a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589. 



sider what wars they be that have made their name so 

 terrible, we shal find them to have bin none other then 

 against the barbarous Moores, the naked Indians, and the 

 unarmed Netherlander, whose yeelding rather to the 

 name then act of the Spaniards, hath put them into such a 

 conceit of their mightines, as they have considerately 

 undertaken the conquest of our monarchic, consisting 

 of a people united & alwayes held sufficiently warlike : 

 against whom what successe their invincible army had the 

 last yeere, as our very children can witness, so I doubt 

 not but this voiage hath sufficiently made knowen what 

 they are even upon their owne dunghill, which, had it 

 bene set out in such sort as it was agreed upon by their 

 first demaund, it might have made our nation the most 

 glorious people of the world. For hath not the want 

 of 8 of the 12 pieces of artillerie, which were promised 

 unto the Adventure, lost her majestie the possession of 

 the Groine and many other places, as hereafter shal 

 appeare, whose defensible rampires were greater then our 

 batterie (such as it was) cold force : and therefore were 

 left unattempted ? 



It was also resolved to have sent 600 English horses 

 of the Low countries, whereof we had not one, notwith- 

 standing the great charges expended in their transportation 

 hither : and that may the army assembled at Puente de 

 Burgos thanke God of, as well as the forces of Portugall, 

 who foreran us 6 daies together : Did we not want 7 

 of the 1 3 old Companies, which we should have had from 

 thence; foure of the 10 dutch Companies; & 6 of their 

 men of war for the sea, from the Hollanders : which 

 I may justly say we wanted, in that we might have had so 

 many good souldiers, so many good ships, and so many 

 able bodies more then we had ? 



Did there not upon the first thinking of the journey 

 divers gallant Courtiers put in their names for adven- 

 turers to the summe of 10000 li. who seeing it went 

 forward in good earnest, advised themselves better, and 

 laid the want of so much money upon the journey ? 



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