-exercise of superior sealnauship, md rejoined the Foresight md oue other vessel which lind been placed by Frobiser mder his command, with orders to cruise to the Azores. Frobiser himself, with three or four ships, remined off the Spanish coast, and his craft being all indifferent stilers, did but little. Taking several caravels 5n their pssage, Sir John Burgh and Cqtin Crosse reached Flores, and there fell in with three ships belonging to the Earl of Cumberland's expedition which were in chase of crrack. The lortuguese crew, despaiqng of escape, ran this c,rr,ck ashore, took out some of her cargo, and set her on fire; but the English, landing a hundred men, extingfished the fi&mes, and sved part of the lading. They Mso captured the carrack's pm'ser, who was bv thre,ts induced to admit that another carrack had been ordered to make the isl;md, and was probably iu the ncighbourhood. Sir John /2, urgh joined his friends in the search for this vessel, and the ships of the two commanders were so disposed northwrd nd southwrd, on a line about seven leagues westward of Flores, as to cover and observe one hundred md twenty or one hundred and thirty miles of sea. Thus the united squadrons lay, from June 29th o August 3rd, when some c,rracks being sighted, sharp engagement presently ensued ith them. The English were still scattered, nd the enemy appears to have concentrated on he ships of Sir John Burgh and of those captains not, rest o him. Sir John himself was reduced to

ui hnos sinking condition, and might hve been taken had not

Captain Robert Crosse, in H.M.S. Foresight," placed himself athwrt the threatened vessel's stern, and g!hmtly borne the brunt of the ttack for three hours. This gve ime for other English ships to come up. How many carracks were originally engaged does uo appe;r, but it would seem that ere the bulk of the English forces ,rrivcd on the scene, all save one of the enemy had withdrawn from the fight. Crosse then canqcd that remMniug one by boarding. She proved to be the Mdre de Dios, seven-decked s ship, measuring one hundred and sixty-five fee from sem to stern, and can'yiug six hundred men, ,nd a miscellaneous cargo vlued, upon its arrival in

This was lhe filh of the em'l's expeditions. ce below. 
Some accounts say P'oridcace; but Crosse's ship was the ForesigM. 

� ' Among hcse seven decks were, of course, included the numerous superimpsed

.-hort decks, lbrmiug the lofty stern-catle or poop.