ALVARO BACAN ad. 



1585. 

 foorth out of England, I assure my selfe, that some part Sir Barnard 

 of them are gone out of those parts unto Newfoundland. J^^'^ke tooke 

 For the Queene hath taken carefull order to send to ]!' if ^^ f 



^ ^ • r ^ r ^ T) 1 ^^^ Spanish 



mtercept the ships or the fishermen that goe to Baccalaos. and Portugall 



And it is likewise to be thought that shee hath done fishers re- 



the like for the intercepting of the fleet of the Indies, turning from 



And considering that according to our intelligence out of , ^^''^^fg^ 



England, above fourescore shippes, and the army of Drake His'intelli- 



have bene set foorth from thence, it is meete that his gence was too 



majestie should prepare another army to seeke the English ^^^^» ^^ ■^/"^^ 



fleete, and to fight with it, commanding that the Galeons \g^J^f/^h^^^ 



which belong to the crowne of Portugall, and those of his Admiralty. 



majestie which lye in the river of Sivill bee prepared to 



send against them, and to give them the Carena, that they 



may bee in a readinesse for any voyage howe long soever 



it bee : And likewise to arrest a Galeon of the Duke 



of Florence, which is very well armed and furnished with 



great ordinance, and passed lately from Alicante toward 



Cadiz, and to make up the number of fortie great shippes, Fortie great 



which are to be had in Biscay and Guipuscoa : and that ^^^P\^° / 



. t>roz'iued. 



beeing rigged, armed and set in good order, they bee 



victualled for eight moneths, and that foorthwith there bee 



levied a thousand mariners of Catalunna and Genoa to 



bee divided among the Fleete, and bee conducted, as they 



were for the Fleete of Tercera : furthermore that sixe iS^S- ^'^'■- 

 ^1 J 1J-11-J-- J ^ z^r^ was won 



thousanae souldiers bee levied, giving commaundement i^^^f^^j^araues 



to presse a greater number, to the ende that these may ofSantaCruz. 



bee able men for service. 



Moreover it is needfull for this armie that 20. pataches 

 be brought from Biscay, and 20. Azabras from Castro. 

 That the pataches bee from 50. to 60. tunnes : and that 

 the Azabras bee like those which were in the expedition 

 to Ter9era. 



That sufficient provision be made of artillerie, powder, 

 match, and lead, and harquebuzes, muskets, and chosen 

 pikes for the keeping of the coast. 



It is also meete to provide another army of two ships Another army 

 of 400. tunnes apiece, and other foure of 200. tunnes^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^' 



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