Letter from Sir Francis Drake to William Cecil, Lord High treasurer Marie Fayolle Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Cleopatra's Needle

'Cuxhaven Raid'

a group of lower-class prisoners

Letter from Sir Francis Drake to William Cecil, Lord High treasurer Marie Fayolle Jack NicklausLetter from Sir Francis Drake to William Cecil, Lord High treasurer, 26th July 1586. Letter informing Cecil that the whole Spanish treasure from the Indies for the last year only, escaped Drake by twelve hours, but that there is a very great gap opened, very little to the liking of the King of Spain, referring him to the bearers for all that has passed, and asking for 6000 in order to pay off the poorer sort of his men, in return for which bullion