A LIBEL OF SPANISH LIES ad 



1596- 

 marchants ships with other small vessels being without 



the Queenes ships, shot when they saw opportunitie. 



After the enemie finding no good to be done (being 



well beaten) fell from us, the Adventure playing upon 



them with her great ordinance, made three of the last 



shot at them : their Viceadmirall with divers others of ^^^ Spanish 



their ships, were so beaten that they left off the fight, ^^^^^^!^^^^'^^^ 



and were forced to lie in the winde, for that they durst ^^^^ successe 



not lie of either boord by reason of their many and they had in 



great leakes, which they had received by our great shot, this fight. 



The Generall with the rest of their fleete tacking about, 



fell in our wake, thinking to get the winde, which in 



the beginning wee sought to hinder. But our Generall 



seeing that in holding the winde we should shoot our 



selves into the bay, gave them the winde. All that The English 



night they kept themselves upon our brode side, not- admirall ^ 



withstanding our Admiral carried his cresset-light all ^^^^^^^^jf 



night, having great care of our smallest shippes. This notwilhsmd- 



fight continued about foure houres till it was neere ing the enemie 



night, in the which fight, thankes be to God, there «^^^ ^pon his 



were slaine so few persons of our English fleete, as T '^^'o^^ ^^d^- 



thinke the like conflict hath not bene performed with The English 



so little losse of men : What harme befell the Spaniards received little 



in their fleete I leave to your judgements. Yet our '^-^^^/^ ^^^^ 



, . /. J b conflict. 



eyes can witnesse their ships were sore beaten and 

 racked thorough, whereby there was such falling backe 

 and lying by the lee to stoppe their leakes, as some of 

 them were driven to haste away, and rather to runne 

 on shore to save themselves then sinke in the Sea : 

 besides within two houres after our fight with them, 

 we sawe one of their great shippes on fire which burnt 

 into the Sea, and all the sterne of another of their ships 

 blowen up : And in the morning a shippe of our fleete 

 was runne so neere the land, that to double the Cape 

 de los Corrientes he must of necessitie tacke about 

 and fall in the wake of the enemie, which caused our 

 Generall in the Garland and the Defiance to tacke 

 about; which two ships forced the three ships of the 



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