MILES PHILIPS A.D. 



1580-82. 



wee came at last to the port of Cavallos upon the East T'uerto de 

 sea, distant from Guatimala South and by East, two C^'^^l^^^- 

 hundreth leagues, and from Mexico 450. or thereabouts. 

 This is a good harborough for shippes, and is without 

 either castle or bulwarke. I having dispatched away 

 my guides, went downe to the Haven, where I saw 

 certaine ships loden chiefly with Canary wines, where I 

 spake with one of the Masters, who asked me what 

 Countrey man I was, and I told him that I was borne in 

 Granado, & he said, that then I was his countreyman. I re- 

 quired him that I might passe home with him in his ship, 

 paying for my passage : and he said yea, so that I had a 

 safe conduct, or letter testimonial to shew, that he might 

 incurre no danger : for said he, it may be that you have 

 killed some man, or be indebted, and would therefore 

 run away. To that I answered, that there was not any 

 such cause. Wei, in the end we grew to a price, that for [HI. 486.] 

 60. pezos he would cary me into Spaine : a glad man was 

 I at this good hap, and I quickly solde my horse, and 

 made my provision of hennes and bread to serve me 

 in my passage; And thus within 2. dayes after we set 

 saile, and never stayed untill we came to Havana, which 

 is distant from puerto de Cavallos by sea 500. leagues : 

 where we found the whole fleete of Spaine, which was 

 bound home from the Indies. And heere I was hired 

 for a souldier to serve in the Admiral ship of the same 

 fleete, wherein the General himself went. There landed 

 while I was here 4. ships out of Spaine, being all full of 

 souldiers and ordinance, of which number there were 200. 

 men landed here, & 4. great brasse pieces of ordinance, 

 although the castle were before sufliciently provided : 

 200. men more were sent to Campeche, & certaine 

 ordinance: 200. to Florida with ordinance: and 100. 

 lastly to S. John Ullua. As for ordinance there they 

 have sufficient, and of the very same which was ours, 

 which we had in the Jesus, and those others which we 

 had planted in the place, where the Vice-roy betrayed 

 M. Hawkins our general, as hath bene declared. The 



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