JOB HORTOP A.D. 



1568. 

 us, he was greatly grieved that he was forced to leave 

 us behind him, he counselled us to serve God, and to 

 love one another, and thus courteously he gave us a 

 sorowful farewell, and promised if God sent him safe 

 home, he would do what he could, that so many of us 

 as lived should by some means be brought into England, 

 & so he did. 



Since my returne into England I have heard that 

 many misliked that he left us so behind him, and 

 brought away Negroes : but the reason is this, for them 

 he might have had victuals, or any other thing needfull, 

 if by foule weather hee had bene driven upon the 

 Islands, which for gold nor silver he could not have had. 



And thus our Generall departed to his ship, and we 

 remained on land, where for our safeties, fearing the 

 wild Indians that were about us, we kept watch all 

 night, and at Sunne rising wee marched on our way, 

 three and three in a ranke, untill that we came into 

 a fielde under a grove, where the Indians came upon us, 

 asking us what people we were, and how we came there. 

 Two of our company, namely Anthony Goddard and 

 John Cornish, for that they could speake the Spanish 

 tongue, went to them, and said wee were Englishmen, 

 that never came in that countrey before, and that we 

 had fought with the Spaniards, and for that we lacked 

 victuals, our Generall set us on shore : they asked us 

 whither we intended to goe, we said to Panuco. The 

 Captaine of the Indians willed us to give unto them 

 some of our clothes & shirts, which we did : then he 

 bad us give them all, but we would not so doe, where- 

 upon John Cornish was then slaine with an arrow, ^ohn Cornish 

 which an Indian boy that stoode by the Captaine shot ^^^^^^' 

 at him, wherefore he stroke the boy on the necke with 

 his bow, that he lay for dead, and willed us to follow 

 him, who brought us into a great fielde, where we found 

 fresh water : hee bad us sit downe about the pond and 

 drinke, and he with his company would goe in the 

 meane space to kill five or sixe Deere, and bring them 



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