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 NavyJ. Murray, 1845 - 495 pages |
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Page 215
... Parma upon this parte of the realme , the other for goeinge with forces into Scotland . Nowe what did move Her Majestie , or upon what ground I knowe not , to diminishe her forces heare , for yf any of both these should happen upon the ...
... Parma upon this parte of the realme , the other for goeinge with forces into Scotland . Nowe what did move Her Majestie , or upon what ground I knowe not , to diminishe her forces heare , for yf any of both these should happen upon the ...
Page 246
... Parma should not previously put to sea , and compel his Lordship to attack him ; which , however , he had ascertained , from the state of his preparations , there was little prospect of his doing . The whole conduct of the Lord High ...
... Parma should not previously put to sea , and compel his Lordship to attack him ; which , however , he had ascertained , from the state of his preparations , there was little prospect of his doing . The whole conduct of the Lord High ...
Page 248
... Parma's flotilla , with thirty to forty thousand troops on board , intended , under protection of the fleet , to proceed up the Thames , and to sack London . This was their main object , and had they not been diverted from their ...
... Parma's flotilla , with thirty to forty thousand troops on board , intended , under protection of the fleet , to proceed up the Thames , and to sack London . This was their main object , and had they not been diverted from their ...
Page 249
... Parma . With regard to the first and most important , which indeed was the prelude to the rest and to the catas- trophe which succeeded , Camden has supplied an interesting description . " But Queen Elizabeth , by a wise precaution ...
... Parma . With regard to the first and most important , which indeed was the prelude to the rest and to the catas- trophe which succeeded , Camden has supplied an interesting description . " But Queen Elizabeth , by a wise precaution ...
Page 252
... Parma , the pilots refused to take the ships towards that quarter , on account of the shoals and sands on the Flemish coast : they were also closely pursued by the Lord Admiral , and attacked briskly by the English fleet , which was the ...
... Parma , the pilots refused to take the ships towards that quarter , on account of the shoals and sands on the Flemish coast : they were also closely pursued by the Lord Admiral , and attacked briskly by the English fleet , which was the ...
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