SIR , I Humbly beg Leave to present to Your Majesty, these Representations of the Hangings in the House of Lords, which contain the several Victories obtained against the King of Spain in 1588. That the same glorious Success may attend your Majesty, whenever your Fleets shall be engaged with any of your Majesty’s Enemies, is the hearty Prayer of Your MAJESTY’s Most dutiful and most obedient Subject and Servant , JOHN PINE . THE Defeat of the Spanish Armada being the most glorious Victory that wa

THE Author and Undertaker of this ever memorable Expedition was Philip II. King of Spain , eldest Son of the renowned Emperor Charles V. In the Year 1554, he married Mary I. Queen of England , with a View of uniting, by this Marriage, the English Dominions to those large and noble Territories of which he was Heir-Apparent. But all his Projects were defeated by a False-Conception the Queen had in 1555; and especially by her Death, which happened on Novemb. 17, 1558.—In 1555, October 25, he became

The Squadron of Portuguese Galleons, &c. under the particular Command of the Generalissimo, the Duke of Medina Sidonia . The Fleet of Biscay , commanded by Don Juan Martinez de Recalde , Captain General. The Fleet of Castile , commanded by Don Diego Florez de Valdez , General. The Andalusian Squadron, commanded by Don Pedro de Valdez , General. The Squadron of Guypuscoa , commanded by Don Mighel de Oquenda . The Eastern Fleet of Ships, called Levantiscas , commanded by Don Martinez de Ve

BOTH Sides being thus fitted out, and prepared for Action, let us now proceed, Thirdly , To give an Account of the Expedition, and the several Engagements between the two Fleets, with the final Event of the whole. The King of Spain ’s Instructions to his General, were [46] , To repair to Calais Road, and there wait for the Arrival of the Duke of Parma , who had Orders to join him with his Fleet and Forces; and, upon their meeting, to open a Letter directed to them both, with further Orders [part

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 whi

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· 1

The Spanish Armada made an effort, July 25, 1588, to land and take possession of the Isle of Wight, when a spirited engagement took place, which caused the Spanish admiral to pursue his course to Calais Roads. The next day the Lord High Admiral of the English fleet called on board of his own ship, the “Arke-Royal,” and conferred the honor of knighthood on the Lord Thomas Howard, the Lord Sheffield Roger Townshend, Martin Frobisher, and John Hawkins, as a reward for their undaunted spirit and bra

Charles, second Lord Howard of Effingham, and Lord High Admiral of England, was son of the first lord and grandson of Thomas, second Duke of Norfolk. He was born 1536, and after much service was appointed, in 1585, Lord High Admiral of England, and was chief in command against the Spanish Armada, in 1588. As he was a staunch Roman Catholic, history will forever honor the tremendous efforts made by him to frustrate the landing of this powerful combination of land and sea forces, fitted out as it

The Lord Thomas Howard was a son of the fourth Duke of Norfolk. His lordship was a distinguished commander in the memorable engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada, in 1588. In 1591 he had command of a squadron of ships sent out to attack the Spanish Plate fleet, homeward bound from America, and distinguished himself, with Sir Thomas Vasseur, in capturing a part of this fleet. He was, in 1596, in the fleet commanded by Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral of England. This Thomas

Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham, Knight, was descended, according to Collins and other learned antiquaries, through a long line of ancestry from Lodovic or Lewis, a Norman nobleman, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas de Hauteville or Havile, Lord of Raynham, through which match the Raynham estate came into the family and is now the chief seat of the Marquis Townshend. This Sir Roger was born about 1550, and was heir to his great grandfather, Sir Roger Townshend, Kt., whose wil

Sir John Hawkins, a seaman of distinguished ability who flourished during the reign of Elizabeth, was born at Plymouth about 1520, and his early life was spent in trading voyages to the south of Europe and African coast. With the assistance of several merchants he fitted out a small fleet in 1562, and obtained by force and purchase a cargo of negroes, which he carried to the Spanish West India Colonies and there sold them; this we believe was the first adventure in the African slave trade made b

Sir Martin Frobisher was born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, of humble parentage, and brought up to the sea, and in early life displayed the talents of a great navigator, and was the first Englishman who attempted to find a northwest passage to China. Under the patronage of Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, he fitted out two barks of twenty-five tons, and a pinnace of ten tons, and sailed from Deptford, January 8, 1576, and on July 11 th discovered Freeseland and the strait which still bears his name,

Sir Walter Raleigh, a distinguished statesman, scholar, and warrior, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., was born in 1552, at Budleigh in Devonshire, and educated at Oriel College, Oxford. At the age of seventeen he made one of a troop of an hundred gentlemen volunteers whom Queen Elizabeth permitted to go to France, under the command of Henry Champernon, for the service of the Protestant princes. He next served in the Netherlands; and, on his return from the Continent, his half-brother, Si

Very little is known of the parentage of John Pine, the original engraver and publisher of this work. He flourished between the years 1720-1750, and ranked second to none in his profession. He was a most intimate friend of Hogarth, who showed his admiration for him by painting him in the manner of Rembrandt. The years of his birth and death are uncertain. His chief works are the Ceremonies used at the Revival of the Order of the Bath; a splendid edition of Horace, illustrated with copies of anti