tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post6850845133566811404..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-86316386306439429502007-11-20T23:37:00.000+11:002007-11-20T23:37:00.000+11:00My recollection (from books, of course, I wasn't t...My recollection (from books, of course, I wasn't there myself) is that beacon fires were used.<BR/><BR/>I think you are right about Mary Q of Scots' accent; the Raleigh stuff is surely all made up; surely ER never road a horse astride in armour; and the defeat of the Spanish was a far more protracted affair - the fireships were used when they were moored off Calais.<BR/><BR/>I am sorry they left Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com