=Discussion.= 1. Describe the English fleet as it lay anchored near Flores. 2. What was the condition of the men on the _Revenge_ and the _Bonaventure_? 3. What two things could Sir Richard do? 4. Which did he choose? Why? 5. How were the Spanish ships manned as compared with the English? 6. What quality of character did Sir Richard show in his treatment of the _George Noble_? 7. Describe the condition of the _Revenge_ on the second day of the fighting. 8. What was Sir Richard’s order to the master gunner? 9. What was the opinion of the captain and the Master? 10. What do you think about the reasons they gave? 11. What was the Spaniard’s offer? 12. Would you have been on the side of the captain and the Master of the _Revenge_, or on the side of Sir Richard and the master gunner? 13. Pronounce the following: Armada; Azores; becalmed; tiers; bade; hovered; ravenous; dissuade. =Phrases= providing ballast, 330, 9 shrouded their approach, 331, 5 weigh their anchors, 331, 8 puissant ship, 331, 27 hearken to a composition, 332, 35 tackle cut asunder, 333, 17 divers sufficient, 334, 7 he esteemed it not, 334, 36 YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND THOMAS CAMPBELL Ye Mariners of England, That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe, And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave!— For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave. Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow; While the battle rages loud and long And the stormy winds do blow. Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o’er the mountain-waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long And the stormy winds do blow. The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn; Till danger’s troubled night depart, And the star of peace return. Then, then, ye ocean-warriors! Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow; When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow. NOTES AND QUESTIONS For Biography, see page 180.