AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1555. 



dayes they arrived at the port of the Grand Canaria, 

 where at our comming the ships that rode in the said 

 port began to cry out of all measure with loud voyces, in 

 so much that the castle which stood fast by began to 

 shoot at us, and shot 6. or 7. shot at us, and strooke 

 downe our maine maste, before we could hoise out our 

 boat to goe on land, to know what the cause of the 

 shooting was, seeing that we were Spanish ships, and 

 were comming into his countrey. So that being on 

 lande, and complaining of the wrong and damage done 

 unto us ; they answered, that they had thought we had 

 bene French rovers, that had come into the said port to 

 do some harme to the ships that were there. For that 8. 

 dayes past there went out of the said port a carvell much 

 like unto ours, laden with sugers and other marchandise 

 for Spaine and on the other side of the point of the sayd 

 Hand, met with a Frenchman of warre, who tooke the 

 said carvell, & unladed out of her into the said French 

 ship both men & goods. And being demanded of the 

 said Spaniards what other ships remained in the port 

 whence they came, they answered that there remained 

 divers other ships, & one laden with sugers (as they 

 were) & ready to depart for Spaine : upon the which 

 newes the Frenchmen put 30. tall men of their ship 

 well appointed into the said carvel which they had taken, 

 and sent her backe againe to the said port from whence 

 she had departed the day before. And somewhat late 

 towards the evening came into the port, not shewing 

 past 3. or 4. men, and so came to an anker hard by the 

 other ships that were in the said port, and being scene by 

 the castle and by the said ships, they made no reconing of 

 her, because they knew her, & thinking that she had 

 found contrary windes at the sea, or had forgot some- 

 thing behinde them, they had returned backe againe 

 for the same, and so made no accompt of her, but let her 

 alone riding quietly among the other ships in the said 

 port: So that about midnight the said carvel with the 

 Frenchmen in her went aboord the other ship that lay 



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