Saterday the 1 Day of March [1777] this morning Clear and at 6 am See a Sail All hands Was Call to make Sail ー We Sot our mainsail and Square Sail and Studdind Sa[i]l and Jibb and fliing Jibb and Top Sail and Water Sail and Wringtail our Cour[s]e SW and the Wind to the Northerd a Smart Brease a Going 6 or 7 knots Sot our Top gallant W[hich] Drawd hur Very fast and at 1 P m See hur of or the Decks and at 4 P m Shee hove two and Hawld up hur Courses in order for Battle and at 5 Pm We in Musket Shot of hur And Quick found hur Superior force to us ー We Gibed and Shee Wore Round and Giv[e] Chaice to us ー and fird Several Shot at us and the thirde Shot Shee firde Shee fird away one of our Lanyards and Struck our Starbord bow Gun and Carde a Way the upper Parte of our Porte Sill ー Shee Was a twenty Gun Ship for Which We See ー We made all Sail for to Git Cleare of hur and Stood Cource SbW Till 10 Pm and then We hawld our Wind and Stood Cource SE till 11 P m and then hove two under fore Sail and So Ends this 24 howers —