New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28

looked askance at his proceedings Burgho,
was nightly offended. lie thought the ouee,
might better have pursued the quieter p,n,
OF statecraft, and he saw nothing In Drake,
voyages but dishOnorabe traAic for gold y,
! went as far as he dared toward telling this "a
| Elizabeth. But she was in the first place n,
! indisposed to receive the gold: and secondlv
| she seems to have had a kind Of intuition ,h.,
| Drake was right, and that the treasure h.
| brought home was only part Of the benefit AZ.
cruing from his policy. The Queen and m.
seaman thus played into one another's hands
wien the former was in the mood and Burghla,
was not looking and Drake would sail uno,
! another venture with the consc iousness that -
! he succeeded he need have nothing 10 fear from
| the ensuing negotiations between England ana
! Spain.
We cannot discuss in detail his extraordlna-,
campaigns. The reader must turn to Mr. Cor
| belts volumes themselves Tor descriptions tina,
are mastery in their completeness and vivid
| ness. Details touching the construction anna
ment and administration Of the Tudor navy
| are numerous but the technical information ia
| skilfuy subordinated, and one derives first and
last an impression Of the broad significance q,
| brakes heroic labors. Also one is consciou,
of the great mans personality, concerning which
we may cite the note conveyed by Mr. Cortet,
from Zarate. He must be a man n, ahon,
thirty five years" says the Spaniard .shor,
with 4 rudy beard, one o. the greatest mari.
| ners there are on the sea. alike from his SKIN
and his power OF command His ship is
gaEeon Of about four hundred tons a very fast
sailer; and there are aboard OF her a hundred
men, all skilled hands and Of warllke age and
all so we'll trained that they might be old sol.
dIerS OF the Italian tertias. Every one is sue-
cially careful to keep his harquebuss clean He
treats them with affection and they him with
respect. He carries with him nine or ten gentle.
men, cadets OF high families in England These
are members OF his council and he calls them
together upon all occasions however simple:
and, although he takes council from no one be
IS pleased to hear their opinions before issuing
his orders. He has no favorite. Those Of whom
I speak are admitted to his table. lie is served
with much plate with gilt borders and tops and
engraved with his arms and has all possible
kinds of delicacies and scents. many OF which
he says the Queen gave him. None OF the gen
tlemen sit or cover in his presence without frs
being ordered once, and even several times
|. ., They dine and sup to the music OF ve
Inns. and he carries all the appliances OF car
penters and calkers, so as to his shlp
/ when there is occasion. UNDERSTAND
that all the men he carries are paid becauS
when they piundered our ship nobody dared TAKE
anything without his orders. lie keeps ven
strict discipline. and Furnishes The sligh,es
fault"
We have quoted thus at length because each
little touch in the sketch drawn AZ the tim
OF the famous voyage OF circumnavigation'
helps US TO see not only the phys al aspect Of
Drake. but the atmosphere with which be sur
rounded himself. and one can read in the 40
! count of his careful discipline the secret OF hs
success The victory OF the English over The
ships Of Philips Armada was attributed H
/ Ubaldno mainly to the fact that England -
lied for her defence upon a regular trained
navy Of specially built warshps.' and one OF III
capital exemplars OF that navy is perceived il
brakes ship as he shows il 70 the courty Span
lard IN the Pacific. He saw that L vas vel
built. and as we'll found as the parsimonOus and
short sighted administration Of Elizabeth would
allow and he treated his men in such wise as
to win their loyalty and excite their patrio@
ardor He fOstered the same spirit n his con
temporarics communicating it 10 more. prob
I ably than ever could be counted Men nocxe0
! to his banner because his achey "ments in IN
! colonies Of the Spanish King were dazzhhsH
; brilliant, and they stayed by him or enthusiS
tically propagated his ideas because no instiNa
: into them something mere than 4 love OF iooe
/ IF Her Majesty and your lordshIps he ~ro'e
on the eve OF the fight with the Armada INN.
that the King OF Spain meancth any INVASION -
England then do Ibtess his force is ana wi"
be great in Spain; and thereon ne VIII mA~
his groundwork or foundati,n whereby :"
Prince OF Parma may have the better entrance