[309] Flagner—Jetter.
[310] Sir Francis Drake commanded the ship Revenge during the fight with the Armada.
[311] Plumas—Plumage.
[312] L’Amiral d’Angleterre—Lord Howard of Effingham.
[313] Quas—Brisé.
[314]Ras—Terme de Mer. C’est un bâtiment qui n’a ni pont, ni tillac, ni couverture.
[315] Dras—Drake. Motley, in his History of the Netherlands, Vol. II., pp. 498-9, says: There were many quarrels among the English admirals at this period, and much jealousy of Drake.
[316] Duc de Mydine—The Duke of Medina-Sidonia, leader of the Spanish Armada, who, when the great hulk Satana and a galleon of Portugal were attacked by the Triumph and some other vessels, on the flag-ship, (the St. Martin) tried to repel Lord Howard on the Ark Royal and other men-of-war, and thence arose the hottest conflict of the day. He had previously, when Don Pedro de Valdez, commander of the Andelusian squadron,—having got his foremast carried away close to the deck,—lay crippled and helpless, calmly fired a gun to collect his scattered ships, and abandoned Valdez to his fate.… The next day Valdez surrendered to the Revenge.—Motley’s Netherlands, Vol. II., pp. 456-7.
[317] Bahut—Coffre couvert de cuir orné de petits clous.
[318] Cas—Terme de Pratique, Matière, Crime.