for the move, it was foul for the Armada to come out, and
he knew that if he once got to the southward of their
point of departure, so as to have them between him and
England, then any wind that was favourable for their voyage
must bring them under his lee, so that it was impossible
for them to proceed without first beating his fleet; and
this everyone knew they could not do, and probably would
never attempt. It was a great conception heroically
undertaken, but the weather and the queen's hand-to-
mouth administration doomed it to failure. None the
less should it be remembered to Drake's lasting honour
and go far to rank him, not only as the father of the art
of warfare under sail, but as one of the greatest of its
masters. ¹

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