. Sir Francis Drake;. iiiimiiimiimiiiiiuiiH. Qj his RAN CIS 0 RAKE, tiorc rvciJ en /rom an Lsr-i Or ai \Paintuia, Commiuzic ?y M* Hon6U Sr Phdlif) SvderJtcun Ba^Kn*ofyJhxrJorK.)omzrs Bit Ifranria Irak? The town being rather large forcomplete occupancy by the small num-ber of troops under Carleill, he wasdirected by Drake to intrench himselfin the most important part of the town,the Spanish troops being then dividedinto two divisions, one which had fledto safety well outside of the city, andthe other remaining in that part notinvested by the English forces. Drake now demanded a large ran-som fo
. Sir Francis Drake;. iiiimiiimiimiiiiiuiiH. Qj his RAN CIS 0 RAKE, tiorc rvciJ en /rom an Lsr-i Or ai \Paintuia, Commiuzic ?y M* Hon6U Sr Phdlif) SvderJtcun Ba^Kn*ofyJhxrJorK.)omzrs Bit Ifranria Irak? The town being rather large forcomplete occupancy by the small num-ber of troops under Carleill, he wasdirected by Drake to intrench himselfin the most important part of the town,the Spanish troops being then dividedinto two divisions, one which had fledto safety well outside of the city, andthe other remaining in that part notinvested by the English forces. Drake now demanded a large ran-som for the release of the the negotiations he sent anegro boy with a flag of truce to theSpanish camp; the boy being met bya few Spanish officers was so wound-ed by one of them that he could barelycrawl back within his own lines todie. This so inflamed the naturalanger of Drake that in the first burstof his fury he had hanged, on the spotof the boys death, two friars whowere among the prisoners, and de-clared that until the c
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