X^etjononrable eribof^ir^cbarBcsmnffelD, 193 
SChe 13 * of September tbe faide &mado 
ariuco at tbe Bfland of Coruo,tobere tbe €n* 
gltfljmen toitb about fitfanc fljtppes as then 
lap, (taping fo? tbe £>panify iflate: tobereof 
fome o? tbe mott parte toere rorne, and there 
the Cngliflj toere in good hope to bane taken 
them. 315ut toben tbep pcrcepueD fbe kings 
3tmp to beftrong, tbe ^Dmirall being tbe 
& 0 ?De Thomas Howard, COttimaunDeD i)t£C 
iflatc not to fall bpou them, no? anp of them 
once to fcpcrate their ibtppes from him, bn* 
leffe be gaue commiffion fo to Doe .• nottoitb* 
Handing tbe tmice SlDmtrall £>tr Rychard 
Greenfield, being in tbe fl^ip calleD tbe lie* 
uenge toent into tbe fi>pantfl> flate, anD (bot 
among tbem. Doing them great burte, ano 
tbinkingtberett of tbe companp tooulD baue 
follotocD: tobicb tbep Dio not, but left bim 
there,anD fapleD atoap .* tbe caufe tobp coulD 
not be knotone: tobicb tbe ^paniaroes per* 
ceiuing, toitb feuen o? eigbt fljippes tbep bo?* 
Deober,but fbetottbflood tbem all, fighting 
toitb tbem at tbe leatt 1 2 »boures together, 
andfunkettoo of them, one being a netoe 
Double if lie boat, of 1 2 00. tunnes, anD 0Dmi* 
rail of the if lie boat es, tbe other a Bifcaine: 
But in tbe eitDe bp rcafon of the number that 
came bppon her fijetoas taken, but to their 
great loffe.fo? tbep baD lott in figbtingjanDbp 
D?otuning aboue 400. men, ano of the Cn* 
gliflj toere flaine abouta buno?eD, ^ir Ry* 
chard Greenfield bimfelfe being tooundieD 
in bio b?atne, tobereof affcrtoardcs bee DpeD. 
(£ctoasbo?ne into thefljip calleD the §>aint 
Paul e, loberein toas the ilomirall of the flat 
Don Alonfo de Barfan: there bis toOUUDeS 
toere D?efl bp tbe £>paniib burgeons, but 
Don Alonfo bimfelfe tooulD neither foe him, 
no? fpeake toitb bim: all the reft of tbe Cap* 
tames anD Centlemen toent to bifite him, 
anD to comfo?t bim in bis barD fo?tune, toon- 
D?ing at bis courage,anD flout heart, -fo? that 
be fljetoed not anp Cgne of faintnes no? chan¬ 
ging of colour. But feeling tbe botoer of 
Death to app?ocb, bee fpake there too?Desin 
*3>paniflj ? f faiD: l^ere Die 3 ! Richard Gr t en* 
field, toitb a topfull anD quiet minD, fo? that 
31 baue ended mp life as a true folDier ought 
to Do, | bath fought fo? bis countrep,® uane, 
religion, anD bono?,toberebpmpfoulemofl 
topfull Departetb out of this boDie, anD (ball 
altoaies leaue bebinDe it an cuerlaflfngfame 
of a baliant anD true folDier, that batb Done 
bis Dufie, as be toas bounD to Doe. Mben be 
baD finifljeD tbefe 0 ? fucb other like too?Ds,bee 
gaue bp the Cboff, toitb great anD flout cou* 
rage, anD no man coulD perceiue anp true 
figne of beauineffe in bim- 
SCbiS S>ir Richard Greenfield toasa 
great anD a rich Centleman in Engtand 3 ano 
The 1 .Bookc, 
baD great pearelp reuenetoes of bis otone in* 
beritance. butbc toas a man berp bnquict 
inbisminDe, anDgreatlpaffecteDto toarre* 
in fo much as of bis otone p?iuate motion bee 
offereD bis feruiceto tbe €toane, be baD per* 
fo?mcD manp balianf artes, anD toas greatlte 
feareD in tbefe Brands,and knotone of euerp 
man,but of nature berp fetiere, fo that bis 
otone people bateD bim fo? bis fiercenes, anD 
fpake berie barDlp of bim:fo? toben tbep firfl 
cntreD into the jflate 0 ? £rmabo, tbep baD 
their great faple in a reaDineffc, and might 
pofliblie enough baue fapleD atoap:fo? it toas 
one of the belt Ibips fo? faple in CnglanD,anD 
the Spafter percetuing that the other Ibippes 
baD left tbem,anDfo!lotoeDnot after,comma* 
DeD the great faple to be cut,tbaf tbep might 
makeatoap : but ^ir Richard Greene* 
field tb?eatncD both bim,anD all the reff that 
tocre in tbe (hip,that if anp man laiD banD bp* 
pon it,be tooulD caufe bim to be bangcD, ano 
fo bp that occaflon tbep toere compelled to 
figbt,anD in the enD toere taken. (£e toas of 
fo barD a complefl:ion,tbat as be continueD a* 
mong tbe £>panifl) Capfaincs tobile tbep 
toere at Dinner 0 ? fupper toitb bim, be tooulD 
caroufe tb?a 0 ? foute glaffes of tome, ano in 
a b?auerie fake the glaffes bettoane bis tatb 
anD cralb them in paces anD ftoallsto them 
Dotone,fo that often times the blooD ran out 
ofbismoutbtoitboutanpbarme at all bnto 
bim,and this toas told rne bp Diners credible 
perfons that manp times flaceanD bebelce 
bim. 2Ebe Cngliffj men that toere left in the 
fl)ip,as tbe captaine of the foulDiers, the Ra¬ 
fter anD others toere DifperfcDmfo Dfucrs of 
the ^panifb (hips that baD taken tbe, tobere 
there baD almott a ntto fight arifen bettoane 
tbe 3i5ifcaines and tbe ^o?tingales:tobile eeft 
of them tooulD baue tbe honour to baue firfl 
bo?DcDber, fo that there greto a great noife 
andquarrcllamong them, one taking tbe 
cbiefe ancients tbe other tbe flagge,and tbe 
Captaine and euerie one held bis otone. 2Tbe 
(hips that bad bo?Ded her toere altogether out 
of o?Der, and b?oken, and manp of their men 
hurt, toberebp tbep toere compelled to come 
into tbe Blflano of Tercera, there to repaire 
tbemfelues: tobere beingariiied,31 imp eba* 
ber feiloto, to beare fome netoes toent abo?D 
on of tbe Chips being a great Bifcaine, anD 
one of the ttoelue Jflpoflles, tobofe Captaine 
toas calleD Bcrtandono, tf;at bad bin Cent* 
rail of tbe Bifcaynes in tbe flate that toent 
fo?Cngland. l^eefaingbs called bs bp inter 
tbegallcrie, tobere toitb great curtefie bee 
receiueD bs, bceing as then fet at Dinner 
toitb tbe Cnglifih Captaine that fate bp him, 
and bad on a kite of blacke beluef,but be could 
not tell bs anp thing,fo? that be conto fpeake 
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