"Ah, Mynheer Drake," he said in his very broken English, "I must tell you ze goot news for us, but bad news for you.  Our ships have broken all ze Englischman, Chatham is burnt, and ve vill even now take London." And in this style he told us the heartbreaking news of the never-to-be-forgotten disgrace at Chatham, of the burning or sinking of the _Royal Oak_, the _James_, the _London_, and several other smaller vessels.  He also said that His Majesty and the Court and Parliament had removed to Bristol, though this latter information afterwards proved to be false.