Cfj!

soland Called , So f^rs-sfiands ; May dep. from Hispanicthe Wrcrl- ! P wrecked 011 Bermudas ; Builds a Ship out of

th “ Bntifl, SeS foftifi^. iianCe With '* ance a S aiast ^ Ifl “ “i tF J w °f Cumberland’s yth Expedition-fired. ’ arfc taken ; Engagem. with a .Sp. Carrack,which is

Chap. ^XJ^VT^T 5 "' Engagem. with another Carrack. 30.4

of Brasil ' janca ^ er ^ an d Venner'j Expedition to the Coast

fir takes a gr. Number of ftp. and Port. Ships ;. Joyns

” 'The-Fort

1596.

.^,5.4 Six -.Sp ,-Ships sent 1 against thsm-} A sharp Engagements

The Sp. beaten ; T he Engl. Ships. ret. - 347.

Chap. LV. Keymieh Vcy. to the Gold. Mines of Guiana,

ymis dep.Two Boats taken j They^go up. the River Orcnoqm"'dp ret. ibi,

:count-of.6LEs. 348

I. .Sherley-4 Expedition to .the W. Indies,

i -R ^ T A Aum r\f Py

iefi taken.349

2 Ships and the Town^oRBr aj ^ ^

St. Mar -His De-

pow.

burnt

ib.308to Brest,

ib.

3 °?las-Exped.

gets

Company with Venner; And arrives at Fernambucs The Fortand lower Town taken. r 39^

A vast Booty found;.The Place fortif. They agree to freightsome Dutch Ships;. Sev. Fr. Ships join them; Attempts' 01 theEnemy fruitless; The Fleet, departs. 3 0J

Is sep. by a Storm ; Ret. safely with'a vast-Booty. _ 3°7

Chap. XLVII. Dudly’r Voyage to the Island of Trinidada; AnJones’j Voyage to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, fsRDudley's Fleet sep. Two Pr. taken by the V. Adm. Dudleytakes two Carave Is, and another Pr. A Fight of-two Days,with a Sp. Ship of 600 Tuns.

Jones’s Voyage to the Gulp.h of St. Lawrence, SecC hap. XLVIII. Sir Martin Forbiiher’s' Expeditionwith the Death of that brave Commander.

Six. Martin Forbijher sent with a Squadron to BrestSev. Places taken; Death of Sir M. Forbijher.

Chap. XLIX. Sir Fr. Drake’! and Sir J. Hawkins’! „to the~W. Indies,, with the Death of those two great Cant-Tlie Sp. land in Engl. to little Purp. The Design of the Jr est -India- Flees4 Sir William Monfon s Account. _ 3 10

G.9S- The Fleet dep. Gr. Canary attempted in vain ; TheDesign disc. St. Juan de Puerto Ricco att.

The Death of Hawkins ; Five Sp. Ships- fired; La Hacha, St.Martha, Nambre de Dies, and other Places burnt. ■ 3 11

Drake's Death ; The. Fleet ret. Is att. by the' Sp. But worststhem, and arr. in Engl. A Remark of Sir W. Monfon s-; ACompar. betw. Hawkins and. Drake. f I%

Chap. L, Sir W. Raleigh’i Expedition to the Mines of G uianai- Sir IV. Raleigh banishsd the Court. 3 1 3:

* His Voy. to disc. Guiana ; St. Joseph’s taken.and burnt ; The

' Gold Mines of Guiana fought in vain. 314

Chap. LI. Preston’s and Sommer’! Exped. to the VI. Indies.

Puerto Santo, with the Island of Coche, and other Places- piD-Cumana ranf. Three Caravels and a Fort taken. Zi6

St. J ago de Leon .taken ; The Town and other Places burnt ;

3 Sp. Ships burnt; Cores taken and burnt; They ret. 317Chap. LII. "The E. of Cumberland’s 2 th Expedition.

A fine Ship built by the E. He ret. C. Monfon leaves theFl. ib.The rest of the Fl. proceed ; A Caravel taken ; An Eng. withthe Sp..V. Adm. 3 Dutch Ships taken ; Monfon ’s Adv. 31 &

Chap. LIII. A Particular and Impartial Acc. of the Exp. of the-English to Cadiz, under the Com. of the E. of Effex, and theLd H. Adm. Howard, with sev. Orig. Pap. rd. to that Exp.1596. A gr. Fleet fitted out ag. the Sp. The Force of it.319Instr. for the E. oi Effex, and Lord Howard. 3 20

