sea, however, in April from Plymouth, with eight)', or, as some say, one hundred and forty-six ships, t of which six belonged to the Royal Navy," and with eleven thousand soldiers undcr Sir John Norreys. Dom Antonio was with the fleet, and the Earl of Essex, in some vessels privately fitted out t his own expense for other objects, joined it off the cost of PortugM. The first gttempt ws mde upon Corunn, where troops were lnded, nd the defenders driven into the town. On the following day, the lower town, fter n gssult by hind and by water, ws cgrried, nd the governor, Don Juan de Lun, ws . -r" ammunition and stores being destroyed. The English dis- ... ...... cipline was, unfortunately, "" '" ', ............ r' ---' lax, aud the mea got drunk  : ,5 . ,,%? with the captured wine in the ; , cellars, while the Spaniards .:, atmoyed them by burning .._ such of their own ships as lay in harbour, after having r:mton AND CORUNA first overloaded their guns, (Fro,nachartlublhcdl, UJoyeeGobl, 1818.) which as they burst or went off caused some damage to the invaders. An attack upou the upper town was unsuccessful. Hearing of the approach of a Spauish relieving force, Norreys, ou 5lay 6th, advanced with about two-thirds of his troops to meet it, and defeated it with great slaughter, and with ve W little loss to himself. But when, having burnt the enemy's camp and the neighbouring villages, he returned, the chiefs decided to abandon the siege. On 5lay 8th, therefore, the lower town was set on fire, and the expedition re-emb;[rked. k'rom Corunna the fleet proceeded to the coast of Portugal, and on May t6, arrived off Peniche, in Estremadura. The troops were landed, and, after the place had surrendered to Dom Antonio, were marched overland towards Lisbon,:' taking Torres Vedras on their

Strype, iii. 538; Speed, 863. 
Revenge, Sir Francis Drake; Dreadaotyht, Capt. Thomas Fenner; Aid, Capt. 

William Fenner; zNuparcil, Capt. Sackvile; Jeoresight Capt. William Wyntcr, jun.; 'wiftsure, Capt. Goring.

s 3Ionso,Cs ' av. Tracts,' 174 (Churchill).