more probably due to the fact that it was St. ]hmfinic's lay, and that Medim Sidonit had sl,ecially dewsted himself to that saint, in whose honour the Armada had from early morning been dressed with flags.

The official English story in 'A Relation of I'roceedings, ' is continued as follows :

"On atur, lay [July 27th], in the evening, the p:mih fleet came near unto ('alai on the coast of l'icalaly, and there suddenly came Io an anchor over agaillI, betwixt Calais and I'alai 'lill; aim or English fleet am-hore, I short of flem within culverin h.t o the enemy.

"The Spanianls sent n.tice of lheir arrival presently unl. the uke -f I'arma, but, because there should be n. time detracted to permit their firces to join, the lord admiral, the 28th of July, 15, al.mt midnighl, caused eight hil.s to be fired and let drive am.ngst the Spanish fleet: whereul.-n they were fiwced tolip or cut cables at half and to et ail. By ason of which fire the chief gallea came lbul of another hil;s cahle and brake her rudder, hy means where-f he was firced the next day to ro aho near the haven's u.mth and town of 'alais: whereupo the lord admind ent his hmg boat, under the charge of Am 3 as Preston, gentleman, hi lieutenant, and with him Mr. Thoas Gerard; aud Mr. [William] Ilarvey, t.gt'lher with other gentlemen. his 1oMshil'a followera and erv:mls. who took her and had the spoil of her. There enter iuto her ab. ve one hundred Englishmen. And fla' that he was agrond and ewed two lot, and could no be gottcn otl; fley left her to Mmr. Gourdan, Captain of Calais, where she lieth sunk?

"Now that the LoM Henry Seymour and Sir William Wynter we joinl with u, our fleet waa near about one hundred and lbrly ail, TM of hips, barks and pimmce, etc. During the lime that this galleas was in liking by the lm'd adminfi, ir Francia

lhtro, doe. 171, 1'- 2. '-' t',,tt. 51.'4..htlius, I". x. 111-117.

s Lonl Henry ,'%yn,our and Sir William Wynter joined the commander-in-chief that evening off Calais at about 8 v.L ,S. P. Dom. cexiv. 7: ccxiv. 2. 4 While Howard was discussing this scheme with Wynter, the .Ark narrowly escaped being run down by the 1/,,' and three other ships. ,S. I'. Dom. ccxiv. 7. Carleton says that the fireships were commande, l 1,y Yonge and Prowse.

The ,San Loretzo. She became a complete wreck. 

s Wounded on this service; commahalt4 an expedition to the .'41,anish Main in 1595; was captain of the .Irk in the expedition to t'adiz in 15.,;, when he was knighted.

l'robably create! 13aron erard in lg03. If o, eldest son of Sir Gilbert. Gerard, 

_M:lter of the Rolls.

Kuighted at Cadiz in 15:: captain of the l,'omtrentm'e in 15!G. 

• Captain William Coxe, or' the lh.li!/ht, was the first to board her. 11e seenis to

have been killed in the light off tiraveliucs. S. 1'. Doln. ccxiv. 7. i. ,, 8ewed two foot," i.,'., agr-und in water two fi.et too shallow It) tt)at her. n Don lingo de M,mcada, commanding the galleasses, was killed in this fight. I;ourdan drove the English away.

"There were but tifteen of these which borc the bttrden of the battle." Carleton: 

� Thanktiff llcnembr:mcc.'

11,,wanl committed an error in w:tsting ti,e over the stmndel galleass; for 

Medina Sidonia and l'arma were so el-so to one an,aher, that it had become imperative

to concentrate all etibrts tbr a decisive victory over the Arlsmda.