NRLF 337 A UJ^LL f LIBRARY OF THK UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. C r T F"T ( ) K Received Accession No. 7 fr / 3 &~~ The subsequent facsimile is made from the original in the possession of the donor. Only five copies of it appear to be known : three of these are in public libraries, and two of the three are more or less imperfect : one of them wants four pages, and of the other some of the marginal notes have been cut away, and a portion of a leaf destroyed. The contents, besides their value in an historical point of view, are of interest in reference to the biographies of two such men as Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins, both of whom perished in the course of the enterprise to which the pamphlet relates. J. P. C. A LIBELL OF Spanifh Lies : FOVND AT THE Sackeof Cales , difcourfing the fight in theWeft INDIES, twixt the EnglifhNauie being fourteene Ships and Pinafles,and a fleete of twentie faile of the king of Spaines, and of the death of Sir Francis Drake. With an anfwere briefely confuting the Spanifh lies, and a fhort Relation of the fight accor ding to truth , written by Henrie Sauile Efquire, employed Captaine in one of her Maie- ftiesShippes, inthefameferuicea- gainft the Spaniard* And alfo an Approbation of this difcourfe, by Sir Thomas Baskeruile , then Generall of the Englifh fleete in that fer- uice: Allowing the maintenance thereof, perfonally in Armes againft Don Eernaldino , if hee fnall take exceptions to that which is heere let downe, Touching the fight twixt both Nauies, or iuftifie that which he hath moft falfely re ported in his vaine Printed letter. Prouerb . i 9. ver.g. Afalfe witnesflallnot bee rnpunijled, and he that fpeaketk lies JhaUperiJb. LONDON Printed by lohnWindet, dwelling by Pauls Wharfe at the figne of the CrolTe Keyes, and are there to be folde* 1596* OP THB UNIVERSITY TO THE COVR- teous Reader. Here as , DON BERNALDINO DELGAD ILLO de A VEL LA- NED A, General! of the Spanish fleet e , hath by his Printed letters published to the worlde diuers vn- truthes^ concerningourfleeteandthe Commaunder s thereof, fee king ther- byhisowneglorie^andourdifgrace; I haue taken vpon me ( though of ma ny leaft able] to confute the fame , the A 3 rather To the Reader. rather for that the printed Coppie came first into my hands , hauing my felfe beene Captaine of one of her Maieflies jhippes in the fame voy age: Take this therf ore (gentle Rea der) as a token ofmydutie andloueto my Countrie andCountrie-men^And expeffionely aplaine truth , as from the pen of a Souldier^ and Nauiga- tor: Which ifyoutake ingoodparte^ may draw mejhortly to a greater la bour^ by publishing vntoyou our whole voyage. Henrie Sauile. [He true Coppie of a letter found at the facking of Gales , written by Don Eernaldino Delgadillo de AveU laneda, Generall of the king of Spaine his Nauie in the weft Indies , fent vnto Do- ftor Peter Flores , President of the Con traction houfe for the Indies , and by him put in Print, with priueledge : wherein is declared manye vntruthes , and falfe re ports , tending to the difgrace of the fer- uiceofher Maiefties Nauie, and the Corn- maunders thereof, lately fent to the weft Indies, vnder the Commaund of Sir Fran ces Drake^ and Sir lohn Hawkins Generals at the Sea ; and Sir Thomas Easkeruile Ge nerall at land: with a confutation of di^ uers grofle lies and vntruthes, contayned in the fame letter : together with a fhort relation of the fight according to the truth. COPIA C O P I A D E r N A Carta^ qembio Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Auellaneda^ Gene ral del a Armada defuMageftad) embiada alDoffiorPedro Florez Prefidentedela cafadela Contra- tacion de las Tndias , en que trata delfuceffo del a Armada de Yngla- terra^ defpues quepattio de Pan a ma^ deque fuepor general Fran- cifco Draque^y defu muerte. E Cartageua di cu- enta a. V. m. como fall del puetto dela ciudad de Lisbona, en bufca de la arma da I da Ynglefa, aunque por la mucha priefla, ne fe pudierou reparar tambien los Galeones como fuera neceflario , y conel tiempo fe per- dio uno, y por defgracia fe quemo un Filibote, y a viedo andado mu- chos dias en bufca del enemigo, hafta que llegue a Cartagena, don de auiendo tornado el parecer de Don Pedro de Acuna Gouerna- dor y capitan general de aquella ciudad , porque tenia mucha ne- cefsidad de agua, y reparar los Nauios por que venian faltos del- la, me detuue en aquel puerto , a doude tuve noticia por un Anifb, que Francifco Draque murio en nombre de Dios, de pena de auer perdido tantos Baxeles y gente,a- B unque 2 unque defpues fe fupo mas por ef- tenfo, y avie do dado a. V. m. cu- enta de loque hafta alii a face dido agora la doy de que fall de aquel puerto a dos de Marco , y tome laderrotadelaHauana,donde en- tendi hillarlo, y aviendo hecho la diligencia pofible. Lunes a onze del dichomes, alas dos defpues de medio dia, al falir dela Ysla de Pi- nos^enlaenfenadadeGuaniguani- co, tope co el que y va con catorze Nauios muy buenos, fueme arri- mado a el, aun que tenia el viento