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A14164	A discourse concerninge the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Englande in the yeare 1588 and ouerthrowne by Her Ma[ies]ties nauie vnder the conduction of the Right-honorable the Lorde Charles Howarde highe Admirall of Englande: written in Italian by Petruccio Vbaldino cicizen of Florence, and translated for A. Ryther: vnto the w[hi]ch discourse are annexed certaine tables expressinge the seuerall exploites, and conflictes had with the said fleete. These bookes with the tables belonginge to them are to be solde at the shoppe of A. Ryther beinge a little from Leaden hall next to the signe of the Tower.	Ubaldini, Petruccio, 1524?-1600?	1590 (1590)	STC 24481; ESTC S102649	20,372	36

SEMPER EADEM A DISCOVRSE concerninge the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Englande in the yeare 1588 and ouerthrowne by her Maties Nauie vnder the conduction of the Right-honorable the Lorde Charles Howarde highe Admirall of Englande written in Italian by Petruccio Vbaldino citizen of Florence and translated for A Ryther vnto the which discourse are annexed certaine tables expressinge the seuerall exploites and conflictes had with the said fleete THESE bookes with the tables belonginge to them are to be solde at the shoppe of A. Ryther beinge a little from Leaden hall next to the signe of the Tower TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE CHARLES LORD HOWARD BARON OF EFFINGHAM KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER LORD high Admirall of England and one of hir Maiesties most Honorable priuie Councell A. R. wisheth long life in perfect health with great increase of honor I AM BOLD RIGHT Honorable to present this booke vnto you to craue your fauorable patronage therein bicause there are many reasons which mooue me so to do First the subiect matter of the booke which is your selfe especially and the rest of the leaders vnder whose happie conduction hir Maiesties nauie preuailed against the Spanish fleete Secondly the time which I haue spent in the grauing of the seueral Tables belonging to the booke whereby the reader shall haue not onely the report but the sight as it were of what notable thing soeuer was performed by your Honor in that high and honorable seruice Thirdly the booke it selfe which as it hath beene kept backe these two yeeres almost from our men in an vnknowen toong so as I gesse it had lien hid for euer had not the good foreseene giuen iust occasion of the publishing thereof Last of all the time it selfe doth mooue to that which I haue done which being the beginning of the new yeer calleth for by custome a NEW YEERES GIFT that is as I construe it a signe as abilitie permitteth of that dutiful thankfulnes which I acknowledge my selfe to owe vnto your Honor. The which my thankfulnes bicause I had none other more conuenient signe I was inforced to shew in presenting you this booke Forsomuch therefore as it is now come abroad to the view of the world translated and printed at my cost I was mooued by the reasons aforesaid to craue your Honors patronage that thereby I might the better withstand both the malicious toongs of such as carpe and the manifest iniurie of such as are readie vnaduisedly to counterfet another mans worke The which your Lordships fauor obtained as my hope is shall binde me foreuer to praie for your Honors daily increase in all good things Your HONORS most humble A. RYTHER To the Reader Who list to heare and see what God hath donne For vs our realme and Queene against our foe Our foe the Spaniard proud let him o'rerun This little booke and he the truth shall know The place the time the means expressed be In booke to read in grauen maps to see Which when you read and see retaine this thought That howsoe're the meane deserued well T' was chiefly God against our foe that fought And sent them quicke through middest of sea to hell Whether both quicke and thicke let them go downe That seeke to alienate the title of our crowne T. H To the Reader I could haue wished curteous reader that this booke with the tables belonging thereto might haue come to thine hands immediatlie after the repulse of the Spanish fleete but seeing it could not be so I must count it better late then neuer Though it come somewhat late I doubt not but it will breed some pleasure bicause the remembrance of pleasures passed are alwaies delightsome If in the grauen tables there be any thing which doth not please thee in regard of the worke I craue pardon for it bicause I count my selfe as yet but a yoong beginner do but yet striue to attaine to that excellencie which I wish for In the booke it selfe the truth of euery thing is set downe so neare as might be and therefore it is so much the more to be regarded being also by my friend translated