sufibrcd severely, the English vessels made their way b,ck to England.

In the me,ntime there were apprehensions of renewed Spauish attempts upon , large scale against England. There was some sraM1 foundation for the rumours which prevailed, but the report received unmcritcd attention, especially in Ireland, where local dis- afibction was always in haste to credit foreign enemies with more than Irish hatred for Elizabeth and her representatives. These apprehensions led to the fitting out, in the sramnor of 1594, �' of a small English squadron, which, designed to cruise in home waters, effected nothing, and met with no extr,ordinary � ' adventre'es; for, although an insignificant ,_panlsh force of four galleys did. in fact, make a descent in July upon lIount's ]Bay, and burnt 5Iousehole, Newlyn, and Penzance, the English squadron was not then in the neighbourhood, and the enemy escaped without interruption. The affair was relatively of small importance, and did not cost a single Englislnnan either his life or his liberty? It was, indeed, a mere momentary raid. Another squadron, designed to act. aainst the Spanish possessions in the 5Vest Indies and Central America, was phicod in 1595 trader the comm;nd of Sir Francis Drake and Sir John ttawkyns, and consisted of six-and-twenty vessels, of which the following, and possibly others, were ships of her majesty:--

Ships. Tons. len. Guns. Commanders. D,'fiace 500 250 46 Sir Francis Drake. Garland 700 300 45 Sir John Hawkyns. II,pe 600 250 48 Captain Gilbert Yorke. Bonaventure. 600 250 47 Captain Troughton. Foreslgbt 300 D;0 37 . Captain Wynter. .ldeenture 250 120 2; [ Captain Thomas Drake.

The land forces embarked were commanded by Sir Thomas Baskewille.

This squadron was fitted out upon the express recommendation of Drake and Hawkyns. ]Both were, no doubt, animated by a siucere and patriotic desire to injure Spain, as well as by the

1 Purchas, iv. 1147; Harris, ' Voyages,' i. 6S8. ,5'co also Hakluyt. a For Laneastor's and Dudley's voyages of this year, see Chap. XVL

a Camden, iii. 697; Carew's 'Survey of Cornwall,' 115.