The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-14
EEN NOW the vanguard gathers
eu nnE We face the fray,
As T.I51 dld,t help our Gfbeis,
Help Thou our host today
OUTRIGHT WITH
TIE sPAHlARDS
nj 1857

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q Ier maIestFe being informed Of a mightie preparation by sea begunne
~ spaine for the invasion Of England, by good advise Of her grave and prn-
dent b9aaseltAought cZpodeat to prevent the same. Whereupon she
caused a Fleete of some 30 sales to be rugged and furnished with all things
necessary tQyertlat Fleete she appointed General Sir Francis Drake (of
whose mondou former good services She had sufficient proof to whom she
caused i ships efher narie royal to be delivered, to-wit-The Bonauenture
observation-disclosures as General; the Lion, under the conduct of Master
William Bmough-Controler Of the Nayie; the Dread-naught, under the
command Of NRFbomasV enner: the Rainbow, Captaine, whereof was NJ
Henry Dillingham; unto which 4 ships two of her phases we're appointed
as hand-maids There were also added unto this Feete certaine tai sbins
OF the CWe of Iopdgn pf whose nsnnciaT gua5 seryioot o co,ou,1I na5an
ticqqg mqptQnl p Mis- Letters directed to her Matestre. This Fleete set
from ]tesApudof PLYMOUTH in the moneth Of April towards the coast
of Spptneg aaN#br at
"The 1G Of the aide moueth, we meUe in the latitude of 40 degrees
Will, two s4ls gGMI marlborough which came from Cadh: by which we nm
dcstod bltt1arGMas great store Of wuruke provision at Cadiz and there
about ready to come for Lisbon.
t. FSdCpOd this information our general with all speed possible, bending
himself thitnert 70 cut of their snde forces and provisions, upon the 10 of
April 6~nt5rcfWBh bis aeate into the Iarbor Of Cadil; where at our arse
entering wew9ra assaed over against the Towne bv six Cables which not
HigRH SPo ID FelTea under their fortress There were in
Je l4td o0 spHFhnd divers other small vessels under the fortresse; there
fed about 20 French ships to Port Real and some small Spanish vessels that
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