a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



cap. Henry Thin, cap. Grenvile and others to lie off the 

 South cape, thereby to amaze the Spanish fleet, and to 

 holde them on their owne coast; while sir J. Burgh, 

 capt. Robert Crosse, capt. Tomson, & others should 

 attend at the Hands for the caraks or any other Spanish 

 ships comming from Mexico or other parts of the West 

 Indies. Which direction tooke effect accordingly; for 

 the king of Spaines Admirall receiving intelligence that 

 the English fleet was come on the coast, attended to 

 defend the South parts of Spaine, & to keepe himselfe 

 as nere sir Mart. Frobisher as he could, to impeach him 

 in all things which he might undertake ; and thereby 

 neglected the safeconduct of the caraks, with whom it 

 fared as hereafter shall appeare. Before the fleet severed 

 The Santa themselves they mette with a great Biscain on the 

 Clam a Bis- Spanish coast called Santa Clara a ship of 600 tunnes. 

 600 'nanus The n °i se °f tne artillery on both sides being heard, 



taken. immediatly they drew to their fleet ; where after a reason- 



able hot fight, the ship was entred and mastered, which 

 they found fraighted with all sorts of small yron-worke, 

 as horse-shoes, nailes, plough-shares, yron barres, spikes, 

 boults, locks, gimbols, & such like, valued by us at 6000 

 or 7000 li. but woorth to them treble the value. This 

 Biscain was sailing towards S. Lucar, there to take in 

 some further provision for the West India. This ship 

 being first roomaged, and after sent for England, our 

 fleet coasted along towards the Southcape of S. Vincent, 

 and by the way, about the Rocke nere Lisbon, sir John 

 Burrough in the Robucke spying a saile afarre off, gave 

 her present chase ; which being a flieboat and of good 

 saile, drew him farre Southwards before he could fetch 

 her ; but at last she came under his lee and strooke saile. 

 The master of which flieboat comming aboord him, con- 

 fessed that the king indeed had prepared a great fleet in 

 S. Lucar and Cadiz, and (as the report in Spaine was 

 currant) for the West Indies. But in deed the Spanish 

 king had provided this fleet upon this counsell. He 

 received intelligence, that sir Walter Ralegh was to put 



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