Armada and the lack of shot--lbr which all the largest ships had made deanands--he ,lesid them to say whether it wuhl be best to turn back o the English Channel, r. seeing that the Duke of Parma-had not senl word that he wonhi soon be able to come but, to return t- Spain by the Nurth Sea. The council was unanimously of opinion lhat the Armada should return to the 'hannel, if tfie wind 1,erlnitled; but that, if not. it shouhl, under the stress of weather, return 1.,v the North ,a to Spain, there bein great lack of provisions in the fleet, an,I the vessels that had previously withstoal tile enemy I,eing damaged and unfit Ibr serviee. The wind, c-ming k0m $.S.W., continual lo increase, and the duke stied to sqwanl, the enemy's flt iLllowing him." 1 "As to the fighting, and the turling t- relieve and assist his shipq and the awaiting lhe attack of the enemy, the duke tnok counsel with the camp-master, D,m Francisco ,le Ih)badilla, whoin, on account. of his lnany years' experience of war by land and a. he had orderal at Corunna to go on board the flagship, and to quit the San Marcos of the same squadron. The Marquis de Pe?lafiel, whu also was in the San Marcos, had reinsinai there, not desiring, by mox-ing to the flagship, to.leave the gentlemen wht, we with him. l}n the questinn, however, of the enndnct of the fit, and of matters relating to the sea, the duke had the advice o the general Diego Flores, whom also he ha, l caused to remove into the flagship, he being one of the oldest and most exl,erience, I ,,flieers in sea afthits. "On Walnealay, July 31st,' the Arlnada pursued its course with a strong wind fi'om the S.W. and a high sea, the enemy's fleet continuing to lbllow it. In the evenin:z lhe win,I da-reasal, and the enemy, raider all sail, closed with our rear; whereul,on the duke, there being tkw ships in the rear with Juan Martinez de Ils-aide, struck his -psails and lay to to wait tbr the rear, firing thr guns fi,r he main body also to lie to and wait for the rear and the flagship. l}on Baltasar de Zufiiga will repo what our Armada did in consequence. 11ut when the enemv perceival that our fiagmhip had brought tn, and that the galls.s of the rear and as many as twelve of our st ships had done likewise, their vessels also bl-Otght to and shortened sail, without firing at That night Juan Acles a turned back with his squadurn. "On Thursday, August 1st, we pursued our wyage wilh the same strong wind, the enemy's fleet keeping a long way ofik In the evening, under all sail, it alq,rohat our Arlnada, and we counted the ships of Juan Aeles s to I,e missing. Again the galleamea and our flagMdp lay to and waited tbr the enemy; whereul,m he also brought to, and did riot come within gtmshot. "On Friday, August 2nd, at dawn, the cueroy's fleet was close np with our. Seeing that we were in good order, and tirol our rear had been strengthened, it desisted. and turne, l back towards England, nntil we lost sight of it. Aker that 6me we had always the same wind, nntil we were out of IIe chamml of the Sea of Norway, without having ibtmd it possible to return to the English 'hannel; although we desired to retuni until to-day, the 10th of August, when, having passed the isles at the north of Scollml,l, we are sailing for Spain, with lhe wind at north-east." The Armada passed between the Orkney Islands and the Shetlands, and, turning grt[dually southwards, skird the Outer Hebrides, and the west coast of Ireland. The story of its mis-

"The 30th, one of the enemy's great shil was esl,iel to be in great ,listless 1,v 

the captain" (Robert Crosse) "of her mie,y's ship called the ]lope; who, being in speech of yiehling unto the said captain, hefire lhey cnuhl agree on certain condition.. sank presently lfi,re their eyes." S. P. Dom. ccxiv. 42, i.

It was not Hawkyns, but ,%ymour, who then retuml. 

a The ships, wally, of Seym, mr.