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                                  THE

                            SPANISH ARMADA,

                                 1588.

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              THE TAPESTRY HANGINGS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

            REPRESENTING THE SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN THE

                      ENGLISH AND SPANISH FLEETS.


                                   BY

                          JOHN PINE, ENGRAVER.


          REPRODUCED IN HELIOTYPE FROM AN ORIGINAL COPY IN THE
                COLLECTION OF CHARLES HERVEY TOWNSHEND.


                                  WITH


 An Appendix containing Biographical Sketches of the Principal English
                               Commanders
             Knighted by the Admiral at Sea, July 26, 1588.


                             [Illustration]

                                BOSTON:
               PUBLISHED BY HOUGHTON, OSGOOD AND COMPANY.
                    The Riverside Press, Cambridge.
                                 1878.




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                            Copyright, 1878,
                      BY CHARLES HERVEY TOWNSHEND

                             [Illustration]




                          RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE
                       STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
                       H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY




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                                   THE

                            TAPESTRY HANGINGS
                                  OF THE
                             HOUSE of LORDS:

                         Representing the several

                               ENGAGEMENTS
                               BETWEEN THE
                       ENGLISH and SPANISH FLEETS,

                  In the ever memorable Year MDLXXXVIII,

                                 With the

            PORTRAITS of the Lord High-Admiral, and the other
                  Noble Commanders, taken from the Life.

                           To which are added,

      From a Book entitled, Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera
 Descriptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said Tapestry to be
                              work’d after,

                 Ten CHARTS of the SEA-COASTS of ENGLAND,

                           And a GENERAL ONE of

             England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c.

           Shewing the Places of Action between the two FLEETS;

                             ORNAMENTED with

                    MEDALS struck upon that OCCASION,

                       And other suitable DEVICES.

                                   Also

   An HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of each Day’s Action, Collected from the most
                    Authentic Manuscripts and Writers.

                         By JOHN PINE, ENGRAVER.

                            LONDON, MDCCXXXIX.

            Sold by J. Pine in Old Bond Street near Picadilly.




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                                 TO THE

                                K I N G.


    _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_.




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                         S U B S C R I B E R S.


               _His Royal Highness the PRINCE of_ WALES.


                     _His Royal Highness the DUKE._


            _His most Serene Highness the PRINCE of_ ORANGE.


  _HIS Grace the Duke of_ St. Alban’s.
              _His Grace the Duke of_ Ancaster.
              _His Grace the Duke of_ Argyll _and_ Greenwich.
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Athol.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Albemarle.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Aylesford.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Abergavenny.
  _The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of_ St. Asaph.
  _Sir_ Joseph Ayliffe, _Bart_. 2 _Setts_.
  _The Honourable_ Richard Arundell, _Esq_;
  Richard Arnold, _Esq_;
  Jacob Astley, _Esq_;
  _Mr._ Christopher Anderson.

  _His Grace the Duke of_ Beaufort.
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Bedford.
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Bolton.
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Buccleugh.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Burlington, 2 _Setts_.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Bruce.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Bathurst.
  _The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of_ Bangor, 2 _Setts_.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Vere Beauclerk.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Baltimore.
  _Sir_ George Beaumont, _Bart_.
  _Sir_ John Bland, _Bart_.
  _Sir_ Roger Burgogne, _Bart_.
  _Sir_ Thomas Brand, _Knt_.
  Thomas Bacon, _Esq_;
  Henry Barham, _Esq_;
  William Barners, _Esq_;
  Nicholas Bayley, _Esq_;
  Nathanael Blackerby, _Esq_;
  _The Honourable_ Martin Bladen, _Esq_;
  Thomas Bladen, _Esq_;
  Walter Blackett, _Esq_;
  Robert Bristow, _Esq_;
  Thomas Brian, _Esq_;
  Alexander Brodie, _Esq_;
  Josiah Burchett, _Esq_;
  _The Rev. Dr._ John Burton, _Master of_ Winchester School.
  Robert Burd, _Esq_;
  Samuel Burroughs, _Esq_;
  Robert Byng, _Esq_;
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Chandos.
  _The Right Honourable the Marquis of_ Caernarvon.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Cardigan.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Coventry.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Chesterfield.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Cholmondeley.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Clarendon _and_ Rochester.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl_ Cowper.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Craven.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Carteret.
  _Sir_ James Campbell, _Bart._
  _Sir_ William Carew, _Bart._
  _Sir_ John Hinde Cotton, _Bart._
  _Sir_ William Courtenay, _Bart._
  _Sir_ Francis Child, _Knt._ _Alderman of_ London.
  _Sir_ Clement Cottrell, _Knt._
  Trinity College Library _in the University of_ Cambridge.
  Richard Chandler, _Esq_;
  James Chetham, _Esq_;
  _The Rev. Dr._ Alured Clarke.
  Matthew Clarke, _M. D._
  John Codrington, _Esq_;
  John Conduit, _Esq_;
  Thomas Copleston, _Esq_;
  Thomas Corbett, _Esq_;
  _The Honourable_ Spencer Cowper, _Esq_;
  William Cowper, _Esq_;
  James Cockburn, _Esq_;
  John Crawley, _Esq_;
  _Mrs._ Crewe.
  John Crewe, _Jun. Esq_;
  Joseph Crewe, _Esq_;
  Thomas Crosse, _Esq_;
  Andrew Crosse, _Esq_;
  John Crosse, _Esq_;
  Philip Carter, _A. M._
  _Mr._ Charles Cary.
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Devonshire.
  _His Grace the Duke of_ Dorset.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Darnley.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ De La Warr.
  _Sir_ James Dashwood, _Bart._ 2 _Setts_.
  _Sir_ Francis Henry Drake, _Bart._
  _Sir_ Charles Dalton, _Knt._
  _The Honourable General_ James Dormer.
  Robert Douglas, _Esq_;
  _Mr._ James Deacon, _Jun._
  Andrew Ducarel, _Esq_;
  James Douglas, _Esq_;
  Thomas Duncombe, _Esq_;

  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Exeter.
  _The Right Honourable the Countess of_ Exeter.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Effingham.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Egmont.
  _Sir_ Richard Ellys, _Bart._
  _The Honourable_ Richard Edgcumbe, _Esq_;
  _The Honourable_ George Evens, _Esq_;
  _Mr._ Charles Egleton.

  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Fitz-Walter.
  _The Right Honourable the Earl of_ Findlater.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount_ Falconbergh.
  _The Right Honourable the Lord_ Foley.
  _The Honourable Mr. Justice_ Fortescue.
  _Sir_ Robert Fagg, _Bart._
  _Sir_ John Frederick, _Bart._
  _Sir_ Andrew Fountaine, _Knt._
  _The Honourable_ John Finch, _Esq_; _of_ Cavendish Square.
  _The Honourable_ Duncan Forbes, _Esq_;
  Nicholas Fenwick, _Esq