A libell of Spanish lies : $b found at the sacke of Cales, discoursing the fight in the West Indies, twixt the English navie being fourteene ships and pinasses, and a fleete of twentie saile of the king of Spaines, and of the death of Sir Francis DrakeSavile, Henry, Captain
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A libell of Spanish lies : $b found at the sacke of Cales, discoursing the fight in the West Indies, twixt the English navie being fourteene ships and pinasses, and a fleete of twentie saile of the king of Spaines, and of the death of Sir Francis Drake
Savile, Henry, Captain
Delgadillo de Avellaneda, Bernaldino, 1544-1629; Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Death and burial; Isle of Pines, Battle of the, Cuba, 1596 -- Personal narratives
_FRom_ Cartagena, _I gaue relation vnto you, how I departed from the
Cittie of_ Lisbone, _in the pursuite of the Englishe Armie: although
for the great hast the Gallions could not be so wel repaired as was
needfull, and with foule weather one was lost, and a Fly-boate was
burnt, and hauing sayled many daies in pursuite of the enemie, vntill
I arriued at_ Carthagena, _whereas hauing taken the aduise of_ Don
Pedro de Acunia, _Gouernour of the Cittie, and Captaine generall; for
wee had great neede of water, and to repaire our Shippes, we stayed
in that port, wheras I had intelligence by an_ Indian, _that_ Frances
Drake _dyed in_ Nombre de Dios, _for verie griefe that hee had lost
so many Barkes and men, as was afterwardes more manifestlye knowne:
And hauing giuen you a relation of all that happened hitherto: Now I
let you vnderstand, that I left this Port the second of March, and
toke our course towards the_ Hauana, _where I thought to haue founde
the English fleete, & also vsed all the diligence possible: vpon
Munday the eleauenth of the said Month, about two of the clocke in
the afternoone, at the issue of the Isle of_ Pinas, _in the entrance
of_ Guaniguanico, _I met with the English fleete, being fourteene
verie good Shippes, I drew towards them although they had the winde
of vs, & our Admirall who bore vp towardes the winde, with other
two Shippes began to draw neere them, and although we set thus
vppon them, three times with all their Shippes, yet would they not
set againe vppon vs, and those of our men which were farthest off
cryed to them amaine, being both within shot of Artillerie, Muskats
and Caliuers, whereby they receiued euident hurt by vs: They shot
off now & then at vs, and especially their Admirall, and seeing
our resolution how sharpe we were bent towards them, they with all
expedition and speede possible prepared to flie awaie, hoysing Sayles
and leauing their Oares for hast in the Sea: but I followed them,
with nine Shippes all the night following, and with fower more the
next daye, till I made them double_ Saint Antonies _point, and so I
tooke the course towards_ La Canet de Bahamet, _according to the
instructions from his Maiestie: It little auailed vs to bee seene,
with lesse number of Shippes, neither yet all the diligence we could
vse, could cause them to staye or come neere vs, nor to shoote off
one Hargabush or peece of Artillerie, for they fled away as fast as
they could, and their Shippes were wel diminished, and that the best
parte of them, the rest they repaired in the port_ Bella, _whereas
they were about fourtie daies before, and so by that meanes they were
all well repaired, and our Shippes verie foule, because the time
would not permit vs to trimme them: I haue sailed two Monethes and
a halfe in the Shippe called the_ Capitana, _sithence we departed
from_ Carthagena, _we haue not repaired their Pumps nor clensed
them: And the same daie I departed thence, my Shippes were all
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