OUR LADIES RETURN to England, accompanied with saint Frances and the good jesus of Viana in Portugal, who coming from Brasell, arrived at Clauelly in Devonshire, the third of june 1592.  
A wonder of the Lord most admirable, to note how many Spanish saints are enforced to come one pilgrimage for England  
With the most happy fortune of that brave gentillman William Grastone Citizen of London, Captain and oner of our Ladies. written by H. R.   blazon or coat of arms 
Imprinted at London by A I and are to be sold by William Parlye at his Shop in gracious street, over against Leaden Hall. 1592.   

H R. In Captain Grafton's worthy deserved commendations.  

Brave noble brutes, ye trojan youthful wights,  
Whose land doth reach the sentoure of the sun:  
Your brave attempts by land, on seas your fights,  
Your forward hearts, immortal fame hath won.  
The world reports, what Londoners hath done,  
Freemen I mean, and apprentices of worth:  
For country service, that are called forth.   

Amongst which of name let grafton have his due,  
Valiant brave man whose courage none could quail:  
His acts at large here after shall in sue,  
And how in fight be often did prevail.  
When three to one on seas did him assail.  
Seeking by force his ruin to have wrought:  
Which he surpraised and them to england brought.   

Read Graftones deeds, you canelires of worth,  
Surevay his life, and learn by him to live:  
Whose bounty kindness, and valour showed forth,  
If I should write the dastard heart might grieve▪  
Casting great doubts how they might me believe,  
Yet I'll maintain▪ this captains acts are such:  
As few I know will hazard half so much    