Copy of the Q’sl.et. to the L-Gen with her own Hand ; Copyof the Queen's ad Let. to-the Lord General. 323

The Ld General's Instr., to the Captains, of Ships. 324

The Sum of the O's Ord. A Manifesto pub!, by the L.Gen.328The Fleet departs and arrives at the North Cape. 329

A Sealed Rendezvouz distrib. Scouts sent out ; Their Design3 Hamburg Ships taken ; Fight with a Wemmijh Fly-boat ; Sheescapes; But is afterwards taken; 4 fortunate Events. 33°They get Intel, of the State of Cadiz, and arr. there ; Debatehow to make the Attack, and a Resist, taken; The Engl, beginthe Att. The Sp. Ships endeav. to escape ; Some of them stop-ped ; Others keep their Station; A sharp Engagement. 331Sev. Sp. Gallies and Gabions taken and burnt ; The Puntalsand the^Bridge betw. the Isl. and the Cant. taken ; Cadiz ta-k^n ; i he Fown-house and Castle surr. 33 2

The Sp. set Fire to some of the Merchant-ships themselves;> Sir 7F. Monfon’s Account of this Action. 333

Fhe Loss of the Sp. 60 Gentlemen knighted ; The Engl. pi

Keymis „_ r

on Disc. The Ship ret.

Mr. Key miss Account -of: .Guiana,

Chap; LVI ' ’ ~’-‘

His Design and Dep;. zompo .

A desp. Attempt; St, Jago^Vfith 2 Forts taken

A Ship, the Island of Ffrego, and asm. Frigat taken;tha taken; Jamaica stubm. Sherley joinsCajt. Parker-, .sign after leaving.him; The whole Fleet deserts the Admiral ;His dang. Circ. He arr. at Newfoundland, and in Engl. 350Chap; LVIL Parkerh Crmfing.Voy. to theW. Inches.

Six Englishmen, redeemed,. A Design on Truxillo. frostr. andPuerto de Cavallos taken ; Gampeche taken.; The Engl. over-Get off-by a Strat, Take a Prize of 3000/. Value: Sebo

; Their Bark taken by. the .9^. Parker Ret. 351

3 ’" Pr*, to she E. Indies.

Chap. LVIII. Wood’! unfort. Exp. to —

Wood sent to the E. Indies-, The Q’s Let. to the K. al China;An Acc. of the Fate of these Ships, in.a Sp. Letter. 352Chap. LIX. The E. of Effcx’s Exped. to the Islands.

I£p7- Designs of Sp. A. large Fleet fitted out, under the Com.

of E. of Effex; Sir IV. Monfon’s Account. 353

> a „„ The D. conc. The Difp. of the Fleet. 334

Sir A . Gorge's Acc. I nc ^ _

The Design of this.Exped. The Fleet fails"; But ret

a 2d*Time ; Impract, to attempt the Ships at- the Groyne

Ferrol ; The Fleet arr. at the Azores.

vM between Raleigh- and Effex laid

Sets Sailand355

to attempt the Ships

Ferret-, Azores.

Fay al taken by Raleigh -, Diff. between ...-^.

aside ; The Isle of Graciofa- fubm. 336

The. Amer. Flota corns s to Grafiofa,. after E/UjPs,D ep. An Att;of Southampton mifear. 3 Sp. Ships-^ taken.; impract. to att. the

Sp. st Tercet as ; Effex. takes. Villa Franca. 337^

The Sp. run,a ricEShip on.Shoar, and burn herq Sp. Ships lostin a Storm ; The Fleet.ret. to .Engl. Sir IV. Monfods Account

of the Escape of the- India Fleet. 358

Sir W. Monfon’ s Advice to the E. of Effex, 364

Various Censures, upon. this.- Expedition-. 363

Conclusion of the Earl’s. Account of it. 364

Chap. LX. Leigh’! Voyage to Cape Briton, and the- Island of

Ramea, with other Transactions- of the Near, 1597.

