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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33307	England's remembrancer a true and full narrative of those two never to be forgotten deliverances : one from the Spanish invasion in 88, the other from the hellish Powder Plot, November 5, 1605 : whereunto is added the like narrative of that signal judgment of God upon the papists by the fall of the house in Black-Fryers London upon their fifth of November, 1623 / collected for the information and benefit of each family by Sam. Clark.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1677 (1677)	Wing C4512; ESTC R24835	49,793	136

with continual depredations surprised and sacked his Towns in Spain and America and had very lately put the Queen of Scots to death therein violating the Majesty of all Kings Again that this War would be no less profitable than just For hereby he might add to his Empire other flourishing Kingdoms extinguish the Rebellion in the Low-Countries hitherto fomented and supported from England secure his Voyages from both the Indies and abate his vast expences in Convoying his Indian Fleets both forward and backward For proof whereof they suggested that the English Navy was neither for number nor greatness nor strength comparable to that of Spain especially having the Portugal Fleet now annexed unto it That England was not fortified and it wanted Commanders Souldiers a Cavalry and Ammunition was bare of Wealth and Friends That there were many in all parts of it addicted to the Romish Religion and would upon the first opportunity joyn their forces with his In brief that so great was the strength of the Spaniard and so unmatchable was their valour that no man durst oppose against them and therefore they might confidently assure themselves of victory Moreover that now an opportunity was afforded by God himself to the King of Spain to effectuate this great design having no cause to fear any other Enemies by reason of a Truce lately concluded by him with the Great Turk and the French his old Enemies being now embroiled in Civil Wars at home They perswaded him likewise that England was an easier Conquest than the Netherlands For that he had a shorter cut to it by Sea and that an open Sea neither was it so fortified with Cities Castles c. as the Netherlands were and that England being once Conquered the Netherlands would soon follow of course having lost their best Supporter These and such like arguments prevailing with the King of Spain in the next place they held a serious Consultation about the manner of Invading England Don Alvares Bassano Marquiss of Sancta Cruce who was to Command the Armado advised that some Port-Town in Holland or Zealand should suddenly be surprized by the Prince of Parma's Land Forces who was then Governor of the Netherlands under the King of Spain and by some Spanish Ships sent to assist him by Sea that so the great Fleet might have an Harbour from whence to begin their Invasion with whom agreed in opinion the Prince of Parma himself who was very forward to promote this expedition But others opposed this by reason of the difficulty danger expence of time and vast charge that it would require They held that with the same charge England might easier be won and that the Conquest thereof would be assured if a well-appointed Army out of Spain and the Low-Countries might be landed at the Thames mouth and London the Metropolis of England surprised by a sudden Assault And this opinion as the more probable prevailed And then again it was advised by some that War should first be denounced by an Herald both to remove suspicion and jealousie from neighbour Princes and to drive our Queen to call in Foreign Forces to assist Her hoping that according to the insolent manner of mercenaries they would raise mutinies and spoil the Country which would make the Queens Subjects evil affected towards Her so that all things would grow into confusion in England But this motion was not hearkened to by men grown fierce insolent and confident of their own strength only they desired the blessing of the Pope upon their Armado and the Prayers of the Catholicks to God and the Saints for good success And to strike the greater terror into the hearts of the English They set forth Books with printed Maps wherein was expressed the greatness of their Preparations in each particular which indeed was so great in Spain Portugal Italy and Sicily that the Spaniards themselves were amazed at it and procured the Pope to Christen it by the name of the Invincible Armado Now that the wonderful power and mercy of God to us in this poor Nation in protecting us against the same may the more gloriously appear I shall in the next place set down what