^[105]After this Fight there remained of the whole Spanish; Fleet but one hundred and ten, or one hundred and twelve Ships, and those extremely battered and shot through, and having their Rigging much damaged with the Shot.

^[106]The next Day, July 30, the Lord Admiral ordered the Lord Henry Seymour, and Sir William Winter to return back with their Squadron into the narrow Seas, to guard the Coasts; as for himself, he resolved to follow the Spanish Fleet, ’till they came as far Northward as the Forth in Scotland, if they bent their Course that way; and, in the mean time, he thought it best not to attack them any more, ’till he saw what they proposed to do: However, being persuaded that they intended to put into the Firth of Forth, his Lordship had devised Stratagems, and taken Measures to make an utter End of them there.

^[107]July 31. This Day the Spaniards would fain have retreated, early in the Morning, thro’ the Streights of Dover; but the Wind coming up with hard Gales at North West, forced them towards the Coast of Zealand; the English then gave over the Chace, because they perceived them hastening fast enough to their own Destruction; for with the Wind at West North-West, they could not fail of being driven among the Shallows and Sands of that Coast: But the Wind soon happening to come about to the South-West and by West, the Spaniards tacked, and sailing before the Wind, got out of Danger. In the Evening, they held a Council of War, wherein it was unanimously resolved^[108], That seeing they were in want of many Necessaries, especially of Cannon-Ball, that the Ships were very much shattered, their Anchors left in Calais-Road, their Provisions short, their Water spent, a great number of their Soldiers slain, many of their Men sick and wounded, and that there was no hopes of the Duke of Parma’s coming out to join them, they should return to Spain, by the North of Scotland. Pursuant to this Resolution, being now out of Danger, and in the main Ocean, and having thrown all their Horses and Mules over board |General Chart.|to save Water, they steer’d Northward, and the English renew’d the Chace after them; now and then the Spanish Ships slacken’d their Sails, and seem’d to stay for the coming up of the English, so that it was generally thought their Fleet would tack about, but they thought best, after all, to keep on their Course Northward.

Here it will not be improper to leave them for a while, and see what was doing in the mean time in England^[109].

The 9^th of August Queen Elizabeth was pleased, in order both to comfort her People, and to shew her own Magnanimity, to come and view her Army and Camp at Tilbury; the next Morning after her Arrival, she rode with a General’s Truncheon in her Hand, thro’ all the Ranks of the Army, like armed Pallas, attended by the Earls of Leicester and Essex, Henry Norris, Lord Marshall, and others; having the Sword carried before her by the Earl of Ormond; and among other kind and obliging Discourses, made the following most excellent Speech to her Army^[110]:

My loving People,

WE have been persuaded by some that are careful of our Safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed Multitudes; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving People. Let Tyrants fear; I have always so behaved myself, that under God I have placed my chiefest Strength and Safeguard in the loyal Hearts and Good-Will of my Subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see at this time, not for my Recreation and Disport, but being resolved, in the Midst and Heat of the Battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my Kingdom, and for my People, my Honour and my Blood, even in the Dust. I know I have the Body but of a weak and feeble Woman, but I have the Heart and Stomach of a King, and of a King of England too; and think foul Scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe, should dare to invade the Borders of my Realm; to which, rather than any Dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up Arms, I myself will be your General, Judge, and Rewarder of every one of your Virtues in the Field. I know already for your Forwardness, you have deserved Rewards and Crowns; and we do assure you, in the Word of a Prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my Lieutenant-General shall be in my stead, than whom never Prince commanded a more noble or worthy Subject; not doubting but by your Obedience to my General, by your Concord in the Camp, and your Valour in the Field, we shall shortly have a famous Victory over those Enemies of my God, of my Kingdoms, and of my People.

^[111]It is scarce to be conceived what a Spirit of Bravery this great Queen’s Presence and noble Behaviour infus’d into the Officers and Soldiers: ^[112]They saluted her with Cries, with Shouts, with all Tokens of Love, of Obedience, and of Readiness to fight for her; they praised her stately Person and princely Behaviour, prayed for her Life and Happiness, and cursed all her Enemies, both Traitors and Papists, with earnest Desire to venture their Lives for her Safety: ^[113]One who was an Eye Witness relates moreover, that “the whole Armie in every Quarter, did devoutely, at certaine Times, sing in her hearing, in a very tunable manner, divers Psalmes put into Forme of Prayers in Praise of Almighty God, which she greatly commended, and with very earnest Speech thanked God with them^[114].”

