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resolute answere to his demaunde, for as yet they could 

 not knowe their Governours minde herein. The next 

 morning there came unto us a boate from the shoare 

 with a flagge of truce, wherein were three of the chiefe 

 men of the Island, who agreed with my Lorde that hee 

 should have of them sixtie buttes of wine, and fresh 

 victuals to refresh himselfe and his companie withall: 

 but as for fresh water, they could not satisfie our neede 

 therein, having themselves little or none, saving such as 

 they saved in vessels or cisternes when it rayned, and that 

 they had rather give us two tunnes of wine then one of 

 water : but they requested that our souldiers might not 

 come on shoare, for they themselves would bring all they 

 had promised to the water-side, which request was 

 graunted, we keeping one of them aboord with us 

 untill their promise was performed, and the other we 

 sent to shoare with our emptie Caske, and some of our 

 men to helpe to fill, and bring them away with such 

 other provision as was promised : so the Margaret, Cap- 

 taine Davis his shippe, and another of Weymouth stayed 

 ryding at anker before the Towne, to take in our pro- 

 vision. This shippe of Weymouth came to us the day 

 before, and had taken a rich Prize (as it was reported) 

 worth sixteene thousand pound, which brought us newes 

 that the West-Indian Fleete was not yet come, but would 

 come very shortly. But we with the Victorie put off 

 to sea, and upon Saturday the fourth of October, we 

 tooke a French shippe of Saint Malo (a citie of the un- 

 holy league) loden with fish from Newfoundland : which 

 had beene in so great a tempest, that she was constrayned 

 to cut her mayne mast overboord for her safetie, and 

 was now comming to Graciosa, to repaire her selfe. But 

 so hardly it befell her, that she did not onely not repaire 

 her former losses, but lost all that remayned unto us. 

 The chiefe of her men we tooke into our ship, and sent 

 some of our men, mariners, and souldiers into her to 

 bring her into England. 



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