[1] [2] [3] About Easter, the countesse of Mountford with the English armie, appointed to attend hir, tooke the sea at Southampton,The English+men and Ge|nowaies méet and fight on the Seas. and at length met with the lord Lewes of Spaine, and his fléet, where betwixt them was fought a sore battell. Of the Englishmen there were six and fortie vessels, but the lord Lewes of Spaine had nine great ships, and of more force than anie of those which the Englishmen had, and also he had thrée gallies. They began to fight about euen|song time, and continued till that night parted them, and had gone togither againe in the morning, if by a tempest that rose about midnight, the same night, they had not béene scattered in sunder. The Spani|ards and Genowaies tooke awaie with them foure English ships, which being vittellers, were left be|hind. And bicause the same Spaniards and Geno|waies were able to abide the sea better than the Englishmen, by reason of their great ships, they kept the maine sea; but the Englishmen were adui|sed by their mariners to drawe vnto the land, and so they did, arriuing at a little hauen, not farre from Uannes, where comming on land, they streightwaie made towards that citie, and besieged it,Uannes wo [...] not ceassing to assault it both day and night, till at length they wan it, by giuing the assault in two places at once, whilest an other number of them set vpon it in a third place, where was no suspicion, and so entred.