AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1568. 



we first met withall, had in a maner taken all from us, and 

 of that which they left, the Spaniards which brought us 

 over, tooke away a good part also : howbeit, from 

 Anthony Godard the Governour here had a chaine of 

 gold, which was given unto him at Carthagena, by the 

 Governour there, and from others he had some small 

 store of money : so that wee accounted that amongst 

 us all he had the number of five hundred Pezos, besides 

 the chaine of gold. 



And having thus satisfied himselfe, when he had taken 

 all that we had, he caused us to be put into a little house 

 much like a hogstie, where we were almost smoothered : 

 and before we were thus shut up into that little coat, they 

 gave us some of the countrey wheate, called Mayz, sod- 

 den, which they feede their hogs withall. But many of 

 our men which had bene hurt by the Indians at our first 

 comming on land, whose wounds were very sore and 

 grievous, desired to have the helpe of their Surgeons to 

 cure their wounds. The governour, and most of them 

 all answered, that wee should have none other Surgeon 

 but the hangman, which should sufficiently heale us of 

 all our griefes : and thus reviling us, and calling us 

 English dogs, and Lutheran heretikes, we remained the 

 space of three dayes in this miserable state, not knowing 

 what should become of us, waiting every houre to be 

 bereaved of our lives. 



Chap. 4. 



Wherin is shewed how we were used in Panuco, and in what 

 feare of death we were there, and how we were caried 

 to Mexico to the Viceroy, and of our imprisonment 

 there and at Tescuco, with the courtesies and cruelties 

 wee received during that time, and how in the end 

 wee were by proclamation given to serve as slaves to 

 sundry gentlemen Spaniards. 



UPon the fourth day after our comming thither, and 

 there remaining in a perplexitie, looking every houre 

 when we should suffer death, there came a great number 



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