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A05269	The copie of a letter sent out of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza ambassadour in France for the King of Spaine declaring the state of England, contrary to the opinion of Don Bernardin, and of all his partizans Spaniardes and others. This letter, although it was sent to Don Bernardin Mendoza, yet, by good hap, the copies therof aswell in English as in French, were found in the chamber of one Richard Leigh a seminarie priest, who was lately executed for high treason committed in the time that the Spanish Armada was on the seas. Whereunto are adioyned certaine late aduertisements, concerning the losses and distresses happened to the Spanish nauie, aswell in fight with the English nauie in the narrow seas of England, as also by tempests, and contrarie winds, vpon the west, and north coasts of Ireland, in their returne from the northerne isles beyond Scotland.	Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.; Leigh, Richard, 1561?-1588, attributed name.; Mendoza, Bernardino de, 1540 or 41-1604.	1588 (1588)	STC 15413; ESTC S108408	47,041	60

the Realme shewed euery of them seuerall strong Bands of horsemen to the great liking of the Quéene and of all the people that were there being many thousands And within two daies after that the Earle of Essex being Master of the Quéenes horse with certaine principall Gentlemen his seruants friends and followers shewed afore the Quéene aboue thrée hundred horses of al seruice and a great number of Carabins and a faire Band of footmen all Musketiers This shew excéeded in number any other particular Band and the Earle himselfe with a great number of Launces horsed and armed did run very many courses and specially with the Earle of Cumberland as they cal it the Course of the field which I had neuer séene before and did also him selfe and his company Tourney on horsebacke a very long time and caused also his Carabines and his footemen to make many skirmishes there to the great liking of the Quéene and of the multitude of people which were many thousands Amongst whom I heard many vehement spéeches against all English Papists calling them all Traitors wishing also that the Spaniards had bene there in that field with treble the number to make proofe of the value of English men all which I heard to my great griefe with many curses against all their countrimen saying that they as arrant Traitors to their natiue countrie had villanously sold as farre as in them did lie the libertie of their country to Spaniards and other Papists It behoued me not there to haue contraried any of them for surely if I had their rancour was so stirred vp by the comfort of these faire shewes of horsemen as they would there in the field in their rage haue killed me and cut me in a thousand péeces Besides these Lords aboue named there were brought to the towne other faire Bandes by the Earle of Worcester the Earle of Hertford the Lord Audeley Lord Morley Lord Dacres Lord Lomeley Lord Mountioy Lord Sturton Lord Darcy Lord Sands Lord Mordant and by euery one that were of the priuie Counsell so as by estimation there were about London at that time aboue fiue thousand horses readie to serue the Quéene besides all the horsemen that were raised in all other Countries for the Armies and the Sea coasts And besides these I heard in a very good place where I was silent that there was by accompt twise as many in readinesse with the Noble men that were absent attending on their charges in their seuerall Lieutenancies As the Marques of Winchester one counted to be the strongest man of his own furniture for Horse Armour who is Lieutenant of Hampshire with the Earle of Sussex Captaine of Portemouth and Lieutenant also of Dorcetshire Next to him is in accompt the Earle of Shrowsbury Earle Marshal of England Lieutenent of a great number of Countries and of great power of his owne both for horsemen and footmen beside the power of the Lord Talbot his sonne The Earle of Darby also though he was in Flaunders from whence he came lately yet his sonne the Lord Strange Lieutenent of Lancashire and Cheshire in his fathers absence is said to haue raised a great power of horsemen And to shew the populer affection to this Earle in his Countrey I heard it for certaine reported that when the Earle continued longer in Flanders then they liked and doubting of his returne for that they supposed that the Duke of Parma would stay him and the other Commissioners there the people of his Countrie in a generalitie did amongst themselues determine that the Lord Strange the Erles sonne and all the manhood of Lancashire and Cheshire would goe ouer the Seas and fetch the Earle home A matter for no purpose to be spoken of but to note the force of the loue which the people doe beare to the Earle who with his sonne is firmely bent against the Pope The Earle of Bath also Lieutenant of Deuonshire had as is said great forces of his owne readie to haue impeached the landing of any strangers in Deuonshire The Earle of Pembroke also being Lieutenant of Somersetshire and Wiltshire and Lord President of all Wales was ready to haue come to the Quéene with thrée hundred horsemen and fiue hundred footmen all of his owne retinue leauing all the Countries vnder his charge fully furnished I omit here to speake of the Bands of horsemen belonging to the Earles of Northumberland and Cumberland which though they