History of England From the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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The patriots had hitherto been uniformly unsuccessful in the field. On the 1st of August, Don John had again attacked them at an ad- vantage, expecting a second Gemblours. The States troops broke as before, but Col. Norris with three thousand English stood his ground ; and after a fierce engagement, in which he had himself three horses killed under him, the Spaniards fell back, leaving a thousand dead upon the field. The courage of her subjects for a moment infected the Queen. 'Her Majesty beca...me suddenly minded without aU scruple to offer aid. So long as the Spaniards were victors, ' Burghley to Cobham and Wal- 1 Walsiiighani, August 9 : MSB. singham, August 9 ; "Wilson to 1 Solland. 1578.] THE ALENCON MARRIAGE. 463 and were not confronted witli so orderly a sMrmisli as now they have been by Colonel Norris, neither could her Majesty be drawn nor wholly connseUed to offer such aid, but now it was somewhat apparent that the Spaniards were no such doYiIs.' * But Burghley knew his mistress too well to beHeve that the new humour would hold.
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