FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1539- 



decke durtie with going upon it. We rode over against 

 these woods from the Tuesday morning when we set 

 saile, untill Thursday about midnight, when a cruell 

 Northwest winde tooke us, which, whither we would or 

 no, inforced us to way our anker ; and it was so great, 

 that the ship Santa Agueda began to returne backe, 

 untill her cable broke, and the ship hulled, and suddenly 

 with a great gust the trinket and the mizen were rent 

 asunder, the Northwest winde still growing more and 

 more : within a short while after the maine saile was rent 

 with a mighty flaw of winde, so that we were inforced, 

 both souldiers, captaine, and all of us, to doe our best 

 indevor to mend our sailes ; and the Trinitie was driven 

 to do the like, for she going round upon her anker, 

 when she came a-head of it, her cable broke, so that 

 there we lost two ankers, each ship one. We went 

 backe to seeke Baya del Abad, for we were within 20 

 leagues of the same, and this day we came within foure 

 leagues of it, and being not able to reach it by reason 

 of contrary windes, we rode under the lee of certaine 

 mountaines and hilles which were bare, and almost voide 

 of grasse, neere unto a strand full of sandie hilles. Neere 

 unto this road wee found a flshing-piace under a point Afishingplace. 

 of land, where having let downe our lead to see what 

 ground was there, a fish caught it in his mouth, and 

 began to draw it, and he which held the sounding-lead 

 crying and shewing his fellowes that it was caught, that 

 they might helpe him, as soone as he had got it above 

 the water, tooke the fish, and loosed the cord of the 

 sounding-lead, and threw it againe into the sea, to see 

 whither there were any good depth, and it was caught 

 againe, whereupon he began to cry for helpe, and all of 

 us made a shout for joy; thus drawing the fish the rope 

 of the sounding-lead being very great was crackt, but at 

 length we caught the fish which was very faire. Here 

 we stayed from Friday when we arrived there, untill the 

 Munday, when as it seemed good to our Captaine, that 

 we should repaire to the watering place, from whence 



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