all fim'ed to give way :red h hear ro.m: which his toMship perceiviug, together with the distrcss that lhe 7 iod and llc five merchant ships in her COlnpally were in, called uno certain .f her lna.iesty's ships then near at hand and charged them straitly to fidlow ]tim. an.l to set freshly Ul,.n the Spaniards, aim to g } within musket-shot ,f the enemy befire they should discharge auyoue piece uf oxlnance, thereby t. suefour the 77ittmph; which was very well perll.rmed hy the Ark, the Elizab,.th ,bmas, the tialleon ttl' L, io*trr, the Gohb,. Lb.t, the l'h'b,ry, the 31try ]b,se, the Dreaduougld, and the Stt.albw; fiq. so they went in order into the fi,qt Which the Duke ' Medina perceiving, came ont with sixteen of his hest galloms to impeach his lordship and slup him of assisttug of the Tri.mpb. At which assault, after wonderfid shm-p ,'-uflict, the Spaniards were lirced t- give way, aud to fimk together like sheep. In his eouflict mm William I'.xe, cal,tain .f a small pimmce of Sir William Wynter', named the Dditlld , showed himself nmst valiant in the fice of his cuerotes at the hottest f the encotmter, [who] afterwards lost his lil with a great sh-t. T. wards the evening some fimr -r five hips of the Spautah fleet edged mtt uf the smtth-westwards, where smue other of mw ships met them, amougst which [the] Mayflower, of Lond,m, discharged smoe pieces at them very valiantly, which ship aud cmnpany at sundry other times behaved themselves st-utly.

"This fight was very nohlv omitmind frmn morning until evening, the lord admiral heing always [in].the hottest ,f the encouuter: and it nmy well be hqid that llw the time there was 11ever 8eVil 1111we terrible vahte of great she,t, uor illore hot fight than this was: fir ahlmugh the musketeers an,l hm'quehusiers of crocks were then infinite, yet couhl they nnt be discerned nor heard, fi,r that the great orduance came so thick that a nian wmtld have judged it to have Ieu a h,,t skirmish of small sh,,t, ling all the fight l-ng within half musket-shot of the enemy.

"This great fight being ended, the next day, heing Weduesday, the 24th of July, 15s8, there was little done, fir that iu the fights on Sunday and Tuesday nmch of our munition had been spent: and therefore the hml admiral sent direr barks and 1,iraraces nuto the shore fix a new supply of such l,r-viimls.

"This day the hml admiral divided his fleet iuIo fimr sqnadrons, whereof he appduted the first to attend himself: the seeraM his ltaxlship committed to the charge of 8ir Francis lrake; the third tt, Sir 3ohu Hawkyns, and the fimrth to Sir Martin Fr.biser. This afiernot,n his h,rdship gave order that, in the night, six merchant ships out of eveLv squadron should set upon the Spanish fleet in smldry places, at t,ue instant in the night time, to keep the cueroy waking; hot all that night fill out to he so calm that nothing cmdd

Medina idoniCs rclrtion sot' events of the two days follows :

"On Tuesday, July 23rd, lhe day hmke fine, aud the enemy's fit, being t, leewmq, was stauding in towards cover the wind. The ,htke also tacked towards the laud in order to keep lhe wind, the gallcauses going with him iu the vau, and the rest of the fleet lldlowiug. The

With the excel,tiou ,f this vesl, which was a merchautnmn of Drakds uadron, all the relieving ships hehmed t. the Royal 'avy.

u Vanegas, Cahleron and Manrique agree in saying that Medina 8idonia's ship fired .ne hundred and filty rtmlnls. he had several shot-htdes in her hull below water. a ,qome of the arquehusses of the time were fired fi'om a rest called a ctxaek or ca.k. s Minmda that day cutrated olle lmndred and tweuty English sail. Duro, doc. 1G!, p. 21;8. Sre, to% Dtu'o, doe. 1GS, p. 258.

a lhtro, doe. 1;5.