496 Tbe HISTORY of the PuRITANS; VoL. II. Oliver Cruz, in the ifland of Tener;i.ff, where the g~lleons to the number of ProteBor fi · 11 1 d l ' 16 • • xteen, ne 1 y a en, ay clofe under a ftrong caftle, defended by feve 11 ~ fo~ts mounted with cannon; the admiral finding it impoilible to make them pnze, had the good fortune to burn and deftroy them all, only with the lofs of one fhip, and one hundred and fixty men. When the news of this fuccefs arrived in England, a day of thankfgiving was appointed, and a rich prefent ordered the admiral upon his return ; but this great {eaHis death officer having been three years at fea, died as he was entering Plymouth and charac- found .Aug. 17, in the fixty-feventh year of his age. He was of the antient fa– ~~~har<l p. mily of the B!akes of Plancijield Somerfetjhire, and was educated in Wadham 725· col!tgeOxford. He was fmall of flatu re, but the bravefi: and boldefi: failor that England ever bred, and confulted the honour of his country beyond all his predeceffors. When fome of his men being aG1ore at Malaga, refufed to do honour to the hqft as it paGed by, one of the priells raif~d the mob upon them. Upon which Blake fent a trumpet to the viceroy to demand the priefi:, who faying be bad no authority to deliver him up, the admi– ral anfwered, that if he did not fend him aboard in three hours he would burn the town about their ears; upon which he came, and begged par– don; the admiral after a fevere reprimand, told him, that if he had .complained to him of his failors he would have punifhed them, but he would have all the world know, that an englirl1man was only to be punijh– ed by an englifhman, and fo clifmiffed him, being fatisfied ·with having ,firuck terror into the priefi:, and had him at his mercy. \Vhen 0LJVER. 13urne p. read this paffage of Blake's letter in council, he faid, he hoped to make ;Sr. -the name qf an engli01m2n as great as ever that of a roman had been. I The admiral preferved an exact difcipline in the fleet, and taught his men 1 to defpife caflles on ihore, as well as fhips at fea. Valour feldom miffed \ its reward with him, nor cowardice its punifhment. He had a noble public fpirit, for after all his fervices for his country, and opportunities of acquiring immenfe riches from the fpaniards, he died not five hundred .pounds richer than his father left him. His body was brought by water .to Green-wich, and depoiited in a rnofi: magnificent manner, in a vault made on purpofe in king Henry feventh's chapel, at the public expence; l!ut at the refi:oration his body was taken out of the grave, and flung with ~th~,;fs into a common pit; and his brother, being a diffenter, fuffered fo many hardfhips for reliaion iu king Charles the fecond's reign, tlut he was obliged to fell the littlteftate the admiral left him, and tranfport bimfelf .and children to Caroli11a. ProteB•r By the fecond article of the humble advice, which ·appoints all future conjlitutes an parliaments to confifi: of two houfes~ the fori? o~ the prefent government uppe~ houje ofbegan to change in favour of the anuent conftltutwn. TheproteClor, pur- (!ar/l(lmmt. · h" d r 1 · f j · ht fuant to the powers g1ven 1111, ma e 1evera promotions o w1g s, and
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