Next, if we look into Flanders, we shall find, ^[115]that on the 29^th of July, the Duke of Parma having paid his Addresses to our Lady of Halle, came to Dunkirk, tho’ something of the latest; for which Reason the Spaniards received him in a very reproachful manner; as if, out of some By-Regards to Queen Elizabeth, he had designedly slipt so fair an Opportunity of doing Wonders for the Service of his Country. The Duke, to appease this Storm, punish’d those who had the Charge of Victualling his Fleet; but, however, he did not attempt to put to Sea, being still block’d up by the Lord Henry Seymour’s and Sir William Winter’s Squadron, which were returned from the Chace. In the mean time, he could not but secretly laugh at the saucy and insolent Brags of the Spaniards, whom he had heard talking at this vain rate, “That where ever they turn’d their Sails, a most certain Victory waited upon their Course, and that the English would not have Courage enough to look them in the Face.”

To return now to the two Fleets. We left the Spaniards sailing Northward, and the English in Pursuit of them: ^[116]When the latter were come to fifty five Degrees thirteen Minutes North Latitude, and thirty Leagues East of Newcastle, the Lord High Admiral determined to attack the Spanish Fleet again on the Friday following, August 2, but he thought fit to alter his Resolution, chiefly upon these two Accounts: Because he plainly perceived by the Enemies Course, that they had no other Intention but to save themselves, by sailing North, round the British Islands; and, because several of his Ships wanted Victuals and other Necessaries; which was not so much owing to any Neglect, as to the Victuallers not knowing where to send to the Fleet; for the Queen had most amply and carefully provided whatever was convenient and necessary.

It was therefore concluded, to leave the Spanish Fleet to pursue their Course, and to sail for the Firth of Forth; both to get Refreshment, and to perform some other Business which the Lord Admiral thought necessary to be done; but the Wind coming contrary, that is Westerly, the next Day his Lordship altered his Course, and sending only some Advice-Boats to observe the Enemies farther Motion, he returned with the whole Fleet back to England, where they arrived, some at Yarmouth, some at Harwich, and others at the Downs, about the 7^th of August.

The Spaniards being now got clear of their troublesome Pursuers, resolv’d to make the best of their way for Spain. ^[117]Some Suspicions there were, that they design’d to betake themselves to the King of Scots, who was provok’d to an high degree for his Mother’s Death; and therefore, the better to keep him in Temper, Ashby, the Queen of England’s Ambassador in Scotland, made him very considerable Offers, which, however, were not performed: But the Spaniards having now laid aside all Thoughts and Hopes of returning to attack the English; and perceiving their main Safety lay in their Flight, they made no Stop at any Port whatever. ^[118]About twenty five Ships now remain’d with the Duke of Medina, and forty with Recalde; ^[119]these, with the rest of the Fleet, sail’d about Cathness for the Coast of Ireland, and pass’d between the Orcades and Fair-Isle, to the sixty first Degree of North Latitude; ^[120]an unaccustom’d Place for the young Gallants of Spain, that had never felt Storms on the Sea, or cold Weather in August.

^[121]When the English left off pursuing the Spaniards, the latter wanted of their whole Fleet fifteen or sixteen Ships; and had lost, in the several Engagements, and by Sickness, eight thousand Men at least.

And here their ill Fortune did not stop, but continued to persecute them all the rest of their Voyage; ^[122]for on the Coast of Scotland they lost the two following Ships, which had been so extremely battered by the English Shot, that they founder’d at Sea; namely, the St. Matthew, a Ship of five hundred Tuns, in which four hundred and fifty Men were drowned; and a Biscainer of St. Sebastian’s, of four hundred Tuns, in which three hundred and fifty Men perished: ^[123]Moreover, in these or other Ships, above seven hundred Soldiers were cast on Shore in Scotland, who, by the Duke of Parma’s Mediation with the King of Scots, and with Queen Elizabeth’s Permission, were sent over, a Year after, into the Low-Countries.

^[124]About four Days after the English Fleet left the Spaniards, they came to an Island in the North Part of Scotland, where they staid not, nor had any Relief: And at this Place the Duke of Medina calling all the Ships together, charged them to make the best of their way for the Coasts of Spain or Portugal, because they were in the utmost Distress for want of Victuals and other Provisions.