〈…〉 at his lodging in London.  
Sir knowing your kind nature to be such, as joyed that your friends welfare, especially those that for there country's good deserve honourably to be spoken, of as yourself in younger years have many ways ieperted your body, in your country's service whose scars yet remain as badges of your forwardness, and desire to gain that your ancestors of fame, long time to there great commendations maintained, the consideration of which moved me here tofore, from dungaruan, to advertise you of the arrival of our good friend, & your especial favouret master William Grafton, at Kinsall, whose success I wrote you at large, for that my last letters (and joy of your friends good) was so gracious with you, as one that loves you both well, I make bold to signify unto you the said captains safe landing at Clauelly in the west parts, where myself being commanded on some business of my captains from my place, bound for england, crossed by horsh winds, whereunto travelers are subject being distressed we wear enforced to put in for the said port of Clauelly, where happily I met & well met, this brave gentleman Captain Grafton, who as here tofore I sertified you, having prepared her small carvel called our Lady fit for the seas, embarked himself at youholl in Ireland well furnished with brave and resoluit men, & victuals store, betaking himself to the fortune of the seas, where oppressed with extreme weather, doing what men might do by the parmission of God, they endured as long as possible they might, till for relief they bore for england, ct at Clauelly again replenished there decayed victtuals, & other necessaries & on sunday the 28. of may being the sunday next after trinity sunday, they set sail from the said port, having all that day and night a fair bearing gall, on twesday they espied two sail as much to wind ward as in the top they might descry whom they gave chase unto, and by ten of the clock in the morning, came up with them, which ships were both of Bristol, the one the Unicorn and the other a small bark of the same place. The company of there two 〈…〉 ppers they ●…ept the next morning, whe● captain Grafton espying some other sails, standing upon the sailing of his carvel, which is very good, he parted with the said Unicorn & her consort, & bare with there late descried huls in hope of good hap which according to his worth he doth deservedly merit as time finisheth many things, so time and short time hath brought him within the plain view of those two last descried sails, whom they found to be two mighty great fly boats who serving the King of spame, strayed from the fleet, the sight of those made divers of his company appalled, whom the good captain with words of great courage so comforted, that if his discretion had not been more for his safety and there's, than there wilful hardiness, they would have attempted to have taken the one of them, but the captain having persuaded them they nevertheless bore up with them, & thoroughly veewed them, and so departed, shooting ahead the biger of them, when captain Graftonnes men that lay close showed themselves, & were of the other perceived, there came presently two shot from them which missed the carvel the lesser fli● boat being good of sail, gave them chase, that day till three a clock, whom the Captain perceived and by little & little slacked there sail, to see what they durst do, being from her consart, which she had over shot at least two leagues.  
The fly boat ●●●●ing upon the Captain who made no haste to run a way, but determined to change a shot or two with them, provided themselves for the same fight, knowing well they might at their pleasures leave or take, having but one cast Piece a board, and that the mouth broken, the gunner a stout & Proper man made ready, by that time all things was fited to the captains mind, the fly boat with fourteen or fifteen men in armour wanned them to lee ward, railing and reviling them, with speeches most odious, to whom the gunner sent such a token by his Minion, that with the cross bar, he was charged, he split the missen mast in the step, & did much other harm as well in the captains Cabin through which it went, as slaiing some men which was seen to be cast over board. Thus for three hours they continued a sore fight, the Captain being ever forward to 〈…〉 there ordinanc otherwise should have done them most harm, yet of such height was this foul cart from the carvel sides, that their talest man might hardly reach their channel holes, so that there was no entering but with great danger, and therefore for safeguard of their men, the Captain gave over the fight, and not of fear for his men were resolute, and doubted not the good success, and happy conquest of their enemies.  
Thus near six a clock in the evening the carvel parting, the fight bareing room from them, whose consart was now come up with them, continuing his course towards the Islands, with fair and good weather where they had many chases, which because their actions were little worth to rehearse, I omit to tell you of the blessing of the Almighty, on this worthy deserving Captain, whose godly mind and good dealings with all men the Lord doth reward. Sailing still towards the Islands the seventh day after they lost the sight of our own land, (silly) they espied in the height of forty two leaguer, two sails the one of them, being of burden an hundredth and twenty tuns or there about, having in her of men forty six, furnished with ten cast Pieces, the other of some three score tun or there about, with sixteen men in her, well sir after the captain had hailed them, and bade them strike, they bearing Spaniard's proud minds, seeing so small a carvel as this our Lady of the Captains, scorned to yield, but made ready to fight, and both began with all their force to assail him most hotly, the gunner, from the great ship, shot the Caruilles mean missen from the yards shered many ropes and did them great mischief, so that with splycing and repairing, the same company was greatly pusseled, in this time the Captain calling for a can of Wine and drinking heartily to them, desired them all as they loved him to follow him, and at the next coming up they would board her where to they were all very willing, and coming up with them again, the Gunner with his broken mouth Minion, racked him sore and oft, the bar entering at the star went throughout: then coming up in her quarter, the Captain leapt in at their chain holes, and one other with him who was hardly ● weapons, yet kept 〈…〉 place, when the ships falling off, he had no remedy, but abide that chance God had allotted them, the company aboard loath to let their Captain rest in so great danger came aboard again, when valiantly they entered, his boy being with the first aboard had taken down their Flag, to the great grief of the enemy, who now repenting their hardiness craved mercy, the other small Ship seeing all the men of War almost aboard, their Prize laid the carvel aboard, but to their great cost. For there being courageous men, entered but six of them with their sword and daggers, sword and targets and such as they had, and stowed the fifteen Portingauls so that they were possessed of both sooner than they expected, the Captain seeing the other was taken gave God thanks for his goodness, than demanded the Captain of whence they were, they answered (of Viana in Portugal, and came from Parmabucca) laden with fine white Sugars, and divers Negroes, when the company had made through sarch for pillage, the Captain determined to bare for England, which his company willingly agreed unto, praising him that giveth all victories for their good success, first in delivering them without peril from the flie-bootes; next for their prizes, who was able being furnished with Englishmen, to have beaten four such Caravels, with ten pieces and forty and six men, the other sixteen men besides Negroes, the carvel in all had but thirty seven men one cast piece, wherefore having named their prizes, they had men few enough to carry home the Caruil, which compelled them to leave one other Caruil laden with Sugar behind them, a good pleasure to the poor Portugals, which looked with their neighbours to go for England, thus in five weeks returned the Captain to Clauelly from whence they went & sooner might if God had favoured them with fair winds. At the same port the said Captain discharged his goods royally paid each man of his company with the most, so that as well the peasant as the best had no cause to complain, the portugals his prisoners he kept a shore at board wages, so long as they remained with him, and after his business ended, causing the good jesus his small prize to be rigged and vitled for three months, he gave her the prisoners to bring them home with their Negroos and money largely, by which his bounty and charity to these poor men no doubt he gaineth as well love of God, as favour and the loving kind hearts of men. Thus far with favour I beseech you exscept my simple writing and joy with me as I know you do for your friend whom God by his grace hath sufficiently blessed with wealth, as here tofore I certified you, his own ship was the grace of God, who took our Lady and saint Anthony, our Lady she made a man of war, who hath taken now those two prizes loaden with sugar the one called saint Frances, the other the good jesus, both of Viana, a wonder of the Lord, to appoint this Spanish saints to make rich his english sailours, as by this valiant Captain is showed, for how many Captains hath had such blessings as this gentleman, or who more fortunate, whom jesus our Lady S. Frances & S. Anthony, hath brought their blessings there news, there is none worthy to write, but for your hawks, I hope by saint james tide to bring you, till then with my heartiest commendationes, I leave you to his protection whom I daily pray to bless us all from Barnstable in the north of Devonshire this 6 of july 1592.  
yours ever ready to use H. R.