. . CHAP. XXXVII!. . THE KING OF ENGLAND IS MUCH CAST DOWN AT THE CAPTURE OF THÉ $ÀRL OF PEMBROKE.— EVAN OF WALES MEETS THE ÏARL A PRISONER IN SPAIN.~ ' i ûmtt know, that when the king of Eng-*** land heard of the defeat of the armament he had fent to Poitou, and that it had been overcome by the Spaniards, he was greatly afflifted ; fo were all thofe who were attached to him j but for the moment he could not amend it. The wifeft in the kingdom imagined that this unfortunate bufinefs would catife the lofs 6f the countries of Pbitou and Sairitonge ; - ana they ftated this as their opinion to the king and duke of Lancafter. ' They held many councils upon it. The earl of Salifbury was ordered thither with five hundred menât arms. However, notwithftanding. this order, he never went j for other affairs came into agitation refpeft-ing Brittany, which prevented it from taking place. The kingrepentedof this afterwards, when it was too late. The Spaniards who had taken the earl of Pem-broke and his companions were detained fome little time at fea by contrary winds* They arrived at the port of St. Andero in Bifcay, and entered the town about mid-day, when they conducted their prifoners to a ftrong caftle, and faftened them : ' + • with î6è v