^[125]For an Addition to their Misfortunes, about the 23^d of August, when there were seventy eight Ships of them together sailing in the Ocean, a violent Storm arose at South-South-West, which continued from Four o’ Clock in the Afternoon ’till Ten the next Morning, and separated them so, that not above twenty seven of them were to be seen together: And again, on the 2^d of September, they had another violent Storm, with a Mist, which so dispersed them, that of the foresaid twenty seven, only three came together into Dingle-Bay; ^[126]and during their Passage round the North of Scotland, they had so terrible a Sickness, that their Mariners and Soldiers died daily in great Multitudes.

As for the Particulars of the Ships sunk, and Men drowned, killed, and taken upon the Coast of Ireland, during the Month of September, they were as follows^[127]:

^[128]Besides which, Our Lady of the Rosary, the Admiral Ship of the Guypuscoan Squadron, of near a thousand Tuns, and thirty Guns, that had fifty Brass Field-Pieces on board, was lost upon the Rocks in Bleskey-Sound; so that of five hundred Men, only one escap’d; and in this perished the Prince of Ascula, a natural Son of King Philip, Mighel de Oquendo the Captain, and several other considerable and eminent Persons.

According to other Accounts^[129], nine Spanish Ships were driven ashore between the Rivers of Lough-Foile and Lough-Swilley, many whereof were broken to Pieces, and the Spaniards forced to shelter among the wild Irish.

^[130]As for such of the Spaniards as had the ill Fortune to be drove upon the Irish Shore, they met with the most barbarous Treatment; for some of them were butcher’d by the wild Irish, and the rest put to the Sword by the Lord Deputy Sir William Fitz-Williams, who fearing they might join with the Irish Malecontents, and observing that Bingham, Governor of Connaught treated them with more Gentleness than he had several times ordered him to do; upon their Surrender, he dispatched Fowle, Deputy Marshal, to execute his Orders; who first dislodg’d them from the Places where they lay conceal’d, and then executed about two hundred of them: But this Rigour the Queen condemn’d, and complain’d of as too extreme: However, the rest being terrified by this way of proceeding, tho’ they were sick and half famish’d, yet chose to trust themselves to their shatter’d Barks, and the Mercy of the Seas; and so became many of them a Sacrifice to the Waves. The Duke of Medina, with twenty or twenty five Ships, keeping in the Ocean, return’d to Spain.

^[131]About forty of the Spanish Ships fell in with the Irish Coast, and intended to touch at Cape Clear, in hopes of meeting there with some Refreshment; but the Wind proving contrary, and the Weather tempestuous, many of them perish’d on that Coast; ^[132]of those that got off, some were driven by a strong West Wind into the English Channel, where part of them were attack’d again and taken by the English, others by the Rochellers, and some arriv’d at Newhaven (or Havre de Grace) in Normandy.

Such were the Spaniards Losses of Men and Ships, in their return round Ireland.

The Losses they had suffered before, were thus:

So that by adding their several Losses together, it plainly appears, they lost THIRTY FIVE Ships, and above THIRTEEN THOUSAND Men; besides many others of which no Estimate was or could be made^[133]; and above two thousand Prisoners were taken in the Fight in Ireland, and the Low-Countries: Those taken in Ireland were brought to England^[134], and confined in Bridewell ’till they were ransomed. The most eminent of the Prisoners were, Don Pedro de Valdez, Don Vasquez de Silvea, Don Alonzo de Sayes, and others taken in the Channel; in Ireland, Don Alonzo de Luzon, Roderigo de Lasso, &c. in Zealand, Don Diego Piementelli, &c. In a Word, there was hardly a noble Family in all Spain, that did not lose a Son, a Brother, or a Kinsman; upon which account the Mourning was so universal in that whole Kingdom, ^[135]that King Philip was obliged by Proclamation to shorten the usual Time; as the Romans of old, upon their great Defeat of Cannæ, found it necessary to limit the publick Mourning to thirty Days.

^[136]The shatter’d Remains of the Spanish Fleet after having weather’d many Storms, and suffered all the Inconveniences of War and Weather, arriv’d at last, about the End of September, at St. Andero, and other Ports of Spain, laden with nothing but Shame and Dishonour. The Duke of Medina was forbid the Court, and ordered to go and live privately; Martinez de Recalde died immediately after his Return; and two of their Ships were accidentally burnt in the Harbour not long after their Arrival. Surely such a Series of ill Success was hardly ever known in any other Age or Nation.

As for the English they lost only Captain Coxe’s Ship abovementioned, and not more than one hundred Men.

