Chapter I: Front Matter

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'GAINST THE MIGHT OF SPAIN

{Illustration: THE ESCAPE.
_Frontispiece._] [_Page 154._}

'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
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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
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THE ESCAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._Coloured 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
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