The marine mercury, or, A true relation of the strange appearance of a man-fish about three miles within the river of Thames, having a musket in one hand and a petition in the other credibly reported by six saylors who both saw and talkt with the monster : whos names here following are inserted : whereunto is added a relation how Sir Simon Heartley with his company gave battell to a company of rebels and slew 500, tooke 4 colours and routed 1500 more : this being performed on the 6 of Ianuary, 1641 ... / written by Iohn Hare, ...
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- The marine mercury, or, A true relation of the strange appearance of a man-fish about three miles within the river of Thames, having a musket in one hand and a petition in the other credibly reported by six saylors who both saw and talkt with the monster : whos names here following are inserted : whereunto is added a relation how Sir Simon Heartley with his company gave battell to a company of rebels and slew 500, tooke 4 colours and routed 1500 more : this being performed on the 6 of Ianuary, 1641 ... / written by Iohn Hare, ...
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- Hare, John, 17th cent.
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- [London :: s.n.],
- 1642.
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- Heartley, Simon, -- Sir.
- Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
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"The marine mercury, or, A true relation of the strange appearance of a man-fish about three miles within the river of Thames, having a musket in one hand and a petition in the other credibly reported by six saylors who both saw and talkt with the monster : whos names here following are inserted : whereunto is added a relation how Sir Simon Heartley with his company gave battell to a company of rebels and slew 500, tooke 4 colours and routed 1500 more : this being performed on the 6 of Ianuary, 1641 ... / written by Iohn Hare, ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A45578.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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THE MARINE MERCURY.
OR, A true relation of the strange appearance of a Man-fish about three miles within the River of Thames, having a Musket in one hand, and a Petition in the other.
Credibly Reported by six Saylors, who both saw and talkt with the Monster, whose names here following are inserted.
Whereunto is added A Relation how Sir Simon Heartley with his Company gave battell to a company of Rebels, and slew 500. tooke 4. Colours, and routed 1500▪ more: this being performed on the 6. of January. 1641.
The Saylors names.
- Nicholas Treadcrow.
- Iosias Otter.
- Humfrey Hearnshaw.
- Alexander Waterrat.
- Sim. Seamaule.
- Tim. Bywater.
Written by Iohn Hare, Gent.
Printed in the yeare, 1642.