The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05

assure US that he had no authority
LOT ms statement, when he tells us
ma. TINS action of the Revenge
struck a deeper terror, though it was
OUT the action of a single ship, into
the hearts of the Spanish people; it
ueaft a more deadly blow upon their
lame and moral strength thar the
Of the Armada itself, and
IN the direct results which arose from
it 1t was scarcely less disastrous to
them" ,
One Of the vessels of Grenyille's
meet which conveyed Lanes colony
70 in 1855 was commanded
by Thomas Cavendish, in whom Gren-
vile must have found a congenial
spirit. C~avendish, like many other
noDIemen and gentlemen Of the times,
haVlng sqaandered his patrimony,
had determined to repair his fortune
at the expense of the common enemy.
The voyage to Roanoke, made in a
snip fitted out at his own charge, was
his first maritime adventure. He
proved ar apt scholar of his masters,
GrenNille and Drake. While wait
ing at a Juan de Porto Rico, ostensi-
blv to build a pinnace, he and Gren-
vile bounced upon and captured two
Spanish frigateS which contained
good and rich freight and divers
Spaniards of account whom they
ransomed for good, round sums"
This employment we can we'll believe
proved more conSenial to the tastes
and temper OF Cavendish than Raj
eiEh's scheme of 'Westerne Planting"
l'pcn his return from this voyage
Cavendish, melted by the exploits of
Drake and Hawkins, prepared on his
" account an expedition to circun-
navigate the globe. His beet consist
ed of three small vessels, the Desire,
lao tons; the Content, SO tons, and the
Hugh Gallant. 40 tons. and carried
1913 sailors. Sailing from the west
coast of England, Cavendish steered
straight for the Spanish main where
he repeated the exploits of Drake,
sinking Spanish ships, burning Span
ish towns n " aging Spanish coasts.
Throughout Spanish-Anlerica his
name soon became a signal for terror
and conformation. Running down
! the Atlantic coast of South America
he passed through the Straight Of Ma
gellan out into the Pacific. Hunger,
storms and battles had SO reduced
the numbcr OF his crew that he
found it advisable to sink the Hugh
Gallant, and with the Desire and the
until he touched lower California.
There falling in with the Great st.
Anna, 700 tons, the private property
of the king Of Spain, he took her after
a desperate battle Of six hours. Her
cargo of 500 tons of the richest mer-
CIldIfuILe dII0 NO t nan ~ W. II
or gold proved a prize we'll worth
taking. Yet so heavily were his ships
already loaded with Spanish plumber
that C~avendish was forced to send
the greater part Of this new treasure
to the bottom along with the stately
Spanish salleon. The historian of the
expedition, an officer aboard the De
sire, declares that this was one OF
the richest vessels that ever sailed
the seas; and was able to have made
many hundreds wealthy if we had had
means to a V brought it home.
Content now with the results OF MS
expedition, Cavendish decided to leave
the Content to pursue her own way
and on November 10, 1887. turned
the PROV of the Desire hOmeWard
hv way of the Cape Of Good Hope
ION September 10. 1888" records the
chronicler Of his exploits. like
wearied men, through the favor Of
the Almighty, we got into Plymouth
where the townsmen received us with
all humanity"
All England rang with the fame
Of Cavendish. His exploits became
the theme OF ballads and his name
was on every mans tongue For a
time he held his head high among
the best Of England's naval heroes
Soon, however. he found that a
fortune so easily gained was as easily
lost. "Gallantry and following the
court" quickly depleted his purse and
he again looked toward the uSlal
storehouse with a craving that was
not to be resisted. In 1881 he fitted
out a second expedition for the
Spanish main. but he now sailed I'M
der an evil star. Fortune deserted
him and after suffering untold hor-
rors from hunger, storms a. deSer-
lions. he died at sea in 1892. il is said
OF a broken heart. Something OF
the endurance required OF English
seamen OF the sixteenth century nay
he understood when we learn that OF
the seventy six men who sailed with
Cavendish on his luckless voyage only
a .>small remnant of fifteen lived to
return and they were so weak from
%hardships and suffering that Wher
they arrived off Bearhaven, Ireland
how "could no axe in or heave q