por fuyo , y el Almiranta q yua mas al viento co orros dos Nauios commenco arrimarfele, y aunque vino fobre ella con todos los fuyos tres vezes, no fue parte acei carfe- le .3 le para quequi fiefle enueftir, los que eftaumos mas apartados fu- ymos dando bordos acercando- nos hafta jugar la artilleria, Mof- queteria,yArcabuzeriadelos mas dellos , en lo qual el ricibio m uy conocido dano,el lo hiza conelar- tilleria como fuele , y particular- mente el Almiranta, y en recono- ciendo la volutad con que a el nos arrimauamos, con mas diligencia delo que fe puede creer fe defem- baraco de todosponiendofe en hu- yda, dando las velas, dexando en le mar todas las Lachas que tray- a. Yo le fegui con nueve Nauios toda la noche, y con quatro mas to do el dia hafta hazerle doblar el cabo de fan Anton, y tomar la der- B 2 rota 4 rota de la Canal de Bahama con- forme alas inftruciones de fu Ma- geftad , firuio de poco el verme con menos numero de Nauios, ni todas las diligencias que fe hizie- ron, para que fe inclinafe a efperar ni abordar,ni tirar un Arcabuz,ni una pieca, porque el fe dlo la dili- gencia que pudo, porque fus Na- uios los ania reduzido a la mitad y los mejores, y eftos acabaua de re- parar en Puerto Belo, donde fe ef- tuvo mas de quarenta dias-, y anfi venia muy reparados y yo faque los mios desbaratados, que no me dioeltiepolugarparaaderecarlos. A que nauego dos mefes y medio, y tray go la capitanaquedefdeque parti de Cartagena no an parado las 5 las bombas,y el dia que fall me ie ar- rimo ura Zabra con efta necefsi- dad; la Almira ta y los demas Na- uios vienen conel mifmo trabajo, perofin embargo, por lo que yo vi en los enemigos; era muy conoci- da la ventaja que nos hazia, y mu- chadichaferia apoderarfe deliino es hallarlo fobre el Ferro. Con to- do eflb me an dexado un Nauio muy bueno en las manos con muy buena gente , la qual dize como murio el Draq en nombre de Dios y que vaporgeneral dela dicha ar mada Ynglefa , el Coronel Que- braran , y por el poco lugar que fe adadonoanpodidotomar: Agua; lena,nicarne,yvandemaneraque no fe como an de llegar a Yngla- B 3 terra. 6 terra. Entre la gente deuen de fer ciento y quarenta,y quinze nobles capitanes delo mejor de alii, y al- gunos ricos fegun fe echa de ver e- nellos. Nofeofreceotracosarnu- eftrofe nor guarde a. V. m. como puedeyyodefleo. DelaHauana. 30. de Marco; de i 5 9 6. Anos. Don Eernaldino Dalgadillo de Auellaneda. L Licenciado Don luan Bermudes e Figueroa, Tenientemayor de Afsif- tente deftaciudad de Se- uilla yfu tierra, que hago oficio de Alsiftente della por aufencia , de lu Sehoria del Conde de Priego 5 Doy licencia a Rodrigo de Ca brera / _ brera,para que pueda imprimir laR.elacio dela muerte de Francifco Draque. I a qual haga por dos mefes, y por ellos no lo im- prima otro alguno. Sopena de diez mil marauedis para la camara de fu Mageftad. Fecha enSeuilla aquinze deMayo,de mil y quinientos y nouenta y feys anos. El Licenciado Don juan Bermudez e Figueroa. Por fu mandado Gregoria Gutierrez. Efcriuano. THE SPANISH Letter Ettgltjbed. The Coppye of a letter , which Don Eernaldino Delgadillo de Auellaneda^ Generalof theking of Spaine his Armie, fent vnto T)o8LOT Peter F/ores, Prefident of the contraction houfe for the Indies , wherein hee maketh mention of the fuccefle of the Englifh Armie, after they de parted from Pannama^ wher- of was General Franc es\L>rake^ and of his death. Rom Cartagena, J gaue relation vntoyou^ howl de- C parted 9 A Libell of parted from the Cittie 0/^Lisbone, in thepurfuite oftheEngliJhArmie: although for thegreathafl theGalli* onscouldnotbefo wel repaired as was needfull^ and with foule weather one was loft^ an da Fly -boat e was burnt^ and hauing fay led many daies in pur* fuite oftheenemie^vntilllarriuedat Carthagena, whereas hauing taken the aduife of Don Pedro de Acu- nia, Gouernour of the Cittie 5 and Captaine generally forweehadgreat neede of water , and to repair e our Shippes^weftayedinthatportjsoher- as I had intelligence by an Indian, that Frances Drake dyed in Nom- bre de Dios,fbrveriegriefe that hee had lost fo many Earkes and men ^ as was afterwardes more manifeftlye knowne Spanifh Lies. 10 known e: Andhauinggiuenyou a re lation of all that happened hitherto: Now I let you vnderftand^ that I left this Port the fecond of March ) and toke our courfe towards /j^Hauana, where J thought to hauefounde the Englifh fleet e^ & also vfed all the di ligence pofsible \ vpon Munday the eleauenth of the faid Month , about two of the clocke in theafternoane^ at theiffue ofthel/leofPm^ in the en trance ^Guaniguanico, I met with theEnglijhfleete^being fourteen^ ve- riegoodShippes^Idrewtowardsthem although they had the windeofvsfij* our Admirallwho bore vp towardes the windejyith other two Shippzs be- gantodrawneerethem^andalthough wefet thus vppon them^ three times C 2 with n ALibellof with all their Shippesyet would they notfet againe vppon vs^ andthofe of ourmenwhichwerefarthefloffcryed to them amaine , being both within Jhot ofArtillerie^ Muskats andCa- liuers^ whereby they receiuedeuident