The right honorable the Erle of Cumberland having at his owne charges prepared his small Fleet of foure Sailes onely, viz.: The Victorie, one of the Queenes ships royall; the Meg and Margaret, small ships (one of which also he was forced soone after to send home againe, finding her not able to endure the Sea), and a small Caravell, and having assembled together about 400 men (or fewer), of gentlemen, souldiers, and saylers, embarked himself and them, and set saile from the Sound of Plimmouth in Devonshire, the 18 day of June, 1589, being accompanied with these captaines and gentlemen which hereafter folow.

Captaine Christopher Lister, a man of great resolution; captaine Edward Carelesse, aliâs Wright, who, in sir Francis Drakes West Indian voyage to S. Domingo and Carthagena, was captaine of the Hope. Captaine Boswell, M. Mervin, M. Henry Long, M. Partridge, M. Norton, M. William Mounson, captaine of the Meg, and his vice-admirall, now sir William Mounson, M. Pigeon, captaine of the Caravell.

About 3 dayes after our departure from Plimmouth we met with 3 French ships, whereof one was of Newhaven, another of S. Malos, and so finding them to be Leaguers and lawful Prises, we tooke them and sent two of them for England with all their loding, which was fish for the most part from New-found-land, saving that there was part thereof distributed amongst our small Fleet, as we could find stowage for the same: and in the third, all their men were sent home into France.