THE EARL OF CUMBERLAND a.d. 



1589. 

 further from shoare then the other, we spedily followed 

 after him into her, still plying them with our shot. And 

 having cut in sunder her Cables and Hausers, towed her 

 away with our Pinnesse. In the meane time Captaine 

 Davis his boate overtooke us and entred into the other 

 shippe, which also (as the former) was forsaken by all her 

 men : but they were constrayned to leave her & to come 

 againe into their boate (whilest shot and stones from 

 shoare flew fast amongst them) finding her to sticke so 

 fast a grounde, that they could not stire her : which 

 the Townesmen also perceiving, and seeing that they 

 were but fewe in number, and us (busied about the 

 other ship) not comming to ayde them, were preparing 

 to have come and taken them. But they returned unto 

 us, and so together we came away towards the Victory, 

 towing after us the Prize that we had now taken, which 

 was lately come from Brasill, loden with Sugar. 



In this fight we had two men slaine and 1 6 wounded : 

 and as for them, it is like they had litle hurt, lying for 

 the most part behind stone walles, which were builded 

 one above another hard by the sea side, upon the end 

 of the hill whereupon the Towne stoode betwixt two 

 valleyes. Upon the toppe of the hill lay their great 

 Ordinance (such as they had) wherewith they shot leaden 

 bullets, whereof one pierced through our Prizes side, 

 and lay still in the shippe without doing any more harme. 



The next day we went againe for water to the same 

 Hand, but not knowing before the inconvenience and 

 disadvantage of the place where we attempted to land, 

 we returned frustrate. 



The same night the 25 of October we departed for 

 S. Georges Hand for fresh water, whither we came on 

 Munday following October 27, and having espied where 

 a spout of water came running downe : the pinnesse and 

 long boate were presently manned and sent under the 

 conduct of Captaine Preston, and Captaine Munson, by 

 whom my Lord sent a letter to the Ilanders as before, 

 to grant us leave to water onely, and we would no 

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