The Spanish fleet is approaching, chased by the fast
English ships: one of these is still moored under the cliffs,
loading with cableways the last supplies for the war.
The crew is all standing upwind, watching the coming
enemy: they are still a lot of ships left, after the storm, but
only twenty are true battle galleons. All the remaining are
vessels and merchant ships leased here and there in
Europe, and quickly adapted to a military use. But they
have been beaten hard already by sea, weather and
organisational problems, losing men and ships first in
Calais and then off shore Gravelines, close to Flanders.
Loaded with ground troops, heavy battle gear, priests,
bureaucrats, justices, young gallants and their servants,
they do not seem to be such a threatening enemy!
The art of war, on the other end, is not anymore cultivated
in the Mediterranean shores! And war operations do not
allow for distractions: also this stretch of coast must be
kept clear of the fans of a new sport, golfers! They waste
their time clubbing a ball, what’s all the fun? More over,
the area is dangerous, they risk falling in the water!
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