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... Spanish agent in London on Decem- ber 17 , 1 persons in authority had ordered Captain Vaughan , who , says the agent , commanded the Castle of Comfort , to seize as many Spanish ships as he could and to take them to Flushing , where he ...
... Spanish agent in London on Decem- ber 17 , 1 persons in authority had ordered Captain Vaughan , who , says the agent , commanded the Castle of Comfort , to seize as many Spanish ships as he could and to take them to Flushing , where he ...
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... Spanish fleet would sail round the Lizard and make for Ireland . His view was based on the fact that reports received showed a great number of Irishmen to be sailing with the Spanish forces in the Armada . The opinion of Lord Howard of ...
... Spanish fleet would sail round the Lizard and make for Ireland . His view was based on the fact that reports received showed a great number of Irishmen to be sailing with the Spanish forces in the Armada . The opinion of Lord Howard of ...
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... Spanish Armada in 1588 had been lost by the failures , apparently by no fault of their own , of Drake and Norreys in 1589. In that year , and in 1590 , as we have seen , the fear of a Spanish attack on Ireland was prominent in the minds ...
... Spanish Armada in 1588 had been lost by the failures , apparently by no fault of their own , of Drake and Norreys in 1589. In that year , and in 1590 , as we have seen , the fear of a Spanish attack on Ireland was prominent in the minds ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 19 |
THE SHERIFF OF CORK | 49 |
THE GERALDINES | 57 |
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