Chap. XXXlL during the Reign of %ieen Elizabeth.

1590. cut them off; For to this Day theywere never more heard of.m\j* rrJe T HE Fleet returned safe to Plymouth,oh the four and twentieth of Qffober.

Thus after all this vast Expence andTrouble, and the Hazard and Loss ofso many Lives, Sir Walter Raleigh, the

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great Projector and Furtherer of these 1590.Discoveries and Settlements, being un-der Trouble, all Thoughts of fartherprosecuting these Designs lay dead forabout twelve Years following.

CHAP. XXXII.

A Relation of a Sea-Fight, between ten Merchant-Jhips, of London, and

twelve Spanish Gullies .

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A The Solomon, belonging toAlderman Barnam, of Lon-don, and Mr. Bond and Mr. Twyd, ofHarwich ; The Margaret and John,belonging to Mr* Wats, of London ;The Minion ; The Afcenfon ; The Cen-turion ; The Violet ; The Samuel ; TheCrescent ; The Elizabeth ; And the Ri-chard , belonging to Mr. Duff eld.These Ships were returning from seve-ral Parts of the Levant: But were nowjoined together in one Body. Comingnear to the Streight’s Mouth, and notfar from the Coasts of Barbdry, theyespied twelve large Gallies, which theysoon perceived were Spaniards lying inWait for them, and consequently just-ly concluded, that they were well pro-vided with Men, Ammunition, and allother Requisites for that End.

The Commanders and Masters werenot backward, on their Side, in makingall possible Preparations for a braveand resolute Defence, which, as theyhad Night before them, they had themore Time to do. The next Morn-ing, being the four and twentieth ofApril, they saw them bearing downupon them, and knew them to be theSquadron of Gallies under the Com-mand of Don Andre Doria, the Kingof Spain’s Viceroy, in the Streights ofGibraltar, an inveterate Enemy of theEnglijh. As they drew nearer, the Spa-niards waved a Main for the King ofSpain, as the Englijh, on their Side, didfor the Queen of England, and werenot dismayed,* tho’ they saw the Spa-niards had two or three Hundred Menin each Gaily. They concluded toplace their weakest and smallest Shipsin the Front, and their largest behindto support them; And, in this Manne*,

they lay waiting the coming of the I ^96.Enemy.

The Gallies began the Onset, with The Fightgreat Fury; Upon which th q Solomon, begins:which had several cast Guns on Board,gave them so warm a Salute, that clear-ed one Side of a Gaily of her Men, andpierced her through and through, insuch Manner, that she was ready tosink. This enraged them so, that theypushed the Attack with so much greatser Fury ; And the Engliflo, on theirSide,gave them a general Salvo from all theirShips; Among which their four largest,the Solomon, the Margaret and John,the Minion and the Afcenfon did themost Execution; And now the Battle -dnd ccnti-was pursued with great Warmth and n fff u /f XVigour, and continued so during theSpace of six whole Hours.

At the Beginning of theFight, therecame two Flemmings into the Englijh CowardiceFleet, whoseing, the Force of the Spa- °f two .nijh Gallies to be so great, were so dis- i£tomin S Siheartned, that one of them immediate-ly struck and yielded, and the otherwas going to do the same, when theTrumpeter, drawing his Hanger, runup to the Pilot, who was at the Helm,and swore he would kill him, if he didnot immediately join the Englijh Fleet,and share their Fate. Thus this Shipwas saved out of the Hands of the mer-ciless Spaniards, as the other mighthave been, if her Cowardice had notrun her headlong into Slavery.

The Spaniards were so disabled inthis six Hours Engagement, that they . ^

soon after gave over the Fight, and fle'd thfatawith all the Precipitation their shattered compleatState would let them, to the nearest Littery.-Harbour, for Shelter; Leaving theEnglijh the open Sea, with the Honourof the Victory, to triumph in. Thusby their Valour and Conduct they freed

themselves