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concludes after defending his conduct, 'to avoid damages to Spaniards and Flemings, by your Honour's letter, wherefore I most heartily thank you, though I meant no less beforehand. I know they hate me and yet without cause; for they are the better for me by great sums, and I the worse for them by 40,000 ducats. . . . I have always enjoyed the name of an orderly person and have always hated folly.' 1

That Fitzwilliam brought down with Cecil's good advice the secret consent of the queen is hardly doubtful; for on October 2, 1567, without more ado, Hawkins set sail; and with him went Francis Drake, now twenty-two years of age, 2 burning like his master to win compensation for the wrongs he had suffered with Captain Lovell at Rio de la Hacha.

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1 "'Hawkins to Cecil, Sept. 28, 1567.'" S. P. Dom. Eliz. xliv. 13. It is worth noting that a Spanish copy of this letter found its way into the Simancas Archives (see Froude, Hist. viii. 69 n), and it is of course quite possible it was intended for Spanish eyes, so as to serve as evidence that Hawkins's venture was not authorised by the Government.
2 Stowe Chron. It is this definite figure that fixes 1545 as the most probable date of his birth.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power. Volume: 1. Contributors: Julian S. Corbett - author. Publisher: Longmans, Green. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1898. Page Number: 98.
    
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