Produced by Barbara Watson, James Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net The Golden Galleon By ROBERT LEIGHTON _Crown 8vo._ _Cloth elegant._ _Illustrated_ Olaf the Glorious A Historical Story of the Viking Age. 3_s._ "Is as good as anything of the kind we have met with. Mr. Leighton more than holds his own with Rider Haggard and Baring-Gould."--_Times._ The Golden Galleon A Narrative of the Adventures of Master Gilbert Oglander in the Great Sea-fight off Flores. 3_s._ "A well-constructed and lively historical romance."--_Spectator._ "The story itself is a capital one, but the chief merit lies in the telling. It presents an excellent picture of life in England, both on land and sea, in the days of Queen Elizabeth."--_Standard._ The Wreck of the "Golden Fleece" A Story of a North Sea Fisher Boy. 3_s._ "Excellent in every respect, it contains every variety of incident. The plot is very cleverly devised, and the types of the North Sea sailors are capital."--_Times._ London: BLACKIE & SON, Limited [Illustration: A PERILOUS SITUATION] The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE IN THE GREAT SEA-FIGHT OFF FLORES, ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP _THE REVENGE_ BY ROBERT LEIGHTON Author of "The Pilots of Pomona" "Olaf the Glorious" "The Thirsty Sword" &c. _ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY R.I._ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY PREFACE. In this present amphibious story I have tried to represent some of the conditions of life ashore and afloat in the glorious days of Queen Elizabeth; but I must state, to begin with, that the only portion of the narrative that is actually based upon historical fact is the account of Lord Thomas Howard's expedition against the West Indian treasure-ships. In this part of the story I have closely followed the original report of the last fight of _The Revenge_, as it was written by Sir Walter Raleigh some few weeks after the battle.