faithfully onely the Italian flourishes were here and there omitted bicause in our English toong they could not sound well without suspicion of flatterie Farewell Thine A. Ryther A DISCOVRSE CONCERNING THE SPANISH FLEETE INVADING ENGLAND IN THE YEERE 1588. ouerthrowen by hir Maiesties nauie vnder the conduction of the Right honorable the L. CHARLES HOWARD being high Admirall of England written in Italian by Petruccio Vbaldino citizen of Florence THE Quéenes Maiestie hauing diuerse waies vnderstood the great and diligent preparation of the king of Spaine in diuerse parts both by land and sea not only of the strongest ships of all places within his dominions but also of all sorts of prouision and munition necessarie for a mightie fléete which was to come from Spaine and Portugall for the furnishing and better direction wherof he had drawen together into the places aforesaid the most principall and ancient captaines and soldiers aswell of the kingdoms of Naples and Sicilie as of Lombardie and other parts of Italie and the more remote parts of India as by euery one was long before verie euidently perceiued by reason that the preparation of these things togither with the number of the ships mariners and soldiors the diuerse sorts and quantities of victuall the great number and diuers kinds of artillery with the sum of euery seueral kind were sufficiently specified vnto all countries by certaine Pamphlets laieng foorth at large his whole intent the which Pamphlets were printed and published in Spaine and Portugall and other prouinces of Christendome with this title The most puissant and most happie fleete of the king of Spayne against the Realme of England Her maiestie I say hauing in this maner receiued so open and manifest information hereof as also certaine intelligence of horsemen and footemen sent in so great number that they were sufficient for the furnishing of diuerse camps in the lowe Countries vnder the gouernment of the duke of Parma his lieutenant generall for those prouinces withall knowing the multitude of the ships of war and the possibilitie that the said king had to transport his soldiers out off Flaunders and land them in England not sparing to giue out therevpon open and frée report that all that prouision was for the inuasion and conquest of England And forsomuch also as at the same time the king himselfe by means of his aforesaid Generall the duke of Parma pretended a certaine treatie of peace to be made with her Maiestie albeit this offer was in truth knowne in England not to haue béene made but onely to take aduantage of the time and to make her Maiesty negligent in preparing for her defence although she notwithstāding desirous openly to declare her good inclinatiō vnto that which is a iust christian commendation in a prudent Princesse refused not in any point this treatie offer

of peace greatly desired of all christian people and therfore for that purpose gaue commandement to certaine noble men of her priuie Counsell others with certain Gouernors of her forces in Flaunders to deale in this matter with the commissioners that should be there appointed in the name and behalfe of the said king And our commissioners after their departure and manifest declaration that they began to parle to some purpose concerning this treatie being driuen off a long time to small effect and without any manifest hope of agréement likely to ensue vntill such time as the Spanish fléete was not onely discouered in the English chanell but also withheld and brideled from their purpose in ioyning with the forces of the duke of Parma and transporting an armie into England and finallie vntill such time as it was inforced to withdraw it selfe and séeke some better fortune in the northren seas being euery where else vnable to make anie forceable resistance Therefore her Maiestie as well to declare her propense readines if on their part any sincere intent of peace had béene as her vigilant prouidence not to be deluded by so subtile and malicious an enemie furnished her selfe by sea with a mightie fléete and by land with no lesse diligence to resist so great forces as by all nations were reported to come against her For it was neuer knowne in the memorie of man that so great preparation was euer heretofore at one time made out either by king Phillip himselfe or yet by the emperor Charles the 5. his father although his power were much more and his occasions of warre far greater The diligence therefore of the Englishmen answerable vnto the care of the Prince was such and so great that her Maiestie was prouided of a mightie fléete to defend her by sea from the enimie betwéene the first of Nouember 1587. and the 20. of December next ensuing a time in truth very short for such a prouision in regard of so many yéeres spent by the said king in preparing of his