ABSTRACT
That Sir Richard Grenville and Francis Drake (the one who went to Peru) are in England with a great fleet and that among Drake's ships are two of the queen's, one called the Madalena and the other the Bonadventure, which are the largest and most important vessels she has. That the queen goes into this to worry His Majesty, whom she fears. That Drake has now been knighted in consideration of the wealth he brought from the Indies; and because the queen believes him lucky she has given him command of this fleet. That his intention is to look for His Majesty's ships as they come from the Indies, to relieve them of the gold, silver and jewels they carry. That on April 6 they had not yet left for this purpose but were working hard to get away.
