mission. The attempt is said, by contemponry write., to have been so secretly :red so quickly prep;red th;t the news of its dis- ablement and dispersion actually re;ched England before the news of its s;iling. The ftilm'e, costly though it was, did not deter Philip from .t once organising . fresh attempt. He was upon the point of libousting some of his resources hy concluding a separate peace with France, ;vhich had been the :fily of Eliza;beth since 1593; there still remained a considcnfi)le part of his sh:ttered fleet; there were yet other vessels in his GMician ports; and the st;te of aftMrs in Irehind appeared, as before, to invite him thither. This time, however, early news of Philip's intentions reached England, and steps were promptly ttficn for providing employment for the enemy ere he should be in a condition to sail. A fleet was fitted out with a view, first, to stu'rrise the Spaniards in Cornnna and Ferrol, and then to seize Terceira or some other island of the Azores, so as to secure a base fi'om which to w;tch for the home-coming Sp;mish treaste ships from the Indies. The expedition, known as the X'oyage to the Islands, was entrusted to the supreme corem;red of the E;rl of Essex, who h;d as his vice- admiral Lord Thom;s Itow;rd, as his rear-admiral, Sir WMter RMegh, and, as general of his land forces, Charles Ilotmt, Lord Mountjoy. Sir Francis Vere went as camp-marshM or, as would now be said, general of a brig;de; Sir George Carew as lieutenant of the ordnance, and Sir Christopher ]lount as first colonel. Among the volunteers were the Earls of Rutland and Southampton, and Lords Cromwell, x Grey de Wilton, �- and Rich? Accounts of the expedition have been left by various participants, including Sir Arthur Gores, Essex, Lord Thom;s How;rd, Lord 5Iountjoy, Sir Walter Ralegh, and others whose relations will be found in ]Purchas's 'lilgrims, ' Sir William Mortson, and several more; yet there is some little doubt as to the exact number of her majesty's ships t;king part in it, and as to the n;mes of their commanders at dfferent periods. Careful comparison of the lists

Edward Cromwell, thinl Baron. He jointl in Essex's rehellion, but was pardoned, 

and lived till 1607. a Thomas Grey, fifteenth Baron Grey de Wilton. Involved in Ilalegh's conspiracy, he died in the Tower in D;14.

Robert Rich, third Baron. In D;lS he was created Earl o� Warwick, and in the 

same year died.

' Pilgrims,' iv. 1035.