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Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… News having spread that Don Antonio, in company with Drake, would arrive on board the English fleet, the … in France, to the Doge and Senate. News from Antwerp that Drake has crossed over to Flushing in Zealand, with twelve … towns, and to fortify the port of Bayona in Galicia, which Drake once tried to seize when he was on his way to the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… ships. These will be sent immediately to New Spain to hold Drake in check. But there is great fear that they will reach the Indies too late. It seems that Drake has met with opposition in the places where he has … crew made prisoners. At Porto Ricco, where a landing by Drake is most dreaded, fresh veins of gold have been …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… try his fortune. Some Bretons and English, notably Captain Drake, have recently damaged and plundered his Majesty's subjects on the high seas. They say Drake will join the rebels in the Azores. Madrid, 1st October …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… he was to have sailed on the 22 nd September along with Drake and his forty-four ships. The fleet has ten thousand … the 25 th. The Queen sent a courier to Don Antonio and to Drake, ordering both of them to return to her, as she had … the fall of Antwerp, which was their principal object. Drake has landed in Gallicia with four thousand infantry and …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the right moment to carry out this design on Ireland, when Drake was absent in the Indies. Had they struck swiftly the … delta sua reputatione.) A rumour was recently spread that Drake was off the coast of Galicia with forty sail. But it … and Peruvian fleets have been countermanded in dread of Drake's arrival. The news that he is out with sixty sail and …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… to arrive in a month, with great riches. They fear that Drake may sail to plunder it. Madrid, 5th October 1588. [ … from Flanders of the 12th of last month, announcing that Drake, abandoning the pursuit of the Armada, has returned … English gentleman, who has circumnavigated the globe, as Drake did, has just returned home. He brings great wealth and …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… manner of life. There is news that thirty ships, not under Drake, but another, have been doing much damage at Florida, … were scouring those seas. There is news from England that Drake has fifty ships ready with which he intends to put to …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… forts, routed, and compelled to fly on board ship again. Drake has put to sea at last, in spite of opposition. His … by a guard of two Swiss. He confirms the departure of Drake from England a few days ago, with about seventy ships all well found, and declares that Drake is hound for Gape St. Vincent, where if he arrives in …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… though at a heavy loss in men. This was a plan designed by Drake, but interrupted by his death. In England they are …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Spain, to the Doge and Senate. Two days before the news of Drake's return to England arrived here, a spy in his … the information that the Queen of England had recalled Drake on account of the great mortality which existed in the … parts. Furthermore, she was afraid that she might lose Drake himself at the very moment when she most needed him. …