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Edw.VI. Naval Expeditions , &c. of the English, Book!

« Presents shall come, sendeth Greet-" ing: Know Ye, that We, in Consi-fC deration of the good and accepta-“ hie Service done, and to be done,(e unto Us, by Our beloved Ser-es vant, Sebastian Cabot, of our special< f Grace, certain Knowledge, meer" Motion, and by the Advice and" Counsel of Our most Honourable Un-" cle, Edward Duke of Sommerfet, Go-" vernour of Our Person, and Protector" of Our Kingdoms, Dominions and" Sub ects, and of the Rest of our" Couincil, have given and granted, and" by these Presents do give and grant," to the said Sebastian Cabot, a certain" Annuity, or Yearly Revenue, of" one Hundred, threescore and six" Pounds, thirteen Shillings and four<c Pence, Sterling, to have, enjoy, and,f yearly receive the aforesaid Annuity," or yearly Revenue, to the aforesaid" Sebastian Cabot, during his natural" Life, out of our Treasury, at the Re-'s ceit of Our Exchequer, at Westmin-te ster, at the Hands of our Treasu-" rers and Paymasters, there remaining" for the Time being, at the Feasts of" the Annunciation of the blessed Vir-fC gin Mary, the Nativity of St. John" Baptist, St. Michael, the Arch-an-" gel, and the Nativity of our Lord, to" be paid by equal Portions. And far-' r ther, of Our more special Grace, and" by the Advice and Consent aforesaid,“ We do give, and by these Presents do" grant, unto the aforesaid Sebastian" Cabot, so many and so great Sums of" of Mony, as the said Annuity, or" Yearly Revenue, of one Hundred," threescore and six Pounds, thirteen* f S hilli ngs and fourPence, doth amount" and rife unto, from the Feast of St." Michael, the Archangel, last past," unto this present Time, to be hadand received by the aforesaid Seba-<c stian Cabot, and his Assigns, out of(C Our aforesaid Treasury at the Hands" of Our aforesaid Treasurers, and Os-'s sicers of Our Exchequer, of Our freeGift without Account, or any thing" else therefore to be yielded, paid or" made to us, Our Heirs and Succes-" sors, forasmuch as herein express" Mention is made to the contrary.

“ In Witness whereof, We have" caused these Our Letters to be made" Patent. Witness the King at JVest-<c minster, the sixth Day or January,tr in the second Year of His Reign." The Year of Our Lord, 1549*

Hackluvt calls it a large Pen- i$49'sion, and so it was in those Days: j Bythe Inscription round his Picture, in theMap I mentioned in his Life, we findhe was knighted, and Purchas fre-quently calls him Sir Sebastian ; Butwhen this Honour was confered uponhim, we do not find.

I x the Year 1549. likewise, a Warbreaking out with France, the French <y he p r e^resolved upon an Attempt to reduce make an^'the Islands of JerJey and Guernsey,which was all the English had then Guernseyleft of the Duchy of Normandy. For but are rKthis Purpose they fitted out a powerful pstfei^Squadron of Men of War, with whichthey transported a Body of two Thou-sand Men, Land-Forces, thither. Cap-tain William Winter was commissionedto oppose their Proceedings, and, tothatEnd, was sent over with some Shipsand eight Hundred Soldiers. At hisArrival, he soon found the Enemy hada Force far superiour to his, both byLand and Sea: This did not, how-ever, discourage him from attackingthem, and he did it with so muchBravery and Conduct, that they wereglad to retreat, with the Loss of aThousand Men, and to give up theirGallies a Prey to the English.

W e find in King Edward's Diary, Edw-written with his own Hand, the sol- Diafylowing Note, among the Transactions the c £orof this Year: " The Frenchmen, by ^ x. 5-" Night, assaulted Boulinberg, and" were manfully repulsed; After theytc had made Fagots, with Pitch, Tar,

" Tallow, Rosin, Powder and Wild-" fire, to burn the Ships, in the Ha-" ven of Boulogne : But they were" driven away by the Boulonois , and" their Fagots taken.

t{ Nevertheless the French came" another Time, and planted their" Ordnance toward the Sand-side of" Boulogne, on the Sand-hills, and beatfC (probably battered) divers Ships oftc Victuallers, at the Entry of thece Haven: But yet th e Englishmen, at<c the King’s Adventure, came into the

Haven, and refreshed divers Times" the Town.

In the Year 1550. the French, hav-ing placed four or five Thousand Men,at the Town of Morguison, Midway 4 ssst.between Boulogne and Calais, to cut t0off all Intercourse between those twoPlaces, about five Thousand Men weretransported to Calais, under the Com-mand of the Earl of Huntington, and

Guinea,