g&j. Eliz. Naval Expeditions^ &c. ej the Engliih, Book II.

j 597. a jealousy they had of his Unfaithfulnessto his Country, and it procured on theother Side a mighty Veneration for Essex, which he took Care to cherish byall the Artifices of Address, and theyto improve, thro' the high Opinion theyhad conceived of his great Qualifications.Most certain it is, that, either of theseGentlemen came short in any Instanceof Courage, Sagacity or Conduct:; Buttrue Happiness is the Gift of God, andno Man can carve out his own Portion.The Quarrel between these Gentlemenbegan now to appear more public k andfierce, each laying the Blame of thelate Mismanagement on the other. Theyagreed, however, in the Account ofthis Expedition mentioned above, whichwas signed by them both, and whichthey conclude in the following Man-ner :

Conclusion " And now we have given an Ac-

0/ the Ears ™ count of all our whole Carriage 'till

.ccount of (t we bare for England ; If our coming" Home scattering be objected, we" must plead the Violence of Storms,* r against which no Fore-Directions, nortc present Industry can prevail. We" must conclude with this; That as we" would have acknowledged, that we" had done but our Duties, if we hadtc defeated the Adelantada, taken the" Spanijh Treasure, and conquered the" Islands of the Azores ; So, we having" failed of nothing, that God gave us" Means to do; We hoped Her Maje-

(f sty will think our painful Days, care- 1^97." ful Nights, evil Diet, and many” Hazards, deserve not now to be mea-" sured by the Event. The like ho-" nourable and just Construction we" promise ourselves at the Hands of allfr My Lords. As for others, who have“ fate warm at Home, and difcant up-<c on us, we know they wanted Strength" to perform more, and believe they" wanted Courage to adventure fq“ much.

The Earl of EJfex no sooner returnedto Court, from this Expedition, than(notwithstanding some great Marks ofthe Queen’s Favour,) he met with freshCause of Uneasiness. The Queen hadcreated Admiral Howard, Earl of Not-ingham, and caused to be inserted in hisPatent, that it was for his Service tohis Country, in the Year 1588, againstthe Spanijh Armada, and afterwards, intaking the ToWn ot'Cadiz, jointly withthe Earl of EJJex. This last Articlegreatly affronted the Earl, who thoughtInjustice done him by ascribing anyShare of the taking of that Place to theAdmiral. And besides, by this Crea-tion, the new Earl of Nottingham, asDord High Admiral, had the Prece-dence of the Earl of E/sex. However,to asswage in some Measure his Resent-ment, the Queen soon after created himEarl Marshal of England, by which he,recovered his Precedence over the LordHigh Admiral.

CHAP. LX.

Leigh’j Voyage to Cape Briton, and the Isand of Ramea, with some other Tran-sitions of the Tear, 1597.

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Ship’s

Names.

By whom 'fitted out.

H E Ships fitted out for thisVoyage were.

The Hopewell of London, ofthe Burden of one Hundred andtwenty Tuns, commanded by Mr. PVil-liam Craft on.

And, the Chancewell, likewise, ofthe City of London, of seventy TunsBurden, Captain Stephen Bennet.

They were sent out at the Idle

Charge of Mr. Charles Leigh, and Mr.Abraham van Herwick, of London, Mer-chants ; And the former, together withMr. Stephen van Herwuk, Brother of

the latter, went themselves, as Mana- i$oj,gers and Directors of the Voyage.

They departed from Gravesend, on They departithe eighth of April, of this Year, and,the eighteenth of May, were upon theBank of Newfoundland. The twenti-eth, they entered theBay of Assumption,where the Hopewell, without Mr. French.Leigh 's Knowledge, fought with aFrench Ship; But with what Success myAuthor does not mention.

After this, they put to Sea again,and went to Caplen* Bay, where theystaid'till the last of that Month, to re-pair