way. As for the fleet, it coasted southwards as far as Cascais, at the mouth of the Tam. The army arrived before Lisbon on May 25th, and ized the suburb of Santa Caterina; bat the inhabitalts betrayed no thusiasm for Dom Antonio, guns and ammunition for a siege were wanting, aud there was a great amount of sickness. A council of war decided upon a retreat, and, after lng uumolested for two days, the force

in the meautime had been tken by the fleet. This expeditiou did no LISBOn. (Fr.m. chart publi.brd b Joker Gold, 1818.) gOOd to the cause of Dom Antouio, and was in mmy ways a faihu'e; yet it greatly injured Spain. On its way south, it hd captured many vessels, including fifteen bound for Lisbon with men and provisions destined for the preparation of a new Armada; and at CscMs it took sixty sail, belonging to the Hnse Towns, laden with provisions and stores for the same object The army was re-embarked, and the fleet weighed to return home. No sooner was it at sea than it was set upon by about twenty Spanish galleys, which, however, were easily dhven off. On the way north, Vigo was attacked and bm'nt; but nothiug further occma'ed until England was reached. Camden aud others aver that a hundred aud fifty cauuon, and a large booty rewarded the adventurers, but this is doubtful; and there is evidence that the expedition cost a great number of lives, the amount of sickuess in the fleet being most terrible. The captured ships belongiug to the Hause Towns would have been released, after the confiscation of the goods found in them, hd not the queen bn piqued by the ction of an ssembly which ws conycued at LVtbeck to consider the matter, aud which tallred somewhat wildly about measures of revenge. Her majesty, upou this, made prize of all but two,

Stowe, 757: Ferrara, ' Hist. de Espafia,' xv. s. 1G; Strype iv. 8. 
I'aptain Thomas Fenner, t,f the Dra,l.o.gld, was mortally wounded in the 

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