1596. " Wealth, pnly famous for the Libra-'s ry.of Cifqrtyh ^ho was Bishop of that" Plaee, which Library was brought" into England by us, and many of theV s Books bestowed upon the new erected" Library of Oxford.

V So t ME Prisoners were taken, but“ of (mall Account; They discovered" that the greatest Strength of the Coun-" try was in Lagos,, the Chief Town of% stjg&sva, twelye. Miles distant from*/ thence i' They commended that" Place, for Strength, and the rather,“ because most Part of the Gentlemen" th ( ereabo.Uts, were gone thither, to" make it good, expecting our Coming.“ This N,ews was. acceptable to my“ Lord of Estyx, who preferred Honour“ before. Wealth; And having had his" Will, and the Spoil of the Town of“ Earn, and the Country thereabouts, he‘f went on Board again with his Army," and took Counsel of the Lord. Ad-“ iqjral, how to proceed aster,: My" storst Admiral diverted his Purpose" for. Lagos, allpdging the Place was" strong, of no Wealth, always, held*:■' iq, tlie c Nsttqr,e. of a Fistipr-Toyyxq be-" longing to the Portuguese, who in“ their Hearts were our. Friends, that*9 the. Winning of it, astgr fo ; eminent a*?• Place, as Cadiz, could, add, up. Ho-“ nqpr, and if it should be carried, yet"it would be the Loss of his. best“ Troops arid Gentlemen, who would" rather desire to dy, then to receive" the, Indignity of a Repulse. My" Lord of Efex, much against his Will," was forced to yield to these Reasons,“ apd desist from that Enterprize.

“ r A^out this Time there was a ge-" neral Complaint, for Want of Victn-" als, which proceeded rather out of a" Desire that some had to be at home,“ than out of any Neceility; For Sir" HCstltam Meson and Mr. Dorr els were“ appointed to examine the.State os e-" very Ship,. and,- found seven, Meek?“ Provisions, (Prink excepted) which" might haye oeen- stipplied stom, the" - Shoardn Water, ancs tlpis put. the ,Gpr" nerals; in greafHpP^ Jo.perfqrmsdmer" thing more than they had done. The" only Service that was now to be“ thought pn,w$s lying in Wast for,the“ Car racks, which in all Probability" could not escape us, tho’ there were“ many . Doubts to. the ; contrary ; But" easily answered by MM of Experi-" 'ence.; Bqt in Tfutb, somg-Men?De^“ sires hpm^wgrds, w^rgTo grea;,{ that

again, and then the Earl. of Ejsex," and the Lord Thomas only offered," and that with great Earnestness, to" stay out the Time their Victuals last-" ed, and desired to have but twelve" Ships furnished out of the rest, to stay" with them: But this would not be" granted, tho' the Squadron of the" Hollanders offered voluntarily to stay." Sir, IValtex Raleigh alledged the Scar-" city of Victuals, and the Infection of“ his Men. My Lord General Ejsex“ offered, in the Greatness of his Mind," and the Desire he had to stay,, to lup-“ ply his Want.of Men and Victuals,“ and to. exchange Ships; But. all Pro-“ p.ofals were in vain ; For the Riches" of Cadiz. kept them that. had got" much, from attempting more,, as if<f it had been pure Want, and not" Honour, would have. enforced-them“ to greater Enterprizes.

V This being the last of all the" Hopes, pf the Voyage, and being, ge-" nerally opposed, it was concluded to" steer away.fpr the North Cape, after-“ wards to view and search the Har-“ hours of the Groyne and Ferrol ; And“ is any os the King of Spain’s Ships“ chanced to be there, to give an At-“ tempt upon them.

" The Lord Admiral lent a Caravel“ of our Fleet'in to those two Harbours,<r and apparelled the Men in Spanish“ Cloaths, to avoid Suspicion j This Ca-“■ ravel returned the next Day, with a .“ true;*Relation,, that there were no“ Ships in; the Harbours; And now,“ pasting.all the. Places where, there“ was any Hope of doing good, our re*“ turn for, England was resolved , on,“ and, the eighth.of August,, the Lord“ Admiral i arrived at Plymouth, with" the greatest:Part of the Army; And“ the Lord General Estyx two Days as-" ter, .who stayed 'to; accompany* the“ Andrew ■, which > he undertook

" the Charge of, and, was reputed of

“ his ; ,Squadron. The tenth of August,“ h.e came to, Plymouth, where he found“ the Army in that. perfect Health,, as“ the- like hath not been seen, for so“ many to go out of England, and suc-" ceed in jo great an Enterprize, and

“ to return -home again so .well.

" Hs himself' rode up to Court, toV advise with Her Majesty of the

" Winning

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no Reason could prevail with or per-suade them.

" Coming into the Height of theRock,the Generals took Counsel once

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