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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: Sta. Catharina has rejoined her fellows during the night.
"Never mind," says Cary; "she can neither dive nor fly, and as long
as she is above water, we-- What is the admiral about?"
He is signalling Lord Henry Seymour and his squadron. Soon they
tack, and come down the wind for the coast of Flanders. Parma must
be blockaded still; and the Hollanders are likely to be too busy
with their plunder to do it effectually. Suddenly there is a stir
in the Spanish fleet. Medina and the rearmost ships turn upon the
English. What can it mean? Will they offer battle once more? If
so, it were best to get out of their way, for we have nothing
wherewith to fight them. So the English lie close to the wind.
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