hurt by vs: "They /hot off now &then at vs^ and efpecially their Admiral^ and feeing our refolution howfoarpe wewerebent towards them^ they with all expedition andjpeedepof siblepr e- paredtoflieawaiefioyfingSaylesand leauing their O ares for haft in the Sea: but I followed them^ with nine Shippe sail the night following^ and withfower more the next daye , till I made them double Saint Antonies point ^andfoltookethecourfetowards La Canet de Bahamet , according to Spanifh Lies. 1 1 to the inftr unions from his Maieflie: It little auailed vs to beefeene^ with leffe number of Shippes ^neither yet all the diligence we could vfe^ could caufe them to ft aye or come neere vs^ nor to Jhoote off one Hargabuflo or peece of Ar tiller ie^ for they fled away as faft as theycould^andtheirShippeswerewel dimini foe d^and that the be ft par te of themjherefttheyrepairedintheport ^^^whereastheywere about fourtie daies before , andfo by that meanes they were all well repaired^ and our Shippes verie foule^ be caufe the time would not permitvstotrimmethem\I hauefailedtwoMonethesandahalfe in the Shippe r^//f^//^Capitana ? yf- thence we departed from Carthage- T&^wehauenotrepairedtheirPumps C 3 nor \ t 13 ALibellof nor clenfed them: And the fame daie\ departed thence ^ myShippeswereall foule with Barnacles^ our Admiral! and the reft of our Shippes haue the like impediment ^but no great hinder- ancevnto vsforoughtjcouldperceiue by our enemies: Itismanifeftwhatad. uantage they had of vs ^ and by no meanes was it pofsible forvsto take them^ vnlejfe wee could haue come to deale with themwithjireandfworde. Neuertheleffe they left vs one good fhip behind for our Jharejuoelmanned) which tolde me that the Drake dyed in Nombre de Dios, and that they haue made for Generallofthe Eng- lijh fleet e^ the Colonell Quebraran^ andalfo by meanes of thefmall time being ftreightly followed by vs they had Spanifh Lies. 1 4 hadnoopportunitie to take either wa ter ^ woode orflejh) and they are alfo infuchbadcafe^ t hat J know not how they will bee able to arriue in Eng land, the number of men we haue ta ken are about 140. and 15. Noble Captaines of their befl fort) andfome of them rich) as well may appeare by their behauiourijfhauenoother thing to write at this time. Our Lord keepe you who befl can^ &asjdejire. From o.of March. 1 596 Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Auellaneda. HE LicenciatDon lohn Earmudes ofFigu- eroa Leiuetenant of the Afsiftantes of the Cittie of Cyuill, and the prouince thereof, who doth fupplie the Office of the Afsif- tant 1 5 A Libell of taunt in the abfence of the Right Honourable the Earle ofPriego. Giue licenfe to Roderigo de Cabriera to Imprint the Relation of the death of Fraunces Drake , which onely he may doe for two Monthes, and no other to Imprint the fame within the faide terme r vpon paine of ten thousand Marauedis for his Maiefties Chamber. Giuen in Cyuii/the 1 5. of May. 1596. The Licenciat Don lohn Bermudes of Figueroa. By his Afsigm Gregorie Gutierrez Notarie. His letter of the Generall Don Berna/dmofent into S paine de claring the death of Sir Fraun ces Drake and their fuppofed vitorie ; was altogether re- ceiued for an vndoubted truth , and fo pleafing Spanifh Lies. 1 6 pleating was this newes vnto the A$pani- ard, that there was prefent comandement giuen to publifh the letter in Print, that all the people of Spaine might be partakers of this common ioy: The which letter Prin ted in Cyuill) bearing date the xv. of May, 1596. came to the hands of Henrie Sauile Efquire who being employed in that fer- uice for the weft Indies , and Captaine of her Maiefties good Shippe the Aduenture^ vnder the condud of Sir Fraunces Drake j and Sir lohn Hawkins , Hath caufed the faid Printed letter to bee translated into Englifh. And that the impudencie of the Spanifh Generall may the more plainely appeare , the laid Henrie Sauile doth an- fwere particularly to euerie vntmth in the fame letter contained , as heereafter folio we th. D THE ALibellof ANSWERE TO The Spanifh letter. Fir ft whereas the Gener all doth say ^ that Fraunces Drake dyed at Nombre de Dios, as he had in telligence by an Jndian. TheGene- ralsfrji newes, and his bejt news is in part ly ing newes. Generall fente this newes into his Country cofirmed with his hand and feale of Armes : It is the firft newes in his let ter, and it was the beft newes that he could fend into Spaine. For it did eafe the ftomackes of the timerous Spaniards SpanifhLies. 