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

Vile, he was a native of that county OF
Devon whence have come SO many of
E~ngiand'S mighty sailors. brakes
mino n character raise him 10 a
nelght Tar above Grenville and Caven-
olsh and place him in the
OF Raleigh, Blake and Nelson. To
Raleigh and Drake. more than TO
any other men. England owes her
Worldwide colonial empire. AS the
former first put into practice the
poi1cy OF breaking down SPANS colon
TAI power by planting rival colonies
IN the New World,sso the latter first
carried into worldwide execution the
aimed policy OF destroying SPANS
maritime power by attacking her in
american waters, His naval career
was begun under no less a leader
n Sir John Hawkins and Of course
came at once into hostile collision
Win spain. Spanish rapacity. cruelty
ana blgotry. We are told. taught him
the same kind of feeling towards
~Spanlards that Hannibal cherished to-
ward Romans" Like Hannibal. he
sWore an eternal enmity to his. foe.
but in pursuit of his passion ne de
served and met with a far better
fate.
The most notable Of his numerous
exploits was the voyage in the Golden
Hind which first carried the flag OF
England around the globe. Passing
through the Straight of Magellan. With
a single ship of only twenty gun
he skirted along the west coast of
South America and from Valparaiso
northward along the Peruvian coast,
dashed into seaports n captured yes
sells. carrying away enormous treas
ures in gold and silver and Jewels
With other properly he
meddled but little, and no act Of
wanton cruelty sullfed his perform
ances. After taking plumber worth
millions of dollars, this corSair-Work
gave place to scientific discovery, and
the Golden Hind sailed far north
| ward in search Of a northeast passage
into the Atlantic" In the course OF
this voyage Drake looked in at thu
Golden Gate, took possession of Cali
fOrnia in the name of Queen Eliza
beth, christened it New Albion, and
after sailing as far northward as
Oregon, turned his prov into the
Pacific. hence over the Indian Ocean,
and rounding the Cape OF Good Hope,
sailed into the harbor of Plymouth in
September, 1880. The romantic dar-
ing OF Drak e's voyage" says John
Richard Green, "as we'll as the vast
! ness Of the spoil, aroused q general
enthusiasm throughout England. But
the welcome he received from Eliza
beth on his return was accepted b,
Philip as an outrage which couic
only he expiated by war. Sluggish
it was, the blood of the Spanish kins
was free at last by the defiance with
which Elizabeth received all de
mands for redress. She met a re.
quest for BRAKES surrender by knight
ing the freebooter. and by wearing ir
her crown the jewels he had offered
her as q present. When the Spanish
ambassador threatened that matter
would come to the n she re-
piled, quietly, in her most naturai
mon story wrote Mendoza, that if
used threats of that kind she would
fling me into a dungeon" One en-
thusiast in an ecstasy of admiration
declared tha the Golden Hind ough'
to be set upOn the top of st. Pauls
Cathedral that being discerned fare
and neere. it might be noted and
pointed at Of the people with th"s<
true terms: Yonder is the barke :ha'
hath sailed round about the world
In the same year in which Lanes
colony ianded on Roanoke Island. wal
having been declared against Spain
Drake fitted out a superb fleet o.
tuenty-three sails and embarked fol
the Spanish main. On this expedition
he took and sacked Cartagena, st
Domingo and ST. Augustine and cap
tuIoO NeAlN pIiZcS LIE . Ndt-
non.
After these exploits Drake turned
his PROV n~orthWard and skirted alons
the eastern coast of North America
until he came to Roanoke where he
stopped to take n look in upon Raj
eigh's colony. He was a welcome
visitor for. SAYS Lane. he made "a
most bOuntiful and honorable offer
for the supply of our necessities 10 the
performance of the action We We're
entered into: and that not only o.
victuals munitions and clothing. but
also of banks, %pinnaces and boats,
they also. by him to be rictua!led
manned and furnished to my conte1-
tation." But while preparations were
being made to carry these generous
measures into execution there arose
such an storme. and con
tinaed foure dayes that had like tC
have driven all on shore, if the Lord