fléete which notwithstanding did shew of what force it was by experience afterwards made thereof against the English nauie gathered togither within 50. daies and prouided and most excellentlie furnished of all things necessarie for such a purpose The care charge of this nauie was commended vnto the right honorable Charles L. Howard Baron of Effingham L. High Admiral of England who for his place office noble courage experience in martial affaires and nobilitie of blood and descent was thought most fit woorthy to be emploied in that seruice He had in his companie a sufficient number of honorable worshipful and valiant personages famous both in respect of their birth the gifts of mind desirous to serue their Prince and Countrie in such a cause as this being iudged of the whole English nation both iust and necessarie likewise of sea-faring men and priuate soldiors so competent a number as might be answerable vnto the power of so great a Prince in so weightie a cause The L. High Admirall therefore with these forces kéeping for a season the narrow seas and chanell betwéene England and Flaunders sir Francis Drake knight mentioned here also in honor of his good deserts was by the aduice of the Lords of the counsel his honor so commanding it sent towards the west parts with certaine of the Quéenes ships and others from certaine ports of England thereabout being in al not aboue the number of 50. saile of all sorts there to attend the L. high Admirall his comming with greater forces if occasion should so require In the meane season the L. Admirall with his Vice admirall the L. Henrie Seymer kept the narrow seas accompanied with 20. ships more verie well furnished at the charges of the citizens of London besides manie other from diuerse parts on that side of the Realme that lieth from the towne of Douer vp to the northward which met all togither in good order and well appointed for the warres And here the Lord Admirall vnderstanding for a certaintie that the fléete of the enemie was alreadie lanched and at the sea he weighed ancre and leauing the L. Seymer with sufficient forces of the Quéenes ships and other vessels to watch what the duke of Parma would do or was able to vndertake by sea and parting from thence the 21. of Maie 1588. to the westward with her Maiesties nauie and 20. ships of London with some others he arriued at Plymouth the 23. of the same Moneth where sir Francis Drake with 50. saile which he had vnder his charge met with the L. Admirall in very good order And then the two nauies being ioyned togither into one the L. Admirall made sir Francis Drake his Viceadmirall Arriuing then at Plymouth his Lordship presently gaue order for prouision of victuall for the whole nauie that it might want nothing that should tend to the necessarie seruice ensuing The whole nauie was at this present about 90. saile of all sorts This prouision being complet he resolued with himselfe to put foorth to the sea againe about the 30. of Maie aforesaid But the winde not seruing his turne he kept himselfe abroad sailing vp and downe within the Sléeue betwene Vshant and Sillie attending some sight or report of the enemies fléete Where hauing waited a certain time somwhiles drawing neare to the coast of France somtimes to the coast of England he returned being thereto inforced by a great tempest with his whole nauie into the Port of Plymouth the 6. of Iune to refresh his companie there In the meane season there were discouered betwéene Vshant and Sillie certaine ships of the Spanish fléete not aboue the number of 14. which were knowen to be seuered from the whole fléete by violence of the aforesaid tempest But before they could be encountred withall by any of the English nauie the wind came about whereby they had opportunitie to returne backe againe sauing themselues from all perils in their hauen called the Groine into the which also the rest of the Spanish fléete was put to prouide themselues anew of other things which they wanted and specially of fresh water Of this thing the L. Admirall had intelligence and aduertisement from sundry parts as also that the Spanish fléete was by great fortune dispersed seuered into diuers places through penurie of many and those necessarie things through diseases and mortalitie of men although the report hereof could not afterwards be verified whereof the certain truth was that being troubled with tempest they were commanded to come a shoare at the Groyne The L. Admirall therefore séeing the coast of England and France cléere and frée from all danger as by diligent search it was vnderstood resolued by the aduise and opinion of his counsell to take the aduantage of the next wind that should blow from the North that passing to the coast of Spaine he might finde the enemies fléet so dispersed in the Groine and in other parts of