EDAVARD FENTOX ad. 



1583. 

 aboord of him : to whom I called still to beware, and 

 to shoot at them in time. At length he let flie at them, The fight be- 

 yet was glad to let an anker and cable slip to avoid ^^^^[^K^ 

 them : then came they all driving downe thwart my ^^p^^lsh ships 

 haulse, so that I was faine to let slip an anker and at 5. Vincent. 

 cable to shun the gallion. All this while the ordinance 

 and small shot plied of all parts, and I was faine to 

 send the gallion my skiffe with a haulser to ride by, 

 for shee was loose, and with the flood drave up within 

 me. Then was the viceadmirall on my broad side, who 

 was well payed before, yet I left not galling of him, 

 til I thought our powder spent in vaine to shoot at 

 him, he was so torne, and broken downe by us. About 

 foure of the clocke it rained so fast, that we could scant 

 discerne one the other, the Moone being gone downe, 

 yet rid the admiral!, and the rereadmirall, but a little 

 ahead of us : during which time, we paused, and made 

 ready all our munition. 



The 25 day, by day-light, we saw the viceadmirall The Spanish 

 sunke hard by us, so that his yards which were hoised 'Viceadmirall 

 acrosse, and his tops, and that over head, was above ^^ f . / ' ^ 

 water : most of their men were gotten away in their 

 boats, saving about fourtie persons which hung in the 

 shrowds, and toppes, whom I advised our generall to 

 send for away, and had made ready, and well manned 

 our pinnesses ; but being upon the way going, the 

 generall called them backe, and would not suffer them 

 to goe. There were three of their boats also going for 

 them from their ships; at whom I shot, and made them 

 to retire, and leave them upon the shrowds. At length 

 our generall sent for two of the men away : which his 

 pinnesse brought to him ; the one was heaved over 

 boord, because he was sore hurt, not like to live ; and j-^/^ Greeke 

 he was a Marsillian ; the other was a Greeke, borne in told the 

 Zante, boatswaine of the viceadmirall : the rest of the Generall that 



men, some swam away upon rafts, some were drowned, ^^^^^ ^^T^ , , 

 , . 1 -^.,, \ . ^ , -r* 1 • • 600 and odde 



and some remamed still hanging on her. By this time ^^ ^^^ , o^^^^. 



it was faire day-light, and I called to our generall to ish ships. 



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