THE < CENTURION'S ' VALIANT FIGHT ad. 



1591. 

 in multitudes came crauling and hung upon the side of 

 the shippe, intending to have entred into the same, but 

 such was the courage of the Englishmen, that so fast 

 as the Spaniards did come to enter, they gave them such 

 entertainment, that some of them were glad to tumble 

 alive into the Sea, being remedilesse for ever to get 

 up alive. In the Centurion there were in all, of men 

 and boyes, fourtie and eight, who together fought most 

 valiantly, and so galled the enemie, that many a brave 

 and lustie Spaniard lost his life in that place. 



The Centurion was fired five severall times, with wilde 

 fire and other provision, which the Spaniards threw in 

 for that purpose : yet, God be thanked, by the great 

 and diligent foresight of the Master it did no harme 

 at all. 



In every of the Gallies there were about 200. 

 souldiers : who together with the shot, spoiled, rent, 

 and battered the Centurion very sore, shot through her 

 maine Maste, and slew 4. of the men in the said shippe, 

 the one of them being the Masters mate. 



Ten other persons were hurt, by meanes of splinters 

 which the Spaniards shotte : yea, in the ende when their 

 provision was almost spent, they were constrained to 

 shoote at them hammers, and the chaines from their 

 slaves, and yet God bee thanked, they received no more 

 domage : but by spoyling and overwearying of the 

 Spaniards, the Englishmen constrained them to ungrapple 

 themselves, and get them going : and sure if there had 

 bene any other fresh shippe or succour to have relieved 

 and assisted the Centurion, they had slaine, suncke, or 

 taken all those Gallies and their Souldiers. 



The Dolphin lay a loofe off and durst not come 

 neere, while the other two small shippes fledde away, 

 so that one of the Gallies went from the Centurion 

 and set upon the Dolphin, which shippe immediatly 

 was set on fire with their owne powder, whereby both 

 men and shippe perished : but whether it was with their 

 good wills or no, that was not knowen unto the Cen- 



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