at Crozon, and to the Bay of Crozon Frobiser proceeded in October. xNorreys and D'Aumont, in the meantime, reduced Morlaix and Quireper, and on November 1st, arrived before Crozon and opened comunications with the squadron. The attack on the fort ws at once begun, and prosecuted with great energy; but the defence was not less sturdy, and the loss of life on both sides was great. The final and successful assault ws mde with the help of Frobiser and the officers and seamen of his squadron. In the course of it, Sir 5Irtin received a ball in the side. The wound was not in itself vej serious, but it was rendered so by the inexperience of the surgeons; ,nd although Frobiser brought his squadron back to

Plymouth, he stu'vived but a fe;v ;veeks ,fter he had lnded. t

He was one of the most ,ble seamen of an age which produced an unusual ntunber of distinguished s,ilors; his corn'age and resource were rem,rkble, and he seems to have been in private life an admir,ble character; but he was blunt in nnner, and so exceed- ingly strict a disciplinarian that he was never popular ;vith his commands. a It is probable, from the fact that no holograph letters of his ,ppear to be extant, that he had been ill-educated, and that he could write little if any more than his name? The Earl of Cumberl,nd's seventh expedition left l"lymouth on April 6th, 1594. The squadron consisted of the armed ships, ttoyal Excht,ge, 250 tons, George Cave, mster; M(t!/fiowcr, 250 tons, William Anthony, master; Samso,, Nicholas )o;mton, m,ster; a caravel and a pinnace. It made for the Azores, and, about ten days after having sighted them, fell in wqth a large ,nd very richly laden Sp,nish c,rrack. The tioyal Excla,ge, Mg- j/ower, and Samson engaged her simultaneously at close quarters, but had to cast off from her, as she presently c,ught fire, ,nd the fi,mes threatened to involve them also, and actually did them some damage. The carrack finally blew up, very few out of about 11(10 souls on bo,rd being saved. In the struggle, William Anthony was killed: and George C,ve ;v,s so badly ;vounded that he died in consequence ,fter his return to England. The expedition refreshed ,t Flores, and, on June 29th, met with and engaged ;uother 1;rge crrack. She be,t them off, yet not without difficulty, and, having

Dying in January, 1595. 

2 Churchyard's ' Memorahlc Service of ,ir J. Norreys,' 135-141; Fuller's ' shire Worthies,' 202; Moso's ' Tracts,' 1,; ,towe, 808; Camdeifs ' Annales,' 680.

s Laughton's Introd. to Span. Armada Papers, p. lxxvi.