18 Spaniardes greatly to heare of the death of him,whofe life was a fcourge & continu- all plague vn to them: But it was a pointe of great limplicitie, & fcarcely befeeming a Generall, to tie the credite of his reporte locally. to any place vppon the report of a filly Indian flaue. For it had beene fuffici- entto haue faid, that Fraunces Drake was certainly dead, without publifhing the lye in Print,by naming Nombrede Dios: for it is moftcertaine Sir Fraunces Drake dyed twixt the Ifland otScouda^n&Porte-bella: But the Generall being rauifhed with the fuddaine ioy of this report as a man that hath efcaped a great daunger of the ene- ,,, j 11 T r i rallfeemeth mie, doeth breake out into an inlolent^^^^ kind of bragging of his valour at Sea, %&&fricndesm heaping one lye vpon another , doth not Courte,fen- cealfe vntill he hath drawne them into fe- dln &f uch quences , and fo doth commende them^^ ^ r i ua te vnto Peter the Doctor , as cenfour of his learned worke. D 2 Secondly 19 ALibellof Secondly , The general dothwritevn- tothedofforjhat Frances Drake dyed for verie grief e that hee had loftfo many Earkes and men. I Thing verie ftrange that the [General or the Indian , who [hee doth vouch for his lye, fhould haue fuch {peculati on in the bodye of him whome they neuer faw , as to deliuer for truth vnto his Countrie, the verie caufe or difeafe whereof hee dyed: And this fecond report of his is more groffe then the firft. For admit the miftaking of the place might bee tollerable ; notwithftanding, this precife affirming the caufe of his death Spanilh Lies. 20 death , doth manifeftly prooue that the Generall doth make no confcience to lye. j) on Bernal And as concerning the loffe of any Barkes dim doth or men in our Nauie, by the valour of the fy em p u ~ Spaniard before S/r Fraunces Drake his death, wee had none (one fmall PinnefTe excepted) which we affuredly know was taken by chaunce falling {ingle into a fleete The face ffe offiue Frigots (of which was Generall, Don Pedro Telioj) neerevnto the Ifland or Duminico , and not by the valour of Don Bernaldino: the which fiue Frigots of the Kings afterwards had but ill luccefle , for one of them we burnt in the harbour of S. lohn Portrico , and one other was funck in the fame harbour , and the other three were burnt amongft many other Shippes at the taking of Gales : This I tbinke in wife mens iudgements 5 will feeme a feely TA caufe to mooue a man forrowe to death 4 lfie For true it is, Sir Fraunces Drake dyed of O fs; r p ran . the Flixe which hee had growne vppon ces him eight daies before his death , and dyed. yeelded vp his fpirite like a Chriftian to D his 2i ALibellof his creatour quiedy in his Cabbin. And when the Generall fhall faruey his loffes, he fhall finde it more then the loffe of the Englifh, and the moft of his deftroyed by the Bullet : But the death of Sir Fraunces Drake was of fo great comfort vnto the Spaniard, that it was thought to be a Suf ficient amendes , although their whole fleete had beene vtterly loft. ^ *The general! doth fay of his owne credite , and not by intelli gence from any Indian or other ^ that on the eleauenth of March laft hee met the EngHjh fleete at the Ifle of Pinas, being fourteene good ShippeS) who although they had Spanifh Lies. 21 had the winde ofhim^yet heefet vppon them three times with all their Shippes , but the Englijh fleeteflled^andrefufedtofightjhofr ting now and then a foot, but efpe- dally the Admirall. His third lye of the Generall Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Avellaneda, (whofe name for the prolixitie thereof maye be drawne fomwhat neere the length of a Cable) hath no colour of protection , but it hath a iuft proporti on in meafare to the lyes of olde Barnar-^P a y reo f dino de Mendozza his Countrieman, con-f ^ an ^ cerning the ouerthrow of her Maiefties Nauie in the yeare 1588. for except Don Barnaldino the Generall , did purpofe to winne the whetftone from Don Barnar- dinodeMendozza the olde Spanifh Iyer : I cannot conie&ure why hee Ihould write to 2,3 ALibellof to his Countrie for a truth , that hee chafed the Englifh Nauye with nine Shippes , and did three feuerall times giue the onfet to the Englifh fleete , who be ing fourteene good Shippes (as he laith) did flye and refufe to fight , being that Spanifh Viceadmiral (if he be lining) Viceadmi- anc j manye other , can witnefle the rail a man \ r i_^ 1-1 v ofvallour. contrane > who fi g htm g llke a true vall ~ ant man , departed from the fight with a torne and battered Shippe to faue her from finking . Neither can I imagine that there is any one in the /Spanish fleete (Don Eernaldino excepted) that will faye they were leffe then twentie layle of Shipps when they met the Englifh fleet : And the Spanifh Nauy can witnefle that they receiued luch ftore of Bullets from the Englifh fleete, that they were glad to The num- depart, and in defpigbt of them the Eng- b SaLfh e Hf}l Nauie did h lde their determined Shippes a f- cour f e : And taking a view of the Spanifh terthe fleete the next day, their number was not aboue thirteene Shippes , which did ar gue Spanifh Lies. 24 gue that they were either funke , or fled to harbour to faue themfelues. Fourthly fThegenerallfaithjhat the Englijh fleet e fled away e^ an die ft theirOaresforhaftebehindthem in the Sea. T was ftrange that they fhoulde leaue behinde them Oares in the Sea, being there was not in the Englifh fleete either ^ Gaily or gallyaffe, which required the vfe of Oares, as for the Q$K$madeintbe of their fhip-boates and other luch fmall Generals veffels , they had ftoed them aboar their Shippes, and were no