galleasses, nnd many ships of great hurlhen. At nine of lle cloek we gave flem figh, which continued until one. In his fight we made some of flem t bear room m stop their leaks; notwithstanding we durst not adventure to put in among them, their fleet being so strong. The captains in her M;kiesty's ships have behaved themselves most bravely and like men .... For the love of 6at and our country let us have with some speed some great shot sent us of all 1,iess[es]: lbr this service will continue long: and s-me powder with

I)rake, a by Howard's orders, at once wrote to Seymour and Wynter, who were detached to the eastward, to apprise them what had occurred, and to warn [ ] ..k them to ',e in readiness for the enemy nhen he should reach their [ ' -? ' nei'hbourhood. Writing on the

 nd,  apparently to the Earl of 

Sussex, Howard urgently asked for reinforcements, and added in 1588. postscript: "The ships you send lowing the Spanish fleet. Since the making up of my letter there is a galleass of the erieroy's taken with 450 men in her; and yesterday I spoiled one of their greatest shipsf that they were fain to fomake her." An accouut of this first action of July 21st, is thus given in "A Relation of Proceedings, " the document already mentioned as having been drawn up under Howard's direction' s "The next morning, being Sunday, the 21st of July, 1588, all the EngliM lhat were then come out of lqymouth had recovered tle win,l of the Spaniards two leagues to the westward of E,Mystone; and about 9 of the clock in the morning fie Lor, I A,lmiral sent his pinnace, namal the ]*isdai, to give IIe Duke of Medina defiance, and aiierwar, ls in the Ark bare up with the admiral of the Spaniards wherein the duke was supposed to be, and fought with her tmtil sloe was rescued by

].e. bear away. a The English fleet was, of course, on this and several following days, without Lord 11em'y Sesqnour's division. a . P. D,,m. ccxii. S2.

Cott. MS. Otho. E. ix. 185b. a That of Don Pe, h', de Valdes, the A2 ,S. del Rosario, elsewhere called a galleon an,I a gallega. ' The &tu Sah'ad, r, of the squadron of Guipfizcoa. 7 'otton 518. Julius F. x. 111-!17. s See Prolssor Laughton's note in Apl,end. H to 'Pal,ers relating to the Deft of the Sp. Arma,la.' ii.

Ill,. Cadeton, in his 'Thankful 11emembranc,' says: "To denounce the Battell 

by sloofing off some Peeces"; but wrongly gives the name of l]e l,innace as Datce.