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A02201	The true and perfecte newes of the woorthy and valiaunt exploytes, performed and doone by that valiant knight Syr Frauncis Drake not onely at Sancto Domingo, and Carthagena, but also nowe at Cales, and vppon the coast of Spayne. 1587.	Greepe, Thomas.	1587 (1587)	STC 12343; ESTC S105774	7,780	24

The true and perfecte Newes of the woorthy and valiaunt exploytes performed and doone by that valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake Not onely at Sancto Domingo and Carthagena but also nowe at Cales and vppon the Coast of Spayne 1587. Printed at London by I. Charlewood for Thomas Hackett To the Right Honourable and hys singuler good Lord George Clifford Earle of Cumberland Thomas Greepe wysheth long life encrease of honor with happy and eternall felicitie RIght Honorable reuerentlie regarding your most worthie condign● fame together with your most rare vertues and finding such correspondence in both as seemeth inseperable I coulde not chuse but in all humilitie to offer to the handes of so noble a personne beeing a louer of all vertuous attempts this rude vnpublished worke more true in effect then fine in forme and better for example though rudelie written then to be obscured if penned by the best The worke is a true breefe discourse of the most rare and worthy exploytes performed by the right worshipfull Sir Frauncis Drake Knight and his consortes in the fortunate Isles which although the trueth thereof be not vnknowne to your Honor yet the vulgar sorte of people in the Realme hauing hearde and yet wanting the veritie of the fame ●ay by the pamphlet be the better aduertised The which by howe much the playner it is written by mee the better it is to be vnderstoode of the simplest who in this case I seeke most to pl●●se 〈◊〉 my selfe a rude Countriman brought vppe ●●nie yeeres in Husbandrie and more knowledge in Culturing of lande then in descriptions of conquestes of Countries Notwithstanding weighing your honourable Lordships affabilitie courtesie in nature to take well in worth the meanest thinges extending to the encouragement of vertue valor vvhereof you are patron I presume the more to presse your Honour to vouchsafe the acceptation and patronising of this small work of so great worth in respect of the honourable action of so vvorthie men Who neither number could daunt nor force of vvall and shot keepe out whereby it may be seene vnto the vvorlde that God vvhich hath alvvayes defended his seruaunts in former ages hath not let to shevv a miracle by these in our latter dayes And so humbly crauing pardon of your honor for this presumption ministred I rest a continuall beseecher of the almightie for your Lord●hips most happy health vvith increase of honor in this life and in the other euerlasting felicitie Amen Your Honors for euer at commaundement in the Lorde Thomas Greepe To the Reader HEere hast thou gentle Reader set forth vnto thee the most woorthy and valiant exploytes and enterpryses lately atchiued and doone by that valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake others not pend in lofty verse nor curiously handled but playnely and truely so that it may be well vnderstood of the Reader for there is nothing can more profitte thy posteritie heereafter then the leauing in memory so worthy a thing for how shoulde we know the woorthy deedes of our Elders if those learned Poets and Historiographers had not sette them downe in wryting as Iosephus for the state of the Iewes Homer and Euripides for the Grecians Titus Liuius for the Romaines Quintus Curtius for the life of Alexander the great and so of all others At what time heretofore was there euer any English manne that did the like as well for hys Nauigation and long trauell and GOD bee praysed for hys good successe to the greate terror and feare of the enemie he beeing a man of meane calling to deale with so mightie a Monarke But nowe may the enemie see what woulde come to passe if our gracious Queene woulde bende her whole force against them therfore great cause haue we to be thankfull to God for so gracious a Princesse and so prosperous and flourishing a common welth as this is wherein we enioy peace welth and tranquillitie more aboundantly then any other Nation vnder the Sunne at this day The Lorde long continue it for his names sake and thus I ende by dding thee farewell in the Lorde The true and perfect Newes of the worthy and valiant exploytes atchiued and doone by that valiaunt Knight Syr Frauncis Drake TRyumph O England and reioyce And prayse thy God vncessantly For thys thy Queene that pearle of choyse Which God doth blesse with victory In Countryes strange both farre and néere All raging foes her force doth feare Yée woorthy wights that doo delighte To heare of Nouels straunge and rare What 〈…〉 by a famous Knight May please you marke I shall declare Such rare exploytes performde and doone As none the like hath euer woone First call to minde howe Gedeon But with thrée hundred fighting men The Medians hoste he ouercame A thousand to eche one of them He did suppresse