mtd to leave the boats whic]t bad ],een towing her: an,l thereupon the citeroy's fleet, which had previously fallen a little to leeward, reeovered the wind. The duke, seeing that in the intended attack lite advantage wouhl ino lmger ],e with us, and that we were near the Isle of Wight, fire, 1 a grin and proceeded on his course, the rest of the Arnutda filhwing in rely good order, and the enemy remaining lhr astern.

"The same day the duke dispatehot Captain l'e, lro de Leon to Dunquerque, to the Duke of Parma, to advi. him not oldy of the place where the duke was, but also of his succs. as also tlmt it wm desiral,le that he shonhl c,,mc out and join the fleet with as little delay as p,,ssihle. The duke gave the chm'ge of the squadron ,f Don Pedro de V:ddes to Don l)ieg. Em'iquez, son .f the viceroy, since he had noted hiln to lm able an,l careful in matters belonging to the sea. "Friday, the 2th, broke cahn, with the fleets in sight of me annther. The duke ,lispatche, 1 a pinnace to the Duke -f Parma, with Droning,, h.hoa as idiot, to obtain hint 4-1h., 6-lb., and BMI,. shot, because much o[his nmnition had been eXpelnled in the successive fights; and begging him also to sen,l as so, m as 1,,,ssihle 5,rty fly-boats to join lhe Armada, so that with them we might close with the enemy. our shil being very heavy in comparison with thnse of the enemy, an,l it heing iml,.ssihle , in conse- quence. to get at close quarters with them. The pilot was also lo inl}rn the dnke titat it wmthl 1,e well lbr him to he rea, lv to come out an,l join the Arnmda m the day when it sh-uhl arrive in sight of Dtmquerque. Thither the Duke of Medina Sidonia was l,r, wee, ling cautiously, tbariltg lest Parma might not be there, seeing thai Dtm 11o,lrigo Tello had not turned, nor had any other messenger come then,.e. At sunset the wind g,,t up, and the Armada pm'sue, l a c,mrse towm'd '.alMs.

"On Saturday, the 27th, at daybreak, the two fleets were very near one another, but did not fire. The Armada had a fitir wind, an,l the rear was close up and in excellent order. At ten o'clock we sighted that part ol the c-ast of France near to Boulogne; and proceeding l,wards 'alais, we arrived off that place at limr o'el-ck in the allenloon."

For the third time the fight was indecisive; but, as before, the balance of advantage turned in fayour of the English. The .lint wm obliged to leave the Arm;Ida, which she never again rejoined; and, by the admission of a Spanish eye-witness, the English inflicted more dtunage than the.- received.

Plymouth, Portland, and the Isle of 5Vight had previously been considered in England ;Is likely places for au [ttempted landing by the Spaniards. It is cm'ious that the first three battles of the campaign took plaice off those spots;but the fact seems to be a mere chain of coincidences, and uothing more. 5Icdina Sidonia certainly had no thought of landing, and m;[de no attempt to land, at either Plymouth or Pm'tltmd; aud although he had thought one time of seizing the Isle of Wight, and, at another, of remaining near it until Parma should be ready to join him, he had before July Sth, surrendered b,th those ideas. That the fight of July th ever bccame heavy, ;red to some extent generM, is far

Several Spanish Mtil, which dritied from the main body of the Armada had to towed back to it 1,v lneans of their boats. l)uro, dnc. ls 5.

l)m'o, doc. 171. a S. P. I). ccix. 49.