Our first century . aredwar between Spain and England. Then came the Spanish Armada, called at that time the Invincible Armada. This was a great collection ofSpanish warships which were sent to conquer Englandand reduce that country to complete subjection to ships were so many in number and so strong intheir armament that it was believed that no fleet any-where could possibly hold them in check for one enough the Armada was placed in commandof a land soldier, who knew nothing of navigation, and who at sea was always soviolently seasick as to be in-capable of directin
Our first century . aredwar between Spain and England. Then came the Spanish Armada, called at that time the Invincible Armada. This was a great collection ofSpanish warships which were sent to conquer Englandand reduce that country to complete subjection to ships were so many in number and so strong intheir armament that it was believed that no fleet any-where could possibly hold them in check for one enough the Armada was placed in commandof a land soldier, who knew nothing of navigation, and who at sea was always soviolently seasick as to be in-capable of directing themovements of his own , under this in-capable commander the Ar-mada sailed to attack thecoasts of England and toconquer that country. In order to oppose it, thegreat English freebootingnavigators lay in wait in thechannel, intending to assailit with all their vigor when-ever it should were very ill equipped. Queen Elizabeth, whoat that time reigned in England, was a miser, so stingy. Musketeer. A STORY OF ACCIDENTS 9 that she refused even to let her sea captains provide theirmen with wholesome food and drink. Further than that,she limited them in their supplies of ammunition andbrought her miserliness to bear in other ways thatthreatened to defeat their enterpri e in defence of Eng-land. But these sea barons were men not easily daunted ordiscouraged. They knew tricks of seamanship that theSpaniards had never learned. They knew how to tack —or beat as we call it now—that is to say, how tosail upon a zigzag course against the wind. This gavethem a very great advantage over the Spaniards, whoknew only how to sail directly or very nearly before thewind. The result of all this was that the English navigatorswere able to keep out of the way of Spanish shot andshell whenever they chose, and to destroy the greatArmada Httle by httle at their leisure. They drove itup the channel, and destroyed ship after ship, until atlast they forced the small remn
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