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Show The fit Bookeofirbe Pt pare ee Provefant religion,after thebattaile of Morcoanter) enored that Couttrie, alichgatlicned greatftrength and relicfethente'yforifthe King faith he:): wouldhaue giverme byt reafonable' nivines, jeale biengarded! Momfeurl Ydecitely de fainehoire fas Chducuseeh la Garonne'; 1wonld hawekept the, Admipal from watering bes honfes inthe Revet of Garonie Morficurde Langeyon the contrary fidesprefe rrestheaiotfighting ypon a frontice with attinuading enemy,and cominends the! delay s Which courte the Conktableof Frans held; againgt the Emperourtharlessw hehe inuydediPrdsepce! Guicat difterchced know there is, and 2diuerfe confideration to behad, berweehe fircliCounties Braye is; frengthned with many fortified places: and this of ours, wheré our Ratmpatsiare but of the bodies ofmen. And itwas ofinuafions vpon firme land, that thefe great. Caps ra taihes {pakes whofe entradces cannotibe Viicertainel! But our queftion isy of an Armie ¢ WA Pa.Gi9: ; oftheHiftorie ofthe World, offriendsiand vpoheuery:coue or watering placeaFort ctected,totorbid the approach ofahenemics boat.er when-Emannel de Syluay andisonfienr de Chattes, thatheld it to the vieofDow Antonio,with fiue or fixethoufand ‘men,' thought tohaue kept the dter~ que(feofSapte Crazsfrom ferting foote on ground therein ; the Matqueffe hazing fhew- edhimfelfein:the Road of.dagra,did fet faileyere any was awareofit; and atriuedat the Port desMoles,fanre diftant from thence;wheve he wana Fort, and landed, ere Monfieur' de Chsttessonning thither invaine,coultdcome to hindet him. The example of Philipt Strofsie, flaine the yeare before, without all regard of his worthyandcofthreehundred Exeneh prifonersmurderedinicold bloddy had inftruidted. de. Chatres.and his followers, yoWhar theyumight <xpecbar that Marquefie his hands's: Therefore ‘ig is not like, thatthey: woredlowia carryingreliefe to Port des Moles.' Whether our Englifh would be petiwadedtomakefitch diligens hatte, from AMergatto.the Neff, and backeagaine,it may be doubted: Sire Lamy. thatic were a greatermarch thanall the lengthof Tercera; whereof to be tranfported'outr Seajand tobe landeddgaine inlan eniemiedsOobntry,andtlie place left tothe choiceofthe Inuader. Hereunto Hay,Thar fichan Axmiecannorbe telifted on thecoahofEnglandwithout a ficet coimpeachingnd, nor onthe coat ofFraiee, of the French-neet-had not meafured:the one halfe when they found themfelues prevented any otherCounttey rexcepedutry Creche, Portyor fandy Bayshad'a .powerfull:Ar. wiyzitveach'oPthem, to'makedppofition >i! For le Hiswhole fuppofition be granted; havent isableto furnish teveluc thoutand footy ‘and that thofe twelue thoulandbe layed in thethtee ‘belt landing places yeithin thar Coutitry,‘to*vvit;. three thoufand at Mahgar;ehiree thoufand atthe Wf, \and fixethoufand at Folkston, thatsis fome: What equallpsdiftant from them both as\alfo that two of thefe tronpes(vnleffe ome other order bethoughtimorefit ybe diiected to t tepgthen the third, when: they fhall 2° feethe enemies Heerro bend rowardsit'1 fay, hati notwithftahding this prouifion, if tie ehemy pfetting faile from the Ifle ofwight}cih the fitit watch ofthe night,-and tow. ing their long boates at theix fternes, {hall "arrive by dawneof day atitiieiWefe ahd thtuft their Armie onthofethereiewill be shard fdr thofe, thee thonfand-that ate at dtarearqwentyand fourelorig miles from thence })tg:come time enoughto re-enforce their fellawesat the Wee, Nay, howfhall they at! Fdzdkjfen ‘be able to does; who by themore nimble hips ofSpaixe. This may fuffice to proue,that a {trong Armie,ina good fleet,which neither Foot, hot horfe,isableto follow,cannotbe deniedto lan dwhereit lift,in Englawd,Francé,or el{e- where,vnleffe it be hindred,encountred;and fhuffled together,bya fleetofequall,or anfwerable ftrength. ‘ ee 20 Thedifficult landing ofour Eag/i/b,at Fayalinthe yeare 15.97.18 alleaged apainftthis: which example mouesme.nowayto thinke,that a large.coaft may be.defended againft aftrong fleet. I landed thofe Engli(h.in Fayal,myfelfe,and therefore ought totake notice ofthis inftance. For whereasI findean action ofmine.cited,with omiffion of|my name; Imay by aciuil interpretation,think,that there was no purpofe to defraud me ofany ho- nout;butrather'an opinion,that thé enter prize was fuch,or fo ill managed,as that to hd- nour could bedue vito it There Wete! indeede foine which weteifthat voyage, who aduifedinenot to viidertake ic sand Tharkened vino them; fonewhat IGrigerthan was are"neerer by more than‘halfethe way? feeing thawthe ehémiey at! his-firfatrinall, will cithcr. Wakevhisentrance by forcewith three orféure:hundted, thor: ofgréat Ars tillety,:andiquitkly pur thefirt three thoufand, that were intrenchied at the Wef?,to 3 Tan? of-elfe='giue'them fo much to doe, that they thall be:glad to fend for helpe ?o1Fos/k/lon,/and perhapsto ‘Margat s whereby thofe places will -be left bare. Now tet v8 fiippofe) that all-the twelue thoufand Kentifp. Souldiers arrivie -at the Nef, ere theenemiecanbe ready'to difimbarquevhis: Armie}fo that he {hall find it vnfate,to fandin the face oFfo imany; prepared to witliRand himyyet matt we beleeue,that bewill play the beftof hisown' gamé,and¢ having libertyto.go which way helift )vnder co uervefithe night,fet fayle towards the Eait,where what fhall hinder himto take ground, eitherar Margatthe Dowwesor elfewhere,beforerh ey. atthe Weffe canbe well awareot hisdeparwuver-Ocirainly thereis nothingmoréeafie than to doe it.