Such was the End of the formidable Spanish Armada, that had been three Years fitting out at a vast Expence; and which in less than three Months was shamefully beaten, and put to a most ignominious Flight, ^[137]without taking at the same time, in several Engagements, and in many Days Fight, any English Ship or Boat, or making one Prisoner; not having so much as fired a Cottage at Land, or taken a Cock-Boat of ours at Sea, as the Lord Bacon observes^[138], it wandered through the Wilderness of the Northern Seas; and, according to the Curse in Scripture, Came out against us one way, and fled before us seven ways. Well might the Spaniards marvel at this, and be heartily vexed, as one of their Friends observes they did; ^[139]so as some of them to say in their Anguish of Heart, “That in all these Fights, Christ shewed himself a Lutheran! Surely it is most manifest, as he goes on, That in all this Voiage, from the Armada’s coming out of Lisbon, even to the very last, God shewed no Favour to the Spaniards any one Day, as he did continually to the English.”

For this signal Deliverance, the Thanks of all true Lovers of their Country, and of the Protestant Religion, are due to that Almighty Being, by whose Assistance their Ancestors obtained the Victory; and it ought at the same time, to make them love and reverence the Memory of that wise and excellent Queen, by whose Prudence and good Management they were enabled to conquer.

^[140]Upon the first News of this wonderful Deliverance and Victory, the Kingdom was filled with Joy, and a Sense of Gratitude to God. The first Notice given of it in publick, was on the 20^th of August, when Nowel Dean of St. Paul’s preached at the Cross a Thanksgiving Sermon before the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and the Companies in their best Liveries. Again September the 8^th being another and chief Thanksgiving Day, the Preacher at St. Paul’s Cross moved the People to give Thanks for their Enemies Overthrow; and at the same time were set upon the lower Battlements of the Church, eleven Ensigns or Banners taken from the Spanish Fleet; one Streamer in particular, on which was represented the Virgin Mary with her Son in her Arms, was held in a Man’s Hand over the Pulpit: These Banners were afterwards carried to the Cross in Cheapside^[141]; and the next Day, September 9, were hanged on London-Bridge towards Southwark, where the Fair was kept. The 17^th of November, being Sunday, was another Rejoicing-Day, as well upon account of the Queen’s Accession to the Throne, as for this Victory. Her Majesty intended to have been at Paul’s Cross, to hear a Sermon preach’d by Dr. Cooper Bishop of Winchester, and Provision had accordingly been made for her Reception; but upon some Occasion or other, her coming was put off ’till the Sunday following: The 19^th being Tuesday was a general Thanksgiving-Day throughout the whole Kingdom. The next Sunday, November 24, the Queen, attended by her Privy Council, by the Nobility, and other honourable Persons, as well Spiritual as Temporal, in great number, the French Ambassador, the Judges, the Heralds, and Trumpeters all on Horseback, came in a Chariot supported by four Pillars, and drawn by two white Horses, to St. Paul’s Church; where alighting at the West Door, she fell on her Knees, and audibly praised God for her own and the Nation’s signal Deliverance; and, after a Sermon suitable to the Occasion, preached by Dr. Pierce, Bishop of Sarum, she exhorted the People in a most Royal and Christian manner, to a due Performance of the religious Duty of Thanksgiving; then going to the Bishop of London’s Palace, where she dined, she returned in the same Order as before, by Torch-light, to Somerset-House.

Those brave Men that had ventur’d their Lives in the Defence of their Country, were considered and rewarded by the Queen. ^[142]She settled a Pension on the Lord High-Admiral for his great Service, and bestow’d a handsome yearly Allowance on the poor and disabled Seamen; and upon all Occasions she distinguish’d the rest of the Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors with particular Marks of her Regard and Esteem; but their Rewards consisted generally more in Words than in Deeds.

A short Explanation and Account of what is contained in each of the ten Tapestry-Plates, and the ten Charts.

The first Plate of the Tapestry and Chart I. represent the Spanish Fleet coming up the Channel, opposite to the Lizard, as it was first discovered. See Account of the Spanish Invasion, p. 12, 13.

Plate II. and Chart II. The Spanish Fleet against Fowey, drawn up in the Form of a Half Moon, and the English Fleet pursuing them. Account, &c. p. 13.

Plate III. and Chart III. At the left Hand Corner is represented the first Engagement between the Spanish and English Fleets: After which the English give Chace to the Spaniards, who draw themselves up into a Roundel. Account, &c. ibid.

Plate IV. and Chart IV. De Valdez’s Galleon springs her Foremast, and is taken by Sir Francis Drake. The Lord-Admiral with the Bear and Mary Rose, pursue the Enemy, who are in the Form of a Half Moon. Account, &c. p. 13, 14.

