Chap. LIT I. during the Reign of §}yeen Elizabeth.

1596. Terms, saying; He came to burn and not “ neither the Lord High Admiral, norard ? r pan -" t0 ran s om ’ While they were treating, the “ any other Ship of the Queen’s couldk some of e Duhe of Medina Sidonia (the fame who “pass one by another. There wastb e Mer- commanded xhelnvincibleArmada) found " Command given, that no Ship IhouldC ti e nt f ji P s Means to unload some of these Ships, “ Loot but the Queen’s, making Ac-emseives. anc j tQ f ave t p e Englijh the Trouble, or " count that the Honour would be therather to deprive them of the Riches, " greater, that was obtained with soset Fire, himself, to some others. " few.

Sir William Monson, who was him- “ This Fight continued from ten tillself principally concerned in this Action, " four in the Afternoon : The Spani-has left us a particular Account of it, in “ ards then set Sail, thinking either tohis Tracts, which as it serves to confirm “ run higher up the River, or else toand explain some of the Circumstances “ bring their other Broad-sides unto us,already given, and mentions some others, “ because of the Heat of their Ord-which tho’ they do not perfectly con- “ nance,- But howsoever it was, intradict, yet seem in some Measure to “ their Floating, they came aground,differ from them, I have chosen to sub- “ and the Men began to forsake theirjoin by itself. “ Ships: Whereupon there was Com-

j. “ Sir Walter Raleigh (fays he) had " mand given, that all the Hoys and

^ORson' iam " the Van given him, which the Lord " Vessels that drew least Water, shouldcount of " Thomas Howard hearing challenged " go in to them; And Sir William Mon-th,s Jeiion. “ it, in Right of his Place of Vice-Ad- " Jon was sent in the Repulse's Boat,“ miral, and it was granted him; But " with the like Directions. They pos-“ Sir Walter, having Order over Night " seised themselves of the great Galli-" to ply in, came first to an Anchor; “ ons, the Matthew and Andrew ; But“ But at that Distance from the Spani- " the Philip and Thomas fired them-" ards, that he could not annoy him ; " selves, and were burnt down before

* e And he himself returned on Board “ the Fire could be extinguished.

" the Lord General EJsex, to excuse " I must not forget to describe the“ his coming to an Anchor so far off, " Manner of the Spanijh Ships and“ for Want of Water to go higher ; “ Gallies riding in Harbour, at our first

" Which was thought strange, that the “ coming to Cadiz. The four Galleons" Spaniards, which drew much more " singled themselves from out the Fleet“ Water, and had no more Advantage “ as Guards of their Merchants; The“ than he of Tide, could pass where “ Gallies were placed to flanck us with“ his Ship could not. Sir Francis Vere, “ their Prows at our Entry ; But when“ in th eEainbow, who was appointed “ they saw our Approach, the next“ to second Turn, passing by Sir Walter “ Morning, the Merchants run up the" Raleigh's Ship, he weighed the fe- " River, the Men of War to Port-Roy-" cond Time, and went higher. The “ al, to the Point of the River, and“ Lord General Essex, who promised “ brought themselves into a good Or-te to keep in the Midst of the Fleet, “ der of Fight, mooring their Ships a-" W as told by Sir William Monfon , that “ head and a Stern, to have their" the greatest Service would depend " Broad-sides upon us. The Gallies* { upon three or four Ships, and he put “ then betook themselves to the Guardr him in Mind of his Honour, for that " of the Town, which we put them“ many Eyes beheld him. “ from, before we attempted the

“ This made him forgetfull of his “ Ships.

Promise, and to use all Means he " The Victory being thus obtained*< could to be foremost in the Fight, “ at Sea, the Lord General Esex land-“ Xhe Lord Thomas Howard, who fC ed his Men in a Sandy Bay, which" could not go up in his own Ship, the " the Castle of the Puntals command-“ Mary Honor a, betook himself to the " ed, but they seing the Success of" Non-pareil, and in Respect the Rain- " their Ships, and mistrusting their own“ bow, the Repulse, and Warspight had " Strength, neither offered to offend“ taken up the best Part of the Chan- " his Landing, nor to defend the Castle,“ nel, by their first Coming to an An- tf but quitted it, and so we became" chor, to his Grief, he could not get " Possessors of it.

“ higher. Here did every Ship strive “ After My Lords peaceable Land-to be the headmost ; But such was " ing, he considered what was to be" the Narrowness of the Channel, as “ done, and whereas there was no

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