divers ships -f the Spanish army. In le meantime Sir Francis lh'ake, Sir ,I.hn ]lawkyns, alld Sir Martin Frobier fimght wilh lhe galkn of Portugal, wherein Jon larfinez de Recalde, vice-admiral, wa SUl,lsed o be. The fighi was o well main- tailled Ir the time that the cooroy was constrained to give way and to lar up r, mm the astwat'd, in which bearing up, a gtt gallo,n, wherein Don Poh'o de Vahles was .ai,tain, became tbul of another sbils which Sl,oill and bare overl,u'd his fi,remast and bosprit, whereby he couhl I1ol keep coral,any with their flt, but being with grt (lisbonour lely l)ehind by the duk% lbll into -m' hands. " There was also, at lhat instant, a glLt Biscayan, s of ions or thereabouts, that, by firing of a barrel of gunlawder , had her decks bbwn up, her stern blown out, and her tccrage sp,iled.

This ship was fi,r this night carried amongst the fleet by the galloasses. "This fight contiuue, l not above two hours: fir the h,rd admiral, considering the were fi,rty sail of Iris fleet as yet to tme l om l'lymmth, tb,,ught good l* slay their coming heft,re he would hazard the rest too fitr, aml Iberelbrc set ottt a flag of cramoil, where Iris lordshil/s considerate advice was much liked ol aud order deliverol unto each captain how to pursue tim fleet of Sldn; and so, dismissing each nmu to go aboanl his own Mfip, his louiship aplmjUttl Sir Francis Drake to set the watch that night.

"That night tlc Sirefish fleet ba alongst by the Start, and the next day, in morng, they were as fitr to leewahl as the Berry. ur own 1tcct, being diq,lafinte,! t,f their light, by rasvn that Sir Francis Drake lelt Ihe walch to pursue certain hulks which were dea'ried vey late in the evening, lingered I,ehind, not knowing whom follow; vuly his lordship, with the Ih'ttr and the Ab:ry Rose in his ct,lnpany, what in his steam, pursued the enemy all night ;siftflu culveriu shot; his ,,wn fleet being as far hind as, the next mortdug, the nearest might scarce he cn haltSmast high, and very many out of sight, which with a ga,d sail ra'oed not his 1onlsl,i 1, the next day betbre it was very late in the evening. This day Sir Francis Drake, with the liee:te, the Roebuck, and a small bark or two a in his company, tk Don Pedro de Valdes, which � was Sl,oilol of his mast the day Ifire; and having taken out l)ou Pedro and certain other gentlemen, sent away the same ship and conq:tny to lar mouth, mder the conduction of the Roebuck, and himself bare with the lord a, hnind, anti recovered his lordshil that night, being M,,nday. s

"This Monday, being the 22nd of July, 1588, the Sl,ani:u'ds abandoned the sil , that the day betb was spoiled by tire, Io the which his lordship sent the Lord Thomas Howard and Sir Jom Haxvkyns, Knight, who together, in a small skill' of the Victory's, went abord her, where they saw a very pitilhl sightsthe deck of lhe ship lHen down, the sinerage broken, the stern blown Otll, and about fifty l,r crcattns

The .hk &dd Rosario. a In July 22rid. See below. s The San ,Salvador, of (luipfizcoa, rMly of tons. ' That day Howard wrote urgently fi,r more ships, even if tbcy were victuaHed only lbr two days.

The Maryaret and John& of Loudon, .lohn Fisher, master, played an iml,ortt 

part in the captin'c, having engaged yaldes's ship hmg belbrc Drake lbll in with her. S. P. Dom. ccxiii.

V:tldes's sldp was the .h5 . &! Rosario. 
Don Pedro de Vahles nmdc the st of the Camlctigu in the Chanucl as Drake's 

guest.' s Ilowanffs immediate object was not so much a, derisively delmar the Spaniards as to prevent them IYom landing. Cot. MSS. Otho. E. ix. lSb. lie was tiil withot Lord tlem'y 8eyreour.

The ,San Ealvador.