a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589. 



There were then in the towne 2000 pipes of wine, and 



150 in the ships. 

 That there were lately come unto the Marques of Seralba 



300000 ducats. 

 That there were 1000 jarres of oile. 

 A great quantity of beanes, peaze, wheat, and fish. 

 That there were 3000 quintals of beefe. 

 [II. ii. 140.] And that not twenty dayes before, there came in three 

 barks laden with match & harquebuzes. 



Some others also found favour to be taken prisoners, 

 but the rest falling into the hands of the common 

 souldiers, had their throats cut, to the number of 500, 

 as I conjecture, first and last, after we had entred the 

 towne ; and in the entry thereof there was found every 

 celler full of wine, whereon our men, by inordinate 

 drinking, both grew themselves for the present senselesse 

 of the danger of the shot of the towne, which hurt many 

 of them being drunke, & tooke the first ground of 

 their sicknesse ; for of such was our first and chiefest 

 mortality. There was also abundant store of victuals, 

 salt, and all kinde of provision for shipping and the 

 warre : which was confessed by the sayd Commissary 

 of victuals taken there, to be the beginning of a 

 magasin of all sorts of provision for a new voyage 

 into England : whereby you may conjecture what the 

 spoile thereof hath advantaged us, and prejudiced the 

 king of Spaine. 



The next morning about eight of the clocke the 

 enemies abandoned their ships. And having overcharged 

 the artillery of ye gallion, left her on fire, which burnt 

 in terrible sort two dayes together, the fire and over- 

 charging of the pieces being so great, as of fifty that 

 were in her, there were not above sixteene taken out 

 whole ; the rest with overcharge of the powder being 

 broken, and molten with heat of the fire, were taken out 

 in broken pieces into divers shippes. The same day 

 was the cloister on the South side of the towne entred 

 by us, which joyned very neere to the wall of the towne, 



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