he sent to her as-istance. The fire was put out, and the erieroy's fleet, which had been standing towards the ship, stayed its course when it saw that the commander-in-chief approache31 her. The vessel, thereiLl'e, was protected, and carried into the main body of the Armada.

"In the course of this casting about, the foremast of Don Pedro's ship a broke off near the deck, and tbH upon the mainyard. The duke turnl t hel l, her aud to give her a hawser; but, in spite )f all ettbrts, wind d sea rendered this impossihle, and she was left unnmnageahle. This was in consequence of Diego Flores* having tohl the admir flint, as it was night, if he shortened sail, the Armada, ing lhr ahead, would not see him; that hy morning ira,re than half lhe flt xvould inevil:tbly be missing; and that, lking to the l*roximity of the 1, the Armada nmst not be imperillal,--for it was certain that, if sail were shortened, the expedition would be brought to nothing. On the strength of this opinion, the dttke directed Captain Ojeda to reumin with pinnaces near Don Pedro's flagship. He also ordeml tim second flagship of lion l'e, lro' squadron, the flagship * of Diego Flols, and a gallcross, to be rely to tow her and take off her people; but nothing of the sort was ibtmd practicahie, owing to the heavy se% the daress, and the state of the weather. As lbr the duke, l,roceediug his course, he rejoined the fleet, and took pains to draw it together tbr whatsver ndght hal,len on the day following.

"On Monday, ,July 22nd, the duke ordered Don Alonso de Leyva to carry over his van to the rear, and so make one squadron of van and rear; and directed the combined divisions, with three gaHeasses, 7 and the galleons ,San Mateo, S,n Lois, oretcia and Satdiago--being in all ikrty-three of the best vessels of the Armada--to turn upon the enemy, so as to avoid all hinderance of the junction with the Duke of Parma. As the duke, with the rest of the Armada, lbrmed the van, the whole fleet was now divided into but two squadrons, Dtm Alonso de Leyva having comnmnd of the rear, and the duke himself taking charge of the van.

"The httter summunal all the sergeants-major, and onlered them to go in a pinnace and pass through the fleet in a prescriled onler; and directed each of them in writing to put every ship in his assignal station, and, without delay, to hangs the captain of any hip which shotdd leave her station and not keep onler .... At eleven this same day the captain of the .tlmiranta" of Oquendo advised the duke that his ship was iu a sinking condition; and the duke ordered the king's treasure and her people to he removed, and the vesl scuttled. t }n the ame day, in the evening, the duke dispatched the ensi-beareh Juan Gil, in a l,iunace, to the Duke of IStrma, to advise hint of the 1,ltion of the Armada."

Such was the first battle � of the campaign. Howa. rd gained a success, but not an important one. He had, however, made

"At about 2 x.": Duro, doc. 185, and {'ahleron. But it must have en later. = Which collided with two other vessels. She was the X5 ,. del

lie was Medina 8idonia's official adviser :m to seamanship. 

' The ,S(o Cristdbal.

Valdes, writing to the king, said nothing of any eflbrts to aid him. Calderon and

Vanegas say that when a host was sent to him, Itc relksed to quit his ship. Valdes does mt even nlention this.

The tbuth was iu the ran.

"'l'h[s was no mere threat. Din'o, doc. 184, 1'- 840.

l.t. flagship of the s'ond in command of Oquendo's division. She was the 

(dt'ador; and if her scuttling was ever atteml,ted , it was unsuccessfid.

" I[ was.xisible front l']ymouth. S. I'. Dom. ccxii. 81.