their preparations were for Ships Mariners Land-Souldiers Ammunition and other provisions for the carrying on of so great an undertaking The Spanish Navy being the best appoin●ed for Men Munition and all manner of provision that ever the Ocean saw had been five years in preparing consisted of one hundred and thirty Ships whereof these were the principal The Admiral Gallion of Saint Martins of a thousand Tun burden had in her one hundred seventy and seven Mariners three hundred Souldiers fifty Canon c. The Gallion of Saint Johns of one thousand and seventy Tun had in her one hundred and sixty Mariners two hundred and thirty one Souldiers fifty Canon c. The Gallion of Saint Mark of seven hundred and ninety two Tun had in it one hundred and seventeen Mariners two hundred and ninety two Souldiers c. The Gallion of Saint Phillip of eight hundred Tun had in it one hundred and seventeen Mariners four hundred and fifteen Souldiers forty Guns c. The Gallion of Saint Lewis of eight hundred and thirty Tun had in it one hundred and sixteen Mariners three hundred and seventy six Souldiers forty Guns c. The Gallion of Saint Matthew of seven hundred and fifty Tun had in it fifty Mariners one hundred and seventy seven Souldiers forty Guns c. The Gallion of Saint James of five hundred and twenty Tun had in it one hundred Mariners three hundred Souldiers fifty two Guns c. The Gallion of Florence of nine hundred and sixty one Tun had in it one hundred Mariners three hundred Souldiers fifty two Guns c. The Gallion of Saint Christopher of three hundred fifty and two Tun had in it ninety Mariners three hundred Souldiers thirty Guns c. The Gallion of Saint Bernard of three hundred fifty two Tun had in it one hundred Mariners two hundred and eighty Souldiers thirty Guns c. A Ship of Saint Angelo of seven hundred sixty and eight Tun had in it one hundred and fourteen Mariners three hundred and twenty three Souldiers thirty Canons c. The Gangrine of one thousand one hundred and sixty Tun had in it one hundred and ten Mariners three hundred Souldiers thirty six Canons c. The Ship Saint James of six hundred and sixty Tun had in her one hundred and two Mariners two hundred and fifty Souldiers thirty Guns c. The Manuel of five hundred and twenty Tun had in her fifty four Mariners one hundred and thirty Souldiers sixteen Guns c. The Saint Mary of seven hundred and 7 Tun had in her fifty Mariners two hundred and twenty Souldiers thirty Guns c. But I need not reckon up the rest They had in all one hundred and thirty Ships containing Fifty seven thousand eight hundred and eight Tun wherein were Eight hundred and forty five Mariners

Nineteen thousand two hundred and ninety five Souldiers and two thousand and eighty eight Gally-slaves And so confident were the Spaniards that England should pay the shot that they spared no cost for furnishing it forth with all things necessary For which end they provided of Bullets for great shot two hundred and twenty thousand Of Powder four thousand and two hundred Kintals every Kintal containing a hundred pound weight of Lead for Bullets a thousand Kintals of Match a thousand and two hundred Kintals Musquets seven thousand of Partisans and Halberts ten thousand with store of Murthering pieces double Canon and Field pieces for the Camp they had also store of Furniture for Carriages Mules and Horses so that they were sufficiently provided both for Sea and Land Bread and Bisket ready baked and Wine laid aboard for six months provision They had moreover six thousand five hundred Kintals of Bacon three thousand of Cheese besides other Flesh Rise Beans Pease Oil and Vinegar with twelve thousand Pipes of fresh Water They had also store of Torches Lamps and Lanthorns Canvas Hides and Lead to stop Leaks Whips and Butcherly Knives to murder and torment the poor English In a word the Army was thirty two thousand strong and cost the King of Spain thirty two thousand Ducats every day In this Army were five Regiments of old Spanish Souldiers of the Tertio's of Naples Sicily and the Tercera's Commanded by five Masters Del-Campo The first was Don Diego de Piementel a Knight of the Order of Saint John and Brother to the Marquess of Taveras The second Colonel was Don Francisco de Toledo Brother to the Earl of Orgas The third Don Alonzo de Luzon The fourth Don Nicholas de Illa The fifth was Augustin Mexia each Colonel having in his Regiment thirty two Companies Besides the Castilian and Portugal Bands each of them having their peculiar Commanders and Weapons The General of this mighty Army the Marquess of Sancta Cruce being now dead was Don Lodovicus Peres the Duke of Med na Sidonia of the Order of the Golden Fleece The Admiral was Don John Martinez de Richald The