Chap. XLI during the Reign os§yeen Elizabeth.

I592. Board, which they saved by carrying it cruised about a Week longer, in Searchon Shoar before she was boarded, this of farther Booty, but found none ; AndShip they brought with them to England, they arrived at Dover, about the tenthwhither they set Sail to, after having of November.

CHAP. XL.

An Expeditian againjl the Spaniards, begun under the Command of Sir WalterRaleigh j But, he returning, left under the Conduit of Sir Martin Forbislier,and Sir John Burroughs,

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4 HI S Year, a Fleet of fifteen is not eafy to determine, whether itShips was fitted out, under the was at first designed a private or a pub-Command of Sir Walter Raleigh, lick Expedition, or (which is rnost pro-with a Design, as Occasion should babie) a Mixture of both.best serve, either to proceed to Ameri- Hackluyt says, only the two Chiefca, and seize on Panama, whither the of these Ships, the Garland and theSpaniards bring their Gold, in Order to Foresight were Her Majesty’s, and thebe exported to Europe, or to intercept Rest belonging either to Sir Walter Ra-the Spanish Flat a, after it had taken the leigh, and his Friends, or to other Ad-Treasure on Board. By the Circum- venturers of London.stances we have of this Expedition, itSir William Monfon, gives us the following Account ofthe Ships,

Ships, Commanders by Sea. Commander by Land,

The Garland. Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir John Burroughs ,

Forefght. Captain Cross.

With divers other Sir Walter went not,

Merchant-Ships, but Sir Martin Forbijher.

To which he adds: Sir Walter

fe Raleigh, who had tasted abundantlyt{ of the Queen’s Love, finding it now* c began to decline, resolved to under-* e take an Expedition to Sea, and engag-* e ed several of his Friends, of great

Quality, to be concerned with him.

He was detained, by contrary Winds,for three Months together, in Harbour,during which Time, the Spaniards, hav-ing gained some Notice of the Design,gave Orders that no Ship should departfrom America. Sir Walter was got theHeight of Cape Finis erre before he re-ceived this Intelligence. Soon after,the Fleet was distressed, by a violentStorm, in which they lost their Long-Boats. Raleigh, then resolving to re-turn to England himself, divided hisShips into two Squadrons, one whereofhe committted to Sir Martin Forbijher,with Orders to cruise on the Coast ofSpain ; And the other to Sir John Bo-roughs, second Son of the Lord Boroughs,directing him to proceed to the Azores,and there ly in Wait for the Eafl-lndiaCarracks, which used to touch at theseIslands, in their Way Home.

Sir William Monfon, in his Relationof the Beginning of this Voyage, fays 5" Sir Walter’s Design was to have sur-" prized some Place in the Weft-Indies ;" But that being at Sea, and spending“ two or three Days in foul Weather,“ Her Majesty was pleased to command" his Return, and to commit the" Charge of the Ships to Sir Martin" Forbijher, who was sent down forthat Purpose; But with an expresssC Command, not to follow the Design of“ the Wfi-Indies,

Hackluyt, who is more particular,fays, that " Sir Walter Raleigh put to" Sea the first of May, and the very" next Day, Sir Martin Forbijher, in" a Pinnace of the Lord Admiral’s, cal-(C led the Disdain, met him, and“ brought Letters of Revocation fromthe Queen, with Command to re-" linquisli (for his own Part) the intend-" ed Attempt, and to leave the Charge" and Conduct of all Things in the" Hands of Sir John Borrough, and Sir" Martin Forbijher ; But that his Ho-" nour being so far engaged in the Urndertaking of this Voyage, that he

could