ships came tm so first with both wind and tide in its fivt,m', that the duke, wht, was in the rear. chose rather to save his Arms,Is hy awaiting the cueroy's attack, than to I,em' away: fi,r bearing away would 1,e destruetim, .eing that, as the pilots assm,l him, lhe Armada was already very near the shoals of Dunquerque. He therefore cast t,, meet ihe enelny, and fired guns and disl,atehe, I pinnaces to order all the ships to � ee 1, a eh,e luff] luffess they wouhl drive amid the shoals of Dunquerque. Tht. cueroy's admiral. with the greater part of his fit, attacked our flagship with a heavv fire delivered within musket, and even within arquebuss, shot d this weut withoat cessation from daybreak nor did the fingslti 1, bear away until our fleet was (.lear of lhe shoals. I htring the whole time, the galleon ,S.t Al,rcvs, in which was the Maixluis de l'e/mfiel, mained by the admiral. "The commander of the galleasses, not bein able to fi,llow our fleet, made fin' ('Mais, mM ran himself ashore nr the entrance of the p. rt, whither vernl of the enemy folk, wed him. It is reported that the Fren('h in the fi,rtss of Calais covered the gallenss with the fire of their guns, mid that her pple reached the land. "Ibm Ahmso tie Le'v and Juan Martinez de Recahle, the flagship of I blueado le ships f the camp-masters, C. astillinu as well as Portugue, the flagship of Diego 'im'es, th:tt of Bettendons, the galleon ,Saa Jltt, tt, if the squadron of ]liego Flores, in svhich was Dou Diego Enriquez, and the 'tltt dttatt de ,Tcilia, in which was Don Dieg Tellez Euriquez, sustained the erieroy's onset as stoutly as w possible; aud eonqueuce :dl their vessels were very much manled, and almost roluced to silence, the greater fart of them being without shot tbr their gms. Iu the rear/Don Francisco de 'Foled- ' awaited the attack and endeawmred to grapple witl the enemy, whose vessel engage, I him, and, 1,y their gunfire, brought him to great extremity. D,m Dieg. !'imenlel'; went t- his assistance, and both we hard 1,sl: ripoil which Juau Martinez ,le Ileenl,le, with Don Augustin Mexia, went tn their hel l, and seue, l them from their diculties. In slfite of their exlrieuee, the. vessels turued, au,l again attacke, I the enemy. as did Don Alonso de Luzon, v and the ,qanta illaria de Befloa, in which was G:u'ibay, and the &ti Jttat de ,�icil&, iu which was Don Diego Tellez Enriqnez. Thee ,h'ew near to the enemy's ships to board them, but failed to grapl,lt. witli them, they using their great guns at very short range, and our men returning the fire with arquebuss and musket? "When the dnke heanl the arqucbuss au,l musketry fire in the rear, TM but could not. owing tt, the smoke, s I�om the top what was the occasion of it, except that two ships of ours were surrounded by the euen,y, and that the whole English fleet, having quilted our flagship. was engaging them, he ordered the flahip to east about fi,r their assislam'e, although she was badly mauled by grt shot between wind aud water. it not heing possible to stop her leak, and although her rigging was much damaged. when file enemy saw onr flagship al,proaching, he left the ships which he was engaging. namely, Ihc ships of 1 t,n Alonso de Luzon, of I ;arihay, of Ibm Francisco de Toledo, of l}m Diego Pin,entel. and of D,,n Diego Tellez Enriquez. The last three n of these ha, I been n,,st closely au,l warmly occul,il with the enemy, had all sufibred gtat damage. and were mdit fi,r service, all their people being killed or wouuded; a and only the ship

In the .N,t,, L,re,zo. a Son of the Viceroy of l'ern. 

s Son of lhe C-mmeudatm'. L,.. on the Spanish right wing.

r. In the ,qaa �lil;e. In the ,%'(tn Ma&o.

lu the 25'i, idud l}tletcera. s In the list, h5 ,. &

Shot and powder fir their heavy guns were prnlahty exhaustal. This was 

3 p.m Dam, ii. does. 2Bl, 2S4, " i.e. lhc Spanish righ wing.

/.,.. 1,rohal,ly nearly all. Duro, doc. 168, p. 2t;2.