were ready to haue bene shewed at the same time yet the Earles hearing of the Spanish Armie approching went voluntarily to the Sea side in all hast and came to the Quéenes Nauie before the fight afore Callice Where they being in seuerall ships of the Quéenes did with their owne persons valiant seruices against the Kings Armada And to shew the great readines in a generalitie of sundrie others at the same time to aduenture their liues in the said seruice there went to the Seas at the same time diuers Gentlemen of good reputation who voluntarily without any charge without knowledge of the Quéene put themselues into the Quéens Nauy in sundry ships wherein they serued at the fight afore Callice of which number being very great I remember that the names of some of them were these Master Henry Brooke sonne heire to the Lord Cobham Sir Thomas Cecil sonne and heire to the Lord Treasurer Sir William Hatton heire to the Lord Chancellour Sir Horatio Pallauicino a Knight of Genua Master Robert Carie sonne to the Lord Hunsdon Sir Charles Blunt brother to the Lord Mountioy But much speach is of two Gentlemen of the Court that went to the Nauie at the same time whose names are Thomas Gerard and William Heruie to me not knowen but now here about London spoken of with great fame These two aduentured out of ship boate to scale the great Galliasse wherein Moncada was and entred the same only with their Rapiers a matter commonly spoken that neuer the like was hazarded afore considering the height of the Galliasse compared to a ship boate And yet to make it more manifest how earnest all sorts of Noble men and Gentlemen were to aduenture their liues in this seruice it is reported that the Earle of Oxford who is one of the most auncient Earles of this land went also to the Sea to serue in the Quéenes Army There went also for the same purpose a second sonne of the Lord Treasurer called as I can remember Robert Cecil there went also about that time to the Seas the Lord Dudley an ancient Baron of the Realme and Sir Walter Ralegh a Gentleman of the Queenes priuie Chamber and in his company a great number of young Gentlemen amongst whom I remember the names of the heire of Sir Thomas Cecil called

1 397. A Biscaine wrecked before Ostēd 1. 000.   The day after the fight there sank two Venetians 2 843.   A great Biscaine forced by two of the Queenes ships to perish at Newhauen 1 000.     Ships Men   Total of these ships 15 4791.   Totall of both these losses 32 10185. Whereof there are prisoners in England Zeland at the least 1000. besides a great multitude of men not here accounted that were slaine in the fight and that haue died of famine as by the examinations aforesaid appeareth Beside many ships not yet heard of thought to be lost       In what termes England standeth in the opinion of the Catholiques The Spanish preparation three yeeres in making The Duke of Parmas army in Flaunders No forreine force coulde inuade England without a strong party in England Hope of victorie by the Spanish Army with assistance of a partie in England this Sommer All Spanishe hope fallen in nine daies The Catholiques doubt of their cause seeing the hād of God is against the Armie Many English Catholiques mislike of the Popes reformatiō by force The vntimely publishing of the intended conquest before the Spanish nauy was redy did great hurt The heartes of all sorts of people enflamed against the Spaniards vaunting to conquer the land The vntimely publication of the Popes Bull did hurt to the common cause Cardinall Allens bookes haue done much hurt to the intended inuasion and conquest The Cardinals rash violent writing missiked by the Catholiques The multitude of bookes published to shewe the greatnes of the Spanishe Nauy did also hurt The forewarninges of the Armadas greatnes caused the Queene to put all her Realme in force beyond all former The Armies made readie Nauie England in euery quarter of the realme The Maritime Countries prouided at lading places with twenty thousand men All the bands were vnder the principal Knights of the realme compounded of the most mightie men being their tenants and seruants A strange report of the wealth of a band of souldiers An error of the Catholique fugitives in the number of their partners in England A consent and concurrencie of Papistes and Protestants to withstand the conquest The gentlemen Recusants in Elie offer to aduenture then liues against all inuasions whatsoeuer without respect of Pope or other potentate The Recusants are not put in danger of their liues for their religion but are fined at summes of money The Iesuits are not executed for religion but for treasons The Seminaries for the most part come disguised like Ruffians Babington suffered for his treasons voluntarily cōfessed not for religion though at his death hee professed the Romane religion A multitude of gentlemen suspected to be Papists yet neuer indangered of their liues Many of the Priests that are sent into the realm are yong rash of leude life A great strēgth of the English Nauie by the Shippes of the port townes that did serue without wages Two notable lies printed in Paris and imputed to Don Bernardin Mendoza A most manifest lie printed in Paris of a Spanish victory when it was altogether an English victorie Mendacia of Mendoza The state of the Nauie of England this Sommer L. Haward L Admirall L. Henry Seymour Sir Francis Drake L. Tho. Haward L. Sheffeld The fight of