About two o'clock Monday morning
And should aught happen to ye , the queen shall know that ye died in her service . And so fare you well . '' `` Fare you well , '' answered they both and followed after Drake to his own boat -- The Revenge . About two o'clock Monday morning eight ships smeared all over the outside with pitch and rosin , their ordnance loaded with stones and bullets and filled with sulphur and other materials suddenly combustible glided out from among the English fleet and took their way silently toward the Spanish ships lying so serenely at anchor . The night was cloudy . The moon was late in its last quarter and did not rise till morning . The darkness favored their enterprise .