Plate V. and Chart V. The Admiral of the Guypuscoan Squadron being set on Fire, is taken by the English. The rest of the Spanish Fleet continue their Course in the Form of a Half Moon: And when both Fleets were against the Isle of Portland, they come to an Engagement. Account, &c. p. 14.

Plate VI. and Chart VI. Some English Ships attack the Spanish Fleet to the Westward. The Spaniards draw themselves into a Roundel: And afterwards keeping on their Course, are followed by the English. Account, &c. p. 14, 15.

Plate VII. and Chart VII. Represent the sharpest Engagement that happen’d between the two Fleets, on July 25, against the Isle of Wight. Account, &c. p. 15.

In Plate VIII. and Chart VIII. the Spanish Fleet is seen sailing up the Channel, intending to stop at Dunkirk or Calais, where they were to be join’d by the Duke of Parma: The English follow them close. Account, &c. p. 16.

Plate IX. and Chart IX. The Spaniards come to an Anchor before Calais, from whence they are dislodg’d by the Fireships sent amongst them in the Night: The English prepare to pursue them. Account, &c. p. 16, 17.

Plate X. and Chart X. The Spaniards make the best of their way for the Northern Seas; and are, in the mean time, very much battered by the English, who closely pursue them. The chief Galleass is stranded near Calais. Account, &c. p. 17, 18, 19.

The Reader is desired to observe, that the Border in Plate II, IV, VI, VIII, X, is an exact Representation of the Border to the Tapestry-Hangings, which is ornamented with the Portraits of the principal Commanders; and is the same in all the Pieces of the Tapestry; only the Heads are differently placed. But for more Variety, and in order to bring in the Heads of Sir Robert Carey, the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Roger Townshend, and Sir Thomas Gerard, another Border has been contrived, being that which is round Plate I, III, V, VII, IX.

We are inform’d by Joachim de Sandrart^[143], that the Designs of the Tapestry were made by Henry Cornelius Vroom, a famous Painter of Harlem, eminent for his great Skill in drawing all Sorts of Shipping; and that it was Wove by Francis Spiring.

Explanation of the Medals and other Ornaments round the Charts.

Gen. Chart. On the left Side Britannia is represented darting Thunder and Lightning, upon Envy, Superstition, and the Kingdom of Spain, delineated by those of Castile and Leon, which lye groveling below: On the other Side, True Religion, represented by a Woman sitting, and holding a Bible in one Hand, thunders down upon Hypocrisy, Ignorance, and Popery: The Medal at the Top has, on one Side, the Spanish Fleet in a Storm, and this Inscription, FLAVIT · יְהֹוָה‎‬ · ET · DISSIPATI · SVNT· 1588. The Lord blew, and they were dispers’d. On the Reverse is represented a Church founded upon a Rock, (meaning the Protestant Religion,) which the Waves beat against, and the Heavens seem to frown upon; the Inscription is ALLIDOR · NON · LÆDOR, I am beat (by the Waves) but not hurt. That at the Bottom, which is of Silver, and in the Collection of Dr. Mead, has on one Side, the Pope, Cardinals, and Bishops; the Emperor, King Philip, and other Princes in their Robes of State, sitting in Consultation, bound about their Eyes with Fillets, the Ends of which are sticking up, and the Floor of the Room they are assembled in all full of Pricks: The Inscription above them, O COECAS · HOMINVM · MENTES · O · PECTORA · COECA. O the blind Understandings of Men! O their blind Hearts! About the Circle, DVRVM · EST · CONTRA · STIMVLOS · CALCITRARE, It is hard to kick against the Pricks: On the Reverse, A Fleet of Ships dash’d against Rocks, and sinking: Above, VENI · VIDE· VIVE, 1588. Come, see, live, 1588: TV · DEVS · MAGNVS · ET · MAGNA · FACIS · TV · SOLVS · DEVS, Thou, o God, art great, and dost great things, thou art God alone.

