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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10376	A report of the truth of the fight about the Iles of Açores, this last sommer Betvvixt the Reuenge, one of her Maiesties shippes, and an armada of the King of Spaine.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.	1591 (1591)	STC 20651; ESTC S110589	12,066	30

enimie who were now all cast in a ring round about him The Reuenge not able to moue one way or other but as she was moued with the waues and billow of the sea commanded the maister Gunner whom he knew to be a most resolute man to split and sinke the shippe that thereby nothing might remaine of glorie or victorie to the Spaniards seeing in so manie houres fight and with so great a Nauie they were not able to take her hauing had fifteene houres time fifteene thousand men and fiftie three saile of men of warre to performe it withall And perswaded the companie or as manie as he could induce to yeelde them selues vnto God and to the mercie of noneels but as they had like valiant resolute men repulsed so manie enimies they should not now shorten the honour of their nation by prolonging their owne liues for a few houres or a few daies The maister Gunner readilic condescended and diuers others but the Captaine and the Maister were of an other opinion and besought Sir Richard to haue care of them alleaging that the Spaniard would be as readie to entertaine a composition as they were willing to offer the same aud that there being diuerle sufficient and valiantmen yet liuing and whose woundes were not mortall they might doe their countrie and prince acceptable seruice hereafter And that where Sir Richard had alleaged that the Spadiards should neuer glorie to haue taken one shippe of her Maiesties seeing they had so long and so notably defended them selues they answered that the shippe had sixe foote water in hold three shot vnder water which were so weakly stopped as with the first working of the sea she must needes sinke and was besides so crusht brused as she could neuer be remoued out of the place And as the matter was thus in dispute and Sir Richard refusing to hearken to any of those reasons the maister of the Reuenge while the Captaine wan vnto him the greater party was conuoyde aborde the Generall Don Alfonso Bassan Who finding none ouer hastie to enter the Reuenge againe doubting least S. Richard would haue blowne them vp and himselfe and perceiuing by the report of the maister of the Reuenge his daungerous disposition yeelded that all their liues should bee saued the companie sent for England and the better sorte to pay such reasonable ransome as their estate would beare and in the meane season to be free from Gally or imprisonment To this he so much the rather condescended as well as I haue saide for feare of further losse and mischiefe to them selues as also for the desire hee had to recouer Sir Richard Grinuile whom for his notable valure he seemed greatly to honour and admire When this answere was returned and that safetie of life was promised the common sort being now at the end of their perill the most drew backe from Sir Richard and the maister Gunner being no hard matter to diswade men from death to life The maister Gunner finding him selfe and Sir Richard thus preuented and maistered by the greater number would haue slaine himselfe with a sword had he not beene by force withheld and locked into his Cabben Then the Generall sent manie boates abord the Reuenge and diuerse of our men fearing Sir Richards disposition stole away aboord the Generall and other shippes Sir Richard thus ouermatched was sent vnto by Alfonso Bassan to remoue out of the Reuenge the shippe being maruellous vnsauerie filled with bloud bodies of deade wounded men like a slaughter house Sir Richard answered that he might do with his bodie what he list for he esteemed it not and as he was carried out of the shippe he swounded and reuiuing againe desired the companie to pray for him The Generall vsed Sir Richard with all humanitie and left nothing vnattempted that tended to his recouerie highly commending his valour and worthines and greatly bewailed the daunger wherein he was beeing vnto them a rare spectacle and a resolution sildome approued to see one ship turne toward so many enemies to endure the charge boording of so many huge Armados and to resist and repell the assaults and entries of so many souldiers All which more is confirmed by a Spanish Captaine of the same Armada and a present actor in the fight who being seuered from the rest in a storm was by the Lyon of London a small ship taken is now prisoner in Lōndon The generall commander of the Armada was Don Alphonso Bassan brother to the Marquesse of Santa Cruce The Admirall of the Biscaine squadron was Britan Dona. Of the squadron of Siuill Marques of Arumburch The Hulkes and Flybotes were commaunded by Luis Cutino There were slaine and drowned in this fight well neere two thousand of the enemies and two especiall commanders Don Luis de sant Iohn and Don George de Prunaria de Mallaga as the Spanish Captain confesseth besides diuers others of speciall account wherof as yet report is not made The Admirall of the Hulkes the Ascention of Siuill were both suncke by the side of the Reuenge one other recouered the rode of Saint Michels and suncke also there a fourth ranne her selfe with the shore to saue her men Syr Richard died as it is said the second or third day aboard the Generall and was by them greatly bewailed What became of his bodie whether it were buried in the sea or on the lande wee know not the comfort that remaineth to his friendes is that he hath ended his life honourably in respect of the reputation wonne to his nation and country and of the same to his posteritie and that being dead he hath not outliued his owne honour For the rest of her Maiesties ships that entred not so far into the fight as the Reuenge the reasons and causes were these There were of them but six in all wherof two but smal ships the Reuenge ingaged past recouerie The Iland of Flores was on the one side 53. saile of the Spanish diuided into squadrons on the other all as full filled with soldiers as they could containe Almost the one halfe of our men sicke and not able to serue the ships growne foule vnroomaged and scarcely able to beare anie saile for want of balast hauing beene sixe moneths at the sea before If al the rest had entred all had been lost For the verie hugenes of the Spanish fleet if no other violence had been offred would haue crusht them between them into shiuers Of which the dishonour and losse to the Queene had been far greater then the spoile or harme that the enemy could any way haue receiued Notwithstanding it is verie true that the Lord Thomas would haue entred between the squadrons but the rest wold not condescend and the maister of his owne ship offred to leape into the sea rather then to conduct that her Maiesties ship and the rest to be a praie to the enemy where there was no hope nor possibilitie either of defence or