Report and Summary Memory of What Happened in Bayonne and Vigo because of the Attack by Francis Drake in 1585

Abstract

The article offers the transcription of a paper or report on a historical event: the attack of an English leet led by Francis Drake on the ports of Bayonne and Vigo in 1585. It studies the peculiarities of this account and includes a comparative analysis with other existing sources on the same event, highlighting the differences. The text that is published here for the irst time belongs to the Ms. 5938, a codex of various issues found at the National Library of Spain.