Le ntetho yaya emkhosini eTilbury yanikezelwa ngomhla we-9 ku-Agasti ngeNdlela yakudala (nge-19 kweyeThupha ngeSimbo esitsha) ngo-1588 ngu-Queen Elizabeth I waseNgilani kwimikhosi yomhlaba eyayihlanganisene eTilbury e-Essex ukulungiselela ukuphelisa uhlaselo olwalulindelwe yi-Spanish Armada. Phambi kwentetho iArmada yagxothwa eStrarait yaseDover kwidabi laseGravelines kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinanye ngaphambili, kwaye yayisele ijikeleze iScotland isendleleni egodukayo, kodwa imikhosi yayisahleli ikulungele ukuba umkhosi waseSpain ka-Alexander Farnese, uDuke yeParma, isenokuzama ukuhlasela isuka eDunkirk; Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva bakhululwa.
Ngomhla wentetho, ukumkanikazi washiya unogada wakhe phambi kweTilbury Fort kwaye waya phakathi kwabafundi bakhe epheleka amadoda amathandathu. U-Lord Ormonde uhambe phambili ngekrele likaRhulumente; walandelwa liphepha elalikhokelela kwitshaja ye-Queen kwaye elinye liphethe isigcina-ntloko sesilivere kumqamelo; emva koko kwafika ukumkanikazi ngokwakhe, emhlophe enesiqingatha sesilivere kwaye ekhwele kwilitye elingwevu. Wayekhwele ihashe ngu-lieutenant jikelele u-Earl waseLeicester ngasekunene, nangasekhohlo ngu-Earl wase-Essex, inkosi yakhe yehashe. Mnumzana John Norreys wenyusa umva.
Nantsi intetho eya kwimikhosi yaseTilbury e-Essex njengoko ihanjiswe ngu-Queen Elizabeth I wase-England.
“Abantu bam abanothando.
Siye sanyanzelwa ngabanye ukuba bakulumkele ukhuseleko lwethu, ukuba bathathele ingqalelo indlela esizinikela ngayo kwimikhosi exhobileyo, ngenxa yokoyika ubuqhophololo; kodwa ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba andinqweneli kuphila ndingabathembi abantu bam abathembekileyo nabanothando. Vumela oozwilakhe boyike. Ndisoloko ndiziphatha njalo kangangokuba, phantsi koThixo, ndibeke owona mandla am obalaseleyo kwaye ndikhusela kwiintliziyo ezinyanisekileyo kunye nentando elungileyo yabantu bam; kwaye ke ngoko ndize phakathi kwenu, njengoko nibona, ngeli xesha, hayi ngenjongo yokuzihlaziya nokuzonwabisa, kodwa ndizimisele, phakathi kobushushu bemfazwe, ukuba ndiphile kwaye ndife phakathi kwenu nonke; ukuba ndilalele uThixo wam, nobukumkani bam, nabantu bam, uzuko lwam negazi lam, nkqu naseluthulini.
Ndiyazi ukuba ndinomzimba kodwa womfazi obuthathaka, obuthathaka; kodwa ndinentliziyo nesisu sokumkani, kunye nesenkosi yaseNgilani nayo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba indelelo kukuba iParma okanye iSpain, okanye nayiphi na inkosana yaseYurophu, mayibe nobuganga bokuhlasela imida yommandla wobukumkani bam; Endaweni yokuba kungabikho hlazo eliya kukhula ngam, ndiza kuthatha izixhobo, ndiya kuba nguwonke-wonke, umgwebi, kwaye ndivuze bonke ubuhle bakho endle.
Ndiyayazi kakade, ngenxa yokuqhubela phambili kwenu nibafanele umvuzo kunye nezithsaba. Kwaye siyakuqinisekisa ngelizwi lenkosana, baya kuhlawulwa ngokufanelekileyo. Okwangoku, i-lieutenant-jikelele yam iya kuhlala endaweni yam, kunokuba inkosana ingazange iyalele umntu ohloniphekileyo okanye ofanelekileyo; ungathandabuzi kodwa ngokuthobela kwakho injengele yam, ngesivumelwano sakho enkampini, kunye nobugorha bakho ebaleni, kungekudala siza kuba noloyiso oludumileyo kwezi ntshaba zoThixo wam, zobukumkani bam, nezabantu bam. ”