ALVARO BA^AN 



A.D. 



1585. 



that sixe more bee brought from Spaine to this river of 

 Lisbon with an hundred and twentie souldiers for ech 

 gallie, that they may be devided among the eight gallies 

 which remaine here. 



And in case it fall out that the armie of the English 

 goe not for the Indies, but occupie themselves upon this 

 kingdome, (for there may be English ships, which may 

 attend the one and the other) we shal be enforced to 

 make another armie, besides that for the Indies, of twelve Another army 



ships, foure pataches, and a thousand five hundred v}^'i^^^i 

 \ 1 . ^ shtps^ A. pata- 



souldiers. _ „ . . ^ . . . ches.andi^oo 



In mine opinion all this is meet for his majesties souldiers. 

 service to be foreseene to be made ready with great 

 diligence and care, and to provide money needfull for 

 the same, without neglecting the one or the other, but 

 that all these things be done without delay : Referring 

 my selfe in all things to those of wiser judgement. 

 Written in Lisbon the 26 of October, 1585. 



A summarie and true discourse of sir Francis 

 Drakes West Indian voyage, begun in the 

 yeere 1585. Wherein w^ere taken the cities 

 of Saint lago, Santo Domingo, Cartagena, and 

 the tow^ne of Saint Augustine in Florida ; 

 Published by M. Thomas Gates. 



His worthy knight for the service of his 

 Prince and countrey having prepared his 

 whole fleete, and gotten them downe to 

 Plimmouth in Devonshire, to the number 

 of five and twenty saile of ships and pin- 

 nesses, and having assembled of souldiers 

 and mariners, to the number of 2300. in 



the whole, embarked them and himselfe at Plimmouth 

 aforesaid, the 12. day of September 1585. being accom- 

 panied with these men of name and charge, which 

 hereafter follow : 



Master Christopher Carleil Lieutenant general, a man 



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