58 THE SILVERY HOSTS OF THE NORTH SEA. 



Another account states that thirty-seven ships were 

 greatly damaged, one hundred and seventy-one men 

 killed, and goods to the value of 15,356 "spoiled 

 and taken from them." 



Disputes continued, more or less, until the time 

 of Queen Elizabeth, when matters were arranged 

 by commissioners, who, happily, were able to make 

 an award, deemed at the time satisfactory to both 

 parties; after which "they continued more mild and 

 friendly one towards another, till the year 1662;" 

 after which date no more bailiffs from the Cinque 

 Ports seem to have come to Yarmouth in any official 

 capacity. Queen Anne granted a new charter in the 

 second year of her reign, empowering the burgh to 

 choose a Mayor instead of bailiffs, and otherwise 

 bringing the Corporation into the " state it has ever 

 since continued." 



