'GAINST THE MIGHT OF SPAIN

THE ESCAPE.

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'GAINST THE MIGHT OF SPAIN

A STORY OF THE DAYS OF THE GREAT ARMADA

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

AUTHOR OF "UNDER KING HENRY'S BANNERS" "THE WINNING OF THE GOLDEN SPURS" ETC. ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SAVILE LUMLEY

LONDON THE PILGRIM PRESS 16 Pilgrim Street, E.C.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. The Pilot who did not Return 1

II. The Damsel of Lyme 11

III. Captain Hannibal Cleat 23

IV. Jack Staynton 33

V. Captain Cleat in his True Colours 44

VI. A Pirate in spite of Myself 55

VII. Catching a Tartar 67

VIII. Captured! 75

IX. Don Iago D'alvarez 93

X. Aboard the San Josef 103

XI. The Inquisition 119

XII. In the Torture-Chamber 139

XIII. The Escape 145

XIV. A Timely Rescue 159

XV. Off to the Spanish Main 171

XVI. The Mountain Pass 181

XVII. Bringing back the Silver 192

XVIII. At Bay 205

XIX. The Taking of the Galleon 217

XX. Bringing in the Prize 231

XXI. The Great Armada 242

XXII. English Dogs and Spanish Bulls 266

XXIII. The Fireships 274

XXIV. The Last of the Damsel of Lyme 285

XXV. In the Queen's Presence 298

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The EscapeColoured Frontispiece

"The Twenty-Ninth Day of June!" he exclaimed impatiently Facing p. 48

My Jailers halted before a Small Oaken Door" 122

Four Masked and Hooded Familiars entered" 128

Thus we spent a Horrible Night" 176

"Have the Spaniards landed?" I asked" 240

We had Played our Part" 288

'GAINST THE MIGHT OF SPAIN