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after the fight, I am perſwaded hee hath no man to witneſſe that lye, for the ſhip was ſeperated by weather from the Engliſh fleete in the night thirteene daies before the fight, with the Spanifſh Nauie, & neuer to anye mans knowledge came more in ſight of the ſEnglifh fleete, if theThe Generall maketh great brags in taking a diſtreſſed Ship, which is ſuppoſed not to ſtrike one blow. Spanifh Shippes by chaunce did take the ſaid wel manned Shippers they cal her) I doubt not but they haue the Shippe, the 140. men, and the 15. noble Captaines to ſhew: But euermore I geſſe the Spaniſh reckoning will fall ſhort when it is examined, for the fifteene noble Captaines will proue (as I take it) but three, whoſe loſſe I grieue to thinke on: Neither didThe fifteene noble Captaines according the generals lying occupation, with proue but three. the Spaniards gaine them by valour, or we looſe or leaue them for cowardiſe, as moſt vntruely this bragging lyer hath certified. But the Generall like a prouident man, to make his fame and credite the greater with his Prince and country, doth take vpon him (amongſt other his miracles perfourmed before the Engliſh fleet)
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