL SIR JOHN NARBROUGH ... 64 From the painting in possession of Mrs. Narbrough Hughes D'Aeth. A DIVAN AT ALEPPO 152 Showing a Cadi, Aga of the Janizaries, Page, and Bashaw. VIEW OF ALEPPO 158 Circa 1794. H.M.S. BRISTOL 204 From a drawing by Van de Velde in the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam. H.M.S. ROYAL OAK 236 From a drawing by Van de Velde in the possession of Mr. R. C. Anderson. SPERNALL CHURCH 258 From an engraving by Thomas Higham, about 1820. vii This page intentionally left blank PREFACE TEONGE'S Diary is now printed in full for the firft time from the original manuscript. The edition of 1825, besides omitting several passages, contained many faulty transcriptions, and frequent interpolations, which were not recorded as such. A few words regarding the editorial method employed in this edition are necessary. Throughout the Diary, Teonge invariably wrote 4 4 on " for 4 4 one and his spelling, which was often erratic and inconsistent, has been modernised, and the contraftions extended. Any word which possesses a philological value on account of its early use or quaint spelling has been preserved in a note. In cases where it has been considered necessary to insert a word in order to complete the sense, such insertions have been indicated by square brackets [ ]. In preparing this edition my sincere thanks are due to many friends. Among others, I am specially in- debted to Mr W. Asheton Tonge, for kindly placing the original manuscript at my disposal, and for his courtesy in allowing me to transcribe it in full; Mrs Narbrough Hughes D'Aeth, for granting me permission to photograph the unique and beautiful painting of Admiral Sir John Narbrough in her possession, which has never been reproduced before; ix PREFACE Mr R. C. Anderson, F.S.A., whose intimate knowledge of ships, of the period has enabled me to reproduce illustrations of the Assistance, Briilol, and Royal Oak, which, as far as I am aware, have never previously appeared in any book or periodical, that of the Royal Oak being from a Van de Velde drawing in the possession of Mr Anderson; Mr R. J. Beevor for kindly furnishing me with a copy of Teonge's will; Mr H. S. Vaughan whose knowledge of the Mediter- ranean has been invaluable ; and Mr W. S. Stallybrass, for the interest he has taken in the preparation of this book, and for his helpful criticism and suggestions. For the elucidation of many obscure points, and aid in reading the proofs, my thanks are due to Dr C. T. Hagberg Wright of the London Library, and Mr W. G. Perrin, O.B.E., the Admiralty Librarian. In conclusion may I express the hope that in some anceSlral cheSt there may yet be found another volume of Teonge's " Diary which will portray for us with the same meticulous care and industry the life and habits of the people in his Warwickshire homeland. G. E. MANWARING. X INTRODUCTION I ACCOUNT OF THE MANUSCRIPT THE vicissitudes of the manuscript of Teonge's Diary, like that of many other manuscripts, are not without interest. It was firft published by Charles Knight in 1825, and in an introduftion to that edition it was Elated that the manuscript had been 4 4 in the possession of a respeftable Warwickshire family for more than a century,'* and that 44 it had descended as part of an old library from one genera- tion to another, without attrafting any particular observation." For many years after its publication the manuscript seems to have disappeared, and in consequence it is not surprising that the authenticity of the Diary as published in 1825 should have been questioned. A writer in the Mariner's Mirror opened an intere&ing discussion on the subjeft in 1912. He pointed out that the Diary was not published until almost a century and a half after it was written, and 4 4 that the original manuscript is either not now in existence, or at leaft that its whereabouts is un- known." " The objections," he wrote, " seem to be two in number : Fir&, that there is no record of the original manuscript; second, that the book B INTRODUCTION contains nothing that a clever forger could not have imagined."1 It is only fair to add that the writer apparently did not share these views. Another corre- spondent in the same journal, however, fastened on the idea of " a clever forger," and went to some pains to provfc that such a forger in the person of William Henry Ireland, the author of the Shakespeare forgeries of 1795, was at the time of the publication of Teonge's Diary in 1825, enjoy- ing the friendship and hospitality of the publisher, Charles Knight.2 This drew forth a spirited reply from the author of the article on Teonge in the Dictionary of National Biography (the late Sir John Laughton), who ftated that he personally had " never felt the slighted doubt as to the genuine- ness of the printed copy," adding, that " in or about 1887," it was seen "on board the Alexandra, where it had been sent to be shown to the Duke of Edinburgh."3 This prompted a further search, and in the pay-book of the Assistance the name of " Hen: Tongue, Mini&er," was found, and also a receipt signed by the chaplain for his groats:— " Recvd\ for my 4ds- lviiu-"4 This with other information was published in the Mariner's Mirror by Mr W.

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