impediment E vnto 25 ALibellof vnto them, but moft neceflarie for them to vfe,and therfore not likely they would caft them ouerboard : But it is moft like ly , that the Generall fell into fome plea- fant dreame at Sea , wherein hee did fee a falfe apparition of vidorie againft the Englifh, & for lacke of matter did fet this downe in his letter for newes to his coun- . trie : It is finne to belye the Deuill , and dationof therefore the Generall fhal haue his right, t&eGeneral/the letter is fo well contriued, (and yet with no great eloquence) but with luch art, that ther are not many more lines, then there are lyes , which fheweth that there are wonderfull and extraordinarie gifts in the Generall : But I am perlwaded if Don Bernaldino had thought that his letter fhould haue beene Printed, hee woulde haue omitted many thinges contained in r , the letter, for the Dodor didvfe himfom- alldoth what hardly in fhewing the letter open- prattifeto ly, and more in fuffering it to be Printed : lyejorre- for friends may like good fellowes fend creation. recreat i on feed Spanifh Lies. 26 feed their friends with fome fmall tafte thereof, fo it be kept clofe, without dan ger to incurre the ty tie of a lying Generall: But as the matter is now handled throgh the fimplycitie of the Do&or , I cannot fee but the General Don Bernaldmo, is like to carrie the tytle equally twixt both his ihoulders. Fiftly 5 The general} doth fay in his Printed letter ^ thatnotwithftan- ding all the diligence he could vfe^ hee coulde not caufe the Englifb fleet e to state nor come neere them, nor difcharge one Hargebujh or E 2 peece 27 ALibellof peece ofArtillerie^ but fled away as fast as they could. INd this lie alfo he doth not Ireceiue by intelligence from any other, but himfelfe was [an eye-witneffe in the a&i- on, which made him bold to fend this with the reft into his Coun- trie for currant newes : But herein Don Eernaldmo was more bolde then wife, for the torne and battered fides of his Gaily* ons, being compared with her Maieftes Shippes , and others that ferued in that rf s?t fight, doe declare, that his Ships receiued Jidesojthe 7 i n r XT 1 Spanifh at leaf t two bullets for one* Neither can it Shippesdoe be concealed but his owne Countriemen condemne ( jf an y j o f auou r truth ) may eafily fee the dinoofT- ^^ e 5 anc ^ ^ ate reparations, done vnto the ; n g m Kings fleete fithence they did encounter with the Englifh Nauie , whenfoeuer they that remaine fhall arriue in Spaine : But the Generall feemeth to bee a verye good proficient in his profefsion , and wax- SpanifhLies. 28 waxeth fomewhat bolde, treading the true fteppes of o\&Barnardino de Mendoz* za> and yet Mendozza was fomewhat more warie in his lyes , for he had fome- time the colour of intelligence to fha- dow them , but the Generall growing from boldnes to impudencie, maketh no fcruple to fay , that the Englifh Nauie fled as faft as they could without dHchar- ging any Hargebufh or peece of Artille* rie, when as the battered fides of his fhips do returne the lye to his face : For in con&i&Don Eernaldino did behaue him- loureo f felfe fo valiantly, that he was alwaies far- on ir er ~ i n r- i X 1 o \ ir c TUUdmo* tJieltof in the nght,8cnad lo great care of his owne perfon that he ftoode cleare fro the danger of Muskat or any final fhot,& durft not approach, whereas our generall was the foremoft,&; fo held his place, vn- till by order of fight other fhips were to The order haue their turnes, according to his former oftheEng- diredion, who wifely & pollitickly fo ordered his vangarde , & reregarde,that as the maner of it was altogether ftrange to the Spaniard, fo might they haue bene E 3 without 29 A Libell of without all hope of vi6torie, if their Ge neral had beene a man of any Judgement in Sea fights : I know no reafon why the Englifh Nauie fhould flye from him, for CT* L. PJL O J ard cannot^ Spaniard may put all the gaine in, his braggeof eye that euer he did winne from the Eng- hisgaine. lifh : Peraduenture fome fiely nouice of our country meeting the general in Spaine, and hearing a repetition of fo many filla- bles in one name , as Don Bernaldino Del- gadillo de Auellaneda , might thinke them to be words of Coniuration, 8c for feare of rayfing a Spirit, might flie from him as from the Deuill , or fome fimple Indian flaue hearing the like repetition of his long and tedious name, might luppofe it to be an Armie of Spaniards, and for feare runne awaye : But the commaunders and Captaines of the Englifh Nauie, Spanijh were men of Rich refolution, that no Spa- braggesare^fa bragges coulde difmaye them , for Mth the 7 haue often met them with their Englifh. Pikes in their Spanifh beardes . Nor the countenaunce of Don Bernaldino quaile them Spanifh Lies. 30 them, although he were acowtred in his gilt Leather buskins , and his Toledo Rapyer. Sixtly, The general! faith in his let ter jhatnotwithftandingtheir fly* ing away fofafl^ the Englijh left them one good Shippe well man- ned^ who told him that the Drake dyed in Nombre de Dios , in which Shippe