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Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… of Spain, where there is great dread of the English armada. They are providing against a suspected understanding … of Ceuta, to take precautions lest the Queen of England's armada should make some attempt with the aid of the King of … touching the heretics of Rochelle. News from Spain. The armada there may be intended for any enterprise but that of …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… to have done some good, which, by the readiness of the Armada on Sunday the 29th of May, being all at sea and under … that landing they march straight to London, and that the Armada enter the Thames, which heretofore was intended upon …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… from Constantinople of the 4th inst., that only a weak armada by sea will be sent out, and that but 25,000 men have …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… 8 July :His Majesty having notice that in England a great armada was preparing, and fearing that it might be for … swift ships into the English channel to spy what the armada was doing. Two of them returned about a fortnight ago, one to Biscay, which reported that the armada numbering 190 sail left the Channel on the 12th of …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… every of them be fully agreed on. The preparations for an Armada are continued, but the design of it is kept very …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… And with this for the time I held myself contented. The Armada put in readiness for this next month (as by what from … I suppose intended to be continued in this kingdom. The Armada here will not, I am informed, be in readiness till …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… l. 1591: Aid to the French King, 297,480 l. 1588: Spanish Armada, 161,185 l. 15907: Voyages by adventurers, 172,259 l. …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… March 11/21. I hear that the news of the loss of the armada is not true; here there is no word of it, and it is …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… expected thence, which wintered by the way last year. The Armada of this place is now beginning to prepare to be ready … go to the Newfoundland this year, but all to attend the Armada; and yet not sufficient unless other shipping come …