ellelny seeill Itlr a, lmiral staldhg t)-:ul lite lawl, and tlmt he rmd, I nt in thi 1111lllllel' I'ellill Ihl' wi]lll, t'llt ll,tlt t- uawali; TVhl, l'elllltlll th.e -f 0111' ]lj]) that hall lite wiM ol' the enemy I,.re awa) fir him m,d attacked him. 'nl,tain ]el'tendolm I very allanlly exlagl the English :ldmiral' hip, Slid w(m],l have t,.ar, lol her, but as he m. artl her he rc away a,l sl,.d to seaward. In this at.ti,n there alo irtici- p:mnl the .ql M, ircos, .,. /.n/s, .. Mdr., il,di, Oquendo's flagship, the .!na], , 14.1ip,, .lua, ,h..cilit. in which was 1- Diego Tellez Em-iquez, who had been ii acti, q with the I,e inee the mornilg, the gallc,]m Flvrencir, nt;,o, ,an. Juau ,1' l)ieg. I"h,res's qua, lron. in which was lh, Diego Enriquez, on t,f the Vh'ery td' Peru. ald the Idencect, f the Levant quadron, in which the c;unp-mastcr l),t Alons,, de I.tz,m The ga]leasscs nf the vailguard I,cing carried I,y the current almost withiil culverin hot, the duke so,it them direclip,ns that by oar and sail they shouM ewlcav.m' to cl,se with the e,emy, to which end he alo htded his fiagdlip towards him. The galleasses threatened the rid!* f their iar, which were engaged xith t,me of our x'escls lhat had eh,ed with a,l were seeking to ,ard them. These were the galleons l'lor,'&, in whidi wa t;:tpar de St,a: lhe fiagddp of lquend,: the ilgoJ, i) which was I;aril,ay: the Idi.ice. in which was Alonso de Luzon; a,l the gallet,ll .lttlll Baulisttt, in which were Dol Jual and D,li Luis de Iaeda: lint all to little lmrpoe, fir the eem 3, seeing that we emleavoured t come to fll'111' lelgth, bo away, avoidin our nttaek. th:mk$ to the lightness of his vessels: :red alerw:tnls the English rctm'ed with tide aml wind il their ltwml', and egaol Juan M:u'tiez de leeahh', who was i lhe rear. Don Alonso tie Leyva weltt tt, his aid, the admiral's flagship a being still in the hottest of the fight., oCeul,io{ il sui,pt,rting those vessels w]deh were in activin, at a dist:mce hth fleets, with the Elish rear. {'aptsin Marolin [de .]uan] ' was ordered away in

t boat. to direct th ships which were ;warest Io him to aflird assistance to .Jua

Martinez de Recahle, which they did; ,qon which the enemy relilquished Martinez, ald nmde lbr the flagsifil,, which was ,n her way to reinliree the hil,s above spken of; and the eommasletil-chiel seeig the e:temy's 11agshil in the win, turned hwards her and 1owere, l topsails. And the enemy's flagshil Slid all the fleet him, tiring at him ship I,y ship, while he, t,i his side, fired his gms very well ,luiekly, so that half the enemy's fleet did ltt dxw ne:u', hut fired at him fi-om ,listalce. When the fm'v of the action lind worn itself out, there ealne to the sUi,l,ort ,' the cornmac,der-in-chief Juan 3[artiltez de llt'alde, Doll .Xlonso de Leyva, the M:trquis of Periariel, wh, was il the Nau llt{<os, ad {bluerolo: whereup,,ll the fie h,re away and tood out to ms, their admiral hrtenitg sail, having, as it seemed us, sustMntl some damage. and re-assembling thtse of hi vessels which had engage! with our van. hi this actions, which endured fir more than three hturs, the galleon orencict was Olde ,,1' the firemst vessels, and was in chse fight with the iqle!113'.

On Wednesday, July 24th, .bran lartinez de l{et. alde once niore t,k o,mmad ,f the ar,; D,n Alonso de Leyva maining xsith him, and they dividig betw,n them the forty or mol ships Ih,nging t, it. The enemy al,l,roaehed our rear and att:tcked

Of the Deffazo,a, flagship of the I,evaut contie,gent. z ?]'inidad s Commaruling a body of tlue th,,uand l'ortuguese

N. S. tb. Br9oa. of the uadrol t,f llieg Flores.

The 8an Mrtitt. 0 One of the dukes staff ii the ,St/ Jfirli/t. Lauglton think that at al,mtt thi time he hified from his original flagship, the ante na, which as ear[ 3 as the 21st had beeu badly damagol, to the Sn Juan.

I I. 360, n.