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Page 46
... Admiral was sent to demand a silver cup which one of the savages had stolen from us , and not receiving it according to his promise , we burnt and spoiled their corn and town , all the people being fled . " Grenville also managed to ...
... Admiral was sent to demand a silver cup which one of the savages had stolen from us , and not receiving it according to his promise , we burnt and spoiled their corn and town , all the people being fled . " Grenville also managed to ...
Page 59
... Admiral , Lord Howard of Effing- ham , was in despair , and wrote to Walsingham and Burleigh begging for reinforcements , and com- plaining bitterly of the condition of the navy . In one thing the English people were strong , and that ...
... Admiral , Lord Howard of Effing- ham , was in despair , and wrote to Walsingham and Burleigh begging for reinforcements , and com- plaining bitterly of the condition of the navy . In one thing the English people were strong , and that ...
Page 60
... Admiral , and got together a fleet of sixty vessels at Ply- mouth . Most of these were volunteer barques manned with the brave seamen of Devon and Cornwall . Meanwhile Sir Walter Ralegh was chiefly en- gaged in making preparations to ...
... Admiral , and got together a fleet of sixty vessels at Ply- mouth . Most of these were volunteer barques manned with the brave seamen of Devon and Cornwall . Meanwhile Sir Walter Ralegh was chiefly en- gaged in making preparations to ...
Page 63
... Admiral of England , would have been lost in the year 1588 , if he had not been better advised than a great many malignant fools were that found fault with his behaviour . The Spaniards had an army aboard them , and he had none . They ...
... Admiral of England , would have been lost in the year 1588 , if he had not been better advised than a great many malignant fools were that found fault with his behaviour . The Spaniards had an army aboard them , and he had none . They ...
Page 65
... Admiral not having yet come up . Again the English took advantage of their nimble steerage , and " came oftentimes very near upon the Spaniards , and charged them so sore that now and then they were but a pike's length asunder ; and so ...
... Admiral not having yet come up . Again the English took advantage of their nimble steerage , and " came oftentimes very near upon the Spaniards , and charged them so sore that now and then they were but a pike's length asunder ; and so ...
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