were one hundred and four tie men , andjifteene no ble Captaines of the best forte. He Generall Don Bernaldino^DonBer- like a refolute Spaniarde i&-na/Jinove uing alreadye gonne ouer his^ r ^ * fhoes , maketh no dannger to 3i A Libell of to wade ouer his Boates alfo : and as hee hath begun fo he doth conclude , I mar- uaile that hee did not in writing his dif- courfe remember this olde faying ; that is, A lyar ought to haue a good memorie : It were much better for him in mine opini on to reuoke the teftimonie which hee faith he had from the Englifhmen , con* cerning S/r Fraunces Drake his death at N ombre de Dios , and ftande to the intelli gence receiued from the fiely Indian flaue, , T ,. as it appeareth in his firft lye, for without Tbelndian 1 t \x 1 . _ v i t .. .isthe^ doubt, there is no Enghmman that wil adffwS&J (if he haue his right fences) that he dy- totheGene-^ a t N ombre de Dios* for they all knowe / / the contrarie : Neither can the Generall a- vouch that he receiued intelligence from any Englifh man , that after the death of DonBer- Sir Fraunces Drake \hey did eled: for Ge- nddinohis ner all Colonell Hhtebraran^ as he doth moft rare gift in fa j fl ffi j ^ k end f his yaine coy rung a / r . - - f . new and an d inuolous letter , being that the name Jlraunge was ftraunge , and vnknowne to any in name. ^ Englifh Nauie. Neither doe I imagine that Spanifh Lies. 3 2 that any of thofe which the General faith he hath taken were fo forgetfull as not to remember their generals name. But with* out all doubt this addition of fo new, and ftraunge a name to the Englifh Generall, doth proue faatDonBernaldino isnotvn- furnifhed of a forge & ftorehoufe of \J^ from whence as from an euerflowing fountaine,he fendeth forth lyes of al {orte hou f eo f l y es fufficient for his owne ftore , and greate plentie to furnifh his friends : The Gener al was much beholding to his godfathers who gaue him the name Barnaldino^ which we in Englifh do take to be plaine Barnard , which name hath as it were a kind of priueledge from being fharplyre- _ L J j.. t ^ ^ u^ Thefchoole- prehended when the party is thought to me n f mo _ erre: for it is a common faying amongft^/?/>^^ the Schoolemen fa&Barnardusnonvidetthiskindeof omnia^ viz. Barnard feeth not all thinges, re P re nfi- (when he doth diflent from their opmi-^Jy^ ons) the which fauour wee coulde btetbmketfo content to yeelde to Bernaldino for \\^, Author to name fake, if he were .not taken with fo erre - F many 33 ALibellof many manifeft and impudent lies , nei ther doe I thinke that Signior Bernaldino will fay that he faw all that he hath writ ten, be it fpoken in councell for fhaming the General, for is there any man fo voide of reafon as to thinke? That any Englifh - man being demaunded of his Generals name, would write or fpeake ^uebraran Tt d ff f T B as keruite,{omuch difference there is encetwixt ^ n ^he found of the fillables, as there is no Quebraran affinitie at all, or likelihoode of truth : But ^ 5 ^ r fucharethe Generals rare gifts , (be it fpo- ken to his fmall praife) that we Englifh- men muft of force confefTe that the Gene- rail hath giuen a proude onfet to carrie the whetftone from Signior Earnardmo de Mendozzai Neither will the 140. men & 15. noble Captaines (which hee faith hee did take, of whome he might haue beene TheGener- rightly informed of their generals name) allconuic- acquit him of lying forgerie , for giuing ted of lying fa name o f gu e b raran to the Englifh Ge- ncra \\ . as f or ^ g OOC l Shippe well man ned, which he faith the Englifh left them after 6panifh Lies. 34 after the fight , I am perfwaded hee hath no man to witnefle that lye , for the fhip was feperated by weather from the Eng- lifh fleete in the night thirteene daies be fore the fight, with the Spanifh Nauie, & neuer to anye mans knowledge came more in fight of the Englifh fleete, if the TheGener- Spanifh Shippes by chaunce did take the allmaketh faid wel manned Shippers they cal her) 4^ * TII i i i i n i 1 m taking a 1 doubt not but they haue the bhippe,tie^ r ^/ 1 40, men, and the 15. noble Captaines to Ship.wbich fliew: But euermore I geffe the Spanifh isfuppofed reckoning will fall fliort when it is ^- , P cc 11^ mined, tor the nrteene noble Captaines will proue (as I take it) but three, whofe lofle I grieue to thinke on : Neither & the /Spaniards gaine them by valour, ortainesaccor we loofe or leaue them for cowardife, as dingthege- moft vntruely this bragging Iyer hath ^^ner ah lying tified. But the Generall like a prouident^^^J man, to make his fame and credite faz but three. greater with his Prince and country, doth take vpon him (amongft other his mira cles perfourmed before the Englifh fleet) F 2 by 35 ALibellof by way of amplification to make {mall matters feeme great, as a little fhoe to feme a great foote,and finding that it can hardly be brought to paffe, he doth ftretch the Leather with his teeth that it is rea* dy to breake , and notwithstanding , all T/iePrm-this will not ferue his purpofe , for the * /"* 7 AX ting oj the panting of the letter doth marr the play, letter doth -, i . iri n- fhamethe anc * bnngeth men matter in quemon, as Genera//, the Generall doth wiih might be concea led, and were he not of fo dry and chole- ricke complexion , as commonly Spani- j2 g ,ards are, he would blufh for very fhame dinoofan ^ n publifhing fo impudently fuch mani- excellent feft vntruthes. For fithence his meeting complexion with the Englifh flee tat the Me o(Pmas y there hath beene by the worthie Englifh Generals, an honourable expedition from T/ r a /.