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340 Eliz.

JSsmd Expfdtfiotts, Ac. of the English, Book ll. ^

1596. " ance, from the Houses thereabouts;" And here it was that worthy Gentle-*■* man Sir John. Wingfidd was Sain.

Si r William Monson , in another Place,gives the following Account of thisbrave Officer’s Death. " My Lord of“ Essex (fays he) having made his Way(t thro’the Town, came at last to the" Market-Place, where he found the" greatest and sharpest Resistance from“ the Houses thereabouts, that sorely" flanked him, which Way soever he* c pasted or looked, and one House," more than the Rest, seemed most“ dangerous; Whereupon, I desired my" Lord to spare me fifty old Soldiers, offt the Low-Countries, to give an Assaultupon that, House, which his Lord-<r ship granted, and I performed and" took it. In that Conflict, I was ihot** with a Musket-ball thro’ my Scarfand Breeches; And the Handle and" Pommel of my Sword shot from my" Side, without any farther Hurt. As*' I stooped for my Handle and Pummel* c of my Sword, Sir John Wingjhlcl was" next to me on Horseback, who had“ received a Hurt in his Thigh, a little" before; And as he was asking me" how I did, (fearing I was sorely" wounded, by my Stooping) he was<c ihot with a Bulletin the Head, and“ suddenly fell down dead, and thesetc were the last Words he ever spoke.

" The Lord General Ejfex caused** the Drum to found thro’ the whole* f Town, that all those who would4 ‘ yield should repair cfo the Town-“ -house, where they should hay.e Pro-" mise of Mercy, and those that would“ not, to expect no Favour. TheCastle desired Respite to consider, un-* r till the Morning .following, and then‘ c ; by one general Consent, they Xurren-,s dered themselves, to the two Lords* e Generals Mercy. The Chief iPrifo-* s ners, Men and Women, were 1 broughtw into the; Castle, where they remain-" ed a little-Space, and were sent a-•" way, .with (honourable Usage. The" Noble Treating of the Prisoners, hat h" gained an everlasting Honour to our" Nation,-and to the Generals in ; par-ticular. ;

" It cannot be supposed, the Lord" [Generals had Leisure to be idle the" Day following, having so great Busi-<s ness to consider of, <as the securing" the Town, aud enjoying the Mer-*' chant-Ships; Therefore, for ;the"Xpeecsier .Dispatches their Bufinefs,

J they treated wish the best Men in the(C City, what Ransom stiould be givente for their Town and Liberties. jOne‘ f '(he stiould fiave said five or six) Hun-" dred and twenty Thousand Duckets" was concluded upon; And forSecurity" thereof, many of themselves became,f Hostages. There was likewise ap O-" verture for the Ransom of their Ships" and Goods, which the Duke of J\J?di-tf na hearing ,of, rather than we ffipuld“ reap any Advantage by them, he" caused them to be fired.

" We found by Experience, that" the destroying of this Fleet (which" did amount to the Value of fix or fe-" v,en Millions) w^s she general Im-" poveriihjng ,of tfie whole Country;“ For, when tfie Pledges were sent to" Sevil, to taRe pp Mfiny, for their" Redemption, .they were answered," that all the Town was not able to“ raise such a Sum ; So great was their" Loss by the Destruction of their Fleet.“ And, to speak indi Serently, Spain" never received so great an Oyerthrow," fo great a Spoil, and so great an In-" dignity, at our Hands, as this: For" our Attempt was at his own home, in" fiis Port, that he thought so fase as" his Chamber; where we took and de-" stroyed his Ships of War, burnt -and" consumed the y/eakh .of his Mer-“ chants, lack’d his City, ransomed his" Subjects, And entered his Country,“ witboutiQpposition.

*•*' T o write ast.the Circumstances of" this Voyage, were top tedious, and" would weary the Reader, .but he" f tb?t would.desire ,to know the Beha-•‘ f ; viour of the Spaniards, as well as of" us, ,may confer with divers Englijh-* f mm, that were,redeemed out of the" -Gallics, in Exchange for others, and" brought into England.

“ . A f ter we had enjoyed the Town

V of iCadiz a Fortnight, and that all

V Men were grown rich by the Spoil of" it, the Generals embarked their Ar-" my, with an Intent to perform great

Services, before their Return,; But" such was the Coveteoufhefs of the“ better Sort, who were enriched there,“ a n d the Fear of Hunger in others," who complained for-Want, of Victu-<( als, as they could not willingly be" (drawn po any farther Action, to gain" more Reputation. The only Thing" ,s bat was afterwards attempted was" Faro, a Town of Alga>:va, in Eortu-tr iFh a Place pf no ; Resistance or

" Wealth,

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