_T_he Generall with the rest of their fleete, tacking about fell in our wake, thinking to get the winde, which in the beginning we sought to hinder. But our General seeing that in holding the winde we should shoote our selues into the Bay, gaue them the winde. All that night they kept themselues vppon our broade side, notwithstanding our Admirall carryed his Cresset light all night: hauing greate care of our smallest Shippes: This fight continued about fower howers til it was neere night, in the which fight, thanks be to God, there was slaine so fewe persons of our English fleete as I thinke the like conflict hath not beene performed with so little losse of men: What harme befell the Spaniards in their fleete I leaue to your iudgements. Yet our eyes can witnesse their Shippes were sore beaten and raked thorough, whereby there was such falling backe and lying by the Lee to stoppe their leakes, as some of them were driuen to haste awaye, and rather to runne on shore to saue themselues then sincke in the Sea: Besides within two howers after our fight with them, wee saw one of their great Shippes on fire which burnt into the Sea, and all the Sterne of another of their Shippes blowen vp: And in the morning a Shippe of our fleete was runne so neere the land, that to double the Cape current hee must of necessitie tacke about & fall in the wake of the enemie, which caused our Generall in the _Garland_ and the _Defiance_ to tacke about, which two ships forced the three _S_hippes of the enemies which were put forth to take our Shipp, (or else to cause her runne on grounde) to returne to their fleete to saue themselues, hoysing all their sayles for haste: This morning they were faire by vs hauing the winde of vs, being but thirteene sayle of their twentie to be seene, then we stroke our toppe sayles thinking to haue fought with them again, which they perceiuing tacked about from vs, & after that neuer durst nor would come neere vs: What became of the rest of their fleet we know not, but true it was that they were in great distresse mightily beaten and torne, by hauing receiued many Bullets from vs. All this day wee had sight of them, but they shewed little will to fight or come neere vs, so we keeping our course west, and by North, about sixe of the clocke at night lost the sight of them. And this is a true discourse of our fight with the Spanish fleete. The which the Author heereof will iustifie with the aduentrue of his life, against any Spaniard seruing in that action, that shal contradict the same. _FINIS._ _Henrie Sauile._ [Illustration: (banner, end of section)] [Illustration: (banner, start of section)] THOMAS BAS- KERVILE KNIGHT, His approbation to this Booke.