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Spaniſh Lies.
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the weſt Indies, he hath thought very fit (in regard of the ſlaunders to the Engliſh Nauie contained in the ſaide letter) to quote the errors, that the truth onely may appeare, to all ſuch as haue a deſire to bee rightly informed of ſuch accidents, as befell the in this late voyage to the weſt Indies: and this may ſuffice to ſhew Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Avellaneda his greate The Generals great skill in amplifying.iudgement in amplifying ſmall matters, or of nothing to make in ſhewe ſeeme ſomewhat. And now hauing thus farre informed you of the truth in reproofe of the ſlaunderous, falſe, and vntrue reports of this glorious lying Generall, with a true diſproofe to ſome of the groſſeſt of his lyes, I will leaue him with the reſt of his lying letter, and the circumſtances therein contained to your cenſures: who in diſcretion may eaſily diſcerne the ſame. And haue heere following plainely and truely ſet downe the courſe and order of our whole fight after we met.

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