Excerpt from The Spanish Armada: A Descriptive Historical Poem, in Commenoration of the Opening of the New Guildhall, Plymouth, by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K. G., &C., August 13th, 1874 IN presenting to the public this unpretending little book, the writer would fain hope that, although possessing very little (if any) literary merit or poetical power, it may yet meet with some measure of approval; being the offspring of a mind delighting in everything which redounds to the honour and prosperity of his native town, and the result of the employment of a few spare hours at irregular intervals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.