Chapter VI: The Invincible Armada. A. D. 1588

Significance of the Term; Philip II; His Character; Determines to
Invade England; The Duke of Parma; Foresight of Elizabeth; The
Armada Ready; An Enormous Fleet; It Encounters a Tempest; Mutiny;
The Armada reaches the English Channel in July; Lord Howard,
Drake, Frobisher and Hawkins in Command of the English Fleet;
Tactics of the English; Capture of the “Santa Anna” by Drake; The
Spanish Reach Calais; Disappointment of the Spanish Commander;
Another Storm Sets In; Distress in the Spanish Fleet; The English
hang on its Rear and cut off Straggling Vessels; Shipwreck and
Disaster Overtake the Armada on the Scottish and Irish Coast; A
Fearful Loss of Life; Apparent Indifference of Philip II
Concerning the Armada’s Failure; The Beginning of Spain’s
Decline. I-85