[94]Whilst the Lord Admiral was employed in taking the forementioned Galleass, Sir _Francis Drake_ in the _Revenge_, with Mr. _Thomas Fennar_ in the _Nonpareil_, and the rest of his Squadron, warmly engaged the _Spanish_ Fleet; soon after Sir _John Hawkins_ in the _Victory_, accompanied with Mr. _Edward Fenton_ in the _Mary Rose_, Sir _George Beeston_ in the _Dreadnought_, Mr. _Richard Hawkins_ in the _Swallow_, and the rest of that Squadron; together with Sir _Robert Southwell_ in the _Elizabeth-Jonas_, and Mr. _Robert Cross_ in the _Hope_; bearing up with the Middle of the _Spanish_ Fleet, there continued all that Forenoon a furious Engagement, wherein Sir _George Beeston_ behaved himself very valiantly; they were in the mean time seconded by the Lord Admiral, the Lord _Thomas Howard_, and the Lord _Sheffield_, who also acquitted themselves very bravely: Astern of these a great Galleon was attack’d by the Earl of _Cumberland_ and Mr. _George Ryman_ in the _Bonaventure_, and was likewise battered by the Lord _Henry Seymour_ in the _Rainbow_, and Sir _William Winter_ in the _Vanguard_; and tho’ she then recovered the Fleet, yet she sunk the Night following. [95]On the other hand, the Duke of _Medina_, with the rest of the _Spanish_ Captains, as _Leva_, _Oquendo_, _Recalde_, _&c._ having with much ado got clear of the Shallows, were forced to stand the Brunt of the _English_ Fire, ’till they were miserably torn, and in several Places shot through; [96]and a great Galleon of _Biscay_, of five hundred Tuns, with two Saicks, were sunk. The Galleon _St. Matthew_, of eight hundred Tuns, commanded by Don _Diego de Piementelli_, coming to the Assistance of Don _Francisco de Toledo_, in the _St. Philip_, another Galleon of seven hundred Tuns, they were both miserably shattered by the Lord _Henry Seymour_ and Sir _William Winter_; [97]and being driven on the Coast of _Ostend_, were likewise there roughly handled by the _Zealanders_; but _Piementelli_ refusing to leave his Ship, (though the Duke of _Medina_ sent him his own,) did all he could to disengage himself; and therefore making towards the Coast of _Flanders_, he was there again attacked by five _Dutch_ Men of War, and forc’d at last to strike to _Peter Dousa_[98], one of the _Dutch_ Captains, who carried him into _Zealand_ and, for a Trophy of his Victory, hung his Flag in the Church of _Leyden_, which reach’d from the top of it to the bottom; [99]during which, a _Castilian_ Ship of four hundred Tuns, was cast away on the _Flemish_ Coast. The _St. Philip_, after having been driven almost as far as _Ostend_, where her Commander left her because she proved extremely leaky, was seized by some Ships of _Flushing_.