a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589. 



mised provision was brought unto us from Gratiosa : 

 and we friendly dismissed the Ilanders with a peale of 

 Ordinance. 



Upon Munday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, we plyed 

 to and fro about those Islandes, being very rough weather. 

 And upon Thursday at night, being driven some three 

 or foure leagues from Tercera, we saw fifteene saile of 

 the West-Indian Fleete comming into the Haven at 

 Angra in Tercera. But the winde was such, that for the 

 space of foure dayes after, though wee lay as close by the 

 winde as was possible, yet we could not come neere them. 

 In this time we lost our late French Prize, not being able 

 to lie so neere the winde as we, and heard no more 

 of her till we came to England where shee safely arrived. 

 Upon Munday we came very neere the Havens mouth, 

 being minded to have runne in amongst them, and to 

 have fetched out some of them if it had beene possible : 

 But in the end this enterprise was deemed too daun- 

 gerous, considering the strength of the place where they 

 rode, being haled and towed in neerer the towne, at the 

 first sight of our approching, and lying under the pro- 

 tection of the Castle of Brasill, on the one side (having 

 in it five and twentie peeces of Ordinance) and a fort 

 on the other side wherein were 13 or 14 great brasse 

 pieces. Besides, when we came neere land the winde 

 prooved too scant for us to attempt any such enterprise. 

 Upon Tuesday the fourteenth of October we sent our 

 boate to the roade to sound the depth, to see if there 

 were any ankoring place for us, where we might lie 

 without shot of the Castle and Fort, and within shot of 

 some of those shippes, that we might either make them 

 come out to us, or sinke them where they lay. Our 

 boate returned having found out such a place as we 

 desired, but the winde would not suffer us to come 

 neere it, and againe if we could have ankored there, it 

 was thought likely that they would rather runne them- 

 selves a ground to save their lives and liberties, and some 

 of their goods, then come foorth to loose their liberties 



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