ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589. 



be Leaguers & lawful Prises, we tooke them and sent 

 two of them for England with all their loding, which was 

 fish for the most part from New-found-land, saving 

 that there was part thereof distributed amongst our small 

 Fleet, as we could find Stowage for the same : and in 

 the third, all their men were sent home into France. 

 The same day & the day folowing we met with some 

 other ships, whom (when after some conference had with 

 them, we perceived plainly to bee of Roterodam and 

 Emden, bound for Rochell) we dismissed. 



The 28 and 29 dayes we met divers of our English 

 ships, returning from the Portugall voiage which my 

 lord relieved with victuals. The 13 day of July being 

 Sonday in the morning, we espied 1 1 ships without 

 sight of ye coast of Spaine, in the height of 39 degrees, 

 whom wee presently prepared for, & provided to meet 

 them, having first set forth captaine Mounson in the 

 Meg, before us, to descry whence they were. The Meg 

 approching neere, there passed some shot betwixt them, 

 [II. ii. 156.] whereby, as also by their Admiral and Viceadmirall 

 putting foorth their flags, we perceived that some fight 

 was likely to follow. Having therefore fitted our selves 

 for them, we made what hast we could towards them 

 with regard alwayes to get the wind of them, and about 

 10 or 11 of the clocke, we came up to them with the 

 Victory. But after some few shot & some litle fight 

 passed betwixt us, they yeelded themselves, & the masters 

 of them all came aboord us, shewing their several Pas- 

 ports from the cities of Hamburg and Lubeck, from 

 Breme, Pomerania and Calice. 



They had in them certaine bags of Pepper & Syna- 

 mom, which they confessed to be the goods of a Jew 

 in Lisbon, which should have bene caried by them into 

 their country to his Factor there, and so finding it by 

 their owne confession to be lawful Prise, the same was 

 soone after taken and devided amongst our whole com- 

 pany, the value wherof was esteemed to be about 4500 

 pounds, at two shillings the pound. 



