Fleete

The same night a litle before day there happened another into our company, supposing vs by our two prizes to be of their Fleete, which we vntill the morning dissembled.

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They were so well stored of biscuit, that for the space of halfe a yeere, they might allow eche person in the whole Fleete half a quintall euery moneth; whereof the whole summe amounteth vnto an hundred thousand quintals.

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The miraculous victory atchieved by the English Fleete, under the discreet and happy conduct of the right honourable, right prudent, and valiant lord, the L. Charles Howard, L. high Admirall of England, &c.

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Fleete, and it was foure of the clocke at afternoone before the residue of the English Fleet could ouertake him.

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The Admirall and chiefe commander of those ships and Fleete called Aluaro Flores de

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In which storme I was separated from our Fleete, except the

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For the whole Fleete was large ynough to containe the burthen of 60 thousand tunnes.

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Fleete, and seeing one of his Captaines afarre off, hee spake vnto him in these wordes: Oh George what doest thou?

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A very large and particular description of this Nauie was put in print and published by the Spaniards; wherein were set downe the number, names, and burthens of the shippes, the number of Mariners and souldiers throughout the whole Fleete; likewise the quantitie of their Ordinance, of their armour, of bullets, of match, of gun-poulder, of victuals, and of all their Nauall furniture was in the saide description particularized.

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And the Fleete which commeth euery yeere from Portugal, which be foure, fiue, or sixe great shippes, commeth first hither.

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