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" striking a Blow; As our Prisoners," and Captives, redeemed out of the" said Gallies, have assured us. But" the first Morning, when I bore withtf the Harbour, almost all the Fleetcame to an Anchor by the Point of“ St. Sebastian' s, a League wide of me,and gave the Enemy Leisure to send" Men, and all Necessaries aboard." When I was going in, in the After-noon, I could neither get my Com-“ pany to weigh their Anchors,nor most" of those that were weighed to go in" with me; And the next Day I had" much ado to make our Ships fight at" all. And when God had given us" Victory, neither my Persuasions, nor" Protestations could make them that" were Sea-Commanders go up, or" fend to possess the Fleet of the In-dies, whilst we assailed the Town, so" as that the Enemy had almost forty-" eight Hours to burn his own Ships.

(Dejection II. " That we did a-" bandon Cadiz, when we were pos-sessed of it, whereas the holding oftc it would not only have been a Nail" in the Foot of this Great Monarchy," but in his Side, and have served for<s a Diversion of all the Wars in those" Parts.

Answer. " Some of our Sea-Com-“ manders, and, especially my Col-" league, did not only oppose them-" selves to that Design (whose Opposi-" tions my Instructions made an abso-" lute Bar) but when we came to see" how the Force was, that should be

" left there, and-and every

fc Ship at that Instant began to fear" their Wants, and to talk of going" Home : So that I neither could have" had one Ship to stay at Cadiz, nor“ Victuals for the Garrison for two" Months; And, therefore, was for-tc ced to leave Cadiz, and did not" choose to abandon it.

Objection III. " That we did not" lie for the Carracks and Indian Ships," since we were on the Coast, at the" very Time that is thought fittest for" the intercepting, and the usual Time‘ f of their Return.

Answer. iC I must first cite the Te~" stimony of all our Commanders, by" Land and Sea, that when we had, at" our Return from Cadiz, doubled the" Cape St. Vincent, commonly calledst the South-Cape, I urged our going to

the Islands of the Azores ; foundingmyself upon these two Reasons.First, that it was more certain to at-tend them at the Land, where wewere assured they must touch, thanto seek them in the wide Sea ; Andnext, That the Advices sent out ofSpain and Portugal, since our beingon the Coast, might meet them a-mongst the Islands, and make themalter their usual Course from thence,but could hardly find them beyond,and divert them from coming thither:Besides, the Spaniards, after they sawus engaged at Cadiz, would neversuspect, or dream, of our going tothe Islands. And when this Counselwas rejected, and we came in Sight ofLisbon, I then pressed again the ly-ing for them, with a selected Fleet;And offered, on that Condition, tosend Home the Land-forces, and allsuch Ships , as Want of Victuals,Leaks, Sickness, or any Thing else,whatsoever, had made unfit to stayout at Sea. But first the Lord Ad-miral, and then Sir IValter Raleigh,did directly, byAttestation under theirHands, contradict the first Proposalthat I made, that some Ships shouldattend the Service: And when wecame to that of those Ships whichwere fit, and their Captains contentto stay out, (except the Low-CountrySquadron) there could be found buttwo, the Lord Thomas Howard andmyself: So as by the whole Councilat War, it was resolved, that as wellmy Osier and Opinion, as every Man’selse,amongst us, should be kept underhis Hand, for our particular Dis-charge, and to be barred of staying,except the Lord Admiral would as-sent to leave some eight or ten ofthe Merchant-sln’ps, besides two ofthe Queen’s, which he refused, andso our Design was broke off.

Objection IV. " That since all ourService consisted in taking and de-stroying the Spanijh Shipping, andSea-Provisions, why did we not lookinto all his chief Ports, and do him,in that Kind, as much Hurt as wemight have done.

Answer. " My End in going toCadiz was, not only because it wasa principal Port, and the likeliest tobe held by us ; because of the Seatand natural Strength of it; But also,with it we might (if some greater

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