A.D. 

 1568. 



The value of 

 a Spanish vice- 

 roy his faith. 



The mlianoiis 

 treacherie of 

 the Spaniards 

 and their 

 crueltie, 

 [III. 473.] 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Ordinance against our men that warded upon the lande, 

 with great repaire of people : which apparant shewes of 

 breach of the Viceroys faith caused our Generall to sende 

 one to the Viceroy, to enquire of him what was meant 

 thereby, which presently sent and gave order, that the 

 Ordinance aforesayde, and other things of suspicion 

 should bee remooved, returning answere to our Generall 

 in the faith of a Viceroy, that hee would bee our 

 defence, and safetie from all villanous treacherie : this was 

 upon Thursday in the morning. Our Generall not being 

 therewith satisfied, seeing they had secretly conveyed a 

 great number of men aboord a great hulke or ship of 

 theirs of sixe hundreth tunne, which shippe rode hard 

 by the Mynion, hee sent againe to the Viceroy Robert 

 Barret the Master of the Jesus, a man that could speake 

 the Spanish tongue very well, and required that those 

 men might bee unshipt againe, which were in that great 

 hulke. The Viceroy then perceiving that their treason 

 was throughly espied, stayed our Master, and sounded 

 the Trumpet, and gave order that his people should 

 upon all sides charge upon our men, which warded on 

 shoore, and else where, which strooke such a mase, and 

 sudden feare among us, that many gave place, and sought 

 to recover our shippes for the safetie of themselves. 

 The Spaniards which secretly were hid in ambush at 

 lande were quickly conveyed over to the yland in their 

 long boates, and so comming to the yland, they slewe all 

 our men that they could meete with, without mercy. 

 The Minion which had somewhat before prepared her 

 selfe to avoyd the danger, haled away and abode the 

 first brunt of the 300 men that were in the great hulke : 

 then they sought to fall aboord the Jesus, where was 

 a cruell fight, and many of our men slaine : but yet 

 our men defended themselves, and kept them out : so 

 the Jesus also got loose, and joyning with the Minion, 

 the fight waxed hote upon all sides : but they having 

 woon and got our ordinance on shore, did greatly annoy 

 us. In this fight there were two great shippes of the 



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