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The English heroe, or, Sir Francis Drake revived being a full account of the dangerous voyages, admirable adventures, notable discoveries, and magnanimous atchievements of that valiant and renowned commander ... / by R.B.
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R. B., 1632?-1725?
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1687
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of Match seven thousand Muskets ten thousand Halberts with store of murthering Peices double Canon and Field pieces for the Camp when they should have landed They had also store of furniture for Carriages Mules and Horses So that they were sufficiently provided both for Sea and Land Together with Bread Bisket and Wine for six months and six thousand Kintals of Bacon three thousand of Cheese besides other Flesh Rice Beans Pease Oyl and Vinegar with twelve thousand Pipes of fresh Water They had also store of Torches Lamps and Lanthorns with Canvas and lead to stop leaks in short the Army was thirty two thousand men and cost the K. of Spain thirty two thousand Duccats every day The General of this potent Army was the Duke of Medina Sidonia And the Prince of Parma built many Ships and flat botomed Boats in the Netherlands by order from the King of Spain each Boat big enough to carry 30 Horse with Bridges fitted to ship and unship them He made the Rivers deeper from Antwerp to Gaunt and Bruges loaded 300 small Boats with Ammunition and Victuals laid 300 flat bottom'd Boats more in Newport Haven besides 37 Ships of War at Dunkirk He prepared Piles headed with Iron to stop up the mouths of the Rivers At Graveling he provided twenty thousand empty Casks with Cords and other furniture to make floating Bridges to stop up the Havens with an infinite number of Faggots He shipt abundance of Saddles Bridles and other furniture for Horse and Horses for Carriage with Ordnance and other Provisions for War Near Newport lay four thousand Italian and Walloon Souldiers At Dyxmeud he mustered twelve thousand Netherlanders Spaniards and High Dutch At Conick four thousand and at Watene nine hundred Horse The Queen of England having notice of these wonderful Preparations after solemn Fasting and Prayers to God for deliverance from her Mighty Adversarys provided with all diligence as strong a Fleet as she could with all things necessary for defence and having a discerning judgment of mens abilities she assigned the fittest to every office Committing the Command of her Navy to Charles Howard of Effingham Lord High Admiral of England and constituting the renowned Sir Francis Drake her Vice Admiral whom she sent to the West parts of England And for guarding the Narrow Seas the Lord Seymor was appointed to lye on the Coasts of the Low-Countreys with 40 Ships to watch the Prince of Parma She then ordered the Militia of the Kingdom to be raised and mustered under the Earl of Leicester twenty thousand whereof were disposed for the Guard of the Southern Coasts Besides whom she had two Armys more one of a thousand Horse and twenty thousand foot incamped at Tilbury near the Thames mouth where the Enemy certainly designed to come The other of thirty four thousand Foot and two thousand Horse under the Lord Hunsdon for a Guard to the Queens Person She likewise fortified and manned all the places which were commodious for the Enemy to land at as Milford Haven Falmouth Plymouth Portland the Isle of Wight Portsmouth the open Coast of Kent called the Downs the Thames mouth Harwich Yarmouth Hull and other places with command that the Trained Bands throughout the Coast shires should be ready to prevent the Enemies Landing but if they should Land then to destroy all the Countrey therebout that the Enemy might have nothing wherewith to subsist but what they brought with them that they should amuse them with continual Alarms but not venture a Battle till they had sufficient Force to engage them Yet amidst these Provisions for War on both sides the Spaniards pretended still to Peace and by the Prince of Parma a Treaty was proposed to that purpose and Commissioners on each Party met in Tents near Ostend which was then in the hands of the English The Queen demanded That there might an absolute suspension of Arms and a present Truce since she much suspected the Spaniards unusual preparations That for the security of England that great Army of Forreign Souldiers might be drawn out of the Low Countreys That the Money she had lent the States and which the King of Spain promised to restore might be paid That the Netherlands might enjoy their ancient rights and Priviledges and not be governed by a stranger but a Native Prince That they might have freedom in Religion and lastly that the Articles of Pacification of Gaunt and the rest might be observed Which things being granted she would upon reasonable Terms deliver up those Towns in the Netherlands now in her possession and make it appear that she had hitherto kept them not for her own advantage but the necessary defence of those Countreys To this the Spaniards replyed That as to their preparations at Sea they assured them it no way concerned England That the King would not send away his Souldiers till the Netherlands had absolutely submitted