the English Nauie with the Spanish The flying away of the Spanish Nauie The Spaniards prisoners say that Christ shewed himself a Lutheran in this Sommer voiage of the Spanish Nauie God shewed no sauour to the Spanishe Nauy from the beginning to the ending Don Pedro de Valdez Captaine Generall of the Armada of Andaluzia Hugo de Moncada Generall of the Galliasses of Naples Diego de Pimentelli Captaine of the Galleon named S. Matthew A consideration what may be done the next yeare to renew this Action The 3. hopes conceiued against Englād are nowe all frustrated The Englishe Nauie will be stronger the next yeare Offer of Hollanders and Zelanders to ioine with the English Nauie Iustinian Nassau Admiral of Holland with sixe and fortie ships of warre ioyned to the English Nauie against the D. of Parma Argumentes to proue no miscontentment of the people towards the Queene The prouidēce of the Queene to make her Realme strong The Queenes being in the Army in Essex when moste daunger was threatned by the enemies landing The notable Applause of the people to the Queene for her presence in the Campe. The singing of Psalmes by the English Army in the Campe. An Army prouided for the Queene beside the Army readie to withstād the landing of the enemie Great power of Horsemen brought by the Nobilitie to attend on the Queenes person The Viscount Mountagues shewe of horsemen was the first A number of great Lordes shewed their horsemen Earle of Lincolne Lord Windesore Lord Chancelour Earle of Warwicke Lord Treasurer L. Compton Earle of Leycester Lord Rich. Sir Walter Mildmay Sir Henry Cromwell Sir 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Earle of Essex with a great Band of horsemen and footemen afore the Queene at S. Iames. Course of the field Tourney Earle of Worcester Earle of Hertford Lord Audeley Lord Morley L. Dacres L. Lomeley L. Mountioy L. Sturton L. Darcy L. Sands L. Mordant Marques of Winchester Earle of Sussex Erle of Shrowsbury L. Talbot Earle of Darby L. Strange Earle of Bath Earle of Pembrokes noble offer Earle of Northumberland Earle of Cumberland Master Henry Brooke Sir Tho. Cecil Sir Wil. Hatton Sir Horatio Pallauicino M. Robert Carie. Sir Charles Blunt M. Thomas Gerard. M. Wil. Heruie Earle of Oxford M. Robert Cecil L. Dudley Sir Walter Ralegh M. Wil. Cecil M. Edward Darcy M. Arthure Gorge Earle of Huntington L. Scroope L. Darcy L. Euers Earle of Kent L. Hunsdon L. Cobham L. Grave L. North. L. Chandos L. Saint Iohn L. Buckhurst Earle of Rutland Earle of South-hampton Earle of Bedford Offer of the K. of Scots to the Queen of England Bands of horsemen and footmē erected by the Bishops The third and last hope which the Catholiques had of a partie in the realme was all frustrate The Spanishe prisoners condemne the K. purpose as being abused by the exiled Catholiques whō the Spaniards call traitors to their countrey No possibilitie to Inuade and conquere a realme without fauour of a partie inward The Spanishe prisoners condemne the enterprise and course of Don Bernardin of Mendoza Sir Frācis Englefield Lord Paget Earle of Westmerland Thomas Stukleyes abusing of the King of Spaine and the Pope newly remēbred by the Spaniardes A conclusiō by the writer to perswade an other course not by violence No hope for furtherance of the Popes authoritie by any now liuing that may succeede the Queene in the liue Royall A Conclusion what is best to maintaine the Catholike Religion in England A tolleration from the Pope for the Recusants in England Order taken by the K. of Scots in fauour of the English Daily prayers Publike praiers and giuing of thankes The seuenth of September A place neere to Smerwike where the Spaniards were defeated by the Lord Gray Michael Oquēdo was general of the squadrō of xiiii ships of Guipusque Fiue hundred drownd wherof were a hundred gentlemē and one onely saued of the whole number Seuen hundred drowned and one hundred takē prisoners Ballicrahihy Thirteene gentlemen taken Foure hundred haue sought to intrench themselues Seuēty eight were drowned and slaine Threescore taken Melaghlin Mac Cab slue foure score of them A Spanish ship of a thousande tuns burnt by the Spaniards Two other ships lost Ricaldes the Admiral in the sound of Bleskey Eight thousand Spaniards lost by fight sicknesse Two ships sonke A ship of 1000. tonne sonke of 500. persons but one saued The Kings base sonne drowned with other principall perions Fiftie Canons twēty fiue peeces of ordināce fiftie tonnes of secke thirtie thousand Duckets in gold and siluer sonke Fifteene men lost in fight vpon the Disards Fiue and twentie moe lost in the same ship Two ships lost One Galliasse cast on shore Two Gallions and one Byskeine sonke Three Venetian shippes sort beaten with shot The Spanishe Nauy sore beated with shot by the English and their tackling much spoiled The Spaniard cast their horses and mules ouer boord In the fight at Callice were slaine the Maister of the Cauallary of the Tercij of Naples Sicile The Maister of the Campe of the horsemen The Maister of the Campe of footemen And foure thousand others besides a thousand drowned The Admirall after the sight at Callice came not out of his bed in seauen weekes and more Sixe hundred Spaniards assaulted by one hundred and fifty Englishe vanquished taken prisoners * Don Piedro de Valdes taken These two remaine in England * In this vessell Don Hugo de Moncada was slaine * Don Diego Piementel taken in this