the southward as I;ayon, since the Spaniards, hy taking westerly course, might circumvent him and "shoot over o this reahn" during his ahsence. Howard received this command on June 14th, and was much emharrassed by it, Drake, Hawkyns, Frobiser, and, in fact, all the most experienced captains, being in fvour of endeavouring to meet the Spaniards as near as possible to their own coasts, where, it ws then the admirM's conviction, they intended to remain while the English wore themselves out and expended their snpplies. t[owrd remonstrated vigorously.

"It" he said, "we had Ien on their coast, they durst not have put off, to have left us on [heir backs; and when they shah come with the soull-uesterly wind, which must serve them if lhey go for Ireland or Scoffand, 0rough we be as high as Cape ('lear, ye shall we not be able o go o them as hmg a lle wind shah be westerly. And if we lie so high, then may the Spanish fleet bear with the coast of France, come for ihe Isle of Wight which for my parL I think, if lhey come to England, they will atempt. Then are we clean out of the way of any service against theta. Bu I must and will obey; and am glad there l such lhere as are able to judge what is fitter for us to do than we here."

On June 19th, Howard was still wMting t lymouth for supplies. s or had they reached him by June nd, when he wrote :--

"If lhey come not, our extremity will be very great, for our victuals ended ite 15h of this month; and if that Mr. Darell had not very carefully provided us of 1 days' victuals, and again wilh lbur or fie dsy' more, whk. h now he halh provided, we had been in ome great extremity .... 5lell have fallen sick, and by fiaousands fain to. be discharge, aud others pressl in 0cir sead."

At about that time the Lord High Admiral naturMly became exceedingly anxious, and on June ml, being still at Plymouth, he wrote to Valsynghaln:

"I am very sorry that her Majesty will not thorougly awake in this rilous and mot dangerous time .... I put out on Wednesday to the sea in hopes to have met with some of our victuallets, but on Friday we were put in again with a southerly wind. I hope now shortly we shall hear of our victuals, for the wind doth now serve them. I pray God aH be well with flem, for if y chance should come to them we should be in most miserable case. For the love of God let the Narrox Seas be well strengthenl, and the ships victuallt fi,r some good time."

"The isles of Bayona." Bayona is near the south point of Galicia, and numerous ilands lie off the coast to the northward of it. a $. P. Dom. ccxi. 18. From on board the Ark Plymouth Sound. S.P. Dom. ccxi. 26 (June 15th), also kom the Ark in Plymouth Sound.

lb., ccxi. 37. Howard to Walsgham. 
Jb., ccxi. 45. Howard to the Couucil. 

r, Marinaduke Da, victualling agent for the navy. tle was knightat in 1603.

$. P. Dom. ecxi. 46.