¥eathelikemay be laidtiwaymituth furbeckpooleand-of all landing-places onthe South Coat. For'there 40 i5H6 mah ignorant,that Shipsswithour putting thenifclues out of breath,will cafily out raAthe Soulditisthat coat them: Les. APmecs me-volent poynt- enpofte s Armiesmenner Pyespor vat pot faith a Marfhallof Francen And I knowit to be true, thatia fleet of Shipsimaybe feene at Sunne-fee, -andaftertit, at theLifard; yetby! the next amoiing Hieythay tecotce Porrlemd, owhereasan Armic offade fhall not be able to niarchit iw fixedayes, Againewhenthofe troupesjlodgedionthe Sea-fhoresythall be forced . tun from place to'place itvaincyafter a fleerofShips tey:willat letigthfir downintt mid-Way,und leatall at aduenture:But fay irwereotherwifesThat the inuaditig eneiy will Offer to land infome fuch place; where there thallbean A rmyiof oursready. toner cenhimsyetit cannot be doubted,burthatavhen;thel dHoicé ofiallourtrained bands; ° and the'choieesfour Commanders and Captains; thathbedrawirragether(as they. 8% atTiburiein the yeare t5 88.) to attend the perfon ofthe Princejand forthe defence the Citie of Leadon ithey that remaincto guard the codft,¢an'be-ofriofirch forct,:4 ; encounter an Armielike vnto that,wherewirh it was intended that the' Prince of ¥¢™ fhould'haite larided in England. ac 2 ethert The Ifle ofTercera hath taught vs by experience,what to thinke in facha gales Be arenot many[latds: inthe world; better fenced . bysiature, and Arengthined ae beips Giery where hard ofaccetfe. haningind goodharbéur. whertimtotbelecra sO" 3° requifitevefpecially,whileft they delired me;to referue the title offich'an exploircthough itwerenorgtear ) foragréater perfor. But when they beganto'tell me ofdifficulty : I gaue them to vnderftand;the fame which I now maintaine, that it was more difficult to defend 4 coat; thantositiade it. The truths, that T could haite landed my hien with more eafethan I did'; yea without finding any refiftance) if I would Haue rowed to and- ther place,vea euen there whereI landed,if I would have taken more companieto helpe me.Butwithout fearing afiy imputation ofra(iineffe, I may fay, thatThad more regard ofrepurationyin that bufitieffe,than 6ffafetie. For lthought i t6 belong vittothe ho- nour.ofour Prince and Nation,that a few Matiders fiduld nor thinkany aduantage great enoughapainift a fect fet forth by 9: Elizabeth': and farther, I was vawilling,thatfome Low.CountrieCaprainesand others,not ofmine own {quadron, whofe affiftance I had 40 refufed,thould pleafethemfelues witha fweet conceit ( though it would haue bin fhort, When Thad jarided in fome other place) Thatfor wantof thesr helpe I was drinento tarnb taile, Therefore Ltooke with me noné, bucriien afluted, Commanders of mine owne {qurdron,with fomeoftheir followers, and a few other Gentlemeén,voluntaries, whom Teould not refute 3 a8,Sir william Brooke,Sir william Harney,Siy Arthur Gorges; Sir' Yohn Shot, Sic Thomas Ridgeway, Sit Henrie Tinnes, Sir Charles Morgan, Sir Walter Chate, Mar» cellagg Throckmorton,Captaine Laurente Kemsis, Captaine Within Morgan;and others;fucth aswell ynderftoodthemfelues andthe enemie i by whofe helpe, with Gods fatiour, { madegood the enterprife I Vadertooke.As forthe working ofthéSca, thefleepene(fe of the Chifes;and other troubles, that Wefe not new to Vs, we ouetcame them yvell enough, so"And thefe(notwithftanding) madefitte or fixe Companies of the enernies that fought to impeach our landing, abandonithe wall, vvhereon thelt Musketiers lay' on the eft for ysjand won theplace oftheiti without any gteat foffe. This I could haite dotic Withleffe danger;fo that it thould not haue fetued For exani ple ofa rile, that failed cucn {nthisexample: butthe icafons before alleadged, (together with'dther redfons well lowneto fome ofthe Gentlemen absoue named, though more priuate, thin tobe hete laid down made me tather followthe way ofbrauery, atid take the fliortet courle' ha Sing it Rill in mine owne power to fall offwtien I fhould thinkeit meet.It is eafily faid: that the Ememsie was sierethige 4 Coward. which yet was miorethan we knewneither wi Imagnific fuchafmall peeceof feruice, by {eeking to proue hina bertet + webeat; 75 |