Another gallant affair as the action fought by the Cetttrio, Turkey merchant, Iobert Bradshaw, master, with five Spanish galleys, near the Gut of Gibnzltar. Three vessels simultaneously tried to board her, but she drove them all off, and, after more than five hours, induced them to letwe her. Bradshaw, whose crew consisted of forty-eight men and boys, lost four killed and ten wounded2

Attempts against Spanish treasure and Sptmish treasure ships remained for many years among the most attractive ventures for lmgllsh seamen. One of these ttttcmpts wts orgtmised in 1599 by Sir Wtfiter Ralegh and his friends, with assistance from the queen's government. talegh's origimfi phm seems to have been either to await the home-coming Spanish fleet in the Atlantic or to cross to the Isthmus of l)arien and seize the town of Panama, where the Spaniards were accustomed to assemble treasure, prior to shipping it home by wty of the East Indies. Sir Walter was at the time in a restless and dissatisfied condition, owing to the queen's fayour for him having diminished, and he may have thought it necess, W to achieve some new exploit in order to reinstte himself.

Two only of her mtjesty's ships, the G, rlad, of 700 tons, 300 men, and 45 guns, and the Forcsi!lbt, of 300 tons, 120 men, and 37 guns, participated in this expedition. With them were associated thirteen armed merchant vessels. Sir Walter Rtdegh, in the first insttmce, took chief command. but, as will be seen, retro'ned ere the adventure had fairly begun, and wts superseded I)y Frobiser. Captain Robert Crosse commanded the Foresight, and the land forces on board the squadron were under Sir John Burgh, a although he tzlso exercised some kind of naval direction.

After two or three months' detention by contrary winds, the expedition sailed on May 1st; but on the day following, Sir 5Iartin Frobiser, in the lord Admirtfi's pinnace Dise&ti, overtook it, bringing from Elizabeth letters revoking llalegh's command in ftvour of Frobiser, and commanding lalegh to retm'n. Sir Walter seems to have been hurt mid disal,pointed, and to htwe determined to proceed in defitnce of orders; but when, upon reaching the

' Ilakluyt, ii. pt. ii. 168. '" [I,., ii. pt. ii. p. 19t; Monson's ' T'acts '; Camden's ' Annales '; Oldys's ' Lilb ,t' l:alcgh.' 63-65.

Sir J,Am Burgh, a descendant of the fimmus lIul',c't de Bm'gh, was third son 

William, fifth Baron de Bm'gh. ]lc was killed ill action on March 7th, 1595, being

then in his tifty-thi,'d year, and lies bin'led in Westminster Abbey.