92 Hen.VTII. Naval Expeditions , &c. of the English, Book 1

CHAP. XXII.

Naval TransaSiions and Expeditions of the English, with other memorableEvents, during the Reign of King Henry VIII.

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Holinlh,

ENRT VII. dying, on thetwenty-second of April, in theYear 1509. was succeeded byhis Son, by the Name of Hen-Henry VIII. r „ VIII. On the third of June follow-

TndCofola- in g\ he was married to Catharine oflion. Spain , his deceased Brother Arthur's

Widow, to whom he had been con-tracted seven Years before, and onMidsummer-Day was crowned at West-minster. Holinjhead gives a particularAccount of this Solemnity; with thePublick Diversions on that Occasion.

1511. In the Year 1511. Ferdinand, King

Rapin. of Arragon and Naples , the King’s Fa-^Rapin^ ther-in-Daw, having demanded of himHenry fends an Aid of a Thousand Englijh Archers,Troops into to serve in his pretended ExpeditionSpain, against the Moors, Henry granted hisRequest. They embarked at Ply-mouth , about the Middle of May, un-der the Command of Sir Thomas Dar-cey, accompanied by several Persons ofDistinction, and landed at Cadiz , thefirst of June. This Body of Troopsreturned to England again about Au-gust. Henry sent also, in July , thisAnd into Year, fifteen Hundred Men into Flan-Flanders. der S , unc Jer the Command of Sir Ed-ward Poynings, to astist the Duke ofBurgundy against the Duke of Guel- .dres.

Holinfh. An Accident, which happened thisHerbert. Year, served afterwards as a Pretence tourc ett ' the King of Scotland for breaking withBreton a Eng’land.TheCakwasthkiAndrewBretonScotch Pi- or Barton, a Scot, had obtained Lettersrate, G f Mart from his Sovereign against thePortuguese, who had killed his Father,and seized his Ship, for which he hadin vain sought Redress from the Court

of Portugal On Condition, however, igit*that he should not exercise Piracy.

Breton equip’d two stout Ships, andfound Means to make himself ampleAmends for his Losies: But that done,he made an ill Use of his Power, and,under that Pretext, committed Pyracyon our Coasts, seizing and plunderingwhat Ships he pleased, alledging only,for his Excuse, that they had PortuguejeGoods on Board. Sir Edward Howard,

Lord High Admiral, and Sir Thomas ,his Brother, Sons of the great Earl ofSurrey, were commissioned to chastisethis Insolence, and had two Ships assign-ed them for that Purpose. ( a ) Theymet Breton, as he was returning fromFlanders to Scotland, off of the GoodwinSands, and after a resolute Fight, in Kille( y edwhich the Scots Pyrate was himself kil- his Shipsled, they took both Ships, and brought taken.them up to London, (b) The Men were,however, upon submitting themselvesto the King’s Mercy, dismissed and sentHome. The King of Scotland demand-ed Satisfaction for this Breach of Peace,but being told, that to punissi Pyrateswas no Infraction of Treaties betweenPrinces, he desisted for the present; Butprotesting against the Injustice, deter-mined to resent it the first Opportuni-ty-

Henry having, in the mean Time, iyi?'made an Alliance with Ferdinand against King P- CiliFrance, began early in the Year ito make Preparations for carrying on p r ance;the War. He fitted out a Fleet, andgave the Command of it to Sir EdwardHoward. (Y) His Land-Forces werecommanded by Thomas Grey, Marquisof Dorset. They embarked on the six-teenth

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Columns (æ) The Author of the Columna Post rat a,Rostrata. fays (but without mentioning hir Authority) thatthe two Brothers fitted out these Ships, at theirown Charge, and intimates, as if Edward wasnot made Admiral ’till afterwards.

Herbert. (b) Breton fought desperately, and after hewas grievously wounded, encouraged his Men,with his Whistle, even to his last Breath.

(e) As I gave an Estimate of the Charge of ourEnglijh Naval Forces in the Reign of Edward III.from Mr. Secretary Burchett and Brady, an Ex-tract from Rymer ’s Foedera, will give the Reader

an Idea of the Difference between that Reign andt “ is • hy an Indenture, dated Jpril 8.

gran ed Sir Edward Howard the following Al-lowance : « For his own Maintenance, Diet,

“ Wages, and Rewards, ten Shillings a Day,

V w r eac k the Captains, for their Diet, j? v mer’s‘ Wages and Rewards, eighteen Pence a Day. T o111 ’" 5 , 0 s,. ever y Soldier, Mariner and Gunner, five XIII-" Shillings a Month for his Wages, and five Shil-‘ in S\ h is Victuals, reckoning eight and“ twenty Days in the Month.