i 1594* Fort of Crodon, near Brest, which wasthen in the Possession of the Spaniards.He arrived, on the first of September ,with some fressi Forces, at Pimpol, andp Several having, in Conjunction with the Mar-i ^retagne* C ] U1S dMumont ,. taken Morlaix, and1 ta ken with ^uimpercorentin, came, on the first of*£ e AT?- November, before Fort Crodon ; where£ngUsh, * ' Sir Martin Forbijher lay at Anchor withhis Squadron. The Attack of this Fort! was carried on with so much Courage

| and Vigour, and the Defence, on the

Side of the Besieged,was so obstinate, thata great Number of brave E> glijh Offi-cers lost their Lives at it; insomuch thatthe Queen herself, being informed ofit, out of her usual Tenderness for theSafety of her People, gave a Check totheir boundless Valour; But her Instruc-tions came to late.

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ing and forward Men had Need be j ^ 4 .

" curbed, and not encouraged andegg’d" on into Danger and Ruin: That if hefi observed these Measures he would", save the Credit ot his Conduct, and" fit free at the fame Time from the*■ Charge of Cruelty; and ffie herself“ ffiould, upon better Ground, com-" mend his Care, and Regard for herff Subjects,”

At.L ength, the Place was surrender-ed, the Garrison put to the Sword, andthe Fort razed to the very Ground. ThisAdvantage was, however, more thanbalanced, by the Loss of that braveMariner and Commander, Sir Martin Heath ofForbijher, who being wounded, at the £ss MartinAttack of this Place, in the Hip, by asmall Shot, died as soon as he hadbrought the Fleet back to Plymouth.

Thus fell this Man of undaunted Comrage, who, likewise, for his Conduct and

Th e Queen’s Words to Karris were:" That the Blood of Man ought not to" be squandered away at all Adven-* c tures; That the boiling Heat of puffi-

Experience, was inferiour t° none qfhis Time,

Chap.XLTX, during the Reign of §yeen Elizabeth,

CHAP. XL1X.

Sir Francis DrakeX and Sir John Hawkins last Expedition to the West-Indies,with the Death of those two great Commanders,

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'a PON the universal Rumour1 I spread throughout Europe, that•■■^b* 4L the Spaniards had a Design toinvade England, with a moreformidable Fleet, than that of 1588 , ( a )the Queen ordered two Squadrons tobe fitted out, on the Publics Account;one to cruise the Priti-Jh Seas, to opposethe Enemy, if Occasion should be, there;

And the other, consisting of six and jtwenty Ships, was intended for a Di-version to them in America, under theCommand of Sir Francis Drake , anstSir John Hawkins.

Sir JVilliam Monfon mentions, inparticular, the following Ships andCommanders,

ftps and Ships,

0itt »3anders The Defame,Garland,Hope,

Bonaventure,

Forejight,

Adventure,

Commanders by Sea.Sir Francis Drake ,

Sir John Hawkins,Captain Gilbert York ,Captain Throughton.Captain PFinter.Captain Thomas Drake ,

Commander by Land,Sir Thomas Baskerville, . (b j

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(a) This Report prevailed so in Ireland, andproduced such mischievous Effect, in that King-dom, that Hugh O-Neal , Earl of Tir-oen rebel-led, in Expectation of the promised Assistancefrom Spain- This obliged Queen Elizabeth tofend over a Re-inforcement to theTroops she hadthere, under the Command of Sir John Norris.At this Time, the King of Scotland, professing amore than ordinary Resolution to liye in a good

Intelligence with England, likewise levied Forcgs,to serve against the Spaniards.

(b) The Author of Drake Revived inactions,besides Sir Thomas Baskerville, Sir Nicholas Clif-ford, Lieutenant-General ; Captain Arnold Bas-kerville, Serjeant Major ; Captain Nicholas Bas-kerville, and eight other Captains, for the LanffiService.