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 this late honourable encounter of Sir Richard Greenvil, 



and other her Majesties Captaines, with the Armada of 

 Spaine ; should be truely set downe and published with- 

 out partialitie or false imaginations. And it is no 

 marveile that the Spaniard should seeke by false and 

 slanderous pamphlets, advisoes and Letters, to cover their 

 owne losse, and to derogate from others their due honors, 

 especially in this fight being performed far off: seeing 

 they were not ashamed in the yeere 1588. when they 

 purposed the invasion of this land, to publish in sundry 

 languages in print, great victories in wordes, which they 

 pleaded to have obteined against this Realme ; and spred 

 the same in a most false sort over all parts of France, 

 Italy, and elsewhere. When shortly after it was happily 

 manifested in very deed to al Nations, how their Navy 

 which they termed invincible, consisting of 140. saile 

 of shippes, not onely of their owne kingdome, but 

 strengthened with the greatest Argosies, Portugal 

 Caracks, Florentines, and huge hulks of other Countreis, 

 were by 30. of her Majesties owne ships of war, and 

 a few of our owne Marchants, by the wise, valiant, [II. ii. 170, 

 and advantagious conduct of the L. Charles Howard 

 high Admirall of England, beaten and shuffled together ; 

 even from the Lizard in Cornwall first to Portland, where 

 they shamefully left Don Pedro de Valdes, with his 

 mighty ship ; from Portland to Cales, where they lost 

 Hugo de Moncado, with the Gallias of which he was 

 Captaine, and from Cales, driven with squibs from their 

 anchors, were chased out of the sight of England, round 

 about Scotland and Ireland. Where for the sympathie 

 of their barbarous religion, hoping to finde succour and 

 assistance, a great part of them were crusht against the 

 rocks, and those other that landed, being very many in 

 number, were notwithstanding broken, slaine, and taken, 

 and so sent from village to village coupled in halters, 

 to be shipped into England. Where her Majestie of 

 her Princely and invincible disposition, disdaining to put 

 them to death, and scorning either to retaine or entertaine 



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