Identifier: draketudornavy02corb (find matches)
Title: Drake and the Tudor navy, with a history of the rise of England as a maritime power
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Corbett, Julian Stafford, 1854-1922
Subjects: Drake, Francis, 1540?-1596
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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for all that day they had to lie where theywere, harassed by the Spanish fire. It was not till twooclock the next morning that the land wind sprang upagain. Drake immediately made sail, and sweeping thegalleys once more from his path stood out past the bat-teries. Then, says the Brief Relation, having performedthis notable service, we came out of the Road of Cadizon the Friday morning, with very little loss not worththe mentioning. Ten of the galleys presumed to givechase, and upon the weather falling calm again, when the 1 Harl. MSS. 167, f. 104, printed in C.S. Misc. v. 33. 2 Don Pedro del Acugna cependant faisoit tout le debvoir avec sesgalleres dendomager lennemy, lartillerye du quel, estant de plus grandeportee que celles des galleres, les contraignit de se retirer, C.S. Misc. v.3G. I suoi pezzi tiravono piu da lontano delli nostri, Venetian Calendar,viii. 275. The report sent by the Venetian ambassador and the Frenchaccount are obviously taken from the same original throughout.
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Longitude West 4°of Greenwich Walker &BouCall sc. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE DRAKES OPERATIONS ON THE SPANISH COASTS, 1585 TO 1589 88 DRAKE AND THE TUDOR NAVY English were barely outside, they once more attacked.During the whole forenoon the action continued, but withthe same result as before. Before the galleys had in-flicted any harm on their enemy, a south breeze sprangup, and they were compelled to draw off and leave Draketo anchor outside in full view of the town, in triumphand undisturbed.1 Here he rode all the rest of the day upon a bravado/defying the galleys to come out and fight him. Whenthe challenge was refused he opened negotiations with theofficer in command of them for an exchange of prisonersagainst the English galley-slaves and a prize crew of fivemen who had been cut off by a galley the first night; but allhe could get from the admiring Spanish officers wassweetmeats and courtesies, which as usual seemed highlyto have gratified the English admiral.2 The time, how-ever, w

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