to him That their Privilidges did no way concern the Queen neither ought she to prescribe Law to a King That as to Religion he would only allow the same freedom as to the other Citys that had submitted to him And as for the Money expended about the Towns the King of Spain might as well demand of her the Millions he had expended in the Low Countrey War since she had supported and protected the Revolters Soon after Dr. Dale one of the Commissioners was sent to expostulate mildly with the D. of Parma about some Libels published against her who denied his having any knowledg thereof protesting That he had so much respect for the Q. of England that he honoured her in the highest degree and had perswaded the King to condescend to this Treaty of Peace which would be more advantagious to the Englsh than themselves For said he if the Spaniards be overcome they will soon recover their loss But if you be defeated your Kingdom is utterly undone and all lost To which Dale replyed Our Queen is sufficiently provided to defend her Kingdom and your own wisdom will satisfy you that a Kingdom cannot be lost with the fortune of one Battell since the K. of Spain after so long a War is not able to recover his ancient inheritance in the Netherlands Be it so said the Prince these things are in the hand of God It is recorded that when the Commissioners first met about the Treaty one of the Spaniards asked in what language they should Treat another thinking to affront the English said We were best treat in French since your Mistress is Queen of France To which Dr. Dale smartly replyed Nay then pray let it be in Hebrew for your Master calls himself King of Jerusalem After the Commissioners had long debated matters without concluding any thing till at length the Spanish Fleet came in view of England and the thundring of the great Guns was heard from Sea the English Commissioners were thereby much startled having no hostages for their safe return but they received a safe conduct from the Prince of
ashoar and the men fled to the Mountains so that they could not come at them Nov. 16. they departed from Porto Rico where though they got no great profit yet it was a most valiant attempt and worthy to be recorded Jan. 5. They departed hence for Scoday and took a Spanish Frigot coming from the Islands wherein were four Spaniards and three Negroes but nothing of value she was sent from Nombre de Dios to give notice to the other Towns to secure themselves The same day General Drake commanded his sick men to be carryed ashoar for refreshment and built four Pinnaces and took in fresh Water This Island of Scoday is a mere wilderness without Inhabitants but full of wild Beasts as Bears Allegators or Crocodiles like a Serpent and Guanoes like a Snake with four legs and a long tail having many prickles on his back They live on Trees like Squirrels and the Alligators in the Water but prey oft on the Land his flesh his sweet like musk and in his Bladder musk is found he is as big as a mans thigh and they eat many of them Jan. 22. they departed from Scoday to an Island near Nombre de Dios and two daies after came to Porta Bella where the same day they arrived our famous Hero Sir Francis Drake departed this Life his death being supposed to be much hastned by his unsuccesâ—fulness in this voyage his great Spirit alwaies accustomed to victory and success not being able to bear the least check of fortune which occasioned such Melancholy thoughts as were thought to be a chief cause of his end His Death was exceedingly lamented by all the Company who lookt upon him to be the Life and Soul of their enterprizes and undertakings And of whose admirable valour wisdom care and tenderness they had found such large and constant experience His interment was after this manner His Body being put into a Coffin of Lead was let down into the Sea the Trumpets in a doleful manner ecchoing out their Lamentations for so great a loss and all the Cannon in the Fleet were discharged according to the custom of all Sea Funeral Obsequies After this sad Fate they continued here some while and in ten daies arrived at Carthagena and Feb. 31. espied the Isles of Pinâ—s March 1. Sir Thomas Baskerfield having now the sole command of the Fleet they chased twenty sail of the Kings Men of War and fought with them three hours firing several of their Ships the rest flying away next day they sailed to Cape Anthony and soon after descried the Cape of Florida and Marcâ— 9. passed by the Bermuda's April 8. 1586. they came to the Isles of Florie inhabited by Portugals where they staid watred and traffickt for victuals wherewith being well refresht they in short time arrived safe in England And thus having brought our renowned Knight through so many Dangers and Adventures to his watry grave we will take our leave of him with this short Epitaph write upon him many years since Where Drake first found there last he lost his Name And for a Tomb left nothing but his Fame His Body 's buried under some great Wave The Sea that was his Glory is his Grave Of whom an Epitaph none can truly make For who can say Here lyes Sir Francis Drake FINIS There are newly Published Eighteen very useful pleasant and necessary Books all sold by Nath. 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