a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589. 



of his owne shippe, and she loosing us in the night, hee 

 was forced to tarry still with us) with our long boate 

 and Pinnesse, and some sixtie or seventie shotte in them, 

 with a friendly letter to the Ilanders, that they would 

 grant us leave to water, and we would no further trouble 

 them. 



So we departed from the Victorie for the Hand, about 

 nine of the clocke in the forenoone, and rowed freshly 

 untill about 3 a clocke afternoone. At which time our 

 men being something weary with rowing, and being 

 within a league or two of the shore, and 4 or 5 leagues 

 from the Victorie, they espied (to their refreshing) two 

 ships ryding at anker hard under the towne, whereupon 

 having shifted some 6 or 7 of our men into Captaine 

 Davis his boate, being too much pestered in our owne, 

 and retayning with us some 20 shot in the pinnesse, 

 we made way towardes them with all the speede we 

 could. 



By the way as we rowed we saw boates passing betwixt 

 the roaders and the shore, and men in their shirtes 

 swimming and wading to shoare, who as we perceived 

 afterwardes, were labouring to set those shippes fast on 

 ground, and the Inhabitants as busily preparing them- 

 selves for the defence of those roaders, their Hand, and 

 themselves. When we came neere them, Captaine Lister 

 commaunded the Trumpets to be sounded, but pro- 

 hibited any shot to be discharged at them, untill they 

 had direction from him : But some of the companie, 

 either not well perceiving or regarding what he sayd, 

 immediatly upon the sound of the Trumpets discharged 

 their pieces at the Islanders, which for the most part lay 

 in trenches and fortefied places unseene, to their owne 

 best advantage : who immediatly shot likewise at us, 

 both with small and great shot, without danger to 

 themselves : Notwithstanding Captaine Lister earnestly 

 hastened forward the Saylers that rowed, who beganne to 

 shrinke at that shot, flying so fast about their eares, and 

 himselfe first entring one of the shippes that lay a litle 



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