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cortdiid-ed to Lifbon, where relating the 

 danger he had efcaped, a paltry painter there 

 engaged Vroom to draw the ftorm he de- 

 fcribed, in which he fucceeded fo happily, 

 that it was fold to a nobleman for a conli- 

 derable price. The Portuguefe painter was 

 charmed, and continued to employ Vroom, 

 who improved fo much in fca-pieces, that 

 having got money, and returning home^ he 

 applied himfelf entirely to that flyle of 

 painting. 



At this period, the great eari of Notting- 

 ham, lord high admiral of England, whofe 

 defeat of the Spanifh Armada had eftablifh- 

 ed the throne of his miflrefs, being defirous 

 of preferving the detail of that illuflrious 

 event, had befpoken a fuit of tapeftry, de- 

 fcribing the particulars of each day's en- 

 gagement. Francis Spiering, an eminent 

 maker of tapeftry, undertook the work, 

 and engaged Vroom to draw the defigns. 

 The excellence of the performance, obvious 

 to the public eye, makes encomiums unne- 

 cefTary. 



It is pleafingly remarkable that there are 



two monuments of this fort, and both finely 



executed, the tapeftry in queftion and the 



0^4 fuit 