^England into the Continent of Spaine, rhefirftdtf * & n i t t coueryoftfoWhere amongit other exploits hauing ta~ Generals ken the Cittie of Gales , in the facke there* Printed let- was found fome of Don Bernaldino his Printed letters : & comming to the hands of a Captaine that ferued in the voyage to the SpanifhLies. 36 the weft Indies , he hath thought very fit (in regard of the ilaunders to the Englifh Nauie contained in the faide letter) to quote the errors, that the truth onely may appeare, to all fuch as haue a defire to bee rightly informed of Rich accidents, as be fell the in this late voyage to the weft In dies : and this may fuffice to (hew Don Eer naldino Delgadillo deAvellaneda his greate . j 4 i r . r n TheGener- mdgement in amplyfymg {mail matters, or of nothing to make in fhewe fomewhat . And now hauing thus informed you of the truth in reproofe of the flaunderous , falfe, and vntrue reports of this glorious lying Generall , with a true difproofe to fome of the grofieft of his lyes, I will leaue him with the reft of his lying letter, and the circumftances therein contained to your cenfures : who in difcretion may eafily difcerne the lame. And haue heere following plainely and truely fet downe the courfe and order of our whole fight after we met. F 3 THE 37 ALibellof THE MEETING Of our Englifh Nauie and the Spanijk fleete , and the order of our encounter. Vnday the firft of March^ according to our com putation, wee fcryed the Hand of Pmas,wher hal ing in for the wefterne parte thereof, thinking there to haue watered, being within fow- er leagues of it Southerly, we fent in three Thejirftdif-oi our Pinnaffes to difcouer the harbour, couerieof and to founde afore vs , about one of the clocke in the afternoone; the feme day we difcouered a fleete of twentie fayles,and deeming them to bee the A$panifli fleete, fleete. wee SpanifK Lies. 38 wee kept our loofe to get the winde , but their Viceadmiral with diuers other fliips went about to cut off our Pinnaffes , fo that our Generall with fome other of our Shippes , was forced to tacke about vpon the larbour tacke , and fo ranne in to wards the land keeping the winde , fo as we recouered our Pinnaffes , which for* ced the enemies Shippes to tacke about, and to take the aide of their fleete , and be ing come neere vnto them they fhot at vs, wee ftill approched , hauing our clofe fights vp,our flagges, enfignes and ftrea- mers displayed , our men orderly placed in each quarter, but forbare our fight vntill our Generall began, and gaue vs warning to come in and fight , by fhooting off a great peece, according to his former direc tions, fo being within Muskat fhot, ^^ Viceadmirall of the Spanifh fleete cametertwixf neereft vnto vs , to whom our Viceadmi-^-E^S^ rail lobn Trauyhton Captaine of the Elu and * h * S P 7 i n / r 1 i mfh Ships. zabeth Bonaduenture gaue nght , betwixt whome there was the greateft volee of fmall 39 ALibellof fmall fhot changed that lightly hath bene heard at Sea, which cotinued a long halfe hower. In which time the Spanifh fleete came into fight , our Generall Sir Thomas Baskeruilebemg in the Gar land \ whereof Humphrey Reignolds was Captaine, being the next Shippe vnto the Elizabeth Bonad uenture , bare vp to the enemie, playing with her great Ordinance hotly vntill fhe came within Muskat {hot : lonas Bo* denham Captaine of the Defiance , and Henrie Sauile Captaine of the Aduenture , came likewife into fight with the : After the Gar land ( being within Muskat fhot) played her part and made good fight for the fpace of an hower. The Defiance bare vp likewife and had her turne, after came the * Aduenture again within Muskat fhot, who hauing chaunged many a great Buk let, with them before , renewed his fight, and continued it an hower with fmall fhot. Then came Thomas Drake Captaine of the Hope, who laft of all had his turne. Thus had all the H^ueenes Shippes their courfe : Spanifh Lies. 40 courfe: The Marchants Shippes with o* ther fmall veffels being without the O^ueenes Shippes {hot when they {aw op- portunitie : After the enemie finding no good to be done, (being well beaten) fell from vs , the Aduenture , playing vppon them with her great Ordinaunce, made ^j i three o{(the laft fhot at them : Their Vice- nifh Vice- admiral with diuers others of their Ships, admiral can were fo beaten, that they left off the fight, w * ne f e > , r i i i r whatfuccetik and were forced to lye in the wmde, ^ they had in that they durft not lye of either board \xythisfigkt. reafon of their many and great Leakes , which they had receiued by our greate {hot. The Generall with the reft of their fleete, tacking about fell in our wake, thinking; to get the winde, which in the^*T?