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Page 34
Nothing further is heard of Frobisher until the year 1585 , when a fleet was fitted
out to annoy the King of Spain in the West Indies , who had manifested a
disposition to go to war with Elizabeth , by laying an embargo upon all the
English ships ...
Nothing further is heard of Frobisher until the year 1585 , when a fleet was fitted
out to annoy the King of Spain in the West Indies , who had manifested a
disposition to go to war with Elizabeth , by laying an embargo upon all the
English ships ...
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The King of Spain was now grown so weak in shipping by the overthrow he had
in 1588 , that he could no longer secure the trade of his subjects . ” + The Earl of
Cumberland suffered not that year to expire , before he had fitted out an ...
The King of Spain was now grown so weak in shipping by the overthrow he had
in 1588 , that he could no longer secure the trade of his subjects . ” + The Earl of
Cumberland suffered not that year to expire , before he had fitted out an ...
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lea “ But , ” says Monson , “ after he had put out to sea , the King of Spain ,
becoming better advised than to adventure twenty of his ships to ten of ours , sent
for Don Alonzo to return to port , and so frustrated the expectation of our fleet .
lea “ But , ” says Monson , “ after he had put out to sea , the King of Spain ,
becoming better advised than to adventure twenty of his ships to ten of ours , sent
for Don Alonzo to return to port , and so frustrated the expectation of our fleet .
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The expedition , however , answered its purpose , by compelling the King of
Spain to keep in port the whole of the outward - bound ships , and also to send
out instructions to the Indies , to detain the sailing of the homeward - bound ships
till ...
The expedition , however , answered its purpose , by compelling the King of
Spain to keep in port the whole of the outward - bound ships , and also to send
out instructions to the Indies , to detain the sailing of the homeward - bound ships
till ...
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The King of Spain , anxious , as he always was , and ever ready , to assist the
enemies of England , joined the faction in France , known by the name of the
League , against the legitimate king , then in alliance with Queen Elizabeth .
Philip , in ...
The King of Spain , anxious , as he always was , and ever ready , to assist the
enemies of England , joined the faction in France , known by the name of the
League , against the legitimate king , then in alliance with Queen Elizabeth .
Philip , in ...
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| Title | Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British Navy |
| Author | John Barrow |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 juuni 2010 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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