New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

"' maritime inhabitants Of III" country
o. ,oinc excluded. showed that there were
We, masters II 80 mariners. 22'' hsherm'h
- or Thames wherrymcn, or. In all. l"'-"'
o,e who were in some sort accustomed 10
~ uater" These figures are certainly not
~. large when the foreign trade or the c"nn-
w. coward the close Of the sixteenth century
,sdered Elizabeth gaze earnest attention
,or fleet and the power of England on the
" Increased every day that she sat on the
,-o,o but ;he maritime population ana no'
INV ,r;rr her reign in the proportion that
I'D NOW seem to have been most natural.
crou,h would have been more rapid and
-oro imposing If ii had not risen from com
.uoo,ed source SpringnS neither exclusively
nure craftsmanship no. from popular en-
,s;aern but from the interplay OF puhllc Pohcy
~ rrivate interest il was "A growth OF mag
;soent and fruitful spurts. and not lnc"nsld-
,,o neriols during which the naval command
70 the priyatc merchant sailors and not only
slon,e of the Court but the Queen herself pad
re attention to petty sQuihhles than I" CON
,rrctive and patriotic work. That poverty "l
hins 70 which We have alluded as an aillctlon
. ,h fourtcrr,h century was. on Inc "h""
to,iliar To- the English crown two huhdrcd
ore later hut there was much pickering over
-, division If spells when rich prizes were
,,uroa and the history Of the navy al t''9
,orod for all It's glorious chapters - not a''o-
,ber e1ifvins 1t is at this point tha' We i''S9
Mos, that co.. ordination Of his data whl'h would
have made Mr.. Clowcs IN" historian Tor N"''"
~ have been waiting. lie recaIiiulatcs ac-
,i,. anon IN the deeds Of F.lizahc;h's cap
,.i,e ne tray..rscs the development. under he'
"A, ,,nrov,l Of those privatccrs who rivalled
e .h.. Cf.ff
di,,on which made both captains and priNaieers
,ossihlo ne paints ohscurcly and in neu'fal 'ih'S.
W. &C., a dry calendar Of events where We want
an animated narrative. studded with "''ht
portraits c,.,,
Armada is no better in spite OF the potentiaiities
- .h suhicct than the pages given TO the
British navy at this period. 1t is instructive pu'
!, leaves rs cold Events Of the present noun
however should lend an interest even to inc
r,i,enirod condemnation Of the history 81 th'
.r,.d, which Mr. Cloves offers L. his readers
tn. human note reveals itself beneath IN" ha'u
&c, words and in the light 81 SPAN if''''"
men, to-day the slenderest statement ~ u"
situation in which Philip found h''hN'H
intensely real intensely Spanish ""'" -"
sranish Admiral hade his men hh''' ''' '''''
da, and receive the blessing "i inc h"''" ."
fore cmharking. ne was only r"i'"''''s '"' ,"
.,;1,, &c :, may hav. seemed TO him. which
philip took three centuries Ego '"' '
v.aina Sidonia following his master ''"'''.
,.id great str.ss upon the religious "S'''' ~
IN. .xucdition. The peorl" were 10 "''''' nm
that they were participating IN cr"''"'' '"''
,,,,or INNS, he worthy Of their holy aims
All high or low. must realize a'"'' ''' "'''''
. a.. king undertook tho expedition mainly
g., ~. D.
o.,l ,.,.s,,n ~ the church Of souis subjected
% ,h. enemies f the Holy Catholic '"ith. I"''
,,e, ehnuld forget these aims. IN" people ''
,,i,c On hoard were to humily con
, go cecnivc the Sacrament II Was "
,, .,..,,ol. then and il is no doubt III q
,io .e,,iri, II emulation that IN" spanish cap
,; ,a,, ropeat it, but the charges "' cor
,,,,,, ,,y brought against the SIthlSh nav
s..,, sadly natural as We turn back /" '''
records Of philips Inflated attempt upon hnF
lands r,ovcr Poor Medina Sidonia I""h'u VIII
die,ae,c upou the whole plan as MT '""'9 !
marks the Duke knew nothing 81 V' -" ;"
vond tho fact that 1t mad" nm s'f '"' IL
WAS f. discover that sea sickness va 'h' "I"'
Sic ,.,.e AT last the Armada Was II
q condition to sail. 1t put 20 sea from i''S"',
On the morning Of May 20. l'SS, ana on J"H'
Medina Sdonia. with part 81 II, entered ~ u'''''
The rest 81 the feet was ~ haN" "h''i'" '"'
sa,e nor, ON IA. following day. hu; Mas scat
tered and 10 some extent damaged. - VI"
lent Storm Medina Sidonid was az once "'7
hear,ened and advised l'hillp. seeing tha' '''
shiue wcr. Separated many "f tn" people SIGN
provisions bad and scarce, and "ih''rS ana '''''
unfit for their work. to make an h"'"'""''
treaty with the English" The ""rnS S''"
curiously prophetic. their sgnIilcai'' N''"'''',
far beyond the reign Of Ihil'p He ''S""'"''
:, a. H.. s,d,pi.'s advice