He departs and fights with the French. ib *

with. the Pr.. One of the Shins, cast-away and- ■ 1^.0

Ship taken,

but lost

“But Phrt of fie^^^Jf^ndbrfugW to Engl. Interrup-

Farther Skirrnpill. But Phrt u. _

again ; A Biscayan Ship taken, and brougnt ^ ....

tion of Trade betw. England zn&Germany. 365

Chap. LXI. The 10th and mojl CGnfid. of all the B. ef C urn-beriap.d’s Exp. with ether Occurrences of the fe-ar, 1398.1R9S. The Fleet departs;. A noble Design, discov. airdprew

A Hamburg and a French Ship taken. 3S6

The Earl takes Lancerotta ; Proceeds to America and takes

Puerto Ricco -, A more-part. Account of this-Action. 367-The Earl res. to keep this- Place; Bat is-prevented by a Sick-ness among his Men ; Sev. Sp- Ships and the Pearl-Filh. att. in

vain; The E. ret. to Engl. His Character. .3<38

What Booty taken ; The Loss of Ships and Men ; This Exp.of Adv. to the Nation ; Sir IV. Monfon’s Re-marks on it. 369Q. Eliz. makes a Treaty with the D. to the Adv. of Eng. 370The Death of Philip II. King- of Spain ; Haughtiness of the £,of Effex , and Death of the Ld Treasurer Biirleigh. 37 r-Chap. LXII. Account of a Fleet sent mit under the Com. of theLd Tho.Howard, with other Occurrences of the- Tear , 1399.1399. A Treaty of Peace on Foot; But Prep. on both Sidesfor War ; The Dutch fend their first Fleet to Sea, on theirown Account; Their- Treachery to us; They are unsuc. TheBenefit of our Prep. The feared on Acc. of- her Readiness;

Sp. makes Overtures of Peace; The Fleet counternr 3721 y rp j_ Sent with a great Army: Acts

tK.es uvcnu.v.. — , ,,,,,,,

i/« Lori Depoty of K ^ ^ Reb . R et . I- .mp_r

■tsj/ex iuaut jjo, ^ . r ... t Sent w

contr. to his Instr. Makes a TreatyProgress of the Rebellion stopped,p. LXI II. Sir R. Levifon’! Exother Transactions of the Tear1600. Hopes of Peace in vain.

ts> _ _

one another;

the Islands,

373

with

ib.

JL 1 ItOjJ^Gu.

Chap. LXIII. Sir R. Levifon-! Expedition to— f} je js- eary x6oo.

xooo. ... _ce in vain.

Ships fitted out priv. and ord. to the Islands -,The Sp. fend like-• • miss ■’ P.f>rracks

2-98

ib.

2 03hip s

f^f z , and leave it; The Fleet sets Saif to Faro.a to the Groyne -, Ret. The O’s Let. to the L. Gen. 335t0 Ld. Adm. 336

of his Cond. in this Exped. 337

Sir W Monjon s Refl. on this Expedition. 339

1 ne Advantages of this Expedition to the Publick. 342

A Minute oi the Council’s Let. to the L. Adm. ib.

'Th'^'T ^.Eher Let. from the Council to the Ld Adm. 3 44u ^-assembles his Fleet at Lisbon -, But many of his

Ships destroyed by a Tempest at Sea. 346

°f Cumberland’! gth Expedition.a ev But is obi. by Storm to ret. Sends out

rofid a ° c r a “ e ’ which is likewise dam. at Sea, and ret. But is^fitted and goes to Sea again. ib.

wife a Fleet thither ; They miss one aaotner; The Carracksesc. Sir Rich. ret. The E. of Effex beheaded; TheCVsIrres.374Chap. LXIV. Sir R. Levifon’! Exped. to Ire Ian dpisior. Ofiend besieged; The Sp. invade Irel. An Engag. withthem ; A signal Vict. Skirrn, by Land ; Siege of Kingfale ; ABattle and Victory by Land; Peace in Ireland- 375

The Sp. sent home in English Shipping. 376

Chap. LXV. The Efiabl. of thefirst East India Comp. and ft rd

Voyage for their Account under Command of Capt. Lancaster.

Privileges granted by the Queen to the first Undertakers. ib.

A Question put by Camden; Ships and Burden; Number of

Men'; Trad-Stock ; The Fleet dep, A Prize taken; They

pass the Line; And the Trop. of Capricorn; Arr. at Soldania - r

Traf. with the Natives » Double the Cape of Good Hope. 377

z.6qu Trafnck