Idolatry The Lord gaue him the victory So likewise by Gods mighty hande Syr Frauncis Drake by dreadfull sworde Did foyle hys foes in forraine lande Which did contemne Christes holy word And many Captiues did sette frée Which earst were long in misery Twenty fiue Ships were then preparde Fifteene Pinnasses braue and fine Well furnished for his safegarde Preuenting foes that would him tyne With Masters good and Marriners 〈◊〉 As euer tooke charge I dare compare The best Nauigators in this lande Conferde with him vnto thys ende By thys famous knight to vnderstand Theyr valors to atchieue and wende In Countryes straunge beyond the sea If God permit who can say nay The Bonauenture a shyp royall Cheefe Admirall then of the fléete Sir Frauncis Drake chiefe Generall As by desertes he was most méete Most worthy Captaynes of hand and hart In thys boon voyage then tooke hys part The Primrose next Uize-Admirall Appointed by theyr best deuise Captayne Frobisher Uize Generall A valiant Captayne ware and wyse Captayne Carelell they did ordayne Liefetenant Generall on the mayne The Ayde a royall shyppe and hotte The Gallien wyll conuict her foes The Sea-Dragon she spares no shott The Talbott barkes where ere she goes The Whyte Lyon her foes wyll smart And all the rest wyll take her part At Plimmouth they remayned a space Till all their Ships were furnished Their gouernment good fame and grace Throughout the Realme is published Their sayles displaide the Seas t'atchiue September Anno eighty fyue Before which month was fully doone At Bayon first they did ariue The Towne perforce they might haue wonne But they pretended not to striue By Parlée then they did agrée The Generall vsed them courteously The men of Vigo in raging ire Then made great bragges them to molest Yet in the ende at theyr desire He graunted them theyr owne request For he was loth these Townes to inuade For hindring of our Marchants trade Then setting sayle from thence in hast To the Canaries swift they flye Thrée hundred Leagues by count were past Ere they the Towne of Palme came nie These proude Townesmen enuying theyr fléete Th●● shot at them in great despite Let not

prickes with poysoned heades were dight The water lowe as Gods will was Twixt strand and seas they safely passe Then in the morne before daylight They came full in theyr Enemies face Then all at once with force and might They ran vppon them in a race For all their force and thundring shot One of theyr Sconces soone they got As God shut vp the Lyons Iawes From noying his Prophet Daniell And eke preserued from tyrantes pawes The thrée children of Israell And saued them in the Ouen so hotte So he conuayd away their shotte Our Captaines then most valiantly To courage their Souldiours for to fight Did ieoperd themselues then formostlie Which made their enemies dread their might Boldned souldiours put foes to shame To winne their countrie honour and fame From Sconce to Sconce then they retyre Theyr lofty harts right soone were quailde They left their holdes and fled for feare Then with theyr héeles they best preuaile And as they fled straung newes they tell These be no men but féendes of hell Their Ordenaunce and artillerie Which in their holdes did then remaine Our men atchiue with victory The Towne like c●se they won certaine Their Ensignes then they did display Upon theyr walles none ●urst say nay The Souldiours then séeke for their pray Some for their bellyes likewise did care Though breakefast sharpe now care away Their dinners swéete and wholesome fare Bread and victuals they found good store With wine and suger as erst before They made a Sconce amidst the stréete And plast great Ordenaunce in the fame To charge the watch when't came to night To daunt their foes their rage to 〈◊〉 Being shot o● their thundring ●ound So shooke theyr Church the roofe fell d●wne This Towne also they kept a space And eke the Fryery there beside These Townesmen then with humble grace Besought the Generall at that tide To release their towne he would vouchsaue And they would gyue what he would haue All things prouided orderly And brought vnto the waters side Munitions and artillerie Was all imbarked at that tide The Marriners without delay These thinges aboorde with spéede conuay The Generall with his company Then in a Frigat ●●tlie plaste And all his Souldiours in a route In Pinnasses with him then past The Castle which first did them annoy As they past by they did destroy Then when aboord their shippes they come They were receyued ioyfully A peale of Gunnes with thundring soun● For one houre space euen pearst the skie Theyr Drumes strooke vp their Trumpets soūd Theyr victories which doo abound Their yardes a crosse hoyst at the toppe Theyr Anchors wayde then presently Theyr sayles displayd their good ships loppe The Mariners standes their tackling by Eche Helme belayd with good respect As skilfull Maisters did directe Recording then their victories Which they had wonne by Gods great might And eke the sundry ieoperdies They had escaped day and night They yéeld God thankes most hartely Both for his ayde and victory Then