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A00924 A discourse of that which happened in the battell fought betweene the two navies of Spaine and Portugall, at the Ilands of the Azores. Anno Dom. 1582 Bazan, Álvaro de, marquês de Santa Cruz, 1526-1588. 1583 (1583) STC 1103; ESTC S120245 9,039 26

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assaulting of the enimie foreseeing and ordering all things needfull to be doone The artilterie both belowe and aloft did great good through the great diligence of those capteins that had charge thereof The battell betweene the other ships did proceede giuing and receiuing great chargings one vpon an other The battell continued fiue houres and at the last the enimie fled Don Anthonio was departed in a small Pinesse with another ship the night before the battell Some ships were sonke some spoiled hauing beheaded the men that were found in them and some fled to other ships And for that we could not toe their ships the Marquis commanded that we should burne them and sinke such as we could as we had begun to doo The Caruaile with the horses which they had taken was recouered It is thought that there is of the enimies aboue 1200. slaine drowned and beheaded besides manie that be hurt of them that escaped in the ships which fled There might haue bene taken manie of their ships more if we had had time and mariners sufficient for to haue towed them but they were suffered to depart without men and spoiled and it is certaine that the Admirall which was left for halfe drowned and other foure or siue ships more were ouerthrowne in the Ile of Saint Michael and it it thought others haue done the like in other places The number of those that were slaine in the Nauie of the Spaniards was 224 men and of those that were hurt 553. which is in all 777. Besides some that were scalded with artificiall fire amongst whom was the generall Comptroller Syr Peter de Tassis in the face ¶ The names of the principall men that came with Don Anthonio of whom some were prisoners some died and some did runne awaie Philip Strozzi Capteine generall was prisoner and hurt with a shot of an harquebush of the which shot he died so soone as he came in the presence of the Marquis The Earle Devimioso was prisoner and hurt with an harquebush and a thrust with a sword wherof he died in the generals shippe the day after the battell The Countie Brisak liefetenant some saie that he escaped in a boat of his ship others saie that he was slaine with a shot the truth is not knowne Mounsir de Piamount generall master of the Campe was slaine in the battell Of the eight principal capteins of the eight regiments that came in the armie which was 6800 souldiers accounting the aduenterers some were slaine some fled away The Lords of Townes and Castles that were taken aliue Mounsir de Bocamaior Lord of Rousola Mounsir Iohn Delatus Lord of Heria William de Sanclear Lord of Sanclear Lewes de Clen Lord of Bronnes Peter de Oube Lord of Quenes Gilbert de Louel Lord of Vuell Peter de Bean. Mounsir de Gal Lord de Gal. Mounsir de Gifford Lord of Giffordel Mounsir de la Onet eldest sonne vnto the Lord of Gresoul Edward de Langert Lord of Piel Fabio Gansete sonne to the lord of Gansete Mounsir de Vda Lord of Vda Mounsir Fransoius Lord of Montilla Mounsir Laquesbai eldest sonne of the Lord of Biapolis Mounsir Robert Debella eldest sonne of the Lord of Veosola Mounsir Guillam Mason lord of Falla Mounsir Bigart de Piloart lord of Manterie Mounsir Beltram de Amigat lord of Stituias Mounsir Petro Iailato lord of Sans. Mounsir Philip Mentado lord of Sabrussa Mounsir Iohn de Bocamaior lord of Rosilla Claudio de Pomoline Lord of Popalin Iacobo Laserean Lord of Lasserian Mounsir Demondoc Lord of Mondoc The Gentlemen prisoners which were no Lords of Townes nor Castles were in number 51. And of Mariners and common souldiers 303. The Marquis seeing that there was peace and amitie betweene the king his Master and the French king and knowing that these aduenturers came onlie in the fauour of Don Anthonio Prior de Crato and with mind to robbe and spoile his Maiesties Fleet of both his Indians and to make them selues lords of his Ilands and dominions as they had begun in the Ile of Saint Michael and that their meaning was to make other spoils and piracies In punishing of their fault and the common offence committed by them against the publike peace sworne mainteined and kept betweene these two Crownes and their subiects did declare all the prisoners to be enemies of the quietnes and common good troublers of the intercourses fauorers of his Maiesties rebels and as to such ones and publike theeues rouers and pyrats the cheefe Justice of the Fleete did ordeine that for the punishment of those and ensample to others in like cases that the noble men should be beheaded and that the rest should be hanged from 17. yeeres vpwards And this sentence being giuen it was put in execution the first day of August of this present yeere 1582. This relation was sent by the Lord Marquis de Sainta-cruse vnto his Maiestie by Syr Peter Poncei of Lyon his nephew who departed from Villa Franca which is in the Ile of Saint Michael the fourth day of the moneth of August and ariued at Lishborne the 24. day of the same being S. Bartholmews day in the morning