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A68661	Our Ladys retorne to England accompanied with saint Frances [sic] and the good Iesus of Viana in Portugall, who comming from Brasell, ariued at Clauelly in Deuonshire, the third of Iune 1592. A wonder of the Lorde most admirable, to note how many Spanish saintes are enforced to come one [sic] pilgrimage for Englande with the most happie fortune of that braue gentill-man William Graftone cittizen on London, captaine and oner of our ladies. Writen by H.R.	H. R. (Henry Roberts), fl. 1585-1616.	1592 (1592)	STC 21087.3; ESTC S110581	4,198	8

OVR LADYS RETORNE to England accompanied with saint Frances and the good Iesus of Viana in Portugall who comming from Brasell ariued at Clauelly in Deuonshire the third of Iune 1592. A wonder of the Lorde most admirable to note how many Spanish saintes are enforced to come one pilgrimage for Englande With the most happie fortune of that braue gentill-man William Grastone Cittizen of London Captaine and oner of our Ladies Writen by H. R. Imprinted at London by A I and are to be sold by William Parlye at his Shop in gratious streete ouer against Leaden Hall 1592. H R. In Captaine Graftons worthie deserued commendations Braue noble brutes ye troiane youthfull wightes Whose land doth reach the sentoure of the sunne Your braue attempts by land on seaes your fightes Your forwarde hearts imortall fame hath wonne The world reportes what Londoners hath done Freemen I meane and prentices of worth For countrie seruice that are called forth Amongst which of name let grafton haue his due Valiant braue man whose courage none could quaile His actes at larg heere after shall in sue And how in fight be often did preuaile When three to one on seaes did him assaile Seeking by force his ruine to haue wrought Which he surpraised and them to england brought Read Graftones deedes you canelires of worth Sureuay his life and learne by him to liue Whose bountie kindnes and valoure shewed forth If I shoulld write the dastard hart might greeue Casting great doubtes how they might me beleeue Yet Ile maintaine this captaines actes are such As fewe I know will hassard halfe so much 〈…〉 at his lodging in London SYr knowing your kind nature to be such as ioyed that your freinds welfare especially those that for there countries good deserue honorably to be spokē of as your selfe in younger yeares haue many waies ieperted your bodie in your countries seruice whose scars yet remaine as badges of your forewardnes and desire to gaine that your ancesters of fame long time to there great commendations maintained the consideration of which moued me here to fore from dungaruan to aduertize you of the ariuall of our good freind your especiall fauouret maister William Grafton at Kinsall whose succes I wrot you at large for that my last lettres and ioy of your freindes good was so gracious with you as one that loues you both well I make bold to signisie vnto you the saide captaines safe landing at Clauelly in the west partes where my selfe being commanded on some busines of my captaines frō my place bownd for england crossed by horsh windes whereunto trauelers are subiect being destressed we wear enforced to put in for the said port of Clauelly where happely I met well met this braue gentleman Captain Grafton who as here to fore I sertified you hauing prepared hir small caruell called our Ladie fitte for the seas embarqued himselfe at youholl in Ireland well furnished with braue and resoluit men vittailes store betaking himselse to the fortune of the seas where oprest with extreame weather doing what men might do by the parmission of God they endured as long as possible they might til for releef they bare for englād ct at Clauelly againe replenished there decaied victtuals other necessaries on sonday the 28. of Maye being the sonday next after trinitie sonday they set saile from the said port hauing all that day and night a faire bearing gall on twesday they espied two saile as much to wind ward as in the top they might descry whō they gaue chace vnto and by tenne of the clock in the morning came vp with them which shipes were both of Bristow the one the Vnicorn and the other a small barke of the same place The companie of there two 〈…〉 ppers they ●…ept the next morning whe● captaine Grafton espying som other sailes standing vpō the sailing of his caruell which is uery good he parted with the said Vnicorne her cōsort bare with there late descried huls in hope of good hap which according to his worth he doth deseruedly merit as time finisheth many things so time and short time hath brought him within the plaine vewe of those two last discried sailes whom they fownd to be two mightie great fly boats who seruing the King of spame straied from the fleet the sight of those made diuers of his companie appaled whom the good captaine with wordes of great courage so comforted that if his discretion had not been more for his safitie and thers then there wilfull hardines they would haue attempted to haue taken the one of them but the captaine hauing perswaded them they neuerthelesse bare vp with them thorowly veewed them and so departed shooting ahead the biger of them when captaine Graftonnes men that lay close shewed themselues were of the other perceiued there came presently two shot from them which mist the caruill the lesser fli● boat being good of saile gaue them chace that day till three a clock whom the Captaine perceiued and by little little slacked there saile to see what they durst doo being from her consart which she had ouer shot at least two leages The fly boat ●●●●ing vppon the Captaine who made no hast to runne a way but determined to change a shot or two with them prouided them selues for the same fight knowing well they might at their pleasures l●aue or take hauing but one cast Peece a boord and that the mouth broken the guner a stout Proper man made readie by that time all things was fited to the Captaines mind the fly boat with fourteene or fifteene men in armour wanned them to lee ward railing and reuiling them with speeches most odious to whom the guner sent such a token by his Minion that with the crosse barre he was charged he split the missen mast in the step did much other harme as well in the Captaines Cabin through which it went as slaiing some men which was seene to be cast ouer boord Thus for three houres they continued a sore fight the Captaine being euer foreward to 〈…〉 there ordinanc otherwise should haue done them most harme yet of such height was this foule cart from the Caruill sides that their talest man migh hardly reach their channell holes so that there was no entering but with great danger and therefore for safegarde of their men the Captaine gaue ouer the fight and not of feare for his men were resolute and doubted not the good successe and happie conquest of their enemies Thus neere six a clock in the euening the caruill parting the fight bareing rome from them whose consart was now come vp with them continuing his course towardes the Ilandes with faire and good weather where they had many chaces which because their actions were little worth to rehearse I omit to tell you of the blessing of the Almighty on this worthy deseruing Captaine whose godly mind and good dealinges with all men the Lord doth reward Sailing stil