homeward as their course did lie At sundry Iles they put a shore Their former wantes for to supply With victuales and fresh water store At Florida they did ariue Saint Augustine for to atchiue These townesmen trusting in their strength Then fiercely set against the Drake Yet he and's men preuaile at length When they were faine theyr towne forsake Which when he had possest with fame Upon humble sute releast the same This towne they wan most valiantly As they did all the rest before The Lord was still their victory Whose name be praysed euermore And yeeld to Drake his due and right Let fame extoll this noble knight His rare attempts performed and doone With honour fame and victory The like before who euer wonne That you can call to memorie Therefore I pray for Englandes sake The Lord preserue the noble Drake When siedge is layd to towne or forte And then the same bée yéelded straight The valour's then of small report And the exploites of no great waight But where with force they bide the brunt Theyr conquestes are of great account Vlisses with his Nauie great In ten yéeres space great valour wonne Yet all his time did no such feate As Drake within one yéere hath doone Both Turke and Pope and all our foes Doo dread this ●rake where ere he goes After he had such ●alours wonne And ouercame the enemie To merry England he wo●ld returne The pleasants land in Christientie At Portesmouth then by Gods good grace With all his fléete 〈◊〉 in short space When tidinges came vnto the Courte Sir Frauncis Drake was newe came home Her highnes hearin● this report Her grace was glad that he was come And all her Lords with one accord For hys safe returne praysed the Lord. To Portesmouth then there did resort Right worshipfull from Citty and towne This Knight to welcome to the porte With honor fame and great renowne His valiant Captaines and gentles bloode They welcomed home with ioyfull moode His entertainement at the Courte With his Captaines of worthy fame I néede not stand to make report Sith brute eche where hath spred the same Yet once againe for Englands sake Pray God spéede well the noble Drake His valiant minde his secrete skill By flying Fame eche where is spred His loyall loue his méere good will To Quéene and Realme both séene and read Sith God is dooer of the same Let vs all prayse his holy name Through him he got great victories Through him he did his foes dismay Through him he scapt great ieoperdies And perrill both by Land and Sea Who hath preserued by his great might Our Quéene and realme yéeres twenty eyght God saue our Quéene of merry England His sacred word long to maintaine Her Graces Nauie and royall bande Through his good grace may long remaine Lord blesse her counsell and kéepe them aye With all true Subiects night and day Finis quoth Thomas Greepe To the right reuerende godly learned Father my very good freend M. Iohn Fox preacher of the word of GOD. MAister Fox whereas we haue had of late such happy successe against the Spanyardes I doo assure my selfe that you haue faithfully remembred vs in your good prayers and therefore I haue not forgotten breef●ly to make you pertaker thereof The 19. of Aprill wee arriued within the Rode of Calles where we found very manie shipping but amongst the reste 32. of exceeding burden lade and to be laden with prouision prepared to furnish the Kinges Nauie intended with all speede against England the which when wee had boorded and also furnished our seuerall Ships with prouision as wee thought sufficient wee burnt And although by the space of two dayes and two nights that wee continued there we were stil endaungered both with thundring shott from the Towne and assailed with the roaring Cannons of twelue Gallyes yet wee suncke two of them and one greate Argosey and still auoyded them with very small hurt and so at our departure we brought away foure ships of prouision to the great terror of our enemies and honor to our selues as it may appeare by a most curteous Letter written vnto me with a Flagge of truce by Duke Petro Generall of the Gallyes But where as it is most certayne that the king doth not onely make speedy preparatiō in Spayne but likewise expected a verye great Fleete from the Straytes and dyuers other places that shold ioyne with his forces to inuade England We purpose to sette apart all feare of daunger and by Gods furtheraunce to proceede by all the good meanes we can deuise to preuent theyr comming wherfore I shall desire you to continue faithfull in remembraunce of vs in your prayers that our purpose may take that good effect as God may be glorifyed his Church our Queene and Country preserued and these Enemies of the trueth vtterly vanquished that we may haue continuall peace in Israel Frō aboord her Maiesties good Ship the Elizabeth Bonauenture Your louing freende and faythfull Sonne in Christ Iesus Frauncis Drake Our enemies are many but our protector commaundeth the whole world let vs all pray continually and our Lorde Iesus wyll heare vs in good time mercifully Frauncis Drake Wrytten by the hands of M. Pynner Iosua cap. 3. The towne wonne on New yeres Day