*T P & r ,/ . tijhAdmir- begmnmg we iought to hinder. But our a // carr ^ General feeing that in holding the winde his Crefet we fhould fhoote our felues into the Bay, gaue them the winde. All that night they 1 r 1 i i r i kept themlelues vppon our broade notwithftanding our Admirall carryed vppon his his Creffet light all night : hauing greate brodejide G care ee- 4i ALibellof care of our fmalleft Shippes : This fight continued about fower howers til it was neere night, in the which fight, thanks be to God, there was flaine fo fewe perfons of our Englifh fleete as I thinke the like conflict hath not beene performed with TbeEng- fo little lofle of men : What harme befell KJhrecewedfag Spaniards in their fleete I leaue to your little Me in . j v 4 / rr this con fiitt lodgements . Yet our eyes can witnelle their Shippes were fore beaten and raked thorough, whereby there was fuch fall ing backe and lying by the Lee to ftoppe their leakes, as fome of them were driuen to hafte awaye , and rather to runne on fhore to faue themfelues then fincke in the Sea: Befides within two howers af ter our fight with them , wee law one of their great Shippes on fire which burnt into the Sea, and all the Sterne of another of their Shippes blowen vp : And in the morning a Shippe of our fleete was runne fo neere the land, that to double the Cape current hee muft of neceffitie tacke about 6c fall in the wake of the enemie, which caufed 6panifh Lies. 42, caufed our Generall in dieGar/andand the Defiance to tacke about, which two fhips forced the three /Sliippes of the enemies which were put forth to take our Shipp, or elfe to caufe her runne on grounde) to returne to their fleete to faue themfelues, hoyfing all their fayles for hafte : This morning they were faire by vs hauing the winde of vs, being; but thirteene fayle of 1 i r 1 AT - their twentie to be ieene , then we itroke ma ; n j er O f our toppe fayles thinking to haue fought theSpanifh with them again, which they perceiuing/^^ were tacked about from vs, & after that durft nor would come neere vs : -What became of the reft of their fleet we know not , but true it was that they were in great diftreffe mightily beaten and tome, by hauing receiued many Bullets from vs. All this day wee had light of them , but they fhewed little will to fight or come neere vs , fb we keeping our courfe weft, and by North , about fixe of the clocke at night loft the fight of them . And this is a true difcourfe of our fight with the G 2 A$panifh 43 ALibellof Spanifh fleete. The which the Author heereof will iuftifie with the aduen- true of his life, againft any Spa* niard feruing in that a6H- on, that fhal contradict the fame. FINIS. Henrie Sauile* Spanifh Lies. 44 THOMAS BAS- KERVILE KNIGHT, His approbation to this Booke. Thomas Baskeruile Knight\ Genera/1 of , her Majesties late In- dianarmadointhelate .conflict had betweene theSpanijhfleeteandvsfiauingperu- fedtheSpanifbletter written /^/Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Auella- neda, Generaloftbe KingofSpaines G 3 Nauie^ 45 ALibellof Nauie^ andalfo hauingperufedCap- taine Henry Smxhzhisanfweres vn- to the fix exceptions in the Generals letterwith hisdifcourfe of the manner of our fight with the Spanijhfleete^ do fay^ that l tht y2?/^/Henrie Sauile>6^>6 anfweredtheletter^andfetdownethe order of the fight fine erely according to truth fort eft imonie of which Ihaue hereuntofet my hand. And if Don Bernaldino Del- gadillo de Auellaneda the General Jhaltake any exceptionstothismy ap probation ^ orflandintheiuflification of his lying letter written to Doffior Peter Flores, Prefident of the Con- traffiion houfefor the Indies , and by him for Bernaldinoes glorie lately put in Print e : J then fay e that hee falfe- Spanifh Lies. 46 falfelylyed^andthatlwillmaintaine again ft him with whatfoeuer Armes hejhallmakechoyceof. Andbecaufe the kingdomes wherein we abide are enemies , byreafon ofwhichthereisno meanesineitherofthemjomaintaine that Ihaue written . Let him make choice of any indifferentkingdome^of equall distance from either Realme^ andlwillthere bereadytomaintaine as much as Ihaue written : But if by my Employments into Fraunce^ Ibefo ftayedbyherMaiefties Commaunde- mentes , that I cannot out of that Realme meete him in anye other ^ y cannot fee why heejhoulde take anye exception to that^ confidering the e- qualitie oftheplace , and that the Armies 47 A Libell of Armies of both our Princes be there rejident. FINIS. Tho. B. [LOWDOW : r. SHOBERL, PBINTEB, 51, RUPBT ITBEET, BATMABKET.] UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY BERKELEY Return to desk from which borrowed. This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. > OCT 111961 W W REC D JUL 27 1960 LD 21-100m-9, 47(A5702sl6)476 NOV 3 1962 REC D LOAN 1998 U. C. BERKELEY LIBRARIES L / y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY