See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (c. 1545-1595)

DRAKE (c. 1545-1595)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• TAVISTOCK

Tavistock, See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, about 1545 according to most See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early authorities, but possibly as early as 1539 (see Corbett, vol. i., Appendix A) . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• YEOMAN

yeoman and a zealous See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant, was obliged to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent during the persecutions in the reign of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary . He obtained a See also:

• NAVAL

naval chaplaincy from Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, and is said to have been after-wards See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar of Upnor See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church (evidently a misprint or slip of the See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen for Upchurch) on the See also:

• MEDWAY

Medway . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

Drake was educated at the expense and under the care of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins, who was his kinsman; and, after passing an See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship on a See also:

• COASTING

coasting See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of eighteen he had risen to he See also:

• PURSER

purser of a See also:

• SHIP

ship trading to See also:

• BISCAY (Vizcaya)
• BISCAY, BAY OF (Fr. Golfe de Gascogne; Sp. Golfo de Vizcaya)

Biscay . At twenty he made a voyage to See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea; and at twenty-two he was made See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of the " See also:

• JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

Judith." In that capacity he was in the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• SAN

San Juan de Ulloa, in the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, where he behaved most gallantly in the actions under Sir John Hawkins, and returned with him to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, having acquired See also:

• GREAT

great reputation, though with the loss of all the See also:

• MONEY

money which he had embarked in the expedition . In 1570 he obtained a See also:

• REGULAR

regular privateering See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission from Queen Elizabeth, the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of which he immediately exercised in a cruise in the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main . Having next projected an attack againstthe Spaniards in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies to indemnify himself for his former losses, he set See also:

• SAIL

sail in 1572, with two small See also:

• SHIPS

ships named the " See also:

• PASHA

Pasha " and the " See also:

• SWAN (A. S. swan and swan, Icel. svanr, Du. zwaart, Ger. Schwan)
• SWAN, J
• SWAN, JOHN MACALLAN (1847-1910)
• SWAN, SIR JOSEPH WILSON (1828– )

Swan." He was afterwards joined by another vessel; and with this small See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron he took and plundered the Spanish See also:

• TOWN

town of Nombre de Dios . With his men he penetrated across the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, and committed great havoc among the Spanish See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping . From the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree which he climbed while on the isthmus he obtained his first view of the Pacific, and resolved " to sail an English ship in these seas." In these expeditions he was much assisted by the See also:

• MAROONS

Maroons, descendants of escaped See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro slaves, who were then engaged in a desultory warfare with the Spaniards . Having embarked his men and filled his ships with See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder, he See also:

• BORE

bore away for England, and arrived at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth on the 9th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1573 . His success and See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable demeanour in this expedition gained him high reputation; and the use which he made of his riches served to raise him still higher in popular esteem . Having fitted out three frigates at his own expense, he sailed with them to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and rendered effective service as a volunteer, under See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, the father of the famous but unfortunate earl .

After his See also:

• PATRON

patron's See also:

• DEATH

death he returned to England, where he was introduced to Queen Elizabeth (whether by Sir See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• HATTON, JOHN LIPTROT (1809-1886)
• HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1540–1591)

Hatton is doubtful), and obtained a favourable reception . In this way he acquired the means of undertaking the expedition which has immortalized his name . The first proposal he made was to undertake a voyage into the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Seas through the Straits of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan, which no Englishman had hitherto ever attempted . This project having been well received at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, the queen furnished him with means; and his own fame quickly See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew together a sufficient force . The See also:

• FLEET

fleet with which he sailed on this enterprise consisted of only five small vessels, and their See also:

• UNITED

united crews mustered only 166 men . Starting on the 13th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1577, his course See also:

• LAY

lay by the west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco and the Cape Verde Islands . He reached the coast of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil on the 6th of See also:

• APRIL

April, and entered the Rio de la See also:

• PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE

Plata, where he parted See also:

• COMPANY

company with two of his ships; but having met them again, and taken out their provisions, he turned them adrift . On the 19th of See also:

• JUNE

June he entered the See also:

• PORT

port of St See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian's, where he remained two months, partly to lay in provisions, and partly delayed by the trial and See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Doughty, who had plotted against him . On the 21st of August he entered the Straits of Magellan . The passage of the straits took sixteen days, but then a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm carried the ships to the west; on the 7th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October, having made back for the mouth of the strait, Drake's ship and the two vessels under his See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral Captain Wynter were separated, and the latter, missing the See also:

• RENDEZVOUS

rendezvous arranged, returned to England . Drake went on, and came to Mocha See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, off the coast of See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile, on the 25th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . He thence continued his voyage along the coast of Chile and See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, taking all opportunities of seizing Spanish ships, and attacking them on See also:

• SHORE

shore, till his men were satiated with plunder; and then coasted along the shores of See also:

• AMERICA

America, as far as 48° N. See also:

• LAT

lat., in an unsuccessful endeavour to discover a passage into the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic .

Having landed, however, he named the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country New See also:

• ALBION
• ALBION (in Ptolemy 'A)wviw; Lat. Albion, Pliny 4.16[301,102)

Albion, and took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it in the name of Queen Elizabeth . Having careened his ship, he sailed thence on the 26th of See also:

• JULY

July 1579 for the See also:

• MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

Moluccas . On the 4th of November he got sight of those islands, and, arriving at See also:

• TERNATE

Ternate, was extremely well received by the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan . On the loth of December he made the See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes, where his ship unfortunately struck upon a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, but was taken off without much damage . On the rlth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March he arrived at See also:

• JAVA

Java, whence he intended to have directed his course to Malacca; but he found himself obliged to alter his purpose, and to think of returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . On the 26th of March 158o he again set sail; and on the 15th of June he doubled the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, having then on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board only fifty-seven men and three casks of See also:

• WATER

water . He passed the See also:

• LINE

line on the 12th of July, and on the 16th reached the coast of Guinea, where he watered . On the 11th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September he made the Island of See also:

• TERCEIRA

Terceira, and on the 26th of September (?) he entered the harbour of Plymouth . This voyage See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world, the first accomplished by an Englishman, was thus performed in two years and about ten months . The queen hesitated for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time whether to recog- Criticisms on his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

Genius, and Writings; a new See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

Chronology of his nize his achievements or not, on the ground that such recognition Plays; a Disquisition on the See also:

• OBJECT

Object of his Sonnets; and a See also:

• HISTORY

History might See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to complications with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but she finally decided in his favour . Accordingly, soon after his arrival she paid a visit to See also:

• DEPTFORD

Deptford, went on board his ship, and there, after partaking of a banquet, conferred upon him the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood, at the same time declaring her entire approbation of all that he had done . She likewise gave directions for the preservation of his ship, the " See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden See also:

• HIND

Hind," that it might remain a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of his own and his country's See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory .

After the See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse of a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it decayed and had to be broken up . Of the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound See also:

• TIMBER

timber a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair was made, which was presented by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. to the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . In 1581 Drake became See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Plymouth; and in 1585 he married a second time, his first wife having died in 1583 . In 1585, hostilities having commenced with Spain, he again went to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, sailing with a fleet to the West Indies, and taking the cities of See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago (in the Cape Verde Islands), San Domingo, See also:

• CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena and St See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine . In 1587 he went to See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon with a fleet of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty sail; and having received intelligence of a great fleet being assembled in the See also:

• BAY

bay of See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz, and destined to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada, he with great courage entered the port on the 19th of April, and there burnt upwards of 1o,000 tons of shipping—a feat which he afterwards jocosely called " singeing the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Spain's See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard." In 1588, when the Spanish Armada was approaching England, Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Drake was appointed vice-admiral under See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard, and made See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of a very large galleon, commanded by See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Pedro de Valdez, who was reputed the projector of the invasion, and who struck at once on learning his adversary's name . It deserves to be noticed that Drake's name is mentioned in the singular See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic communication from the king of Spain which preceded the Armada: " Te See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")

veto ne pergas hello defendere Belgas; Quae Dracus eripuit nunc restituantur oportet; uas See also:

• PATER, WALTER HORATIO (1839-1894)

pater evertit jubeo to condere cellas: Religio Papae fac restituatur ad unguem." To these lines the queen made this extempore response:—" Ad Graecas, See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone rex, fiant mandata kalendas." In 1589 Drake commanded the fleet sent to restore Dom See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio, king of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, the See also:

• LAND

land forces being under the orders of Sir John Norreys; but they had hardly put to sea when the commanders differed, and thus the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt proved abortive . But as the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with Spain continued, a more formidable expedition was fitted out, under Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake, against their settlements in the West Indies, than had hitherto been undertaken during the whole course of it . Here, however, the commanders again disagreed about the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan; and the result in like manner disappointed public expectation . These disasters were keenly See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt by Drake, and were the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal cause of his death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on board his own ship, near the town of Nombre de Dios, in the West Indies, on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1595 . The older Lives by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke (1671) and John See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow, junr . (1843), have been superseded by Julian Corbett's two admirable volumes on Drake and the Tudor See also:

• NAVY

Navy (1898), the best source of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on the subject, which were preceded by the same author's Sir Francis Drake in the " English Men of See also:

• ACTION

Action " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series (189o) . See also E .

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