"Now, fi,rasmuch as our l,oder an,l shot wa well waled, the lord admiral thought it was not good in policy to assail tinera any more until Ilneir conrinK near unto Dover, whe he should find the army' which he had left under the conducti,m of the l.onl Ilem'y Seyn.mr, an,I Sir William Wynter, knight, rea,ly t- join with his lordship, xsherehy our 1teet shouhl be much strengthened i aml in the meantime, heller store of ammunition might be provide, l fi-om the shore.
"On Friday, heing the 26 of .July, 13, his lordshil,, ns well in reward of their g.;d rvices in these fl.'met tihts, as also fir lhe encmu'aement of the st. calh',l lhe Lord Thomas II.ward, the Lor, l ShelJiel,I. Sir Roer Toxsnshend, Sir Martin Fnhiser, and Sir .Tohn llawkyns, and gave thens all the -nler of knighll.-d ahonrd tle .Ir'. All this day, and Satunlay, bein the 27th of July. the Spaniards xsent always lhe English army like sheep. during which time the justices of pence near the a-coast, the Earl hi' Sussex, Sir (leorge Carey, and lhe caltains of the fl.'Is and castles along lhe coast, sent us men, p. wder, shot, victuals and hips to aid nnd assist
The Sp:mish version of the same events, as given in Medim Sidonifs relation, s runs :-
"On Thm'sday E July 25th], the Feast of St. D.minic, the ,mttt .l/ttl and a Portuguese galleo 4 were somewhat astern, and the enemy attacked them wilh gat fiu'y. The alleises, the vessel of Doll Ahmso de Leyvn, and other ships went lo lheir assistant'e; and the alleasses did so well that they sm't'eoled in scuing them, although sm'nmnded by many of the eaemy. While this fiht was in proress in the rems the erieroy's admiral, with other large ships, attacked our tingship, aplaachin g nearer than ell the first day, nnd firing their hu'ge lower-deck guns? They severtat the fiaship's mainstay aml killol some ohliers. To the help of the flagship came Ihe ,n Luis (in which was the eamlmaster D,m Auustin Mexia, who cheeked the enemy), Juan Maflinez do Reenlde. and the ,ttn fflttlil. of Diego Flos's suadron, in svhich svas Don Diego Enriquez, together with Oquendn. These ranged themselves fir the proration of the flagship, th.uh they we prevented hy the currents from keeping tgelher; nnd other ships did the sme. Thereupon the enemy retirol. 11is admiral, being much damaged. drove a little to leeward of our fict. Our lingship east a bat towards her, s did uan Martinez de Rnlde, the ,S'al .lu,tn de ,icilia, the flashil of the gallons of Castille, the (ffrna rltt, nn,I all the olher Mfips of ollr Arm:nla; while the enemy's ships recovered the wind, and guarded tleir flagship, which was so mauled in the action that she struck her slm.hu'd and tirol guns as signals of distress, and was at length towed I,y eleven of 11e erieroy's hmg boats. I ha- fiahip, nd the ond in command, and the rest of the ships gained on her so much that enemy drew close hout her to support her, it. appearing certain that we wouhl that day succd in boarding her, that being the only way to vietoo'. But at. that moment the svind fi-eshened in lvour of the erieroy's admiral, and she began t Mip away fi'Ola IIS
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Sir Grgu Beeston was also knighttl that day. Drake was ah'eady a knight. s lhn'o, doc. 165.
Cahleron also mentions a cond veacl, though the English accounts say nothing about her.
s It may be that the weather had prcviously prevented them fi-onl nsing these, the lower-deck ports of those days being but little raised above the water. , s ('le:u'ly not the :lrk, Ihtgship ot' 11,)ward, lint the 7;'ittmlb , flagship of Sir Martin Fnfliser, commanding the fi.trlh Stluadr.n. x ' Solo el remedio de la victoria.' I I. 237. s t',aldenm says th:tt she tiled so first that two shils of the Armada in ,m'suit
her, emed to him to be, COmlarativcly sl,eaking, anchored.