Chart I. and II. Above is a profile Face of Queen Elizabeth (taken from a Minute of Is. Oliver, in the Collection of Dr. Mead,) before which sits History with an Olive-Branch, recording her great Actions; and behind her, Fame sounding her Praises. On each Side of the Queen are moreover several warlike Instruments taken out of the Spanish Fleet, and now preserved in the Tower. From Queen Elizabeth’s Picture hangs the Anchor of Hope, the Arms of the Admiralty, surrounded by the Winds; and below stands Neptune, the God of the Sea, in his Chariot, to denote the Queen’s Dominion of the Narrow Seas. At the Corner of the first Chart Britannia sitting upon a Rock in the Sea, and looking scornfully upon the Spanish Fleet, has this very pertinent Motto by her,

Chart III. and IV. At the Top is a Picture of the Lord High-Admiral, (taken from an original Painting of Frederico Zucchero, in Possession of his Grace the Duke of Kent) having on one Side Prudence, Janus like, with a double Face; and on the other, Courage: Among which are intermix’d several Spanish Weapons, now in the Tower. The Silver Coin, which was struck on this glorious Occasion by the Zealanders, has on one side two Ships engag’d, and under CLASSIS · HISP. Round the Circle, VENIT · IVIT · FVIT, 1588. The Spanish Fleet came, went, was, 1588. On the Reverse, the Arms of Zealand, with this Inscription, SOLI · DEO · GLORIA, Glory to God alone: Under the Lord-Admiral, Victory fitting, holds in her right Hand a Laurel Crown, and his Lordship’s Arms: In her left, a Chain, to which are fastened below the Duke of Medina, and the other chief Spanish Commanders.

Chart V. and VI. At the Top is a Portrait of Sir Francis Drake, (taken out of Mr. Knapton’s Collection of illustrious Men,) and adorned on each Side with proper Naval Ornaments. The Coin at the Top has on one Side the Arms of Zealand crown’d, with this Inscription, NON · NOBIS · DOMINE · NON · NOBIS, 1588. Not to us, o Lord, not to us: Reverse, The Spanish Fleet flying, thus circumscribed, SED · NOMINI · TVO · DA · GLORIAM, But to thy Name give the Praise: That at the Bottom represents on one Side Queen Elizabeth, sitting in a triumphal Chariot, holding in her right Hand a Palm Branch, the Emblem of Victory; and in her left a Book open, in which is the Beginning of the Lord’s Prayer in Dutch, and round the Circle, TANDEM · BONA · CAVSA · TRIVMPHAT, 1588. At last the good Cause triumphs: Upon the Reverse, a Tree in which is a Nest full of small Birds, that jointly defend themselves against a Bird of Prey, by whom they are attack’d: At the Bottom BELLVM · NECESS. A War of Necessity: Round the Circle, SI · NON · VIRIBVS · AT · CAVSA · POTIORES, Superior, if not in Strength, yet in the Goodness of our Cause. At the Bottom of these two Charts is represented Sir Francis Drake, distributing amongst his Officers and Sailors, the Money, &c. that was found in a great Galleon brought to Dartmouth, See Account, &c. p. 13, 14. Others are driving the Prisoners before them.

Chart VII. and VIII. At the upper Part are the Portraits of Sir M. Forbisher, and Sir J. Hawkins (taken from Holland’s Herologia Anglicana) with a naval Crown between them, and other suitable Decorations. Below them, upon a Columna Rostrata, (i.e. a Pillar adorned with the Beaks of Ships,) stands Victory, holding a Shield, upon which are the Names of those brave Persons that were knighted by the Lord-Admiral, as is represented at the Bottom. See Account, &c. p. 16. Others are bringing Weapons out of the Spanish Ships.

Chart IX. and X. At the Top is a curious Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, (taken from a Gold Alto Relievo, in the Collection of Dr. Mead,) thundering down upon Philip II. King of Spain, Pope Sixtus V. (taken from a Copper Medal in the Collection of Tho. Sadler Esq;) and Alexander Duke of Parma, whom she holds in Chains. At the two bottom Corners are two Boys weeping, and pointing at the Spanish Fleet, which is represented as shipwreck’d, and in the utmost Distress. The Coin at the left Hand Corner of the Top, was struck by the Zealanders, and exhibits the Spanish Fleet in a violent Storm, the Sun above, breaking out of a thick Cloud; the Inscription is, POST · NVBILA · PHOEBVS, After cloudy Weather Sun-shine; or, After a Storm a Calm. On the Coin at the Right Hand, are four Persons upon their Knees, looking up to Heaven, with this Inscription, HOMO · PROPONIT · DEVS · DISPONIT, Man proposeth, God disposeth: The Reverse, which is not copied here, had this Inscription, HISPANI · FVGIVNT · ET · PEREVNT · NEMINE · SEQVENTE.

The above Medals, excepting those taken from the Collections mentioned, are from Histoire Metallique des Pays Bas, par G. van Loon.

This Account was drawn up by the Rev. Mr. Philip Morant, M.A. Rector of St. Mary’s, Colchester.