Embaumé d’un renom et los illustre et beau,
Marrannes, n’a besoin de vostre sepulture.’—De l’Estoile, ii. 79.
An old historian speaks of these epigrams as ‘tumbeaux cizelez de la plume,’ and of this specimen as one to which none but a Spaniard could object.
[120] The Andalusian fleet under Martinez de Recalde, one of the chiefs of the Spanish Armada.
[121] It is interesting to find Raleigh criticising Strozzi’s tactics in fighting at close quarters with the huge galleons of Spain. It would appear that the engagement supplied a warning to the captains who five years later baffled the Armada. See Historie of the World, p. 791.
[122] Prince Dauphin of Auvergne, son of Louis de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier and Dauphin d’Auvergne. He distinguished himself at Jarnac, Moncontour, and Ivry. Died in 1592.
[123] The brother of Admiral Coligny. His son succeeded to the County of Laval in right of his mother, Claude de Rieux.
[124] See Motley, Rise of the Dutch Republic, Part VI. chap. vi. According to Motley, Parma received a severe check. Froude tells us that Norris and the English repulsed the Spanish forces after the States’ troops had fled. History of England, chap. lxvi.
[125] The Earl of Morton, late Regent of Scotland, was executed on a charge of being an accomplice in the murder of Darnley. His ruin was brought about by Comte d’Aubigny, then Earl and afterwards Duke of Lennox. See Froude, History of England, chap. lxiii.
[126] See Motley, Rise of the Dutch Republic, Part VI. chap. vi.