Marshal Don Francisco Bovadille Others were chief Counsellors for the War and Don Martin Alarcon was Vicar General for the holy unholy Inquisition in whose train were a hundred Monks and Jesuites and Cardinal Allen was appointed the Superintendent of Ecclesiastical matters throughout England who fearing to be unprovided translated Pope Sixtus his Bull into English that it might be the sooner published upon the arrival of the Spanish Fleet in this our Nation Of voluntary Adventurers there were a hundred and twenty four Noblemen and Gentlemen of all the greatest Houses in Spain hoping to be well paid with the Lands and Riches of England The Prince of Parma also in the Netherlands by the King of Spains Command built Ships and very many flat bottomed Boats each of them big enough to carry thirty Horse with Bridges fitted to them to Ship and unship the Horses He hired Mariners from East-Germany set many thousands on work to dig and deepen Rivers from Antwerp to Gaunt and to Bruges lading three hundred small Boats with Munition and Victuals Two hundred more flat-bottom'd Boats were made though not so big as the former which lay ready in the Haven of Newport besides thirty seven Ships of War at Dunkirk He prepared Piles sharpened at the nether ends headed with Iron and hooked on the sides to pile up the mouths of Rivers At Graveling he provided twenty thousand empty Casks with Cords and other furniture to make floating Bridges to stop up the Heavens beside an infinite number of Fagots He shipped likewise a great abundance of Saddles Bridles with other furniture for Horse and Horses also for Carriages with Ordance and other provisions for War Near unto Newport he had lying under the command of Camillo thirty Companies of Italians two of Walloons and eight of Burguignons every Company containing a hundred men At Dyxmew he mustered eight Companies of Netherlanders sixty of Spaniards sixty of High Dutch among which were seven hundred Fugitive English under the Command of Sir William Stanley who of all others were held in greatest contempt neither was Stanley nor the Earl of Westmoorland nor others which offered their service and counsel once heard but for their treachery to their Country barred from all access and as most unfortunate conductors worthily with detestation rejected At Conick also he quartered other four thousand and at Watene nine hundred Horse Commanded by the Marquess of Guast And to this Land-service came the Duke of Pastrana supposed to be the King of Spains base Son the Marquess of Buorgon one of the Duke Ferdinands Sons Don Vespasian Gonsago of the House of Mantua a great Souldier who had been Viceroy of Spain Don John de Medices Bastard of Florence Don Amadeus Bastard of Savoy with many others of the like quality Neither was Sixtus Quintus Pope of Rome any ways backward to shew his diligence and devotion to this intended Invasion but sent abroad his Crusado as he used to do against the Turks and Infidels wherein out of the treasure of the Church he gave plenary Indulgences and pardon of all their sins to every one that contributed his assistance hereunto and for the furtherance of this enterprise himself undertook to contribute a million of Gold the one half presently down the other half when any notable Haven in our land should be won yet with this Proviso that the Crown of England should be held as Feudatory to the See of Rome in earnest whereof he bestowed upon the King of Spain his Apostolical postolical Benediction and the Title of Defender of the Faith He sent also Cardinal Allen into the Low-Countries and renewed the Bulls of Pius the fifth and Gregory the thirteenth whereby Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated deposed from her Throne and her Subjects absolved from all allegiance to her Thus we see what preparations were made both at Sea and Land at Rome in Spain and the Netherlands for the subduing of England extirpating the Gospel and subjugating us under the yoke of Spain now let us see what provision and preparations our Queen made to dispel this black Cloud that hung over our head And truly the first thing that she did was most Christian For as when Jehosophat was threatned with the like danger 2 Chro. 20. 3. He sought the Lord and proclaimed a Fast so did She requiring all her Subjects to humble themselves by Fasting and Prayer knowing that these are the best Weapons of the Church that they by them might seek unto the Lord and say in the words of Jehosophat O Lord God art not thus God in Heaven and rulest not thou over all the Kingdoms of the Earth and in thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee O our God wilt thou not judge them For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us