THE EARL OF CUMBERLAND ad. 



1589. 



and goods to us their enemies. So we shot at them 

 to see if we could reach them, but it fell farre short. 

 And thus we departed, thinking it not probable that they 

 would come foorth so long as we watched for them before 

 the havens mouth, or within sight of them. For the 

 space of five dayes after we put off to sea, and lay without 

 sight of them, and sent a pinnesse to lie out of sight 

 close by the shore, to bring us word if they should come 

 foorth. After a while the Pinnesse returned and tolde 

 us that those ships in the Haven had taken downe their 

 sayles, and let downe their toppe mastes : so that wee 

 supposed they would never come foorth, till they per- 

 ceived us to bee quite gone. 



Wherefore upon the 20 of October, hearing that there 

 were certaine Scottish ships at Saint Michael, we sayled 

 thither, and found there one Scottish roader, and two 

 or three more at Villa Franca, the next road a league 

 or two from the towne of S. Michael, to the Eastwards: 

 of whom we had for our reliefe some small quantitie 

 of wine (viz. some five or sixe buttes of them all) and 

 some fresh water, but nothing sufficient to serve our 

 turne. 



Upon Tuesday the one and twentieth of October, we 

 sent our long boate to shore for fresh water at a brooke 

 a little to the Westwards from Villa Franca. 



But the Inhabitants espying us came downe with two [II. ii. 161.] 

 Ensignes displayed, and about some hundred and fiftie 

 men armed, to withstand our landing. So our men 

 having spent all their pouder upon them in attempting 

 to land, and not being able to prevaile at so great oddes, 

 returned frustrate. 



From hence we departed towardes Saint Maries Island, 

 minding to water there, and then to goe for the coast 

 of Spaine. For we had intelligence that it was a place 

 of no great force, and that we might water there very 

 well : therefore upon Friday following, my Lord sent 

 Captaine Lister, and Captaine Amias Preston now Sir 

 Amias Preston (who not long before came to us out 



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