[CHAPTER VIII.]

Some miscellaneous early Voyages of the English.

Introduction.

SECTION I. Gallant escape of the Primrose from Bilboa in Spain, in 1585.

SECTION II. Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, in 1585, to the West Indies.

SECTION III. Cruising Voyage to the Azores by Captain Whiddon, in 1586, written by John Evesham.

SECTION IV. Brief relation of notable service performed by Sir Francis Drake in 1587.

SECTION V. Brief account of the Expedition of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

SECTION VI. Account of the Relief of a part of the Spanish Armada, at Anstruther in Scotland, in 1588.

SECTION VII. A cruising Voyage to the Azores in 1589, by the Earl of Cumberland.