. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. eenthousand, went to the coast to oppose Parmas expected landing. The marinearrangements were still more zealously made. The royal navy had but thirty ves-sels, but these were joined by five times as many more, so that in all full eighteenthousand Englishmen were in the Channel. Coasters put out from every littleharbor; squires and merchants pushed off in their own little barks for a brushwith the Spaniards. Lord Seymour took his position off Dunkirk, to helpthe Dutchmen
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. eenthousand, went to the coast to oppose Parmas expected landing. The marinearrangements were still more zealously made. The royal navy had but thirty ves-sels, but these were joined by five times as many more, so that in all full eighteenthousand Englishmen were in the Channel. Coasters put out from every littleharbor; squires and merchants pushed off in their own little barks for a brushwith the Spaniards. Lord Seymour took his position off Dunkirk, to helpthe Dutchmen watch their foes on land there; Drake, Frobisher, Hawkins, andother noted rovers of long experience remained with Howard, ready to observeand welcome the armada on its approach from the open sea. The English shipswere imperfectly provisioned, were much smaller than the Spanish, and carriedless than half the guns; but they were far swifter, more manageable, and betterserved. On July 30th the armada entered the Channel in the form of a crescent,,seven miles in length. In the evening it passed Plymouth, and beacon-lights. 631 632 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. flashed the news along the coast. The English ships came out of Plymouthharbor and followed, their numbers constantly increasing. The action begannext day and lasted for more than a week. The Spaniards tried to close, butwere not able; the light vessels of Howard and Drake, drawing but one foot ofwater to their two, sailed around them, pouring in a rapid and deadly fire, andplucking their feathers one by one, while the big guns from their lofty decksworked slowly, and in most cases fired too high. Several galleons were sunk ordisabled, while the English suffered very little damage. After seven days of this skirmishing, the armada, completely foiled thusfar, dropped anchor in Calais roads, at no great distance from Dunkirk. Medinanow sent to Parma, asking for some ammunition and smaller ships, and invitinghim to cross the sea
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