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A20114	A libell of Spanish lies found at the sacke of Cales, discoursing the fight in the West Indies, twixt the English nauie being fourteene ships and pinasses, and a fleete of twentie saile of the king of Spaines, and of the death of Sir Francis Drake. With an answere briefely confuting the Spanish lies, and a short relation of the fight according to truth, written by Henrie Sauile Esquire, employed captaine in one of her Maiesties shippes, in the same seruice against the Spaniard. And also an approbation of this discourse, by Sir Thomas Baskeruile, then generall of the English fleete in that seruice: auowing the maintenance thereof, personally in armes against Don Bernaldino ...	Savile, Henry, Captain.; Delgadillo de Avellaneda, Bernaldino.	1596 (1596)	STC 6551; ESTC S109556	14,254	56

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 Shippes 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 aduenture of his life against any Spaniard seruing in that action that shal contradict the same FINIS Henrie Sauile THOMAS BASKERVILE KNIGHT His approbation to this Booke I Thomas Baskeruile Knight Generall of her Maiesties late Indian armado in the late conflict had betweene the Spanish fleete and vs hauing perused the Spanish letter written by Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Auellaneda General of the King of Spaines Nauie and also hauing perused Captaine Henry Sauile his answeres vnto the six exceptions in the Generals letter with his discourse of the manner of our fight with the Spanish fleete do say that the said Henrie Sauile hath answered the letter and set downe the order of the fight sincerely according to truth for testimonie of which I haue hereunto set my hand And if Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Auellaneda the General shal take any exceptions to this my approbation or stand in the iustification of his lying letter written to Doctor Peter Flores President of the Contraction house for the Indies and by him for Bernaldinoes glorie lately put in Printe I then saye that hee falsely lyed and that I will maintaine against him with whatsoeuer Armes he shall make choyce of And because the kingdomes wherein we abide are enemies by reason of which there is no meanes in either of them to maintaine that I haue written Let him make choice of any indifferent kingdome of equall distance from either Realme and I will there be ready to maintaine as much as I haue written But if by my imployments into Fraunce Ibe so stayed by her Maiesties Commaundementes that I cannot out of that Realme meete him in anye other I cannot see why hee shoulde take anye exception to that considering the equalitie of the place and that the Armies of both our Princes be there resident FINIS Tho. B. The Generals first newes and his best news is in part lying newes The Generall seemeth to wante friendes in Courte sending such great newes to a priuate Doctor Don Bernaldino doth lye impudently The successe of the kings fiue Frigots The certain cause wherof Sir Frances Drake dyed A payre of Spanish Lyers The spanish Viceadmirall a man of vallour The number of the Spanish Shippes after the fight This lie was made in the Generals owne forge A commendation of the Generall The Generall doth practise to lye for recreation The torne sides of the Spanish Shippes doe condemne Don Bernaldino of lying Note the valoure of Don Bernaldino The order of the English Nauie The Spaniard cannot bragge of his gaine Spanish bragges are of no value with the English Don Bernaldino very resolute The Indian slaue is the best shadow to the Generals lye Don Bernaldino his rare gift in coyning a new and straunge name The Generals store-house of lyes The schoolemen of modestie do vse this kinde of reprehension when they doe thinke the Author to erre The difference twixt Quebraran and Baskeruile The Generall conuicted of lying and forgery The Generall maketh great brags in taking a distressed Ship which is supposed not to strike one blow The fifteene noble Captaines according the generals lying occupation will proue but three The Printing of the letter doth shame the Generall Don Bernaldino of an excellent complexion The first discouery of the Generals Printed letter The Generals great skill in amplifying The first discouerie of the Spanish fleete The incounter twixt the English and the Spanish Ships The Spanish Vice-admiral can witnesse what success they had in this fight The English Admirall carried his Creset light notwithstanding the enemie was vppon his brode side The English receiued little losse in this conflict The remainder of the Spanish fleete were but thirteene sayles