By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.
The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng, at a Court-Martial, as Taken by Mr. Charles Ferne, Judge-Advocate of His Majesty's Fleet. Published by ... the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty