e aforesaid ships were of an huge and
incredible capacitie and receipt, for the whole fleete was large enough
to containe the burthen of 60,000 tunnes.

"The galeons were 64 in number, being of an huge bignesse, and very
flately built, being of marveilous force also, and so high that they
resembled great castles, most fit to defend themselves and to withstand
any assault, but in giving any other ships the encounter fair inferiour
unto the English and Dutch ships, which can with great dexteritie wield
and turne themselves at all assayes. The upper worke of the said galeons
was of thicknesse and strength sufficient to beare off musket-shot. The
lower worke and the timbers thereof were out of measure strong, being
framed of plankes and ribs foure or five foote in thicknesse, insomuch
that no bullets could pierce them but such as were discharged hard at
hand, which afterward prooved true, for a great number of bullets were
founde to sticke fast within the massie substance of those thicke
plankes. Great and well-pitched cables were twined about the masts of
their shippes, to strengthen them against the battery of shot.

"The galliasses were of such bignesse that they contained within them
chambers, chapels, turrets, pulpits, and other commodities of great
houses. The galliasses were rowed with great oares, there being in eche
one of them 300 slaves for the same purpose, and were able to do great
service with the force of their ordinance. All these, together with the
residue aforenamed, were furnished and beautified with trumpets,
streamers, banners, warlike ensignes, and other such like ornaments.

"Their pieces of brazen ordinance were 1600, and of yron a 1000.

"The bullets thereto belonging were 120,000.

"Item of gun-poulder, 5600 quintals; of matche, 1200 quintals; of
muskets and kaleivers, 7000; of haleberts and partisans, 10,000.

"Moreover, they had great stores of canons, double-canons, culverings
and field-pieces for land services.

"Likewise they were provided of all instruments necessary on land to
conveigh and transport their furniture from place to place, as namely of
carts, wheeles, wagons, etc. Also they had spades, mattocks, and baskets
to set pioners on worke. They had in like sort great store of mules and
horses, and whatsoever else was requisite for a land armie. They were so
well stored of biscuit, that for the space of halfe a yeere they might
allow eche person in the whole fleete halfe a quintall