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Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… and to what strength they are raising the bulk of their fleet. Exert all your diligence in this and write to me … mouth of the Thames. The 2,500 men who are to go in this fleet have been raised in the counties of Hampshire, … is not so much apprehension as before of your Majesty's fleet.Paris, 2nd October 1587. 2 Oct. Paris Archives, K. …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… having left Dunkirk in consequence of the duke of Parma's fleet not having come out. They had not returned (to Spain), … had allowed them to fight them (the English) without the fleet from Dunkirk they would have done so with pleasure, as … (Land's End). On Sunday, the 29th, we sighted the enemy's fleet, and on the same day some of our ships exchanged shots …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… confer some dignity upon the general so selected. That a fleet should be sent to protect them, and an army which may … That the Spaniards sent, both in the army and the fleet, be pious and willing to mix with Scotsmen, so that … exception of the soldiers necessary for the defence of the fleet, the rest of the army should enter England without …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… gentlemen. They say the town will surrender the moment a fleet approaches. If weather forces the fleet into St. George's Channel, they think it should anchor … describe as being there since the wreck of the Armada in '88 wished to come home with me before, but I would not allow …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… they had with the five English ships which your Majesty's fleet seized in the Azores, which seizure has given so much … embarked from the port of Nilos (Newles) with all his fleet, but the storm of the 12th and 13th, they say, has …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… Treasurer of the navy and other officials to inspect the fleet. On the 21st instant they returned, but up to the … and the bride was conveyed from Lisbon by a Flemish fleet, commanded by Count Mansfeldt. A full and interesting …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… 1567. The Flemish Admiral who had been sent with a fleet by the duchess of Parma to meet Philip on his voyage …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… in 1563 Hawkins has made another voyage with a finer fleet and returned with great wealth. I have no information … dominions. After his return he again despatched his fleet, but remained at home himself, but is now there ( i.e., …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… and the duke of Alba. They have sent in the Hamburg fleet a large sum of money to Germany, and a part of the … and Frenchmen, were sent by Chatillon in the Hamburg fleet from here to Germany to raise troops, had reached … has been three or four times to the Indies with a great fleet, has been plundered of at least 500,000 ducats there. …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… will be to obtain possession of the queen of Scots, and a fleet might approach Lancashire or the Isle of Man and take … the warrants for 30,000 l. spent on fitting out the fleet, and she has put off signing them, so that the … on the hill close to Margate, and when our Queen's fleet is sighted they will go out to salute and receive …